LOOK what I found! A list of where the Town Hall meetings are scheduled!

[calimary]

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Feast thine eyes!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yq1NT9DZ2z3B8ixhid894e77u9rN5XIgOwWtTW72IYA/htmlview?sle=true

[underpants]

1. Dave Brat's having one Feb 23rd

INDIVISIBLE and others are already gearing up for it

[grantcart]

9. see #8

[unitedwethrive]

2. Thank you!

This is great!!

[TexasProgresive]

3. My slimy Texans are ducking out

Cornhole and Carnival have them in DC and Bill (who makes me gag like Bill the Cat) Flores is not listed.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. I noticed that too

It's not exactly reaching out to their constituents if they stay in DC.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. With the gerrymandering I guess they feel they don't have to talk to the unwashed in person.

Eventually I can see that most of the repubs will be doing town halls via phone, a nice safe controllable token gesture.

[Wounded Bear]

14. I suspect there are a lot of blue votes out there in red districts...

They had better pay attention.

[Liberal In Texas]

15. I'm in a blue county with a red cong. dist. due to gerrymandering out to f'ing East Bumfuck.

You are correct, a lot of blue voters would show up at a live town hall.

[calimary]

23. And they better show up at more than just the town hall meeting.

When it's time to VOTE, for example.

Remember when Howard Dean became chair of the DNC? He switched this Beltway Myopia philosophy to a 50-State Strategy, because he knew there were Democrats everywhere. Even in red states and red districts. And he spoke of hearing from some of them - that they were literally starving for support, and felt completely cut adrift and ignored, as though they didn't exist.

Hmmm... Just think about that for a moment. If there are Dems out there who are starving for support and acknowledgement and help, and you don't bother with them because you're just focused on whatever supposed "battleground states" and you're ignoring these other Democrats, how likely is it that they'll feel motivated to "vote or die"? I've come to realize one thing, and it applies here, too:

If they think you don't care, they won't either!

[Blue_true]

33. IMO, the strongest Democrats are Democrats that

Chose to be Democrats in deep red states and sometime they win office.

[ananda]

18. The Houston Chronicle had a great article ..

.. on how upset Cornyn was at all those pesky
constituents flooding his office with calls against
Betsy DeVos.

Now, if we could keep it that way every day ...

[calimary]

27. YES. Granted, we lost this one. But do we just let ourselves grow downhearted and then give up?

Like there's no point? Like it's useless? Like "fuck it," what's the point?

Well, seems to me Plan B is - to make sure these folks who rubber-stamped Betsy DeVos and others have to face consequences for their actions. THEY might think this is a done deal and it's over and done with and let's just move on. But WE know differently! This is NOT over. Until WE get OUR WAY. Because this is a democracy. Democracy includes the majority rule. And WE are in the majority. NOT the GOP. US. WE Democrats, liberals, and progressives. Plus those so-called "independents" who find themselves lining up a lot more easily with us than with the CONS.

Keep the pressure on. Keep it up! They need to be forced to suffer for their votes! They need to know there's a big and expanding price tag for voting the way they did. They need to know that MAN-Oh-MAN is there a push-back. They need to know that they may have strutted their stuff with their pals in Washington (the ONLY place where the bad guys actually do have a forced, artificial, manufactured and phonied-up "majority&quot , when they get back home where the REAL people who count are, they better find somebody to go to the grocery store for them because they're not gonna like being confronted by angry voters and being forced to face the "music" they composed.

[ananda]

55. Well said!

Thanks.

[northoftheborder]

28. He must have taken his phone off the hook....

always busy, all day, all night. Also same with Cruz.

[ananda]

54. We also have to flood their offices ..

.. and never let a townhall or meeting go unprotested.

[Lucinda]

4. Awesome! Thank you!

[ghostsinthemachine]

5. Only ONE Republican in CA, the detestible Darrell Issa

He is having an "Empty Chair" town hall. WTF is that?

I will try to make one of Ami Bera's events. He's my congressperson but, that guy, although a D, worries me.Need to pressure him to take a take the Orange one down, not adopt the agenda or try to work with, no press for impeachment, jail, investigate, investigate, investigate.

[diva77]

20. it means he was invited but hasn't responded

I went to the spread sheet and scrolled all the way to the right hand column which had a link to the facebook announcement of the townhall:

snip...Congressmember Darrell Issa has been invited to join us for this important event and hasn’t yet responded.

Please click on the link at http://fight4ourhealth.org/Issa to sign the online petition to urge him to attend.

The event will be on February 21st at 6PM at the Jim Porter Recreation Center to learn and speak out against the reckless plan to repeal healthcare coverage and protections with no serious replacement.

Will you or someone you love lose your healthcare?

How will the plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act affect your current healthcare coverage?

How will seniors, small businesspeople, and people with pre-existing conditions be affected?

What can you do to STOP the plan to take away healthcare from millions of Americans?

Event Partners: Courageous Resistance Encinitas, Indivisible North San Diego County, Indivisible Ocean Hills, Indivisible San Diego North District 49, Our Revolution North County San Diego,
Preserve Progress, Together We Will North San Diego County, The Wagon Circle, Service Employees International Union California (SEIU CA), Service Employees International Union 221 (SEIU 221), United Domestic Workers of America (UDW), Organizing for Action (OFA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP), Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, San Diego Labor Council (SDLC), San Diegans for Health Care Coverage/CCHI, Health Access. ...snip

[ghostsinthemachine]

34. He won't show.... Damn anarchists will show up

And ask him questions and stuff. Can't be having that.

[ghostsinthemachine]

51. ,they should get a full size cutout of Issa

And have the townhall if he don't show. The media would eat that up, make him look like an ass.

[calimary]

58. I think he might just be vulnerable, this next round.

He had a harder fight last year than usual to keep his seat. And conditions have certainly changed in our favor since then as far as who's active and who's fired up 'n' ready to go, which is even better news for our side. Wonder if we could knock him out of there next year, once and for all? That would be a major embarrassment for the GOP, almost as big as when Eric Cantor got primaried outta there. That would be Sweeter-than-SWEET!

[Hortensis]

62. VERY INTERESTING! Constituents called the townhall meeting!

It's a call-in, so people who are home resting after a long day can participate. I like it. A lot.

"Emergency Townhall. #Fight4UrHealth" "Rep. Issa invited and constituents expect his presence."

https://www.facebook.com/events/150691435436534/

Ghosts, our ALEC-serving congressman in Georgia does empty-chairs: Call-in meetings. In our case, he talks, selected people ask selected questions, and everyone else just gets to listen.

[mcar]

6. Of course my congress critter doesn't have anything scheduled

Safe, ruby red district but lots of retirees. I wonder if they'll start speaking up when they come after SS and Medicare.

[TrekLuver]

7. Oh I promise you they will.

[homegirl]

29. AARP

is taking Medicare and Social Security very seriosly. Lots of coverage in their publications.

[mcar]

53. They always do

and these folks love AARP.

[grantcart]

8. good find but

These are not town halls that Congressmen/women have agreed to.

The February 23rd townhall for McSally is organized by constituents and McSally has already said she would not come.

of course you can have a townhall without a Rep.

[panader0]

25. Where will it be held? (I'm near Sierra Vista)

[grantcart]

45. Details here

http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mcsally-declines-town-hall-invitation-calls-it-a-political-ambush/article_bd2608ec-78a0-52a8-8ecd-82c4e458c479.html

Near SV? Hereford? I am in SV about twice a week.

[panader0]

46. Yeah, I'm off Moson Rd, about 10 miles SE of town.

I bought 40 acres here almost 40 years ago, intending to stay only a few
years. What brings you to SV?

[Squinch]

11. Ooooh! It's like Christmas!!

[LAS14]

13. Neat! But I'm curious!

Who maintains this Google Doc? Are Town Halls somehow coordinate at the house and senate levels? Or is this just a volunteer good deed?

[calimary]

31. That I'm not certain about. Here's where I found it:

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/11/1632565/-Senator-who-told-Elizabeth-Warren-to-take-a-seat-got-a-not-so-warm-welcome-back-to-Montana

Scroll down to the bottom of the article and there's a link. From the Kos story link above:

Want to see if your elected representatives are going to be holding a town hall near you? CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TOWN HALL PROJECT'S LIST OF EVENTS.​ If your representative is not on that list, call them and ask to hold a town hall.

Attending a town hall near you? Send pics, videos and your reports to [e-mail].

[LAS14]

44. Good for them!

[SticksnStones]

16. My congressman, Lee Zeldin got a mention on Rachel's show...

He does all he can to avoid his constituents, cancelled a town hall, and his staff got cornered by a voter with a camera asking Zeldin's position on specific features of the ACA.



http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/zeldin-dodges-town-halls

The R's were ill-prepared for pushback. They expected Dem voters to instead be push-overs...

[Loubee]

17. Senator Gardner, Rep Coffman Colorado?

'not found'. Huh.

[calimary]

36. Welcome to DU, Loubee!

Not sure how often it gets updated.

Maybe if you start with a local gathering that you can find in the Indivisible Guide -

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/local-action-groups#local-action-groups/

- you can start agitating for one. Make some noise! Start the discomfort. Be like itching powder! Start an "itch" that people are gonna wanna scratch. If they don't want to show up for one, or host one, MAKE 'EM LOOK BAD FOR HIDING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS! There should be a price to pay for ignoring or avoiding their voters! Those voters PAY THEIR SALARIES AND PAY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES!!! Seems to me they damn well BETTER show up!

Think termites! Be inspired to action by the way termites SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, ALWAYS seem to find a way in. And they start small, but they keep going and keep chewing, and they lay their eggs, and those eggs hatch and then you have MORE termites - that will find their OWN way in, and...



And if you wind up with a town meeting whether or not your "representative" shows up, MAKE SURE you notify your local TV station. Coverage of these town halls is juicy right now. There are some GREAT visuals of that chanting and protesting and signs and little old ladies at the mic expressing their fear about being left without health care coverage for their increasingly serious needs. That makes for some GREAT television.

I learned three basic questions to be answered when I was first starting out as a news reporter/anchor/writer, and basically learning on the job (because back then, there were VERY few colleges with bona fide journalism departments. All we had at my school was one magazine writing class in the English department. BUT we had a college radio station where we taught ourselves as we went along.)
1) "What happened?"
2) "Who cares?"
3) "What do we see?" (That's for television coverage. The radio corollary for those big cities where there's still an all-news station or a full-service station with an actual news department would be "what do we hear?&quot

[MontanaMama]

19. None in Montana.

Not surprising. I was hoping to get my protest panties on and go kick some ass. Steve Daines is SUCH a POS. He needs a swift kick after he took part in the silencing of Elizabeth Warren. Mama is biding her time.

[panader0]

24. "protest panties" lol

[Maru Kitteh]

37. Are you signed up with Indivisible? When Daines shows up, I'll join you!

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

Montana has many groups already started. Let's DO THIS THING.

[JPPaverage]

21. Thanks

I see neither gutless Grassley now Ernst is scheduling anything here. This is a fairly blue area. Hmmm...wonder if that may have something to do with the scheduling?

[calimary]

39. Welcome to DU, JPPaverage!

Hey! THIS, TOO, is useful information.

Hmmmm... they don't have any town hall meetings scheduled? Hmmmm... Wonder what THAT means? Sometimes I wish I knew how to write the sound one makes when imitating a chicken. I can do a great one, but it's in the hearing of it, not the reading of it. When I try - "bck-bck-bck-bck-bck-bck-BGKAAAAAAAWWWW!" I dunno - does that get the point across? Sometimes with the big KAAAW at the end, I raise both my arms out at my sides at the elbow, to suggest wings flapping.

[panader0]

22. I wish it gave the city too.

I may have to attend the Martha McSalley meeting, if I can find a
designated driver. I'd have to a drink or two to be around that many
repubs.

[zentrum]

26. Thank you. K&R!

[JTFrog]

30. K&R n/t

[MuseRider]

32. None in Kansas

BIG surprise. Old David (Koch) must not be available to hold their feet to the fire in person so they likely are not allowed. Probably taking a break since he is present in the state house for all, or most of the votes.

[Old Vet]

35. Ive been looking for exactly this thanks and a heart to you......

[Ccarmona]

38. The Town Hall Funder

Is going to have to shell out a lot of money to pay all the professional protesters.

[ck4829]

50. Heh

[pnwmom]

40. Thank you!

[Stonepounder]

41. None in Kentucky. Now there's a surprise.

Find your local Indivisible group and get involved.

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

[calimary]

42. GOOD one! Here's another one I found that's an offshoot of the WOMEN'S MARCH

https://actionnetwork.org

I learned about "Huddles" that way. Those working the Women's Marches seem to have devised this as a way to harness the enthusiasm and fire-in-the-belly that started burning, bigly, on January 21st. You click on it and it will show you where "huddles" are. These are groups being set up either by more organized entities OR just individuals who want to DO SOMETHING, and decide to host one in their homes.

I went to one at a yoga studio in Santa Monica on Wednesday night. They had to move it to a larger room to accommodate the larger-than-expected attendance. It was a terrific experience! Mostly women but a handful of men, too. One of them stood up with a few of us who responded when the leader asked - "who here feels like they've been an activist all their life, could you please stand up?" The leader also asked who was new to this and quite a few hands went up. Brand new activists, freshly grown from the fertile fields of the Women's March in downtown L.A. last month! People who suddenly realized they A) give a damn, and B) want to DO something BECAUSE they give a damn!

The Indivisible Guide, too, is worth its weight in gold-pressed latinum! Can't push that link enough!

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

[WhiteTara]

43. Scummy scaredy cats from Arkansas won't

be facing the public here anytime soon.

[Tanuki]

47. Hello, Marsha Blackburn! Tuesday Feb. 21.

Thanks, Calimary!

[calimary]

56. Give her one for ME, please!

Obnoxious twit-ette. She's another one who's so smug, and with such a superior attitude, I would LOVE to see her sent to the unemployment line! Although she'd probably get rescued by the Heritage Foundation or given a "professorship" at Liberty "University" or some such. That's what a lot of these assholes and asshole-ettes do when they get voted out, go get picked up by some CON outfit or "think" tank or other regressive set-up, or they're named a senior fellow in some knuckle-dragger institution, or, hey! They could do what Eric Cantor did after being primaried. Go get folded in on Wall Street and make the big bucks to which he undoubtedly felt entitled.

[coco22]

57. I hope that one is aired..

I can stand this double talking..I hope they give her hell!

[Cha]

48. This is a Great Find, Calimary.. Mahalo!

[ck4829]

49. K&R

[winstars]

52. Kick!

[Demonaut]

59. was that meant as public document?

[calimary]

60. That I don't know. Found the link on Daily Kos, so if it originally wasn't, it sure was by then.

[burrowowl]

61. Thanks!!!!

Wow!