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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael Moore: Do These 10 Things, And Trump Will Be Toast
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Michael Moore: Do These 10 Things, And Trump Will Be Toast (Original Post)
BigBearJohn
Feb 2017
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(51,550 posts)1. EVERYONE can and should be doing at least #1: The Daily Call
1. THE DAILY CALL: You must call Congress every day. Yes - YOU! 202-225-3121. It will take just TWO MINUTES! Make it part of your daily routine, one of those five things you do every morning without even thinking about it:
Wake up.
Brush teeth.
Walk dog (or stare at cat).
Make coffee.
Call Congress.
It is impossible to overstate just how much power you have by making this simple, quick DAILY CALL. I know from firsthand experience the impact it has. These politicians freak out if they get just 10 calls on an issue. Imagine them getting 10,000! Holy crap - the dome will pop off that building!
NOTE: if youre saying to yourself, I dont need to call because my rep is a Democrat! ― that is NOT true. They need to hear from you. They need to know they have your support. Dont believe it? Our beloved Sen. Elizabeth Warren voted in favor of Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development! Im sure no one in Massachusetts thought they had to call her. YOU DO! She and the other Dems need to hear from the boss ― YOU! They work for us ― and what boss doesnt have daily contact with his or her employees?
Its easy to make The Daily Call. To call your U.S. member of Congress or Senators in D.C., dial 202-225-3121 (or 202-224-3121 if busy). Its even better to call their direct line. For Senators, find each of their numbers here. For the direct line to your member in the House of Representatives, here.
Heres some great news: Someone has created an app to make this very easy: Go to the App Store and get 5 Calls. The app will dial the friggin phone for you and give you talking points for when you speak to your reps!
Heres what a sample week of your DAILY CALL can look like:
On Monday, call your Congressman/woman and tell them you do not want them to repeal Obamacare. In fact, you want them to improve it so that we have single-payer universal health care like all other civilized countries.
On Tuesday, call the first of your two U.S. Senators and tell him to vote NO on Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy. He couldnt even remember there was a Department of Energy - or what it did!
On Wednesday, call your other U.S. Senator. Demand she do everything in her power to block the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Thursday, call your local State House/Assembly representative in your state capital. Tell her you want the House to vote for legislation that prohibits the incarceration of nonviolent drug users.
On Friday, call your State Senator. Tell him you want him to support all efforts to reduce those activities which cause climate change.
Wake up.
Brush teeth.
Walk dog (or stare at cat).
Make coffee.
Call Congress.
It is impossible to overstate just how much power you have by making this simple, quick DAILY CALL. I know from firsthand experience the impact it has. These politicians freak out if they get just 10 calls on an issue. Imagine them getting 10,000! Holy crap - the dome will pop off that building!
NOTE: if youre saying to yourself, I dont need to call because my rep is a Democrat! ― that is NOT true. They need to hear from you. They need to know they have your support. Dont believe it? Our beloved Sen. Elizabeth Warren voted in favor of Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development! Im sure no one in Massachusetts thought they had to call her. YOU DO! She and the other Dems need to hear from the boss ― YOU! They work for us ― and what boss doesnt have daily contact with his or her employees?
Its easy to make The Daily Call. To call your U.S. member of Congress or Senators in D.C., dial 202-225-3121 (or 202-224-3121 if busy). Its even better to call their direct line. For Senators, find each of their numbers here. For the direct line to your member in the House of Representatives, here.
Heres some great news: Someone has created an app to make this very easy: Go to the App Store and get 5 Calls. The app will dial the friggin phone for you and give you talking points for when you speak to your reps!
Heres what a sample week of your DAILY CALL can look like:
On Monday, call your Congressman/woman and tell them you do not want them to repeal Obamacare. In fact, you want them to improve it so that we have single-payer universal health care like all other civilized countries.
On Tuesday, call the first of your two U.S. Senators and tell him to vote NO on Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy. He couldnt even remember there was a Department of Energy - or what it did!
On Wednesday, call your other U.S. Senator. Demand she do everything in her power to block the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Thursday, call your local State House/Assembly representative in your state capital. Tell her you want the House to vote for legislation that prohibits the incarceration of nonviolent drug users.
On Friday, call your State Senator. Tell him you want him to support all efforts to reduce those activities which cause climate change.
JudyM
(29,236 posts)2. Great post, Rec for every DUer!
2. THE MONTHLY VISIT: To add even more pressure, SHOW UP! Your member of Congress has a local office in your town or somewhere nearby. So do both of your U.S. Senators (often in the nearest federal building). Go there and ask to speak to their aide about the issues were facing (again, I will continually post them on my social media sites).
Also, dont forget to visit the local office (or the state capitol office) of your State Representative/Assemblyperson, and your State Senator.
And, if youre lucky to live within driving distance of Washington, DC, show up on Capitol Hill and pay an unannounced (its legal!) in-person visit to your U.S. Senators and your Congressman/woman. They pay serious attention to this. It blows their mind that youd drive that far to see them. Do it!
I know not everyone has the time to do THE MONTHLY VISIT ― but if you can, please do!
3. YOUR OWN PERSONAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM: You and 5 to 20 friends and family members must become your personal RAPID RESPONSE TEAM. Sign everybody up so that when we need to leap into action (like we did at the airports the hour after Trump signed his Muslim Ban), you can email and text each other and make an instant plan. On other days, youll share links to good investigative stories and TV news items. Come up with a name for your RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ― mine is called The V for Vendetta Rapid Response Team and it consists of myself, my daughter and son-in-law (and their new baby!); my two sisters, their spouses and adult children; my cousin; 8 friends; 6 co-workers; and my next door neighbor. Thats 27 of us and we live from Seattle to Michigan to Maryland. And each of them are forming their own local Rapid Response Teams. So that means the 27 on my team are so far responsible for 405 new Rapid Responders overnight! And each of those 405 are doing the same ― theyre recruiting their own 5-20 people ― and BOOM! 4,050 more Rapid Responders tomorrow ― and growing!
Love #10, too, Join the Army of Comedy. Plenty of DUers could do that, great senses of humor.