The ACLU has an easy to use form to contact congress: Hands off our healthcare: don't repeal the ACA

[flamingdem]

You can send several messages from this site and they suggest text you can use.

https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu-action/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=76013626

Link to tweet

[guillaumeb]

1. Thank you. That WAS easy. Recommended.

[flamingdem]

3. Yes, it's brilliant.

Someone thoughtful came up with that, and boy do we need it right now (and for four years more too.. aarg)

[dchill]

2. K&R.

Done.

[mcar]

4. Done

Thanks.

[Maraya1969]

5. Done! I also get alerts from them on my phone.

[flamingdem]

10. I'm glad they're taking this on

They are a trusted organization, I mean other than the deplorables who surely think they are evil!

[Thomas Hurt]

6. Messages to the Fascists

I sent an email to one of my fascist Senators. First thing was he wanted my SSN. That made me a little uncomfortable, but I sent it anyway.

My email was about the supposed investigation into the millions of "illegal" voters.

All for naught though one of the fascist lackeys sent me a canned response explaining the electoral college like I could not read the Constitution myself.

Worthless and pointless,

I am thinking something more symbolic like the bag of dicks that people sent.

[flamingdem]

8. Was this also an online form?

Amazed that they wanted your Social

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Done!

The only question I have: How do you go about adding text? I couldn't figure it out.

[flamingdem]

9. Hi Peggy! You can add text to the box that says editable text

There is one to the house and one to the senate - you can add to the text underneath or delete it and add your own

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Oh good grief! I did see that box......

It just didn't sink in.

Silly me!

Thanks, my dear flamingdem!

[flamingdem]

19. You're very welcome dear Peggy

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Done. Thanks

[flamingdem]

13. You're welcome!

[dalton99a]

14. Kick.

[Cadfael]

15. I used a form like this to contact my congresscritter

And got this canned response from that POS Roskam:

"Thank you for contacting my office with your concerns. It is good to hear from you. In our fast-paced world, I appreciate the fact you took the time to share your views on the issues of importance to you.

As your Congressman, I welcome the opportunity to benefit from your insight. Because you contacted me through a third party website, please contact me directly at http://roskam.house.gov/contact/ so I can better answer any questions you may have."

And I had written a 3 paragraph long winded exposition like a week and a half before getting this response! Which, of course, I'd lost the will and the steam to reproduce, so maybe that was the whole point of their dog and pony show.

[flamingdem]

16. That's why people have to go to town meetings

Though supposedly all of the letters get counted in a yes / no fashion, who knows

[Cadfael]

17. Yeah - he doesn't do town meetings

He says they're not productive.

From the Sun Times "Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton says he’s no fan of “circus” town hall meetings and prefers a more controlled setting for town-hall-style meetings by telephone"

[flamingdem]

18. People need to go to his office and protest

That's been happening everywhere and many of them ultimately give in - I think Cotton was one of them, many reports on msnbc

[Cadfael]

20. He attended a meeting in Palatine

A meeting of the Palatine Township Republican Organization that was originally open to the public, then later closed because of "high demand" so that the hundreds of his constituents were forced to express their concerns through a rally outside the site of the meeting

Link to tweet

Apparently he ultimately ended up sneaking out the back door...


(not my video, btw, but it was a part of a post/response to local news)

[Cha]

21. KR