For the laziest activists among us--ResistBot

[Starry Messenger]

I count myself among this number, I just signed up for this last week and it is great. Your texts turned into hard copy faxes to your Senators and Member of Congress.

http://www.recode.net/2017/3/9/14865882/resistbot-texts-faxes-senators-representatives

Stop waiting for the electeds to read your mind--in a minute or two, you can get set up and join the resistance from your couch. No excuses! xoxoxo

Sending a text message to reach your Senator or Representative may sound less impactful than making a phone call or stopping by their office in person, but Putorti said faxes and emails “are considered just as effective or more so [than phone calls] because there’s no way to truly verify if a call is from a constituent.”

“What staffers need are tallies, turning constituent input into a count of support for or against. Ideally there would be a much better system for this but our democracy isn't perfect, it's incredibly messy,” he said.

[samnsara]

1. i did too!!! I sent a 'thank you'...

...note to my congresswomen thanking them for standing up to hate!

[Starry Messenger]

2. That's great!

It's so easy isn't it? I love it.

[cannabis_flower]

5. Meanwhile..

my congressman Ted Poe is running anti-"Obamacare" commercials

[Nitram]

3. they don't pay attention to texts and emails. They pay attention to phone calls.

AT the end of each day staff have to provide a list and a rough analysis of phone calls received (subjects, pro or con).

[calimary]

4. Well, then, do BOTH.

You've got an easy one and a somewhat easy one. There are TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line below. OR, with a quick visit to Google, you can find your reps' LOCAL or regional offices, and those phone numbers, too. Chances are good the LOCAL/regional numbers won't be as busy as the Capitol Hill numbers are, toll free or not.

[Starry Messenger]

6. Faxes too, which this is.

That's what the post is actually about--faxing.

[LaydeeBug]

7. kick. bookmarked. nt

[47of74]

8. done, done, and done.

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R and Bookmarked!