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Calling out around the world

by DougJ|  January 30, 20174:21 pm| 21 Comments

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Now’s a good day to call your Senator and tell him or her to oppose all Trump cabinet nominees until the immigration ban is lifted. Also to tell them to filibuster any and all Trump SCOTUS nominees. If you can’t through to the DC office, try a local district office.

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  1. 1.

    Thoroughly Pizzled

    January 30, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    I called Brenda Lawrence, MI-14, at lunch. The staffer said I was the 22nd caller today. Keep it up, Juicers!

  2. 2.

    mousebumples

    January 30, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    I called my MoCs this morning. I just offered support for Senator Tammy Baldwin, but I got full mailboxes for Senator Ron Johnson and a busy signal when I tried to call his local offices. (I’ll keep trying.) My House Rep’s office (WI-8) told me that they didn’t know how the Rep felt on the subject – to which I call bullshit.

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    January 30, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    Protest outside DiFi’s LA office at either 5 or 6 p.m. tonight. Protest outside Darrell Issa’s local office in Vista tomorrow 10 a.m.

  4. 4.

    oldster

    January 30, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    Been calling–left a message on Schumer’s machine in Upstate thanking him for fighting everything tooth and nail. Can’t get through to his DC office, can’t get through to Gillibrand’s offices. Still trying!

    Also–fellow New Yawkers–phone your State Senators to push for the New York Health Act:

    http://www.nyhcampaign.org/

    An honest to god single-payer universal plan for New York.

    It has passed the Assembly, and now needs to get through the Senate. We can do it, and make single-payer a reality in the US.

  5. 5.

    Mark Field

    January 30, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    I couldn’t get through on the phone (busy) but I was able to fax a letter.

  6. 6.

    Bill

    January 30, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    Have tried many times over the past week. Lines are always busy. I guess that is a good sign.

  7. 7.

    terben

    January 30, 2017 at 4:41 pm

    Isn’t it too close to the next election to consider any SCOTUS nominees? Hasn’t the precedent been established?

  8. 8.

    Tokyokie

    January 30, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    I called my senators’ and representative’s (local) offices last week, and I will do so again this week and for the foreseeable future. Except I make my calls on Wednesday. However, these bastards will always leave me a wide variety of topics about which to vent. Last week it was the gag order for administrative agencies, this week it’ll be the EO removing the CJCS and DIN from the NSC. Although my rep will probably hear about the Jewish-Armenian immigrant from Iran who performed my bypass surgery, because I’m guessing she’s heard of him.

  9. 9.

    pat

    January 30, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    @mousebumples:

    Dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks Johnson’s mailbox has been full since Jan. 16.

  10. 10.

    Pengie

    January 30, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    @terben: He did officially open his re-election campaign. It would only be fair to let the people decide now that an election’s on.

  11. 11.

    Thoroughly Pizzled

    January 30, 2017 at 5:24 pm

    @efgoldman: I know that. But I commended her for opposing the executive order and attending the rally, and encouraged her to pass legislation to protect refugees.

    EDIT: And I did call my Senators as well.

  12. 12.

    NoraLenderbee

    January 30, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    Does it make any sense to call MoCs from other states? I want to encourage the Repubs who are opposing the EOs, however shakily. Does it do any good to call even if I’m not a constituent?

  13. 13.

    Mnemosyne

    January 30, 2017 at 5:48 pm

    Don’t forget, if you’re getting busy signals or full voicemail boxes, you can also fax. Worst case scenario, send a hand-written POSTCARD since a letter in an envelope may get held up for anthrax-related security reasons.

    (A postcard may still get held up, but not as long.)

  14. 14.

    Betty

    January 30, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    Senator Bob Casey has finally found his voice. Going after Mnuchin big time. Hope it pressures Toomey who may vote against Devos – calls are continuing.

  15. 15.

    elm

    January 30, 2017 at 5:56 pm

    @NoraLenderbee: I don’t know the real answer, but it’s probably worth a try.

    If you’re calling to praise or agree with a statement that they’ve made, the staffer will be happy to hear it. Even people from out of state can donate money.

    If you’re calling to pressure them to do something they don’t want to do, you’ll have more traction if they belong to your party and it’s something mainstream within the party and/or if their district is close to your district.

    I called the DSCC last week and explained that I don’t have a Democratic Senator of my own. The staffer there (politely) suggested I call Minority Leader Schumer’s office (all lines busy and mailboxes full) or a nearby Democratic Senator (I live 20 miles from a state with 2 of them).

    Bottom line: Calling an out-of-district Representative or Senator probably won’t be the most useless thing I do today.

  16. 16.

    Miss Bianca

    January 30, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Haven’t been able to get thru’ by phone, so emailed both my Senators. I’ve heard email isn’t as effective as calling, but had to do *something*!

  17. 17.

    randy khan

    January 30, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    I’d add that you should tell them that you want more than a simple “no” vote – you want them to object to proceeding by unanimous consent, you want them to demand the full amount of debate required by the Senate’s rules on every nominee, you want them to throw as much sand in the gears as possible. Just like Mitch McConnell & Co. did.

  18. 18.

    Gravie

    January 30, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    My two senators, Merkley & Wyden, have been fabulous. I called both their offices and told them they’d have my full support in opposing any and all of Trump’s nominees.

  19. 19.

    thedeadcanary

    January 30, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    And call your local news media, tv stations, newspapers.

  20. 20.

    Himahamma

    January 30, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    In NC, Burr’s local and national office lines were all down. Tillis (Tillis!) released a statement hedging on the Muslim ban. For non-NC folk, Thom Tillis was our speaker of the house when we became the “newly insane state of North Carolina” as Charles Pierce puts it. His Raleigh office answered.

    Keep calling!

  21. 21.

    mousebumples

    January 30, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    @pat: His Milwaukee office (414) was often busy but did end up letting me leave a voice mail. For the record.

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