Tag: Phone Calls

Protect Mueller from a Trump tantrum. YES on H.R. 3771 & S. 1735.

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Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___]  to support H.R. 3771 – “The Special Counsel Independence Protection Act”, and make a public statement that the firing of Special Counsel Mueller by Trump would be completely unacceptable.

More Script if you want it: It’s the duty of Congress to serve as a check on Trump and prevent him from sending our democracy into a tailspin.

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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8 people were killed by a truck in NY. 900 have been killed by gunfire in the last 30 days. We are watching.

1 month update SINCE Las Vegas Massacre (Oct. 1st):

More than 3,000 people have been shot.
(Update: From October 2–31, the nonprofit identified reports of 3,791 people shot in America.) 

At least 900 of them have died.
(Update: Of those wounded, 1,195 died. The figure does not include the 58 who died during the Las Vegas mass shooting on October 1)

This is what that looks like in guns… (gray area for the dead). Each symbol represents a family torn apart, sorrow, pain, suffering and, because we are America, the incredible hardship of huge medical bills for the survivors.

This is ONE month in America.

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In the next few weeks, we will be bombarded by issues related to a radicalized Muslim man and his killing of 8 people with his truck. Trump will be rolling in his xenophobic mud as he tries to leverage this tragedy into more authoritarian power for himself. Continue reading “8 people were killed by a truck in NY. 900 have been killed by gunfire in the last 30 days. We are watching.” →

Save Net Neutrality

We’ll be contacting BOTH the FCC and our Congressperson on this important action!

FCC Sample Script: I’m calling FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to insist the FCC uphold all existing Title II net neutrality rules. We pay for Internet service, and we have a right to protection from data discrimination, privacy invasion, and access restrictions.

CALL FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: (1-202-418-1000)

Congress Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___] to do anything in his/her power to stop the  FCC from killing net neutrality and the strong Title II oversight of Internet Service Providers.

More script if your want it: Preserving an open internet is crucial for fair and equal access to the resources and information available on it.

CALL Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

OR Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: 

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NO on #TrumpTaxScam! Keep up the calls! Nobody likes it! Sink it!

Keep Calling! They’re worried…

“Republicans Are Trying to Pass a Tax Plan That Everybody Hates.”

Mark your calendars! Here’s the #TrumpTaxScam battle plan.

    • GOP completed Phase #1 of the #TrumpTaxScam. Both chambers can now ram this flaming turd through with a simple majority. (read about it here)
    • Nov. 1st: Didn’t happen…hmmm…
    • November 1: legislative text of the Trump Tax Scam will be released. DELAYED ‘TIL THURSDAY….hmmmm…
    • November 2: Indivisible and national allies join for National Call-in Day. We all call and light up their office lines!
    • November 2: The GOP released their flying monkeys! Click here and here. Read the whole damn bill here. 429 pages.
    • Week of November 6: multi-day mark up in the House Ways & Means Committee
    • November 6-10: National Week of Action to defeat the #TrumpTaxScam. Find an event near you. Click here!
    • November 10th: RALLY IN VENTURA
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    • Week of November 13: House vote
    • Week of November 13: mark up in the Senate Finance Committee
    • Week of November 20: Senate vote
    • We prevent their victory! We make them lose again!

Pick-a-script, collect the whole set!

Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] and I would like [legislator’s name] to stop the #TrumpTaxScam because… [fill in one or more of your favorite reasons from below]

Reasons:
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Fight the right-wing extremist takeover of our courts. It’s happening this week!

 Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Sen. [___] to vote NO on the judicial nominations of Amy Coney Barrett, Allison Eid, Stephanos Bibas, and Joan Larson.

More script if you want it: The judicial branch is our last defense against extremism from both the executive and legislative branches. Instead of protecting us, however, these nominees will rule against the civil rights of women, LGBTQ communities, immigrants, minorities, as well as other issues such as the environment and public access.

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More info:

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 NO on the Heartbeat Protection Act (HR 490)

Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___] to vote NO on HR 490 “Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017.”
More script if you want it: This Act would criminalize doctors who perform abortions after the 6th week, subjecting them to a fine and up to 5 years imprisonment, with no exceptions except to save the life of the mother, not even for incest or rape. Like the majority of Americans,  I support legal, accessible and safe abortions.

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: 

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Protect Endangered Species from the GOP

Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___] to vote NO on HR 424  HR 717,  HR 1274, HR 2603, and HR 3131, that weaken protections of the Endangered Species Act or to exempt individual species from protection.

More script if you need it: I care about biodiversity and I’m tired of this administration putting resource development above the environment.

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

or Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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No on H.R. 3990 – A Death Blow to our National Parks and Monuments

Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___] to vote NO on H.R. 3990 – “National Monument Creation and Protection Act”.

More script if you want it: This deceptively-named bill will effectively destroy our national monument system. It redefines what can be protected, limits the size of monuments, allows the President to rescind a National Monument, and prohibits the creation of marine monuments.

CALL Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

or Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: http://www.sierraclub.org/lay-of-the-land/2017/10/no-more-parks

Reject Ignoramuses & Industry Shills for the EPA

(Ignoramus is the title of a farce by George Ruggle (1575-1622) that was first produced in 1615. The title character, whose name in Latin literally means “we do not know,” is a lawyer who fancies himself to be quite shrewd but is actually foolish and ignorant.)

Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to urge Sen. [___] vote NO on the latest unqualified nominees for important positions involving environmental policy, including Kathleen Hartnett-White, Andrew Wheeler, William Wehrum, Michael Dourson and Barry Myers.

More script if you want it: These nominees cannot be trusted to protect public health and the environment. Additionally they will not commit to uphold California’s Green House Gas Waiver.

CALL Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

AND Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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Radical extremists in black robes. Call to stop them.

Reject Ideologues for the Federal Bench
Minimal script: I’m calling from zip code […..] to urge Senator Harris/Feinstein to reject ALL 50 of Trump’s picks for the Federal bench. Without exception, each of these nominees is an unqualified, right-wing extremist.

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430
Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: 

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/17/trump-judges-nominees-court-picks-243834
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/19/16504104/trump-jeff-mateer-lgbtq

Short read (from Rogan’s List)

Politico tell us that “Trump has nominated 50 candidates to lifetime appointments to the federal bench — including a man who asserted transgender children were evidence of “Satan’s plan,” one deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association and a handful of prolific bloggers. No Republican senator has voted against Trump’s judicial nominees so far this year, either in committee or in confirmation votes on the floor. They are planning to pick up the pace even more in the coming months.”  Here are three (3) egregious nominations that Democrats are trying to derail: 1) Jeff Mateer, nominated to a federal

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