Hi, all, and happy Tuesday!
Lots going on. Senator Schumer will bring the Freedom to Vote Act to the Senate floor—-with a vote on whether or not to just debate it—tomorrow. Don’t be surprised when the GOP filibusters it. It is after that that the real work begins. The work of pressuring Manchin, Sinema, and President Biden to open the door to filibuster reform. Or else.
“Or else what?” you may ask.
Or else we scream into a pillow, go to bed early, and live to fight another day.
Look, whatever comes, we will fight. If this bill doesn’t pass, we’ll fight. If it does, we’ll fight. If aliens land and turn us all into lollipops we’ll fight. (Although that almost sounds fun. Unless it’s Halloween.)
We take action no matter what. That’s how we survive. That’s how we thrive. It’s also how we win.
I’m utterly out of the prognostication business, thank God. My job is providing elbow grease. Over that I do have some control.
Thank God.
So let’s get those elbows working one more time. 💪🏼
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
I am calling to urge the Senator to support the Freedom To Vote Act. This bill would protect the right to vote, ensure fairer representation and get big money out of our political process. We absolutely must pass it if we are to protect our democracy. [If Dem add:] And I 100% support abolishing the filibuster if it’s required to get this done.
[If Dem add:] Also I’m asking the Senator to commit to voting NO on the Build Back Better Act unless both the Clean Electricity Payment Program and the clean energy tax credits are kept in the bill. This is our last chance to save our climate and our economic competitiveness. We can’t blow it. No climate, no deal. Thank you!
Call Your House Rep (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is _______.
[If Dem:] First, I’m asking the Congressmember to commit to voting NO on the Build Back Better Act unless both the Clean Electricity Payment Program and the clean energy tax credits are kept in the bill. This is our last chance to save our climate and our economic competitiveness. We can’t blow it. No climate, no deal.
[to all:] Also, we need Congress to stop Big Tech from amassing data by passing strong privacy laws that put people—not corporations—in control of our personal information. We need a data privacy law that makes it illegal for companies like Facebook and YouTube to collect the massive amount of data they need to power their algorithms. I also call on Congress to use their subpoena power to gather more information and hold Facebook accountable for its harmful practices. It’s time to rein in Big Tech and protect our democracy. Thanks. [H/T]
Extra Credit
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We are going to keep making this ask of President Biden until he does it. Please either Resistbot the below to him or send it via the White House comment form.
I am writing to ask you to immediately call a halt to the operation of Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. Line 3 is a clear danger to our climate, water, and land, and would undermine the Indigenous treaty rights of the Anishinaabe people. Enbridge’s route crosses the 1854 and 1855 treaty territory where Anishinaabe people retain the right to hunt, fish, gather medicines, and harvest wild rice. The impact of construction - or worse, an oil spill - would permanently damage their ability to exercise these rights.
The proposed route for Line 3 crosses 227 lakes and rivers, including the Mississippi River and rivers that feed directly into Lake Superior, putting those waterways at risk of a spill from the 760,000 barrels of tar sands oil that would flow through Line 3 every day.
Construction of Line 3 cannot continue. You promised to address climate change. You swore you would lead us off of fossil fuels. Keeping Line 3 going is exactly the opposite of this. Please act on this now. Thanks.
Get Out your Pretty Pens! ✍🏼
TODAY is the last day to request Virginia postcard addresses from Activate America. Have postcards and want to write for Virginia? Get your final requests in immediately HERE, and mail them no later than Thursday, October 21st to ensure they arrive by Election Day.
Live in Northeast LA? I HAVE TWENTY POSTCARD PACKETS LEFT— HEEEEEELP! Please email me and I’ll give you my address. They need to be mailed in the next few days. 🚨🚨🚨
Get on the Phones! ☎️
I was just over on the VA Democrats’ Slack channel, where I learned that all of their phonebanks are now Hubdialer phonebanks! What this means: they need as many people as possible calling during each shift! The dialer is faster and more efficient the more people they have calling.
Can you make calls with them today at 3 or 6pm EDT? Sign-up below. I will be at the 3PM! Why?
👀 Because Election Day IS IN TWO WEEKS!! 👀
Sign-up for phonebank shifts TODAY at 3 or 6pm EDT here.
Resistbot Text (new to Resistbot? Go here!)
[Also to President Biden. Yup. It’s a two-letter day. You can send this via Resistbot by texting SIGN POMFWK to 50409. Or copy and paste and send via the contact form. [H/T] [H/T]
President Biden, I’m writing about saving our democracy. Its fate is in your hands.
First, getting to the truth about January 6th is not a partisan issue. Your judgments should not be clouded by fear of Republican response. Please waive executive privilege to the fullest extent possible regarding the events of January 6th, not on a case-by-case basis. Also please expressly waive privilege over all documents that Trump seeks to conceal under cover of the privilege. Finally, please reconsider your choice for Attorney General in light of the ongoing coup attempt by Trump and his co-conspirators. We need someone who’s really willing to go to the mats with these traitors; it’s become apparent that Merrick Garland is not that person.
Second, we can’t “out-organize” voter suppression – not when the results of elections can be overturned on false pretexts. We must have legislation NOW and we need your help to get the job done. Please make getting the Freedom to Vote Act your top priority and do everything in your considerable power to unite Senate Democrats to pass the bill by any means possible, including by abolishing, reforming, or providing an exception to the Senate filibuster. Thanks.
OK, you did it again! You helped build a bigger boat! 🛳
You’re amazing.
Talk tomorrow.
Jess