Chop Wood, Carry Water 4/1
Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.
—Emma Donoghue
Hi, all and happy Friday!
I’m running very behind, so I’ll keep this quick.
An Amazon warehouse just voted to unionize.
The jobs report is stellar.
The House just voted to legalize pot. Yesterday they voted—or Dems did, at least— to cap Insulin prices at $35/month.
It’s Friday.
Not everything, in short, is bad.
Progress may be slow, but it’s happening. Imagine how much more we’ll get if we hold the House and flip two more Senate seats in November. WHICH WE CAN!
We’re on the precipice of greatness.
Let’s not stop now.
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
First, I support S.3847 - the Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022, which would ban the biggest, most anticompetitive mergers and give the DOJ and FTC more tools to reject deals and break up monopolies.
Second, I know that hearings have started for President Biden’s two nominees to fill vacancies on the USPS board. I want the Senator to make sure these nominees support ousting DeJoy and stopping his Ten-Year Plan. They also need to staunchly oppose the privatization of our postal service. If they don’t I want the Senator to vote no on their confirmations. Thanks.
Call Your House Rep (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is _______.
I’m calling because I’m angry that Oil and gas CEOs are price gouging and profiteering, reaping excessive profits and padding the pockets of wealthy shareholders. I want Congress to pass HR 7061, the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax.
On a related note, I want the Congressmember to push President Biden to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act and other presidential powers to ramp up clean energy production. The war in Ukraine—along with the almost daily extreme weather events we’re now seeing—shows us again that depending on oil and gas only tethers us to dictators and kills our planet. It’s got to stop. Thanks.
Extra Credit ✅
Sorry it was impossible to write CBS news through their form yesterday. That was the web address they gave on their outgoing voicemail, but because I’d left them a voice message I didn’t test it out.
One of my readers tracked down an email address, but it bounced for me because “the mailbox is full” 😂. So I found a couple more that seem to be working for now. Here’s a click-to-send with the same text I used yesterday. Or write your own email to investigates@cbsnews.com and/or weekend@cbsnews.com.
Extra Extra Credit
The Union sent such a great action that I needed to share it here! Also, I’ve made it a jot easier.
Did you know Steve Bannon has just one distribution partner left? This one company beams his show, Pandemic War Room, into ~8M American homes. In turn, it pays him a cut of the advertising revenues.
The company is called Performance One Media LLC. So we’re reaching out to Performance One Media’s ad exchanges because they’re the ones helping generate revenue for Bannon. Today, we’re talking to ADman Media, an ad platform based in Barcelona, Spain, that maintains a direct relationship with Performance One Media LLC.
Please click here to send them an email. If the click-to-send doesn’t work for you send me an email back and I’ll forward you the Union’s email. Too long to post it all here.
Get Smart! 📚
This event sounds fascinating—a conversation about oligarchs in America, the threat we face and practical steps to reclaim our democracy and our economy before it’s too late. The list of speakers is fantastic.
WHEN: Monday, April 4th, 2021 // 2:30 – 5:00PM ET
WHERE: Tune into the livestream @ fb.com/PatrioticMillionaires
Win Races! 🗳
The Environmental Voter Project hopes to reach 50,000 Voters in Arizona over Earth Week! They’ll be calling low propensity environmental voters in Tucson, AZ. This is so important because if we can get these environmentalists to vote in local elections this spring, they'll almost definitely vote again in Arizona's general elections this fall. Please sign up for a shift!
Training is provided for all phonebanks; no experience necessary:
April 18: Earth Week Tucson, AZ Phonebank w/ Special Guest Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. 6pm ET / 3pm PT. Sign up here.
April 19: Earth Week Tucson, AZ Phonebank. 12pm ET / 9am PT. Sign up here.
April 21: Earth Week Tucson, AZ Phonebank. 7pm ET / 4pm PT. Sign up here.
Also, EVP just compiled a bunch of data about how effective their work was in 2021—spoiler alert, VERY—and they’re going to talk about it at a webinar on April 13th at 8PM EDT. Register here. I will be there!
Resistbot Text (new to Resistbot? Go here! And then here.)
[to all 3 reps] [H/T] [quick send: text SIGN PXTFYS to 50409]
As your constituent, I’m asking you to take action to protect local election workers against attacks.
Recent reports show that election workers are being harassed and threatened as they carry out their basic duties. Some have even received death threats that name their young children.
This is deeply concerning — these attacks could very well put the future of fairly administered elections at risk. I’m asking you to take action to defend our election workers:
- Prohibit the intimidation of election workers who are carrying out their duties
- Prohibit the publishing of election workers’ personally identifying information with the intent to threaten or intimidate them
- Establish address confidentiality programs that can keep election workers’ personal information secure
- Provide physical and online safety training to election officials.
The people that keep our elections safe deserve to feel safe themselves. Thanks.
OK, you did it again! You helped save democracy! You’re amazing.
Talk tomorrow.
Jess
Thanks for the resend on Mick Mctraitor- it feels good to send them I suggested they replace him with Vindman😂! Spring and hope in the air! Have a good weekend.