I am pretty solid with work, caregiving for my daughter(much harder). Then at around 5 pm, I'm hit with one more bit of information that inspires, gives me a boost, pisses me all the way off really. That gives me the energy to call my Senators and House Reps. I make around 15 calls most days, and 11 is the least amount I make. I listen, research, and then follow up with emails to Senators in Leadership for Republicans and Democrats, careful to be respectful, yet unflinchingly firm.
I've driven to Boise with my medically fragile daughter to a bigger protest (LOVED IT) and am doing everything I can. I feel the pressure, I've found my 1-2 issues, but all of it enrages me. Protests, big and small, meeting with Senators, writing to newspapers, letters to the editor in local papers, and news stations. You name it, I've either done it or am in the process of doing it again.
Jessica, with your support, nudges, and video inspirations, which I have told everyone I know about, we'd be in a bigger pickle. With you being a constant north star, I feel I can always do more, say more, and frankly, use my age. At nearly 62, I can use what I know, how I remember my mother fighting, and how I am not going down or out without the loudest good fight.
Thank you. When the issues are so severe, it doesn't take long to make a phone call or 15, and tell them what this constituent demands to see. At this point, I've committed to my Rep, Cliff Bentz, to find him other suitable employment.
Is anybody keeping track of the names, addresses, email addresses, videos and phone numbers of the Trump collaborators and ICE fascist foot soldiers? We will need these for the New Nuremberg trials we will need to have soon.
ProPublica just updated this article on April 17 "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew: The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration". (Recall that ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom, received a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year for their investigation and reporting on Justice Clarence Thomas.) It's vital to track along the way, to be ready if/when those doing criminal acts can be prosecuted. https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
Getting a little ahead of the game; we need to win first. There'll be plenty of time for retribution after our basic rights, freedom, and responsibilities have been restored and secured.
We need to keep the record now. Before they vanish into the wind or move to an accepting country. We know Elon, he can't go to Canada anymore, but would South Africa still accept him? But what about the bully ICE agent from out of town? Who is he? How can he be tracked?
Connie, I commented on your original post. There's also this investigation. The article begins: "A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show.
The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has sought a wide swath of information from IRS employees. In particular, the office is seeking any requests for taxpayer data from the president, the Executive Office of the President, DOGE or the president’s Office of Management and Budget." https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-irs-treasury-tigta-inspector-general-probe
The ones we need to know, like Steven Miller, and Russell Vought, we already know and the individual bullies that you cite are on the books somewhere. If and when it comes to that, we'll be able to track them down just like SS troopers and prison guards were found after WW2.
Dave, here's my reply to Connie Hampton in case it doesn't link to you directly. ProPublica just updated this article on April 17 "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew: The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration". (Recall that ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom, received a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year for their investigation and reporting on Justice Clarence Thomas.) It's vital to track along the way, to be ready if/when those doing criminal acts can be prosecuted. I also shared another article from ProPublica on April 25 with Connie re the Treasury Dept investigation, above. https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
A very rare trifecta today, I got answers in all 3 offices. In addition to the 2 topics of the day, I reminded the folks that a budget bill cutting Medicaid and extending the tax cuts is unacceptable and should be voted down.
Jessica, I expect you know about the No Rogue Rulings Act, which was passed by the House. It MUST NOT pass the Senate! Would you make it the subject of calls to our Senators, asking them to filibuster and do whatever it takes to block it?
This bill would rescind the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions when a law or policy is ruled unconstitutional. People would have to file lawsuits in every state. It will end equal justice under the law.
Trump wanted to punish judges who ruled against his unconstitutional actions - so his lackeys wrote him a bill. We can't let it pass!
I'm a MD resident and retired educator. I'm very upset about the state school board's decision about DEI. I called Gov Moore's office and they said they'd already had 6 calls about the state school board's decision. I also called my state reps, my 2 democratic senators, and the state achool board.
Live in MO believe that both of my senators are Christian Nationalists so it is Very Hard to call them as I know that are all for what is going on. Are there Republican senators I can call instead that might be amendable to NOT supporting all this MAGA stuff.
Am unsure about my congresswoman Ann Wagner as she seems to just be out to lunch
Do you read Jess Piper's Substack, The View from Rural Missouri? 10/10 recommend. Keep calling. Call your state reps as well. Let them know you are there, and you are watching.
Thank you, thank you thank you Jessica for your column. It honestly is keeping me sane in these insane times.. that you offer this for free is overwhelmingly gracious of you. Do you tell us your readers every day how amazing we are I wish there were a way that we could tell you every day how amazing you are. I hope you know it and will take that in. Please keep up the good work..
Thank you so much!! Your information has helped organized the chaos and find my voice. I’m making calls and emails. I’m also working on putting together a kindness action with my local library. My child has special needs and we are not sure if big protests will work for us. Thank you for your voice and giving us all courage to make a difference. I’ve gone from feeling hopeless to taking positive action steps.
Jessica, thank you so much for doing what you do here! Reading what you post (and writing/texting/calling where you recommend) leaves me feeling more hopeful and less helpless.
Thanks for being a lifeline for those of us who feel like we’re drowning!
Thank you again, Jessica, for keeping us grounded in action during these nuttyballz times! I end up spinning in circles trying to decide where to take action first and your newsletters and posts are so helpful.
Jessica, thank you thank you, thank you! You're hard work and commitment to our Republic invigorates me and keeps me going. I can't imagine the toll it takes on you and your family. I'm grateful to them for sharing you with us all.
It appears to me the DNC wants to keep their ineffective corporate democrats by passing rules to stop David Hogg’s mission to get rid of said ineffective people. DNC is mad and their response is making me mad. We all had sufficient warning with project 2025 and what did the Democrats do to prepare? Absolutely nothing. If they had been doing their jobs, then David Hogg wouldn’t have this focus. Maybe he could just focus on the gun violence that hasn’t been solved… by the Democrats.
Well, it's not quite that simple. Ken Martin is also trying to address the fact that the DNC meddled in the Bernie/Clinton primary and a huge contingent has never forgiven them. We can't have our cake and eat it too. Either the DNC meddles and sometimes we don't like the results, or they don't and sometimes we don't like the results.
Thanks for your sharing your thoughts and more background. I may agree more if the government wasn’t actively breaking laws every day and these were normal times. The DNC still seems like the old guard still protecting their moneyed interests and not addressing the crisis traumatizing us daily. They did not respond to a 900 page published document listing how Democracy will be destroyed. People like me knew about it and have been preparing/living in fear. I dunno… maybe the folks who were in charge should claim some accountability and look at WHY a fellow democrat is trying to primary ineffective democrats (And why so many of us are angry and disillusioned)? Shouldn’t the problem be the ineffective leaders and not the person trying to right the wrongs???
I get their stance on rules, and also, are we not past that with the fires raging? Why is there not a strong, courageous, brave unified front denouncing all and every illegal thing this regime is doing? Why are they voting for unqualified appointees, and voting to censure Rep Al Green? I lost all respect after that. It’s just a game to the corporate democrats. There’s a few real fighters, but they are fighting in a rigged system to keep them down. The Democrats as a whole were not prepared, have no excuse and also seem to have no willingness to look, listen and redirect. There should be accountability for that. Not more infighting! Also, were the DNC not aware of David Hogg’s PAC before offering/accepting of the chair? If so, there’s another example of not thinking, not seeing ahead, not using imagination. Or maybe it was the plan for distractions and fund raising emails. Either way, the optics are bad.
I need to learn more of what the point of the DNC is; Is it just fundraising? To me, if the DNC is not going to fight against ineffective leaders, then it means they are fighting for them.
Thank you Jessica for all you do to help America and the world! I still make my calls but it feels like it’s really damaging to my health, and my calls are to California Democratic leaders. But I understand not fighting could be even worse.
Thank you for asking. I am happy to be still working at my age 74+, in a profession the TP Administration and all the xtian goodie2shoes says will lead me and others astray, the Theater.
I am ever hopeful that we the united peoples will win through all this garbage and keep our Democracy and Constitution safe.
I am pretty solid with work, caregiving for my daughter(much harder). Then at around 5 pm, I'm hit with one more bit of information that inspires, gives me a boost, pisses me all the way off really. That gives me the energy to call my Senators and House Reps. I make around 15 calls most days, and 11 is the least amount I make. I listen, research, and then follow up with emails to Senators in Leadership for Republicans and Democrats, careful to be respectful, yet unflinchingly firm.
I've driven to Boise with my medically fragile daughter to a bigger protest (LOVED IT) and am doing everything I can. I feel the pressure, I've found my 1-2 issues, but all of it enrages me. Protests, big and small, meeting with Senators, writing to newspapers, letters to the editor in local papers, and news stations. You name it, I've either done it or am in the process of doing it again.
Jessica, with your support, nudges, and video inspirations, which I have told everyone I know about, we'd be in a bigger pickle. With you being a constant north star, I feel I can always do more, say more, and frankly, use my age. At nearly 62, I can use what I know, how I remember my mother fighting, and how I am not going down or out without the loudest good fight.
Thank you.
Jane
Wow! 15 calls!
The stakes are too high for my daughter on SSDI, Medicare, and Medicaid...she will not survive. Her medications are astronomical.
You are amazing!
Thank you. When the issues are so severe, it doesn't take long to make a phone call or 15, and tell them what this constituent demands to see. At this point, I've committed to my Rep, Cliff Bentz, to find him other suitable employment.
Is anybody keeping track of the names, addresses, email addresses, videos and phone numbers of the Trump collaborators and ICE fascist foot soldiers? We will need these for the New Nuremberg trials we will need to have soon.
ProPublica just updated this article on April 17 "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew: The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration". (Recall that ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom, received a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year for their investigation and reporting on Justice Clarence Thomas.) It's vital to track along the way, to be ready if/when those doing criminal acts can be prosecuted. https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
Getting a little ahead of the game; we need to win first. There'll be plenty of time for retribution after our basic rights, freedom, and responsibilities have been restored and secured.
We need to keep the record now. Before they vanish into the wind or move to an accepting country. We know Elon, he can't go to Canada anymore, but would South Africa still accept him? But what about the bully ICE agent from out of town? Who is he? How can he be tracked?
Connie, I commented on your original post. There's also this investigation. The article begins: "A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show.
The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has sought a wide swath of information from IRS employees. In particular, the office is seeking any requests for taxpayer data from the president, the Executive Office of the President, DOGE or the president’s Office of Management and Budget." https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-irs-treasury-tigta-inspector-general-probe
The ones we need to know, like Steven Miller, and Russell Vought, we already know and the individual bullies that you cite are on the books somewhere. If and when it comes to that, we'll be able to track them down just like SS troopers and prison guards were found after WW2.
Dave, here's my reply to Connie Hampton in case it doesn't link to you directly. ProPublica just updated this article on April 17 "Elon Musk's Demolition Crew: The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration". (Recall that ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom, received a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year for their investigation and reporting on Justice Clarence Thomas.) It's vital to track along the way, to be ready if/when those doing criminal acts can be prosecuted. I also shared another article from ProPublica on April 25 with Connie re the Treasury Dept investigation, above. https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
Thanks Diane. That's excellent.
A very rare trifecta today, I got answers in all 3 offices. In addition to the 2 topics of the day, I reminded the folks that a budget bill cutting Medicaid and extending the tax cuts is unacceptable and should be voted down.
Good for you!
Jessica, I expect you know about the No Rogue Rulings Act, which was passed by the House. It MUST NOT pass the Senate! Would you make it the subject of calls to our Senators, asking them to filibuster and do whatever it takes to block it?
This bill would rescind the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions when a law or policy is ruled unconstitutional. People would have to file lawsuits in every state. It will end equal justice under the law.
Trump wanted to punish judges who ruled against his unconstitutional actions - so his lackeys wrote him a bill. We can't let it pass!
It was already in the plans for today. Thansk!
Excellent! Thank you so much for everything you do!
Isn’t that HR1526?
yes
I'm a MD resident and retired educator. I'm very upset about the state school board's decision about DEI. I called Gov Moore's office and they said they'd already had 6 calls about the state school board's decision. I also called my state reps, my 2 democratic senators, and the state achool board.
I hesitated to post it here because it is pretty lengthy, with lots of links to supporting articles
Courage is contagious! I went my first protest. Just OMG.
YAY!
Right on!
Live in MO believe that both of my senators are Christian Nationalists so it is Very Hard to call them as I know that are all for what is going on. Are there Republican senators I can call instead that might be amendable to NOT supporting all this MAGA stuff.
Am unsure about my congresswoman Ann Wagner as she seems to just be out to lunch
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They want you to stop calling and emailing. They want you to leave them alone. Don’t! ✊🏻
Do you read Jess Piper's Substack, The View from Rural Missouri? 10/10 recommend. Keep calling. Call your state reps as well. Let them know you are there, and you are watching.
Email them and request a reply, as well. I do it every day.
Please keep calling! They need to hear that their constituents are furious!
Thank you, thank you thank you Jessica for your column. It honestly is keeping me sane in these insane times.. that you offer this for free is overwhelmingly gracious of you. Do you tell us your readers every day how amazing we are I wish there were a way that we could tell you every day how amazing you are. I hope you know it and will take that in. Please keep up the good work..
You're very kind, Debra. Thank you!
There’s a donate button 😊
Thank you so much!! Your information has helped organized the chaos and find my voice. I’m making calls and emails. I’m also working on putting together a kindness action with my local library. My child has special needs and we are not sure if big protests will work for us. Thank you for your voice and giving us all courage to make a difference. I’ve gone from feeling hopeless to taking positive action steps.
That's so wonderful, Michelle. Let us know how it goes!
Will do. My high schooler made my profile pick - words that you inspired in one of your video chats!! ❤️
Jessica, thank you so much for doing what you do here! Reading what you post (and writing/texting/calling where you recommend) leaves me feeling more hopeful and less helpless.
Thanks for being a lifeline for those of us who feel like we’re drowning!
Happy to help!
Thank you again, Jessica, for keeping us grounded in action during these nuttyballz times! I end up spinning in circles trying to decide where to take action first and your newsletters and posts are so helpful.
Jessica, thank you thank you, thank you! You're hard work and commitment to our Republic invigorates me and keeps me going. I can't imagine the toll it takes on you and your family. I'm grateful to them for sharing you with us all.
FOXTROT DELTA TANGO
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Holly Hellberg
Aw. Thanks!
Hi. I’m still recovering from writing that letter.
I know. I'm so grateful that you did. Thank you.
Thank you for doing that!
It was a powerful and upsetting article. To think that 4 year olds are in court. What kind of country does that?
🥺agreed! It’s awful!
Sue I would like to learn more about Mr. Hogg's efforts to find younger progressives to run for office everywhere. He is on DNC right?
It appears to me the DNC wants to keep their ineffective corporate democrats by passing rules to stop David Hogg’s mission to get rid of said ineffective people. DNC is mad and their response is making me mad. We all had sufficient warning with project 2025 and what did the Democrats do to prepare? Absolutely nothing. If they had been doing their jobs, then David Hogg wouldn’t have this focus. Maybe he could just focus on the gun violence that hasn’t been solved… by the Democrats.
Well, it's not quite that simple. Ken Martin is also trying to address the fact that the DNC meddled in the Bernie/Clinton primary and a huge contingent has never forgiven them. We can't have our cake and eat it too. Either the DNC meddles and sometimes we don't like the results, or they don't and sometimes we don't like the results.
Thanks for your sharing your thoughts and more background. I may agree more if the government wasn’t actively breaking laws every day and these were normal times. The DNC still seems like the old guard still protecting their moneyed interests and not addressing the crisis traumatizing us daily. They did not respond to a 900 page published document listing how Democracy will be destroyed. People like me knew about it and have been preparing/living in fear. I dunno… maybe the folks who were in charge should claim some accountability and look at WHY a fellow democrat is trying to primary ineffective democrats (And why so many of us are angry and disillusioned)? Shouldn’t the problem be the ineffective leaders and not the person trying to right the wrongs???
I get their stance on rules, and also, are we not past that with the fires raging? Why is there not a strong, courageous, brave unified front denouncing all and every illegal thing this regime is doing? Why are they voting for unqualified appointees, and voting to censure Rep Al Green? I lost all respect after that. It’s just a game to the corporate democrats. There’s a few real fighters, but they are fighting in a rigged system to keep them down. The Democrats as a whole were not prepared, have no excuse and also seem to have no willingness to look, listen and redirect. There should be accountability for that. Not more infighting! Also, were the DNC not aware of David Hogg’s PAC before offering/accepting of the chair? If so, there’s another example of not thinking, not seeing ahead, not using imagination. Or maybe it was the plan for distractions and fund raising emails. Either way, the optics are bad.
I need to learn more of what the point of the DNC is; Is it just fundraising? To me, if the DNC is not going to fight against ineffective leaders, then it means they are fighting for them.
Thank you Jessica for all you do to help America and the world! I still make my calls but it feels like it’s really damaging to my health, and my calls are to California Democratic leaders. But I understand not fighting could be even worse.
I saw this in the Baltimore Banner today: "Maryland schools won’t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands" https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-schools-dei-APQ4LALHAJGB3C36TA3DTBGCLI
Thank you for asking. I am happy to be still working at my age 74+, in a profession the TP Administration and all the xtian goodie2shoes says will lead me and others astray, the Theater.
I am ever hopeful that we the united peoples will win through all this garbage and keep our Democracy and Constitution safe.