Chop Wood, Carry Water 4/6
However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
Stanley Kubrick
Hi, all, and happy Wednesday.
I’m about to pop into a meeting so will just say this:
The news is extremely scary.
Taking action eases the fear.
Lots of bad news? Lots of action!
Thus we ease our anxiety.
And tomorrow the news is less scary.
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
I’m extremely concerned that yet another draconian abortion law has been passed—this time in Oklahoma. These attacks on Americans’ reproductive freedoms are horrifying. I want the Senator to push back in every way s/he can. One immediate way s/he can do so is by co-sponsoring S 1141, the Judiciary Act, to expand the Supreme Court by four seats. This Court has been taken over by right wing extremists who are coming for our hard earned constitutional freedoms, and they won’t stop with abortion, either. It’s unacceptable. We must rebalance it. Thanks.
Speaking of the Supreme Court, I support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and can’t wait to see her seated on the Supreme Court. Thanks.
Call Your House Rep (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is _______.
I’m extremely, extremely concerned that yet another draconian abortion law has been passed—this time in Oklahoma. These attacks on Americans’ reproductive freedoms are horrifying. I want the Congressmember to push back in every way s/he can. One immediate way s/he can do so is by co-sponsoring HR 2584, the Judiciary Act, to expand the Supreme Court by four seats. This Court has been taken over by right wing extremists who are coming for our hard earned constitutional freedoms, and they won’t stop with abortion, either. We must rebalance it. Thanks.
Extra Credit ✅
Send the below to President Biden either through his webform (ideal if you want to edit it), or, if you’re good with sending it as is, by texting SIGN PJNZHR to 50409. [H/T]
Mr. President, you said it yourself last week: Enough is Enough! Now is not the time for U.S. oil companies to sit on record profits. I appreciate your joining our allies in releasing millions of barrels of oil from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a “wartime bridge” for the next six months, but a bridge to increasing domestic oil production takes us backward. We are in a climate crisis! We voted for you to lead us forward to avoid climate catastrophe by rapidly implementing a green economy. I want you to use the Defense Production Act to curb oil and gas company price gouging by imposing price controls, and to provide urgent assistance to ramp up domestic production and implementation of sustainable energy and conservation systems. This is a matter of enormous urgency. Please act! Thanks.
Get Smart! 📚
Interested in messaging? (Aren’t we all?) Then you may want to attend “Say What? A Political Messaging Webinar” with Activate America on Tuesday, April 19th at 5 PM Pacific / 8 PM Eastern.
To share how they approach communicating with voters, Activate America’s Communication Director and Strategist Donald Lathbury will dive into polling, political science research, and real-world experience to explain their messaging strategy to persuade voters and get out the vote.
You just might walk away as a better political communicator. To RSVP, click HERE.
Get Social!
Please post the below on your social media (the tags are for twitter. If you use FB you’ll have to use the lawmakers’ tags from that platform):
NEW: Big Oil has exploited the crisis in Ukraine to the tune of $24.35 billion in buybacks in 2022 alone. This is exactly why we must pass @RepRoKhanna @SenWhitehouse’s #BigOilWindfall Profits Tax to tackle this shameless war profiteering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/05/big-oil-companies-are-using-wartime-profits-enrich-investors-report-says/
Resistbot Text (new to Resistbot? Go here! And then here.)
[to your Senators] [H/T] [Quick send text SIGN PJNZHR to 50409]
I appreciate President Biden’s release of one million barrels of oil per day from our Strategic Reserve as a “wartime bridge,” but making that a bridge to increasing domestic oil production takes us in the wrong direction. We are in a climate crisis!
It’s time for President Biden to use his Defense Production Act powers to put price controls on Big Oil price-gouging and to rapidly increase implementation of renewable energy and conservation technologies nationwide.
I also want you to put additional pressure on oil companies to stop their shameless profiteering by co-sponsoring S 3802, Senator Whitehouse’s Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax. I’d like a response in writing telling me whether or not you will co-sponsor it, and if not why. Thanks!
OK, you did it again! You helped save democracy! You’re amazing.
Talk tomorrow.
Jess