Great. Courage is contagious so you are helping others too and you will be with large numbers of people. This helps to feel better and to realize you are not alone.
I called John Thune’s office and told the staffer that if he allows one Senator to be assaulted, then being a Senator doesn’t mean anything anymore, for any of them, including for Thune. If he stays silent then he’s staffers don’t owe him respect. This goes for any Republican Senators who are too afraid to speak out.
Thanks to your extra credit suggestion to call Senator Thune regarding the disgraceful treatment of Senator Padilla, I overcame phone phobia and did just that. My last name happens to match that of someone who long worked for the senator. My voice broke with the same emotion that struck me when I saw the video so I think the message had some gravitas. I had to do breathe work after to calm myself but am quite proud. Thanks coach!
Thank you for your posts. I read them every day! I know you have amazing resources, I’m sharing another (my own) down below too ❤️🩹🤍💙
Together we can keep cracking this administration!
Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing.
I email or call to my senators and representatives just about every day too. On some days they get more. I don't feel listened to AT ALL by them as they vote how the republican leadership tells them too most of the time. I know my frustration with them is showing.
Do you mean email? Physical letters are great, BUT they take a couple weeks due to screening protocols enacted some years ago due to anthrax threats/mailings (plus some were installed post 911 I believe.)
A quick note about the email to CEOs who advertise with Fox! It looks like it's an older letter - it focuses on the 2020 election and the Covid-19 pandemic. Both things that Fox handled horribly! But if you're sending that letter, it's worth adding a line or two with more current Fox disinformation. I talked about how Kristi Noem was lying on air yesterday about the incident with Senator Padilla - despite the fact that it was caught on video!
(Also, Subaru??? C'mon! Don't do the lesbians dirty like this!!)
Unfortunately I read your comment too late, I sent that letter out. But I did make it personal as to one of the CEOs, David Long, head of Liberty Mutual. I said, how can a company in Massachusetts call themselves Liberty and advertise on Fox news. And I’m a lawyer and I used to work for them. That was then, this is now, things have changed. So I wish I had known about the outdated references but I read it and it didn’t jump out at me. Just kind of a laundry list of bad things they’ve done on Fox.
The hearing on deployment of National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles began yesterday at 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM EST. There's a three hour difference between these time zones, and the court is located in California.
Newsom’s legal team argued that Trump’s use of federal troops violates state sovereignty, as there is no rebellion or invasion to justify the deployment.
The judge agreed with Newsom, around 9:00pm PT/12:00am EST Thursday. Newsom then held a press conference about the ruling.
So, I kinda rewrote my own “extra credit” letter to the CEOs because “Fox News” was the heading of each sentence. Other than that, I sent it out to all of them!
Concerning the proposed text for the letters asking CEOs to stop advertising on FOX News, I updated it to include their continued propagation of misinformation/lies in the last 4 months. Please feel free to use my text below as a basis for your own further customization of the letter:
Fox News is a dangerous distributor of misinformation and yet your company is one of Fox News’s biggest advertisers. By doing so you are harming our democracy.
Fox News has been, and continues to be a main gateway channel to right-wing extremism. During a time when thousands of Americans were dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the aftermath the violent right-wing attack on the U.S. Congress on January 6th, Fox News’s dangerous misinformation machine was there to repeat lies and misinform the public.
In the two weeks after the 2020 election, Fox News cast doubt on or pushed conspiracy theories about the election result nearly 800 times. Fox fuels conspiracies and attacks on democracy, tells their viewers the election was invalid, and stokes extremist violence.
Most recently, during the chaotic first 4 months of the Trump administration, Fox news has repeated lies by President Trump and the MAGA republicans without fact checking or any serious journalistic attempt to hold the administration accountable for illegal actions or violations of our constitution. Fox news has simply become an outrage machine and forum for the MAGA and Project 2025 agenda.
Fox News has a long history of spreading misinformation. Whether it is speaking on COVID-19, the Movement for Black Lives, the election, the climate, or it’s shameful repetition of lies issuing daily from the Trump administration, Fox News puts lies above the truth. Any company continuing to give ad money to Fox News is profiting from and complicit with their misinformation, white supremacy, and extremist fear-mongering.
I’m writing to demand that you act today, and cut off all advertising on Fox News. You can either keep on funding Fox’s lies, or say that you support American democracy — not both. I am confident that you are intelligent enough to see the truth of what I am saying here and understand the existential crisis our country is in right now; and that a totalitarian regime is not good for business. Please stand up in this critical time and help fight disinformation. We the people need your help.
I called Thune yesterday as soon as I saw the video of Senator Padilla being handcuffed and treated like a criminal. Friggin insanity. See ya all on the streets tomorrow for No Kings Day!
Thank you, Jess. Got through to Thune's office. I urged my Congressman not just to call for an investigation of Noem, but impeachment. I'm in CA, so called Padilla to thank him for putting himself on the line like that. Am I missing something or is it just POC members of Congress and mayors who are doing that?
Told both Padilla and Schiff that they should be changing their Yes votes on the GENIUS Act to No, and why. I used 5Calls script, also expressing my shock that I'm agreeing with Josh Hawley(!) and disagreeing with my Dem senators on this bill
May courage rise in the hearts of our voices, guided not by fear, but by truth and understanding.
May wisdom guide our words to hold firm those to account for their actions done in bad faith.
Choose justice over obedience, remembering our forefathers gave their lives to the Constitution, and not for power.
In every step, in every voice, may we lead with integrity and honor.
As, our children will be watching us.
🍁 Elbows UP! 🏒 T - 1
All week there have been hundreds of thousands protesting against the Trump Regime's illegal activities:
It's blatent disregard for putting most American lives in harm's way through para-military engagement of civilians, their disappearences, and the suspension of national medical programs.
It's destruction of our economy, causing widespread losses of personal savings, pensions, social security, and our ability to make a living, through psudo-economic policies that make no sense and have led to hyper inflation and the devaluation of the US dollar.
Advocation of Trump's own legal accountability to the courts, and our own choices for local government.
Use signage and messaging to make your numbers visible.
- stop H.R.1 or the Big Beautiful Bill
- demand the constitution be reveered and not perverted
- reinstate respect for the rule of law
- call for an end to his divisiveness
The best way to protest against the military parade is not to be in Washington DC - so that only crickets are there.
All of this will show the courts and our leaders the destruction of our society by Trump is unwarranted, and contrary to the values America was founded on. Show there is no justifiable reason for it.
Thank you for the video with Scott Dworkin. Have to get to WiFi to access so I could not sign in with a heart! But so grateful for the complex talking points and fierce dedication you both show. Soooo many getting ready today in Bath Maine to show up with equal dedication. We The People.
Thank you for another great post!
Tomorrow I am a first-time peacekeeper for a No Kings protest, wish me luck!
Great. Courage is contagious so you are helping others too and you will be with large numbers of people. This helps to feel better and to realize you are not alone.
Thanks! I will keep that in mind as I deal with the nervousness of being involved in this role!
Thank you. You’ve got this!!
Thanks! I have been to plenty of the protests, nervous and excited to be helping!
Thank you friend!!
Thanks for your thanks! Fingers crossed all goes well!
Indeed. My husband and I will be marching also. It’s scary, but we are resolved to fight every way possible. ✊🏼🙏🏼💗
Right on! We will do as much as we can!
Thank you for doing that! You’ll be great because you care.
Thanks!
I do send loads of clover leaves to you! You are doing everyone a big favor. Thanks!
Thank you! It was a bit of training, and a bit more time day of, but I think it will be worthwhile!
Thank you, we are in this together!!!
Good luck, Christopher!🙏👊🇺🇸👏
Thanks Susan!
Thank you!
I called John Thune’s office and told the staffer that if he allows one Senator to be assaulted, then being a Senator doesn’t mean anything anymore, for any of them, including for Thune. If he stays silent then he’s staffers don’t owe him respect. This goes for any Republican Senators who are too afraid to speak out.
Thanks to your extra credit suggestion to call Senator Thune regarding the disgraceful treatment of Senator Padilla, I overcame phone phobia and did just that. My last name happens to match that of someone who long worked for the senator. My voice broke with the same emotion that struck me when I saw the video so I think the message had some gravitas. I had to do breathe work after to calm myself but am quite proud. Thanks coach!
Amazing Jan!!! So impressed that you did this! Thank you sweet lady!
Thank you for your posts. I read them every day! I know you have amazing resources, I’m sharing another (my own) down below too ❤️🩹🤍💙
Together we can keep cracking this administration!
Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk
Thanks for the link. I shared on Bluesky.
I send a letter every morning to both of my senators and my congressman.
I email or call to my senators and representatives just about every day too. On some days they get more. I don't feel listened to AT ALL by them as they vote how the republican leadership tells them too most of the time. I know my frustration with them is showing.
Good job! Don’t give up! Shame them often as you would a problem child.
I email, I don't have that problem of not listening. My Representatives are Democrats.
Do you mean email? Physical letters are great, BUT they take a couple weeks due to screening protocols enacted some years ago due to anthrax threats/mailings (plus some were installed post 911 I believe.)
Postcards, however, are not delayed.
Thank you for your tenacity.
I email, sorry.
Email is fine. Sometimes I leave voice-mail messages at night if I don't feel like talking to anyone.
A quick note about the email to CEOs who advertise with Fox! It looks like it's an older letter - it focuses on the 2020 election and the Covid-19 pandemic. Both things that Fox handled horribly! But if you're sending that letter, it's worth adding a line or two with more current Fox disinformation. I talked about how Kristi Noem was lying on air yesterday about the incident with Senator Padilla - despite the fact that it was caught on video!
(Also, Subaru??? C'mon! Don't do the lesbians dirty like this!!)
Unfortunately I read your comment too late, I sent that letter out. But I did make it personal as to one of the CEOs, David Long, head of Liberty Mutual. I said, how can a company in Massachusetts call themselves Liberty and advertise on Fox news. And I’m a lawyer and I used to work for them. That was then, this is now, things have changed. So I wish I had known about the outdated references but I read it and it didn’t jump out at me. Just kind of a laundry list of bad things they’ve done on Fox.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The hearing on deployment of National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles began yesterday at 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM EST. There's a three hour difference between these time zones, and the court is located in California.
Newsom’s legal team argued that Trump’s use of federal troops violates state sovereignty, as there is no rebellion or invasion to justify the deployment.
The judge agreed with Newsom, around 9:00pm PT/12:00am EST Thursday. Newsom then held a press conference about the ruling.
Gov Newsom GIVES ADDRESS on Trump COURT LOSS
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zwh05o3UTn0
🚨 An hour later, an appeals court of the 9th circuit, has blocked the judgement until the appeal can be heard on Tuesday June 17 2025.
Trump retains control of all state and federal guards, as well as any military such as the Marines, deployed to any state.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROTESTS PEACEFULL AND NOT TO PHYSICALLY ENGAGE WITH ANY OF TRUMP'S FORCES.
MOVE AWAY IF THEY APPROACH YOU
The best protest against the military parade is not to be in Washington DC, and thereby boycott the parade and all of DC.
Protest everywhere else with signage and messaging. Make your numbers visible.
Associated Press
Appeals court temporarily blocks judge’s ruling to return control of National Guard to California
https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833
Evirim Agaci - THE PINNACLE GAZETTE
Appeals Court Blocks Trump Order On California Guard
https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/appeals-court-blocks-trump-order-on-california-guard-353169#google_vignette
Sorry folks. Life can sometimes be like a 1960's cartoon:
Beany and Cecil - Little Ace From Outer Space
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J0lq5moG3sE
So, I kinda rewrote my own “extra credit” letter to the CEOs because “Fox News” was the heading of each sentence. Other than that, I sent it out to all of them!
Great post! Reality is that I do not think Trump or the Republican party cares about poll numbers.
I agree, if they cared about the US citizens thought they wouldn’t be doing the things that they’re doing.
Concerning the proposed text for the letters asking CEOs to stop advertising on FOX News, I updated it to include their continued propagation of misinformation/lies in the last 4 months. Please feel free to use my text below as a basis for your own further customization of the letter:
Fox News is a dangerous distributor of misinformation and yet your company is one of Fox News’s biggest advertisers. By doing so you are harming our democracy.
Fox News has been, and continues to be a main gateway channel to right-wing extremism. During a time when thousands of Americans were dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the aftermath the violent right-wing attack on the U.S. Congress on January 6th, Fox News’s dangerous misinformation machine was there to repeat lies and misinform the public.
In the two weeks after the 2020 election, Fox News cast doubt on or pushed conspiracy theories about the election result nearly 800 times. Fox fuels conspiracies and attacks on democracy, tells their viewers the election was invalid, and stokes extremist violence.
Most recently, during the chaotic first 4 months of the Trump administration, Fox news has repeated lies by President Trump and the MAGA republicans without fact checking or any serious journalistic attempt to hold the administration accountable for illegal actions or violations of our constitution. Fox news has simply become an outrage machine and forum for the MAGA and Project 2025 agenda.
Fox News has a long history of spreading misinformation. Whether it is speaking on COVID-19, the Movement for Black Lives, the election, the climate, or it’s shameful repetition of lies issuing daily from the Trump administration, Fox News puts lies above the truth. Any company continuing to give ad money to Fox News is profiting from and complicit with their misinformation, white supremacy, and extremist fear-mongering.
I’m writing to demand that you act today, and cut off all advertising on Fox News. You can either keep on funding Fox’s lies, or say that you support American democracy — not both. I am confident that you are intelligent enough to see the truth of what I am saying here and understand the existential crisis our country is in right now; and that a totalitarian regime is not good for business. Please stand up in this critical time and help fight disinformation. We the people need your help.
I called Thune yesterday as soon as I saw the video of Senator Padilla being handcuffed and treated like a criminal. Friggin insanity. See ya all on the streets tomorrow for No Kings Day!
Thank you, Jess. Got through to Thune's office. I urged my Congressman not just to call for an investigation of Noem, but impeachment. I'm in CA, so called Padilla to thank him for putting himself on the line like that. Am I missing something or is it just POC members of Congress and mayors who are doing that?
Told both Padilla and Schiff that they should be changing their Yes votes on the GENIUS Act to No, and why. I used 5Calls script, also expressing my shock that I'm agreeing with Josh Hawley(!) and disagreeing with my Dem senators on this bill
The letter for defunding FOX news is very old. It doesn’t reference any current events. Be sure you revise it before sending.
Yes, Jennifer I found the same thing. See my post above for my updated version if anyone wants to build on my version.
Trump parade a failure! https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/
May courage rise in the hearts of our voices, guided not by fear, but by truth and understanding.
May wisdom guide our words to hold firm those to account for their actions done in bad faith.
Choose justice over obedience, remembering our forefathers gave their lives to the Constitution, and not for power.
In every step, in every voice, may we lead with integrity and honor.
As, our children will be watching us.
🍁 Elbows UP! 🏒 T - 1
All week there have been hundreds of thousands protesting against the Trump Regime's illegal activities:
It's blatent disregard for putting most American lives in harm's way through para-military engagement of civilians, their disappearences, and the suspension of national medical programs.
It's destruction of our economy, causing widespread losses of personal savings, pensions, social security, and our ability to make a living, through psudo-economic policies that make no sense and have led to hyper inflation and the devaluation of the US dollar.
Advocation of Trump's own legal accountability to the courts, and our own choices for local government.
We are here,
No Kings Day Saturday June 14th 2025
Find a protest near you:
https://www.nokings.org
KEEP PROTESTS PEACEFULL
Use signage and messaging to make your numbers visible.
- stop H.R.1 or the Big Beautiful Bill
- demand the constitution be reveered and not perverted
- reinstate respect for the rule of law
- call for an end to his divisiveness
The best way to protest against the military parade is not to be in Washington DC - so that only crickets are there.
All of this will show the courts and our leaders the destruction of our society by Trump is unwarranted, and contrary to the values America was founded on. Show there is no justifiable reason for it.
Don't kill anyone.
Thank you for the video with Scott Dworkin. Have to get to WiFi to access so I could not sign in with a heart! But so grateful for the complex talking points and fierce dedication you both show. Soooo many getting ready today in Bath Maine to show up with equal dedication. We The People.