Hi, all, and happy Friday!
As I write scripts that include some of the same asks we’ve been calling on for months, I can’t help but worry that many of you will tire of the repetition and stop making the calls. I beg you not to do this. Stay strong with me. It’s monotonous and exasperating, I know. Yet the repetition is what will win us the day in the end.
As Ovid says, “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force, but through persistence.”
Let us continue to drip.
We are stronger than we know…as long as we do. Not. Stop.
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
First, I know lawmakers just introduced a bill called the “Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021.” It’s as yet unnumbered but I want the Senator to sign on as an original co-sponsor. [Optional add:] This bill would make it a crime to harass or intimidate election workers, set mandatory distance minimums for poll watchers and ban the removal of local election supervisors by partisan bodies, such as state legislatures or election boards, without cause. I strongly support it.
Second, I want the Senator to continue to push to pass the For the People Act, as well as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and HR 51. Attacks on our democracy are my top concern. These bills would address the problem.
[If Dem add:] Democrats must do anything and everything necessary to pass this legislation. Including voting to abolish or reform the filibuster.
Call Your House Rep (find yours here)
Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is _______.
I know lawmakers just introduced a bill called the “Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021.” It’s as yet unnumbered but I want the Congressmember to sign on as an original co-sponsor. [Optional add:] This bill would make it a crime to harass or intimidate election workers, set mandatory distance minimums for poll watchers and ban the removal of local election supervisors by partisan bodies, such as state legislatures or election boards, without cause. [H/T Democracy Docket]
Extra Credit
A segment just ran on One America Network in which a commentator said thousands of Democrats should be rounded up and executed. Please check out this article about it, then consider tweeting the below (or something like it) at the cable companies that carry OAN:
How can @ItsOnATT @DIRECTV @verizonfios @GCIAK @KlowdTelevision @CenturyLink & @VIDGOWORLD justify continuing to carry OAN? The answer: they can’t. https://cyberdisobedience.substack.com/p/oan-one-america-news-election-execution
Then do Facebook. Find all of the companies’ FB pages linked below. I literally just posted this on all of their public pages and also DM’d it to them:
You guys carry OAN, right? So does that mean you endorse this? https://cyberdisobedience.substack.com/p/oan-one-america-news-election-execution
They’ll get the message.
AT&T U-verse
Facebook
DIRECTV
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Verizon FiOS
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GCI
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KlowdTV
Facebook
CenturyLink PRISM
Facebook
Vidgo
Facebook
Get on the Phones! ☎️
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To your Democratic Senators [H/T]
I am really concerned that the infrastructure package you're about to pass is too focused on “bipartisanship,” and not focused enough on the real needs of our country.
We’re in a climate crisis, so any infrastructure package must make climate a priority. We need good paying jobs. We need justice, to deal with righting past wrongs in our nation's infrastructure. We need child care, paid family leave, and community-based care for elders and disabled people. We need a citizenship path for immigrants who work hard every day. That's why the package must be as large as possible through budget reconciliation. The GOP is not interested in genuinely helping Americans. Do this without them, please, and make it big and bold.
Thanks.
OK, you did it again! You helped save democracy! You’re amazing.
Talk tomorrow.
Jess