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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #Congress outreach:
I was so busy today I couldn't make phone calls before offices closed. I did write a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley demanding that they do something about #HeadStart programs being denied access to funds. Maybe you'd like to join me in asking your electeds to act on this? If so, you can use my petition:
resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW
Until we beat back the #coup, you, too, should be calling and writing your electeds in Congress daily!
#politics #USPol #MAPoli

A shareable card that reads "tell the U.S. Congress: Head Start needs help from Congress, urgently" followed by "text sign PKGLRW to 50409"
ResistbotHead Start needs help from Congress, urgentlyText SIGN PKGLRW to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #Congress outreach:
I sent a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley via @resistbot, resist.bot/petitions/PDWBPU, thanking the Democrats in the Senate for fillibustering #RussellVought and encouraging the caucus to continue to do everything they can to oppose #Trump.
I also called and left messages for all three in which I said basically the same thing.
You should be contacting your reps daily too! You can use the link above to do it if you'd like.
#politics #USPol

A shareable card that reads "tell the U.S. Congress: More like last night's filibuster, please" followed by "text sign PDWBPU to 50409"
ResistbotMore like last night's filibuster, pleaseText SIGN PDWBPU to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jonathan Kamens

I didn't have any trouble getting through to my Senators and Representative by phone today, so either they've added capacity to the Congressional telephone system to handle the increased load, or fewer people are calling.
I hope it's not the latter, but just in case it is, please call, today and every day until the Trump coup is permanently beaten back!
#politics #USPol

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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #Congress outreach:
I sent resist.bot/petitions/PARLVP to #Warren #Markey and #Pressley via @resistbot, about how horrified I am to watch Trump and the GOP rolling back human rights, asking them to obstruct every step of the way and get the word out about what's happening and who's doing it to sway public opinion.
Please write and call your reps daily (you can use my letter above!) until we've successfully beaten back the coup. We need to keep the pressure on so they do.
#politics #USPol

A shareable card that reads "tell the U.S. Congress: Fight against rolling back human rights" followed by "text sign PARLVP to 50409"
ResistbotFight against rolling back human rightsText SIGN PARLVP to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #WriteYourReps: resist.bot/petitions/PJQMLC
I asked my Sens. and Rep. to address the reduction in NIH funding that went into effect over the weekend, which will have a catastrophically negative impact on medical research.
Then I called them all and asked for the same thing. On the call I also complained that I'm on their email lists so why aren't I receiving daily updates about what's going on and what they're doing about it? They need to communicate with constituents more.
#politics #USPol

A shareable card that reads "tell the U.S. Congress: Restore NIH research funding!" followed by "text sign PJQMLC to 50409"
ResistbotRestore NIH research funding!Text SIGN PJQMLC to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #WriteYourReps:
I didn't actually write to my reps today, I called them all to invite them, on behalf of Federal Workers Against DOGE, to speak at the rally we're organizing at HHS HQ this Friday. I hope at least one of them takes us up on the offer!
Rally info: actionnetwork.org/forms/defend
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup

actionnetwork.orgStand With Federal Workers Against DOGE!Join us this Friday, February 14 at 8am to rally outside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to show love to federal workers and tell them: We’ve got your back, and we’re counting on you to stand firm against DOGE as billionaires seek to tear our country down. This moment demands bravery, and to federal public servants: we know you have it in you. This event is kid-friendly; parents whose kids are out of school that day are more than welcome to join! Please take the Metro or walk to HHS -- closest Metro stations are Federal Center and L'Enfant.
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Jonathan Kamens

Today's #WriteYourReps:
I asked my U.S. Senators and Representative why the heck they aren't emailing me daily. I subscribed to their mailing lists nine days ago and haven't heard anything from them since. What the heck?
#politics #USPol

Federal workers very much need to hear from our electeds that resisting DOGE overreach is the right thing to do, that you support us and that you, yourselves, are taking risks to resist the coup in progress. Why, then, are you not emailing me daily? I subscribed through your Congressional web site nine days ago, and since then I've received no emails from you. The GOP figured this out years ago. They send emails to their supporters constantly, activating them and keeping them riled up. Why the heck aren't you doing this? I'm not talking about fundraising emails. Money asks are toxic in this context and will make your supporters angry. We want to know what you are doing to resist the coup, and we want you to tell us what we can and should be doing. Please get it in gear. Thank you.
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Jonathan Kamens

I've taken a break from #WriteYourReps for a while, because I was busy with all the interviews I've been doing, and because I just don't know what to say.
In the 3+ weeks since sending them the above message, I haven't received a single constituent email from either of my senators or my representative.
I am gobsmacked by their failure to keep their constituents informed about what's going on.
I just wrote to them about it again, though it's clearly not going to do any good.
#politics #USPol

Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3

@jik
Right?
Meidas touch network cranks out dozens of videos per day and I don't get anything from Markey, Warren or Auchincloss.
I bet it's a technology issue. They might not realize how easy it is and they probably have enterprise IT people who don't know the Internet.

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Jonathan Kamens

@blaise I don't think there's a technology issue preventing them from sending emails to their constituent email lists.

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Jonathan Kamens

@blaise Then again, maybe you're right. This is the letter I sent to Markey through ResistBot today and the form letter response his office sent back to me. Fucking unbelievable.

Screenshot of ResistBot letter to Ed Markey. The full text of the letter is unimportant; the subject of the letter is, "Why aren't you communicating with your constituents?" and that's what the letter is about
Form letter response from Senator Markey's office which thanks me in the first paragraph for writing to him about "child care and early childhood education", which I most certainly did not do, and then the rest of the letter is pablum about that topic which, again, is totally not what I wrote to him about.
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@jik @blaise

On the other side of the country, mine is putting out statements like this near daily... It goes on for like 5 more pages and then finishes off with statements from dismissed employees.

Seems like the only Markey statements I can find, on the other hand, are "Ed co-signed someone else's letter"

Screenshot of the beginning of a very long and rambling but also angry email about VA firings which has fundamentally the same statement in the same formatting as is posted on her senate website at this link: https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-statement-on-trump-elon-plans-to-decimate-the-va-firing-80000-employees-and-putting-veterans-care-in-grave-danger/
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Jonathan Kamens

@lackthereof This is a great statement, but are they just putting out a statement or are they actually sending it to their constituents? Getting it printed in newspapers? Talking about it on TV and radio news and talk shows? Getting it on social media? If all they're doing is putting up statements on their web sites it's just navel-gazing.
@blaise

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The Lack Thereof

@jik @blaise she's managing to get on the news about weekly, which isn't as great as I'd like but it's something. Emails mostly to those who subscribe to the newsletter.
But a blast to everyone last month, even on addresses I don't know how she got, saying if you're a government employee, don't take the "fork in the road" resignation.

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@jik @blaise my other senator is basically useless. Murray is the good one.

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Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3

@jik
Would it be ok if I used this (or similar) screenshot in communication with my reps (merkey, Warren, Auchincloss) ?

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