Take Action: According to Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda, tackle one issue at a time. The more trouble it takes you to contact your politicians, the more they pay attention. So when you can manage the time and effort, put your body out there. Face-to-face meeting, town hall or protest march > calling > faxing if you can’t get through on regular phone > writing letters (because they may arrive too late) > personal email > petition or group email.
But we are in this for the long haul, so pace yourselves. Do whatever level you can do. We will be here at least once a week with the latest.
To see if your legislator is having a Town Hall meeting: Congress critters theoretically travel home to meet with constituents regularly. Check out the Town Hall Project’s list of Town Hall Meetings so that you can meet them face to face if you wish. Don’t be surprised if they are too chicken to meet everyone.
If your legislators will not have a Town Hall, have one and invite them: Indivisible Guide: Missing Members of Congress Action Plan: Hold a Constituents' Town Hall
To write your letter then fax it for free: FaxZero: Create and send faxes for free to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (up to five free faxes per day) or GotFreeFax: Send free fax online to the U.S. and Canada (a bit easier to use, but only up to two free faxes per day).
Easy resource to find your politicians’ phone, email, etc: The AARP has an action site, Advocacy - Legislative Action Center - AARP. I know AARP isn’t perfect, but it has a nifty feature for everyone: Look down to the right, where it says “find your state legislators”. Put in your zip code. It returns federal, state AND local politicians, NOT just legislators. Federal, for example, includes contact information for Trump, Pence, your two Senators, and your Congressional representative. If you need more than phone numbers and email addresses, it has clickable links to their web pages,which should have up-to-date contact information including fax numbers, street addresses, appearance schedule, how to schedule appointments, and constituent services.
If you prefer to contact Trump via Mar-a-Lago: (If the White House gets a lot of calls, he may kill the switchboard again) Mar-a-Lago: "The Crown Jewel of Palm Beach" (click for contact information), current phone number 561-832-2600.
If you have time, consider telling them you have concerns, ask to speak with a manager so you don’t make the low-level employees do all the work. Then whoever you speak with there, ask them to leave Trump a message, such as that he please keep the Internet privacy protections, even though they were put in place by Obama. You might end with:
“I appreciate you passing that along. Please read the message back to me so I can make sure you were able to write it down accurately. Thank you for your time.”
Somewhat more controversial: But if you only have time to sign a petition: Please Sign Credo Petition: No Re-election Funds For Any Senate Democrat Who Helps Confirm Gorsuch
Please feel free to share and/or reprint this diary in whole or in part with attribution far and wide, other websites or newspapers, I give it freely. Our aim is for millions to take action.
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Thank you for taking action!
References:
Breaking Pawlitics: Reject Neil Gorsuchnea Pig for SCOTUS Edition — more info re Gorsuch with more Gorsuch-specific reference links.
Meteor Blades: People's Filibuster Turns Out in 14 Cities to Urge That Nominee Neil Gorsuch Be Rejected — includes list of Democats on the fence.
SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch Grilled on Trump Comments, Says No Man Is Above The Law — also claimed he would be fair and square.
Trump Supports Repeal of Internet Privacy Protections
Outrage Grows Over Congress' Internet Privacy Vote :
Privacy advocates, consumer groups and the tech community are all attacking the decision. It was quickly panned by both the editorial board of The New York Times and by commenters on conservative media outlet Breitbart News.
Update: Purr request: