🧵An awesome woman named Beth Kelley shared this with me and wanted me to share it with you.
If you're wondering what we, as little people caught in a big web can do, Beth has you covered:
Here is her Advice:
If you’re wondering, “what can I do” about the current “dismantling of the administrative state” but are too busy to research what to do or where to begin – or to sift through all the crappy/phony stuff – I’m sharing what I’ve discovered – while keeping it as brief as possible.
I HIGHLY recommend the 5 calls app: 5calls.org
Volunteer opportunities, rallies, etc.: mobilize.us
Organizations to join:
· Swing Left: swingleft.org
· Indivisible: indivisible.org
· MoveOn: front.moveon.org
· Your Dem/Rep party (go to local meetings for them – often monthly)
Legal organizations to support. These VERY legit organizations are filing lawsuits and being successful:
· Democracy Forward: democracyforward.org
· State Democracy Defenders Action: statedemocracydefenders.org
· Democracy Docket: democracydocket.com
· Civil Service Strong: civilservicestrong.org
Quality, reputable journalism to support:
· Atlantic, New Yorker: About $100/year
· New Republic: About $40/year
· ProPublica: You can subscribe at ANY level
· Mother Jones: Inexpensive
· Wired (Great reporting on DOGE): Inexpensive
Economic pressure/support:
· Great app for seeing companies’ political contributions: goodsuniteus.com
· Discover and shop at companies dedicated to DEI: impactivize.org/dei-employer-o…
· Calling companies matters. When Target was backing-off DEI, a lot of women called their headquarters and said they were going to stop shopping there. We have to keep up this kind of pressure.
Contacting your govt (congress.gov/members/find-y…)
· Contact only those who represent you
· Calls are best. Emails, faxes are a waste. Letters REALLY get attention.
· Interns answer the calls, letters, etc. and then tally the results to see what people care about
· Your requests/input need to be …
o Specific, actionable: Vote against X
o Within their power: Don’t call your House rep about confirmations, for example
· US representatives have budget, debt-ceiling power
US senators can do the following (Senate rules favor the minority):
No cloture, unanimous consent, unrecorded voice votes, waiving debate time
Hold nominees (One sen can do – like Schatz, Tuberville)
Filibuster
Force quorum calls
Contact your state AG about bringing/joining lawsuits against Trump/Musk/etc.
Contact your state reps about state laws – very important, don’t forget them!
Thank you calls are very important, too!!!!!
Apparently, Congressional voice mail inboxes are full. Keep calling after all this initial attention. They need to know our concerns aren’t fleeting.
Check the calendars/websites/etc. of your state and US representation for town halls and go. And if they don’t have any scheduled – call them to tell them to schedule some.
At town halls, they only get to a few questions. You can typically take-in an 8.5x11 sign to hold up.
Find out how much NIH spends in your state and call your rep/sen: unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-st…
My Facebook and Bluesky are 100% dedicated to current/updated actions you can take against Trump/Musk:
· facebook.com/beth.great.pac…
· bsky.app/profile/beth-g…
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