"What is lacking is a significant mission oriented collection of..." YOU AND ME.
All the "officials" and "leaders" in official capacities and leading others are representing YOU AND ME. It is up to YOU AND ME TO TELL THEM what direction to go. To let them know what the will of the people is. The People being YOU AND ME.
"What is lacking is a significant mission oriented collection of..." YOU AND ME.
All the "officials" and "leaders" in official capacities and leading others are representing YOU AND ME. It is up to YOU AND ME TO TELL THEM what direction to go. To let them know what the will of the people is. The People being YOU AND ME.
There must be clarity on who is leading this game. Calling out from the stands isn't going to put points on the board. Only the people who are actually on the court can put points on the board. The way to get out of the stands on the court is to actually work with the people who are in a position to put the ball across the line. Those people are our elected representatives.
What is missing is our direct participation. The lack of leadership lives with US not them.
We are the ones who have the power to direct our republic. Stop suggesting it is up to them. It is up to us. It is up to YOU AND ME.
You and I are the ones to initiate the change in direction.
I don't see any way to make this work with Trump as the President. He must be impeached. It is up to us to make this happen.
Look, I have been writing and calling almost daily. I live on social security but give donations to multiple groups fighting the war Muskrump is waging on America. I will rally in Annapolis on Wednesday if at all possible. I feel consumed, unheard, and exhausted. I'm a widow in my 70's; what the hell else do you want ME to do. Your message is not well received.
💯 and same. I write, I call, I comment on their social media pages. I won't, however, be donating any $ to Dems until I see some actual leadership. Why aren't Dem leaders holding press conferences in front of the Treasury bldg, now?
Yes our current leaders are NOT rising to the moment, in fact, some are confirming these terrible nominees (here in NH) and enabling what is happening in doing so. No money to the Dems right now!
Yes, I totally agree with you. This message that We The people are not doing enough to fight this fascistic coup is baloney. I like you, Joyce, and thousands of others have called our reps, written to them and others concerned with government, have written postcards, donated hard earned cash to many individuals and organizations, have attended meetings with local progressives, have marched many times. I am with a group of people who started a progressive group here in red Ohio. Our representatives are paid by taxpayer dollars to represent the interests of their constituents. They are paid BY US.I also agree with Sam Urdank's first comment that there needs to be massive actions by all of the people and groups he mentioned to move heaven and earth to save our democracy and to punish these rogue actors
Being precedes doing. It's too big a conversation to have here as I've found out by failing at it several times. It might be summarized in the observation that "Context is decisive." A question to dwell in as an inroad is how do you move an idea from content (in relationship to other ideas) to Context?
“Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo, The Future of Man.
The question then is how do we move an idea as merely an idea among other ideas, move an idea as a thing, to an idea whose time has come?
If you consider yourself to be a thing, and most of us do, then yes, all the doing in our days does not nurture us. In fact it wears us down. That's a function of a missing distinction.
Distinctions are not things. They are creations within the paradigms which we generate and then for the most part live unconsciously within, like a box.
I apologize for it landing that way for you. It wasn't directed to you, Joyce. My intent is to enroll those not in action to be in action while having them recognize their own power in the matter. You're doing Great! Keep it up while also taking care of yourself. The war is lost if you are consumed by it.
To the degree it is safe enough for you, allow yourself to experience your experience of rage. While in the moment it may feel bottomless, it isn't. Let it rise and fall and carry you to a place where you can have all your experiences, all your feelings, all your thoughts and be free to have them and still be you and free to act.
You are obviously committed to making a difference and care deeply. Keep it up and continue to live from your own heart and truth. I believe our shared future is primarily in the hands of women like you.
I just tried to call my 2 Ohio Senators- R Jon Hustead’s pre-recorded message says he is not taking calls and his mailbox is full.My other R Senator,Bernie Moreno has a pre-recorded garbled unintelligible message and no ability to leave a comment.My House rep, Bob Latta ,has a live human being answering and she was very cordial.She took my message.It appears that my Senators are hiding from me.
For those facing their legislators' full mailboxes, all senators and representatives should have a place on their websites to write messages. Some even have a way to send them direct e-mails.
I have been told categorically that emails to senators are a total waste of time. Actual letters get tossed. Phone calls are all they pay attention to and now we can't even leave messages. I have spent hours emailing and calling. If Republican members of Congress don't wake up and stand up, what can happen? Musk is breaking laws by taking over the US Treasury and shutting down USAID, but who is taking out warrants for his arrest? Trump fires inspector generals illegally but who is handcuffing him? Within hours of swearing to uphold the Constitution, he violated it. Who is going to arrest him? Not the DOJ and definitely not SCOTUS, who gave him immunity to commit criminal acts while he is president. You say it's up to We the People?
Victoria, like you I have been calling and writing the "3 stooges" offices, Bernie, Jon and unfortunately Gym Jordan. This morning I called Bernie's Columbus office and got a real person who said he would get my message to Bernie (fingers crossed). Jon does not seem to have state offices and I haven't checked Gym's site yet. I've also used the app "5 Calls" which makes it easy to contact them, although getting through is still a problem. Think Bernie also has a Ckeveland and Cincinnati office.
Joyce, I share your feelings. In the previous election I wrote 1300 letters and postcards I may have done some good. BUT at 91, no longer driving, there seems to be little beyond postcards (have prepared 200 postcards for the April 1 Judiciary race in Wisconsin). But as a retired Navy Commander with 23 years of active duty I am looking for a leader to bring together the very many "activist" organizations each asking for "just" $5 dollars a month. As our country is being taken over by Musk I agree with Hubble that it is time to find a brave leader, a George Washington around whom all the anti- trumpmusk can join to fight the coup. I will join that leader, I realize that with Musk taking control of all Federal payments that joining the revolt jeopardizes my retirement pay and my social security but the country I love is being destroyed and I will make any sacrifice to save this United States. Hubble help us find that leader, it just might be General Milley or Kamala Harris but someone we can rally around to fight the COUP.
Brave men fought and risked their lives to found our country let's take it back!
I am going to go out on a limb and suggest David Hogg. He was just elected vice-chair of the DNC, but he's motivated, competent, and nimble. He might be just the person.
I have been supporting and asking others, including Robert's readers, to support David Hogg and his Leaders We Deserve for months. I am a small monthly donor and believe that he can make a difference. We need young voices to take on the causes and the work we did in the 60s. It is their time now and David is a very inpressive young man. Not going out on a limb. Thanks, Paula.
If one arises, great (I'll take a Buttigieg, Milley, a few Harris' please), and we may have moved past the age of great leaders. That time is marked by the context you OR me. It is the context Trump and company are coming from and it shows!
You AND me calls upon us to stand on our own two feet and think for ourselves.
Moving into that space where you can creating a context for your own life puts you at the vortex of life. It makes you the table the pool game is being played on rather than one of the balls on the table crashing around thinking that every crash makes a difference.
From that space you natural experience a sense of responsibility for everything that happen in your space.
I know this is mind-boggling to consider, yet, if we only deal with that which we already understand or simply extend what we already know, we’re left with more of the same and that our current plight! We really must think for ourselves.
Very garbled electronic messages in both Missouri Senator's offices this morning that closed by saying their mailboxes were full. There is a response and we just need to keep it up. You're not alone.
You’re doing all the right things! Writing & calling your elected officials lets them know what you expect them to do. That’s our power - because all electeds want to be re-elected. It’s up to us to push them in the right direction. So keep on doing what you’re doing! That is what we all need to do!
Thank you Angela! Just finished with email messages to the Finance Committee membership and other Senate Leadership, as too many voicemail systems were full. Maybe that's good news; we can hope!
There is a protest rally at Tillis' Greensboro office Wednesday afternoon and I will be there with friends. Ted Budd not worth even a call, in my opinion.
Joyce, Join your local Indivisible group or other action-oriented grassroots organization. You’ll find community and a lot more ideas of what you can do with partners in the fight. National Indivisible leaders along with Move On, Working Families Party, and Public Citizen are urging us to up the ante by showing up in person at our Senators’ local offices and demand that they fight for us loudly fiercely. They have many ways throw sand in the gears of the Musk regime and they need to do all of them. Get connected to a real community of your peers. We need you.
Yeah, that sounds inspiring, but in fact, if we don’t have a well-known savvy leader, willing to put his/her comforts and name on the line, there won’t be a focal point for the rest of us to rally. Having a charismatic leader, doesn’t mean we sit by on the sidelines. It means we have someone who will speak out eloquently and forcefully, represent us and focus our energies. Reflect on the Civil Rights movement and every other successful movement I can think of in history. We don’t have that level of leadership right now with our elected leaders.
The following WF Murray quote shows how commitment aligns human beings and provides unexpected power. By fully giving ourselves to a cause, we align with something larger than ourselves, where miracles can occur.
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
There’s a link between commitment and a willingness to take responsibility for the world around you. As your commitment increases, your sense of ownership and power grows, and you naturally find yourself responsible for more and more around you.
I see no other answer: “You and Me”, we are IT. We are the “WE THE PEOPLE”. Find a group or collection of groups and take an action everyday. No matter how small your action, it can be impactful. Indivisible.com is a great place to start
You seem to be of the mind that no one is reaching out to their elected representatives, nothing is further from the truth, I for one have called, written via website and direct email. The voicemail boxes are full and it takes weeks to get a response from an email. As for impeachment, look what the gop controlled House is doing and permitting. There was a time when impeachment would have already started. Just the other day I asked in the comments section of The Warning with Steve Schmidt, who here would agree to coalesce as one voice to reach out to elected representatives, I must look for esponses. I will say again, the idea of waiting until '26 or '28 is a fools errand. This is uncharted territory that must be traversed with swift dispatch! Just look at the lay of the land, White House has a maniac, GOP MAGA majority in Congress, MAGA majority in SCOTUS and atop the DOJ. Democratic leadership in the Senate is a geriatric feckless weak politician and we have Democrats voting for the trump agenda in. both chambers.
My last message sent to my representatives this week:
"Nothing is more important right now than making the House & Senate the most painful miserable place for Republicans to work. You should be ashamed of the feckless inept pushback from Leadership, particularly in the Senate! The Trump agenda should be ground to a halt, but we have Pete Hegseth Sec of Defense. And that absurd bill taking discretion from the tool bag of ICE, with the help of Democratic votes. You should be making them do it all on their own! Fuck this bipartisan bullshit, it’s gaslighting. Senate leadership is impotent and should be changed immediately! The minority party has powers it can use to grind it all to a halt, but Schumer is a spineless impotent politician not a leader like Elizabeth Warren!
Well, yeah. Paula my feeling is that there are authors here on Substack who have a knowledge and known how in these areas. I posted a note on this topic yesterday. For example, the Steve Schmidts et. al. of Substack, who have deep political experience could rally together their’s along with this subscriber community, with messaging guidance that can have an impact on Congress and other government officials. If you or I write our reps, we but two voices. But if a couple hundred thousand of us speak with one voice the right message, well then I think we can make a difference in a continuing pushback of opposition. But I feel it requires their leadership to make the it happen the right way. The thing is I’ve not seen any evidence in my activity notifications that there is any interest. That note was titled “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”
We could try asking them. Are you doing any of Jessica Craven's action items? I know a lot of people are, which also means a lot of pressure on representatives.
I’m calling, writing, posting directly to them, it’s tough to get through and one reply I got from Adam Schiff was an email explaining how alarmed he was at what Musk was doing, assuring me he would stand up to Trump and an explanation of what the duties of a Senator are. Not exactly what one wants to hear. Then independent of my reaching out, my Congresswoman sent an email asking if I would stand with her against Trump’s executive orders. With an attached survey asking which of these was I most concerned about. In as much as Schiff et. al. Filibustered a floor vote on Russell Vought he was confirmed so they are not doing much.
This is why I’ve suggested that these authors we are all following begin to lead.
I am clear that at the root of our issues is a lack of participation. The health of the country is a function of participation and we are not healthy.
Some here are thinking that I am saying that they are not doing enough and are rightly insulted as they should be. There are many here doing so much that if I were to compare myself to them, I would be going backwards, at high speed.
What I am saying is that right now the issue isn’t what I am doing or not doing or what you are doing or not doing, or what they are doing or not doing. The issue is where people are coming from. What is the context that is driving, generating, forming, limiting the actions we think we can take? I’m saying we are stuck in a box of our own making that we are not aware of.
What needs to happening is not in the box we are in. The space we have to have this conversation in is limited by the box we are in. The answer (and there is no answer) must be created newly every day. The truth we discovered yesterday isn’t the truth anymore. It’s got to be created newly every day.
I need to provide for you a space that makes available a new way to know, act, and communicate. This is unthinkable, yet must be thought.
I’m committed to a breakthrough and not merely an incremental change. The breakthrough I’m committed to has to do with reinventing what it means to be human. This is the great opportunity we have the privilege to participate in.
When you create a context, a space to live in and come from, the very same actions take on a new meaning. If you create for yourself a context of a world that works for all of us, then all the content happening in that self created space will be a part of the solution rather than part of the problem. New unseen opportunities show up.
Merely changing the circumstances is not enough. We've all done that a thousand times and it doesn’t make any difference if it's in the same old paradigm.
"What is lacking is a significant mission oriented collection of..." YOU AND ME.
All the "officials" and "leaders" in official capacities and leading others are representing YOU AND ME. It is up to YOU AND ME TO TELL THEM what direction to go. To let them know what the will of the people is. The People being YOU AND ME.
There must be clarity on who is leading this game. Calling out from the stands isn't going to put points on the board. Only the people who are actually on the court can put points on the board. The way to get out of the stands on the court is to actually work with the people who are in a position to put the ball across the line. Those people are our elected representatives.
What is missing is our direct participation. The lack of leadership lives with US not them.
We are the ones who have the power to direct our republic. Stop suggesting it is up to them. It is up to us. It is up to YOU AND ME.
You and I are the ones to initiate the change in direction.
I don't see any way to make this work with Trump as the President. He must be impeached. It is up to us to make this happen.
Look, I have been writing and calling almost daily. I live on social security but give donations to multiple groups fighting the war Muskrump is waging on America. I will rally in Annapolis on Wednesday if at all possible. I feel consumed, unheard, and exhausted. I'm a widow in my 70's; what the hell else do you want ME to do. Your message is not well received.
BTW; Senator Van Hollen is at least responding. I would be interested to know if other representatives are doing the same. https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?id=274033&c=SenVanHollen
💯 and same. I write, I call, I comment on their social media pages. I won't, however, be donating any $ to Dems until I see some actual leadership. Why aren't Dem leaders holding press conferences in front of the Treasury bldg, now?
There’s a grassroots rally planned tonight at the Treasury Dept. I hope it is well attended and gets some coverage.
I think it’s tomorrow, Tuesday.
Tues at 5:00. Indivisibles is leading it.
Yes our current leaders are NOT rising to the moment, in fact, some are confirming these terrible nominees (here in NH) and enabling what is happening in doing so. No money to the Dems right now!
Good question. Ask them.
I have!!
And they said...
Yes, I totally agree with you. This message that We The people are not doing enough to fight this fascistic coup is baloney. I like you, Joyce, and thousands of others have called our reps, written to them and others concerned with government, have written postcards, donated hard earned cash to many individuals and organizations, have attended meetings with local progressives, have marched many times. I am with a group of people who started a progressive group here in red Ohio. Our representatives are paid by taxpayer dollars to represent the interests of their constituents. They are paid BY US.I also agree with Sam Urdank's first comment that there needs to be massive actions by all of the people and groups he mentioned to move heaven and earth to save our democracy and to punish these rogue actors
Being precedes doing. It's too big a conversation to have here as I've found out by failing at it several times. It might be summarized in the observation that "Context is decisive." A question to dwell in as an inroad is how do you move an idea from content (in relationship to other ideas) to Context?
“Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo, The Future of Man.
The question then is how do we move an idea as merely an idea among other ideas, move an idea as a thing, to an idea whose time has come?
If you consider yourself to be a thing, and most of us do, then yes, all the doing in our days does not nurture us. In fact it wears us down. That's a function of a missing distinction.
Distinctions are not things. They are creations within the paradigms which we generate and then for the most part live unconsciously within, like a box.
I apologize for it landing that way for you. It wasn't directed to you, Joyce. My intent is to enroll those not in action to be in action while having them recognize their own power in the matter. You're doing Great! Keep it up while also taking care of yourself. The war is lost if you are consumed by it.
Thank you Bern...the rage is just below the surface these days.
To the degree it is safe enough for you, allow yourself to experience your experience of rage. While in the moment it may feel bottomless, it isn't. Let it rise and fall and carry you to a place where you can have all your experiences, all your feelings, all your thoughts and be free to have them and still be you and free to act.
You are obviously committed to making a difference and care deeply. Keep it up and continue to live from your own heart and truth. I believe our shared future is primarily in the hands of women like you.
I just tried to call my 2 Ohio Senators- R Jon Hustead’s pre-recorded message says he is not taking calls and his mailbox is full.My other R Senator,Bernie Moreno has a pre-recorded garbled unintelligible message and no ability to leave a comment.My House rep, Bob Latta ,has a live human being answering and she was very cordial.She took my message.It appears that my Senators are hiding from me.
For those facing their legislators' full mailboxes, all senators and representatives should have a place on their websites to write messages. Some even have a way to send them direct e-mails.
I have been told categorically that emails to senators are a total waste of time. Actual letters get tossed. Phone calls are all they pay attention to and now we can't even leave messages. I have spent hours emailing and calling. If Republican members of Congress don't wake up and stand up, what can happen? Musk is breaking laws by taking over the US Treasury and shutting down USAID, but who is taking out warrants for his arrest? Trump fires inspector generals illegally but who is handcuffing him? Within hours of swearing to uphold the Constitution, he violated it. Who is going to arrest him? Not the DOJ and definitely not SCOTUS, who gave him immunity to commit criminal acts while he is president. You say it's up to We the People?
Victoria, like you I have been calling and writing the "3 stooges" offices, Bernie, Jon and unfortunately Gym Jordan. This morning I called Bernie's Columbus office and got a real person who said he would get my message to Bernie (fingers crossed). Jon does not seem to have state offices and I haven't checked Gym's site yet. I've also used the app "5 Calls" which makes it easy to contact them, although getting through is still a problem. Think Bernie also has a Ckeveland and Cincinnati office.
When I contacted my representatives if the phone call didn't work I googled their office and left a written message on their site.
Send snail mail then.
Joyce, I share your feelings. In the previous election I wrote 1300 letters and postcards I may have done some good. BUT at 91, no longer driving, there seems to be little beyond postcards (have prepared 200 postcards for the April 1 Judiciary race in Wisconsin). But as a retired Navy Commander with 23 years of active duty I am looking for a leader to bring together the very many "activist" organizations each asking for "just" $5 dollars a month. As our country is being taken over by Musk I agree with Hubble that it is time to find a brave leader, a George Washington around whom all the anti- trumpmusk can join to fight the coup. I will join that leader, I realize that with Musk taking control of all Federal payments that joining the revolt jeopardizes my retirement pay and my social security but the country I love is being destroyed and I will make any sacrifice to save this United States. Hubble help us find that leader, it just might be General Milley or Kamala Harris but someone we can rally around to fight the COUP.
Brave men fought and risked their lives to found our country let's take it back!
I am going to go out on a limb and suggest David Hogg. He was just elected vice-chair of the DNC, but he's motivated, competent, and nimble. He might be just the person.
I have been supporting and asking others, including Robert's readers, to support David Hogg and his Leaders We Deserve for months. I am a small monthly donor and believe that he can make a difference. We need young voices to take on the causes and the work we did in the 60s. It is their time now and David is a very inpressive young man. Not going out on a limb. Thanks, Paula.
Leaders are necessary but not sufficient.
If one arises, great (I'll take a Buttigieg, Milley, a few Harris' please), and we may have moved past the age of great leaders. That time is marked by the context you OR me. It is the context Trump and company are coming from and it shows!
You AND me calls upon us to stand on our own two feet and think for ourselves.
Moving into that space where you can creating a context for your own life puts you at the vortex of life. It makes you the table the pool game is being played on rather than one of the balls on the table crashing around thinking that every crash makes a difference.
From that space you natural experience a sense of responsibility for everything that happen in your space.
I know this is mind-boggling to consider, yet, if we only deal with that which we already understand or simply extend what we already know, we’re left with more of the same and that our current plight! We really must think for ourselves.
Very garbled electronic messages in both Missouri Senator's offices this morning that closed by saying their mailboxes were full. There is a response and we just need to keep it up. You're not alone.
Joyce,
You’re doing all the right things! Writing & calling your elected officials lets them know what you expect them to do. That’s our power - because all electeds want to be re-elected. It’s up to us to push them in the right direction. So keep on doing what you’re doing! That is what we all need to do!
Thank you Joyce!
Thank you Angela! Just finished with email messages to the Finance Committee membership and other Senate Leadership, as too many voicemail systems were full. Maybe that's good news; we can hope!
Thank you, Joyce, for all you are doing.
Bernie is
Joyce, Fetterman’s phone line has been “full” for a couple weeks
Same with Ted Budd and Thom Tillis. Although Tillis has 3 options for leaving messages so I chose one of the “non-full” ones.
There is a protest rally at Tillis' Greensboro office Wednesday afternoon and I will be there with friends. Ted Budd not worth even a call, in my opinion.
Yes, I am encountering the same; sending emails to those folks where I can.
Same, daily
Joyce, Join your local Indivisible group or other action-oriented grassroots organization. You’ll find community and a lot more ideas of what you can do with partners in the fight. National Indivisible leaders along with Move On, Working Families Party, and Public Citizen are urging us to up the ante by showing up in person at our Senators’ local offices and demand that they fight for us loudly fiercely. They have many ways throw sand in the gears of the Musk regime and they need to do all of them. Get connected to a real community of your peers. We need you.
Wow, that's an impressive newsletter. You're lucky to have such a good representative.
Yeah, that sounds inspiring, but in fact, if we don’t have a well-known savvy leader, willing to put his/her comforts and name on the line, there won’t be a focal point for the rest of us to rally. Having a charismatic leader, doesn’t mean we sit by on the sidelines. It means we have someone who will speak out eloquently and forcefully, represent us and focus our energies. Reflect on the Civil Rights movement and every other successful movement I can think of in history. We don’t have that level of leadership right now with our elected leaders.
The following WF Murray quote shows how commitment aligns human beings and provides unexpected power. By fully giving ourselves to a cause, we align with something larger than ourselves, where miracles can occur.
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
There’s a link between commitment and a willingness to take responsibility for the world around you. As your commitment increases, your sense of ownership and power grows, and you naturally find yourself responsible for more and more around you.
Be the leadership you wish to see in the world.
The leaders have to be us. We can’t wait around for somebody to save us. We can do this if we stick together. Solidarity is the secret sauce.
Bern,
From last night's 50k (number who signed up at least) Indivisible etc. meeting. And I apologize if this is posted elsewhere.
Copied from the followup email:
Thank you so much for joining our call to action tonight. Below is a recording of the call and our full list of actions we are asking you to take.
Call Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI
‼️ACTION ITEM: Take action by scheduling a visit at your senators office, check out our toolkit at Indivisi.org/choosetofight and register your event at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/c/funding-crisis-response/event/create/
Learn how Dems can shut down trumps agenda here: https://indivisible.org/resource/how-senate-democrats-can-shut-down-trumps-agenda-procedural-hardball
‼️ACTION ITEM: Call your Senator and tell them: Vote NO on Vought and Stop the Next Funding Freeze! https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-senator-vote-no-vought-and-stop-next-funding-freeze
‼️ACTION ITEM: Join tomorrow’s phonebank to Tell Congress: Don't Cut Off Working Families! Monday Feb 2, 2pm ET: https://www.mobilize.us/workingfamilies/event/752152/
Joe, I attended but didn’t get the follow up email. Can you please send it to me? You’ve got my email address. Thanks.
Thanks, Joe!
I see no other answer: “You and Me”, we are IT. We are the “WE THE PEOPLE”. Find a group or collection of groups and take an action everyday. No matter how small your action, it can be impactful. Indivisible.com is a great place to start
Bern,
You seem to be of the mind that no one is reaching out to their elected representatives, nothing is further from the truth, I for one have called, written via website and direct email. The voicemail boxes are full and it takes weeks to get a response from an email. As for impeachment, look what the gop controlled House is doing and permitting. There was a time when impeachment would have already started. Just the other day I asked in the comments section of The Warning with Steve Schmidt, who here would agree to coalesce as one voice to reach out to elected representatives, I must look for esponses. I will say again, the idea of waiting until '26 or '28 is a fools errand. This is uncharted territory that must be traversed with swift dispatch! Just look at the lay of the land, White House has a maniac, GOP MAGA majority in Congress, MAGA majority in SCOTUS and atop the DOJ. Democratic leadership in the Senate is a geriatric feckless weak politician and we have Democrats voting for the trump agenda in. both chambers.
My last message sent to my representatives this week:
"Nothing is more important right now than making the House & Senate the most painful miserable place for Republicans to work. You should be ashamed of the feckless inept pushback from Leadership, particularly in the Senate! The Trump agenda should be ground to a halt, but we have Pete Hegseth Sec of Defense. And that absurd bill taking discretion from the tool bag of ICE, with the help of Democratic votes. You should be making them do it all on their own! Fuck this bipartisan bullshit, it’s gaslighting. Senate leadership is impotent and should be changed immediately! The minority party has powers it can use to grind it all to a halt, but Schumer is a spineless impotent politician not a leader like Elizabeth Warren!
GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!!!"
Sam, what do you mean coalesce as one voice? If you mean a mass message, I'm in.
Well, yeah. Paula my feeling is that there are authors here on Substack who have a knowledge and known how in these areas. I posted a note on this topic yesterday. For example, the Steve Schmidts et. al. of Substack, who have deep political experience could rally together their’s along with this subscriber community, with messaging guidance that can have an impact on Congress and other government officials. If you or I write our reps, we but two voices. But if a couple hundred thousand of us speak with one voice the right message, well then I think we can make a difference in a continuing pushback of opposition. But I feel it requires their leadership to make the it happen the right way. The thing is I’ve not seen any evidence in my activity notifications that there is any interest. That note was titled “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”
We could try asking them. Are you doing any of Jessica Craven's action items? I know a lot of people are, which also means a lot of pressure on representatives.
I’m calling, writing, posting directly to them, it’s tough to get through and one reply I got from Adam Schiff was an email explaining how alarmed he was at what Musk was doing, assuring me he would stand up to Trump and an explanation of what the duties of a Senator are. Not exactly what one wants to hear. Then independent of my reaching out, my Congresswoman sent an email asking if I would stand with her against Trump’s executive orders. With an attached survey asking which of these was I most concerned about. In as much as Schiff et. al. Filibustered a floor vote on Russell Vought he was confirmed so they are not doing much.
This is why I’ve suggested that these authors we are all following begin to lead.
You have an excellent congresswoman. Mine is a Dem but has not done that.
Sam, I think if you want the authors to do that you should ask them. I'm not sure it will make a difference but it doesn't hurt to try.
Sam,
I am clear that at the root of our issues is a lack of participation. The health of the country is a function of participation and we are not healthy.
Some here are thinking that I am saying that they are not doing enough and are rightly insulted as they should be. There are many here doing so much that if I were to compare myself to them, I would be going backwards, at high speed.
What I am saying is that right now the issue isn’t what I am doing or not doing or what you are doing or not doing, or what they are doing or not doing. The issue is where people are coming from. What is the context that is driving, generating, forming, limiting the actions we think we can take? I’m saying we are stuck in a box of our own making that we are not aware of.
What needs to happening is not in the box we are in. The space we have to have this conversation in is limited by the box we are in. The answer (and there is no answer) must be created newly every day. The truth we discovered yesterday isn’t the truth anymore. It’s got to be created newly every day.
I need to provide for you a space that makes available a new way to know, act, and communicate. This is unthinkable, yet must be thought.
I’m committed to a breakthrough and not merely an incremental change. The breakthrough I’m committed to has to do with reinventing what it means to be human. This is the great opportunity we have the privilege to participate in.
When you create a context, a space to live in and come from, the very same actions take on a new meaning. If you create for yourself a context of a world that works for all of us, then all the content happening in that self created space will be a part of the solution rather than part of the problem. New unseen opportunities show up.
Merely changing the circumstances is not enough. We've all done that a thousand times and it doesn’t make any difference if it's in the same old paradigm.
What do you plan to do toward that end?
I sent letters to my congress representatives, urging them to initiate a movement to impeach the president.
I sent a letter to my AG to initiate an investigation into the illegal actions Musk has taken.
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