2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum99 Ways to Fight Trump:
Urge the Electoral College electors not to vote for Trump on December 19th. Itd be an unprecedented step, but Trump represents an unprecedented threat to our democracy. Petitions here and here.
Dont just complain to your friends, let Congress know how you feel. Often. When you disagree with them AND when you agree. Write Reps here & Senators here.
Better yet, call Congress: (202)225-3121 will connect you to any member
Donate to the ACLU, and help them fight back to defend our freedom.
Share this post. Tons of people are looking for a way to fight back, and need specific guidance.
Lots more at link: https://99waystofighttrump.com/99-ways-to-fight-trump/
Apologies if this was previously posted. Maybe we need to review it though.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)and more to come!
#64:
When you get one of those group emails spouting some wildly nonsensical right-wing lie, check out Snopes, find the evidence to refute it, and politely reply all with it. Odds are the knucklehead who sent it wont care about actual facts, but even if you convince a few others on the thread that the message was BS, thats worth it
http://snopes.com/
texasmomof3
(108 posts)mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)Thanks for posting this. Congress should be getting barraged with phone calls, so for anyone who hasn't yet phoned them, please follow the advice of the OP and do so. If you get sent to voicemail, leave them a message.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Do you live in a very blue state, like New York or California? Thinking about moving? Think about moving to a purple/swing state, and help tip the balance!
texasmomof3
(108 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)lol!
texasmomof3
(108 posts)For the first time in a very long time we saw actual HRC campaign ads as well as Trump ads. I was surprised because other than local and state races I can't tell you the last time we have seen what I would call an actual ad campaign. That told me that HRC thought we were worth spending money on for the first time in a long time and Trump knew it wasn't a given. They can say what they will but you don't spend money in a state that you have locked up. For me, it was a light. There is hope here in Texas. You would love the winters down here! Ha!
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,359 posts)But they weren't blue before Bush...Dems haven't won TX in a Presidential race 1976.
texasmomof3
(108 posts)That loss was a huge shift in this state. Something changed then that hasn't ever been the same here. I do feel it starting to shift back though. Looking forward to 2020!
ancianita
(38,588 posts)LeftInTX
(30,004 posts)Sounds cringe worthy, but it will help to know where they stand on upcoming issues. (I'm represented by 2 R senators)
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)They oppose all that is good and decent in America.
LeftInTX
(30,004 posts)When contacting them and try to inlfuence their vote on an issue. For instance, I'm persuading my senators to join John McCain in the formation of a Senate select committee to investigate hacking and foreign influence of our elections.
John Cornyn publically balked at the thought, but he doesn't know I'm not a Republican voter.
RealityChik
(382 posts)Dem leadership seems to have gone crickets and abandoned us since the election. So far they have shown us that nothing has changed and I don't expect them to grow a spine any time soon. They have already wimped out like they usually do on extending healthcare for coal miners, even. Repubs are never going to let Dems shut down the government like they did! If the Dems had held out a little longer, they could have gotten what they wanted for the miners. Let the Repubs rebuke the Dems for payback. They earned it!!!
However, lucky for us, there are a number of Trump-hating repubs out there that are not afraid to push back. And others are pushing back about Obamacare, Medicare and other important issues Trump wants to trash on January 21st.
The dems want to putter around about the Russian hacking and wait until January to look into the matter. NOT JOHN MCCAIN, God bless his soul! He has demanded an immediate investigation and unlike the dems, HE IS NOT BACKING DOWN. I plan to call his office and thank him for that!!!!
If we can't get our own worthless Dems to pushback, why NOT support the Repubs who do? What have we got to lose? I intend to also thank Lindsey Graham as well for pushing back at Trump, McConnell and even Comey on the Russian hack. Pelosi wants to appoint a commission next month. But by that time, McConnell and all the other perpetrators will have hidden or destroyed all the evidence implicating them. Sheesh! Think 911 Commission, or the Warren Commission--and they still don't know who killed Kennedy!!!
At the rate our party leaders are going, fearless Trump-hating Republicans may be the only way we're going to get any action on the goal to get rid of Trump.
Sorry if I've pissed a lot of you off, but we've got to exploit every option we can since our Congressmen have either gone MIA or have turned into jellyfish!