Someone in my family is a Congressional staffer

[BigmanPigman]

and I asked her about how calls are received by the staffers in both chambers and both parties. I have been on nation wide calls with Indivisible, MoveOn, etc and was told by them that when you call a rep about a bill or issue that you should make it a single issue, keep it short (pro or con) and that they do tally the numbers from emails, phone messages, actual conversations with a staffer, etc. My niece told me this is 100% correct from her experience as a volunteer/staffer for a Dem rep from San Diego, CA in DC.

Since I have been calling all reps (mostly Repub since I live in a blue city and state) for over a year and over 450 phone calls I wanted to know if my system of contacting the GOP reps and being taken seriously as a constituent was valid. It is I am happy so say. If you call a rep outside of your area from your real cell phone number using a valid address from an actual home, apt., for sale or rent in a senator's state or a congressman's district and you do not want a reply it works like a charm. I was able to get any address in the US within 2 min on Zillow, I call from my cell and I have that info ready if they ask. Sometimes they do. My niece said that they don't have the time to run all the addresses and names from the calls they get for something like the ACA Repeal or the Tax Scam.
I am no longer going to bring a butter knife to a gun fight. Ethical, schmethical...FUCK THE GOP! They are greedy, hypocritical, treasonous sociopaths who want to first bankrupt then kill the 99%. Wait until they go after Social Security and Medicare. Wait for Putin to interfere/hack the midterms since nothing is being done to stop them (especially non implemented sanctions let alone tech security along with bots, trolls, etc). What will the GOP do with Mueller, let alone the entire Russian interference in our elections. I am ready and strong...2017 was just practice for 2018!

Grass roots and fact checking has to go 100% and go non stop.