#resistoftheday — Public Fediverse posts
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator / Representative:
Please elevate the problem faced by our most critically challenged metropolitan area, New Orleans.
Southern Louisiana is facing 7 to 23 feet of sea level rise and the loss of three-quarters of its remaining coastal wetlands, which will cause the shoreline to migrate as much as 60 miles inland.
Compounding the sea level threat, New Orleans is sinking at the rate of one to two inches per year.
Even if factors contributing to rising sea levels were to magically stop today, New Orleans would still become an island within generations.
Rather than investing in more levees that will merely postpone (maybe) the inevitable, political leaders of all stripes should be supporting and encouraging a complete revamping of the New Orleans area.
It is impossible to keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.
We must begin tackling climate change impacts.
Throughout history, cities have relocated. Save New Orleans and all of its cultural history by moving the parts that can be saved and encouraging people to relocate.
I love New Orleans, but in my lifetime, I will see it disappear. Save what can be saved.
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Dear Senator/Representative -
ICE is starting a new surge. I want you and your staffers visit every facility rented or use by ICE, including the temporary spaces that they occupy during this surge. I need you gearing up for oversight and ready to get loud and public.
At the May 5 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Tom Homan said, "You will see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before, so congratulations."
I have seen what happens during those surges - massive human rights abuses. We have seen people denied access to phones, lawyers, food, and water. I have seen ICE using office bathrooms as temporary detention facilities, forcing a dozen people to sleep in close quarters on tile floors. During the Minnesota surge, they released people from detention miles from their homes, in the middle of the night in the freezing cold with no phone, no ability to call anyone, no jacket, and no shoes.
What are we going to see this time? Will we have people being released in 100 degree heat, miles from home, with no shoes? Will we see refugees and documented asylum seekers again held incommunicado for weeks despite being legally in this country?
DHS is gearing up for more abuses. They have not been held accountable for their past abuses. What will you do to hold DHS accountable?
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative -
ICE is starting a new surge. I want you and your staffers visit every facility rented or use by ICE, including the temporary spaces that they occupy during this surge. I need you gearing up for oversight and ready to get loud and public.
At the May 5 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Tom Homan said, "You will see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before, so congratulations."
I have seen what happens during those surges - massive human rights abuses. We have seen people denied access to phones, lawyers, food, and water. I have seen ICE using office bathrooms as temporary detention facilities, forcing a dozen people to sleep in close quarters on tile floors. During the Minnesota surge, they released people from detention miles from their homes, in the middle of the night in the freezing cold with no phone, no ability to call anyone, no jacket, and no shoes.
What are we going to see this time? Will we have people being released in 100 degree heat, miles from home, with no shoes? Will we see refugees and documented asylum seekers again held incommunicado for weeks despite being legally in this country?
DHS is gearing up for more abuses. They have not been held accountable for their past abuses. What will you do to hold DHS accountable?
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative -
ICE is starting a new surge. I want you and your staffers visit every facility rented or use by ICE, including the temporary spaces that they occupy during this surge. I need you gearing up for oversight and ready to get loud and public.
At the May 5 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Tom Homan said, "You will see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before, so congratulations."
I have seen what happens during those surges - massive human rights abuses. We have seen people denied access to phones, lawyers, food, and water. I have seen ICE using office bathrooms as temporary detention facilities, forcing a dozen people to sleep in close quarters on tile floors. During the Minnesota surge, they released people from detention miles from their homes, in the middle of the night in the freezing cold with no phone, no ability to call anyone, no jacket, and no shoes.
What are we going to see this time? Will we have people being released in 100 degree heat, miles from home, with no shoes? Will we see refugees and documented asylum seekers again held incommunicado for weeks despite being legally in this country?
DHS is gearing up for more abuses. They have not been held accountable for their past abuses. What will you do to hold DHS accountable?
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative -
I am against the plans of this Republican Administration to make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment for Medicare, I am against the use of AI claims denial in Medicare, and I want you to fight these efforts.
Medicate Advantage costs US taxpayers 14% more than if those same people were enrolled in traditional Medicare, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee.
This extra $76 billion of my tax dollars gets paid to for-profit health insurance companies. Study after study has shown that Medicare Advantage, while costing more, does not lead to better outcomes for patients.
Medicare Advantage deserves to be completely dismantled, not expanded, as does the new program to use AI for prior authorization in Traditional Medicare
Washington state hospitals say their Medicare patients are waiting two to four times longer for procedures that are now subject to prior authorization under a new Medicare program.
But this administration of Ballroom Republicans doesn't care about healthcare access or costs for ordinary Americans. Their policies show they only care about their ballroom friends and corporate profits.
I want to see you develop better policies that serve every American, not just the rich.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #Medicare #Healthcare #BallroomRepublicans -
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New rules for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mean we now need legislation that specifically requires the performance of disparate impact analysis to seek out examples of lending discrimination.
I want you to require the CFPB to conduct regular examinations of the algorithms, zip code filters, and loan approval rates of banks and other lending institutions to see how these approvals break out along racial and gender lines.
This used to be the actual job of the #CFPB, but this Republican Administration just stripped disparate impact analysis from the Equal Opportunity Credit Act. Under the new rules, lending discrimination would only be considered to exist done deliberately and documented, like saying "no, because she's a woman" or "no, because he lives in a poor neighborhood" on the application.
Banks and lenders were held accountable if their policies disproportionately harmed women, people of color, or low-income borrowers. That's how the CFPB caught banks redlining and locking entire communities out of homeownership and credit.
The CFPB is abandoning its legislatively mandated mission to ensure credit markets are fair and free of discrimination and I need you to fix this. I need you to codify the examination of potential lending discrimination into law in ways that protect all Americans.
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Dear Senator/Representative -
I want you to be very vocal about voting rights in this nation. There is no widespread voter fraud that would necessitate either a federal emergency or the SAVE Act.
Get in front of every news source you can find and defend the right to vote. This Republican Administration is acting like voting is a privilege, but it is a foundational right specified in the Constitution.
I want to see you flood the media with appearances explaining exactly why this Republican Administration is wrong about the risk to the security and integrity of voting in this county. Spend the entire weekend talking about it.
Make sure the SAVE Act never advances. Actively persuade your colleagues to do the same. Push back loudly on claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Hold press conferences, hearings, and get in front of every camera you see. Corner your colleagues in Congress and make them look you in the eye when you ask them why they support a law that would disenfranchise millions. Ask them why they believe the lies this Republican Administration tells about voting.
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative -
I want you to be very vocal about voting rights in this nation. There is no widespread voter fraud that would necessitate either a federal emergency or the SAVE Act.
Get in front of every news source you can find and defend the right to vote. This Republican Administration is acting like voting is a privilege, but it is a foundational right specified in the Constitution.
I want to see you flood the media with appearances explaining exactly why this Republican Administration is wrong about the risk to the security and integrity of voting in this county. Spend the entire weekend talking about it.
Make sure the SAVE Act never advances. Actively persuade your colleagues to do the same. Push back loudly on claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Hold press conferences, hearings, and get in front of every camera you see. Corner your colleagues in Congress and make them look you in the eye when you ask them why they support a law that would disenfranchise millions. Ask them why they believe the lies this Republican Administration tells about voting.
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative -
I want you to be very vocal about voting rights in this nation. There is no widespread voter fraud that would necessitate either a federal emergency or the SAVE Act.
Get in front of every news source you can find and defend the right to vote. This Republican Administration is acting like voting is a privilege, but it is a foundational right specified in the Constitution.
I want to see you flood the media with appearances explaining exactly why this Republican Administration is wrong about the risk to the security and integrity of voting in this county. Spend the entire weekend talking about it.
Make sure the SAVE Act never advances. Actively persuade your colleagues to do the same. Push back loudly on claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Hold press conferences, hearings, and get in front of every camera you see. Corner your colleagues in Congress and make them look you in the eye when you ask them why they support a law that would disenfranchise millions. Ask them why they believe the lies this Republican Administration tells about voting.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends.
Dear Sen / Rep —
For decades, federal agencies have, as required by law, given the public a chance to comment on proposed rules and rule changes. Only after the agency has reviewed all that information and considered the impact of the proposed rule can it go into effect.
Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this Republican Administration has told agencies to dispense with gathering information altogether.
OMB told agencies that so long as they could make a case that the rule was illegal, whether or not a court had weighed in, they could roll back any rule. It told agencies to cut the public out, to not consult with state or local governments and to downplay the costs of a rule’s rollback.
Federal rules touch nearly everything: whether school's and buildings are accessible, whether a doctor’s office or hospital has the right equipment that's been inspected appropriately, whether your information stays private online.
I want you to draft the necessary laws to make sure OMB follows proper rule-making procedures. Get on the news in Republican-voting parts of the state and make it clear that Americans want this Republican Government to follow the rules -- including the rules for making rules.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends.
Dear Sen / Rep —
For decades, federal agencies have, as required by law, given the public a chance to comment on proposed rules and rule changes. Only after the agency has reviewed all that information and considered the impact of the proposed rule can it go into effect.
Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this Republican Administration has told agencies to dispense with gathering information altogether.
OMB told agencies that so long as they could make a case that the rule was illegal, whether or not a court had weighed in, they could roll back any rule. It told agencies to cut the public out, to not consult with state or local governments and to downplay the costs of a rule’s rollback.
Federal rules touch nearly everything: whether school's and buildings are accessible, whether a doctor’s office or hospital has the right equipment that's been inspected appropriately, whether your information stays private online.
I want you to draft the necessary laws to make sure OMB follows proper rule-making procedures. Get on the news in Republican-voting parts of the state and make it clear that Americans want this Republican Government to follow the rules -- including the rules for making rules.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends.
Dear Sen / Rep —
For decades, federal agencies have, as required by law, given the public a chance to comment on proposed rules and rule changes. Only after the agency has reviewed all that information and considered the impact of the proposed rule can it go into effect.
Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this Republican Administration has told agencies to dispense with gathering information altogether.
OMB told agencies that so long as they could make a case that the rule was illegal, whether or not a court had weighed in, they could roll back any rule. It told agencies to cut the public out, to not consult with state or local governments and to downplay the costs of a rule’s rollback.
Federal rules touch nearly everything: whether school's and buildings are accessible, whether a doctor’s office or hospital has the right equipment that's been inspected appropriately, whether your information stays private online.
I want you to draft the necessary laws to make sure OMB follows proper rule-making procedures. Get on the news in Republican-voting parts of the state and make it clear that Americans want this Republican Government to follow the rules -- including the rules for making rules.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends.
Dear Sen / Rep —
For decades, federal agencies have, as required by law, given the public a chance to comment on proposed rules and rule changes. Only after the agency has reviewed all that information and considered the impact of the proposed rule can it go into effect.
Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this Republican Administration has told agencies to dispense with gathering information altogether.
OMB told agencies that so long as they could make a case that the rule was illegal, whether or not a court had weighed in, they could roll back any rule. It told agencies to cut the public out, to not consult with state or local governments and to downplay the costs of a rule’s rollback.
Federal rules touch nearly everything: whether school's and buildings are accessible, whether a doctor’s office or hospital has the right equipment that's been inspected appropriately, whether your information stays private online.
I want you to draft the necessary laws to make sure OMB follows proper rule-making procedures. Get on the news in Republican-voting parts of the state and make it clear that Americans want this Republican Government to follow the rules -- including the rules for making rules.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends.
Dear Sen / Rep —
For decades, federal agencies have, as required by law, given the public a chance to comment on proposed rules and rule changes. Only after the agency has reviewed all that information and considered the impact of the proposed rule can it go into effect.
Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this Republican Administration has told agencies to dispense with gathering information altogether.
OMB told agencies that so long as they could make a case that the rule was illegal, whether or not a court had weighed in, they could roll back any rule. It told agencies to cut the public out, to not consult with state or local governments and to downplay the costs of a rule’s rollback.
Federal rules touch nearly everything: whether school's and buildings are accessible, whether a doctor’s office or hospital has the right equipment that's been inspected appropriately, whether your information stays private online.
I want you to draft the necessary laws to make sure OMB follows proper rule-making procedures. Get on the news in Republican-voting parts of the state and make it clear that Americans want this Republican Government to follow the rules -- including the rules for making rules.
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Today's message is about taxing the rich. Please copy and paste into the forms on the website of your members of Congress, then share with friends.
Dear Senator / Representative --
In a private meeting last week about the budget, President Trump indicated that he's open to raising tax rates on the highest-earning Americans.
Please hold him to that.
Raising the tax rates on the 5% highest earners is the right thing to do.
Remind all your colleagues in Congress what the average wage is in the Republican-voting parts of your state. Remind your colleagues what percentage of income these Americans pay. Highest earners can and should pay more.