At a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth, Senate Republicans just passed the largest redistribution of income upward in the history of this nation. It's an absolute travesty.
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At a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth, Senate Republicans just passed the largest redistribution of income upward in the history of this nation. It's an absolute travesty.
the fucking budget bill of hell passed the house that removes HRT from medicare, general medicare spending cuts, student financial aid cuts, and oh yeah lets the teump regime ignore court orders even harder and lets for even harder executive overreach. they did this shit at motherfucking 2 am so people wouldn’t notice too
it passed house like i said but still needs to pass senate.
tell your senators to invoke byrd rule which is a goddamn real thing apparently
call your goddamn senators i swear to god
and if you’re in DC there’s a protest going on as we speak
go do your civic duty you piece of shit
he’ll cry and it’ll be all your fault for not calling and protesting
okay. calling your reps can be scary. let me walk you thru the details + some actionable steps
first of all - some facts. the bill passed basically because there are more republicans in the house than democrats - and it was basically a 50/50 vote, with one vote yes tipping them over a tie. [check out the stats here]
keyly: a few republicans voted no. so, we need only four senate republicans to also vote no, and here's a list of the most vulnerable ones to target. [source, thank you robert reich, who i copy+pasted from]
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[italic emphasis = mine]
Collins (ME) - blue state, voted against April Senate budget resolution over Medicaid cuts.
Tillis (NC) - faces competitive reelection bid and has spurned Trump on U.S. attorney nomination.
Sullivan (AK) - race could become competitive because of Alaska’s ranked-choice system and the impact of Medicaid/SNAP cuts, and if former Rep. Mary Peltola runs.
Husted (OH) - replaced Vance, has to win a special election to finish term in 2026. Race could become highly competitive if Sherrod Brown runs.
Moody (FL) - replaced Rubio, has to win a special election to finish term in 2026. Same factors as Husted (though FL is a longer shot than OH).
Cornyn (TX) - facing a tough right-wing primary challenge from Ken Paxton, who could put the seat in play if he wins.
Ernst (IA) - race has the potential to be competitive in an anti-GOP cycle without Trump at the top of the ballot.
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If they are up for re-election soon, it's simple. you tell them "if you vote for this bill, I am not voting for you".
"but what if I'm not republican??" i don't know if they know that/can check that. irregardless, they're your senator. your vote matters to them. tell them you won't vote for them if they pass this bill.
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"what if my rep isn't on that list?"
Call them anyway. Make noise. They might not be convinced, but you might as well make your displeasure known.
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"what if my rep is a democrat?"
Call them anyway. They will probably vote no anyway, but probably better to send a message that it's unacceptable, just in case they were thinking they might vote yes.
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"Okay. How do I call?"
[ 5calls.org ]
5calls is great. They have an app, if you want. You have to set your location with them - a zip code will do. This is how they know which senator is yours.
From there, pick an issue (on desktop, there is a list on the left side of the screen) (on mobile, the list is the main feature) - after clicking on your issue, it will give you a phone number and a script at the bottom. Call the phone number, read the script. The script is even tailored based on whether your senator is red or blue!
Obviously, you don't have to read the script, but it takes the thought out of it. If one of your reps is a rep who's due for re-election, tell them you won't vote for them if they vote yes on this bill.
Be polite, be courteous. Also: you will need to leave your street address if you're leaving a voicemail. That's how they confirm you're actually one of their constituents and not some rando from another state making a call - That's how they confirm your opinion is worth listening to. "I don't want to give them that information?" They already have it. This is just you confirming it.
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Leave a voice mall!
>Nervous about phonecalls? Call after hours or on the weekend. It sure is a long weekend right now, with memorial day, and all. That way you get sent straight to the answering machine and can leave a voicemail.
>I usually open my voicemail messages with Hi I'm [NAME] and I'm a constituent of [SENATOR], my phone number is [NUMBER] and my street address is [BLAH], zip code [BLAH], just to get that out of the way. And then I read the script that 5calls has given to me.
>Calling during office hours? Just say "Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent of [SENATOR], and I have a comment about a legislative issue." When they give you the go-ahead, read the 5calls script.
>Do they have multiple numbers? A DC office, and a local office? Calling multiple times a day might make them wary of taking you seriously, but calling your local office as well as their main DC office....
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"Okay, which issue do I pick?"
5calls.org sure has like five billion different links regarding the "Big Beautiful Bill" aka H.R.1 - but [here's] the one with a general overview.
Of course, your republican senator might not care much about slashes to [Medicaid] or increased budget for [ICE] - they CERTAINLY won't care about cuts to planned parenthood and transgender care.
Those cuts to Federal Employee Retirement sounds pretty bad, though. Play-act, if you can. A concerned "we're planning to put America in HOW much debt?" might do more than you think. "I'm just really worried about how my Grandma is going to afford her healthcare if Medicare gets cut..."
Put in a little research. Does your senator care about [education]? Do they [hate Elon Musk]? Maybe they're not too fond of Trump, and would love to be remindeed that this bill is trying to give him the ability to [ignore contempt of court.]
Usually they have a website, usually that website tells you what issues they ran on. If any one of those issues is threatened by this bill, remind them.
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Byrd Rule
Or maybe just call your senator and tell them to invoke [Byrd Rule], which allows them to call certain parts of the bill extraneous (the contempt of court thing, anyone!??) and irrelevant to the overall goal of the budget reconciliation.
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What are my options other than phonecalls?
You can send emails, you can send faxes.
[ faxzero.com ] - lets you send a handful of free faxes a day. Just copy+paste the 5calls script, and maybe some relevant supporting evidence from the 5calls page, and send it off.
Same goes for emails. Your sentators almost always have a contact form on their website. Do the same there.
You can find all the ways to contact your senators - including their websites - at [ this source ], just enter your state.
Or you can try [ Resist Bot ], which you can use in Messenger and Telegram, and it looks like even normal SMS. Signing up with this takes the hard part out of it - it can handle all the email logistics for you; slap in your message, let it do the rest.
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Other options?
Whew, this list is getting long, but here's two more things I thought of.
1) [ Here's more info about attending town halls. ]
2) Contact your House reps. See how they voted on HR1 [ here ]. Either thank them for voting no (it's important for them to know!) or say you're disappointed in them for voting yes. Your opinion still matters. That vote is done, but it matters that they held the line. Or, it matters that they didn't represent your opinions - which is what their job is to do.
And if they're one of the two republicans who abstained from voting, call them out on it. "If you didn't feel strongly enough to vote yes on this bill, maybe you should have just voted no, especially due to [cause you care about/think they care about]."
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Thanks for your time. Hope this tutorial/info sheet helps anyone. Steal and repost it to other sites as much as you want.
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If you vote in North Carolina, you're going to see this on your ballot. Looks pretty straightforward, right?
But it's a trap placed by the GOP. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Voting "For" this referendum will remove the phrase "and every person who has been naturalized" from this section on voter eligibility in the NC constitution. This could place the future voting rights of about 400,000 naturalized US citizens in the state in jeopardy.
Just a reminder - it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote! There's no evidence that this happens in significant numbers anywhere in the country, and North Carolina has restrictions in place against it happening at all, like the voter ID law that's now in effect.
(The voter ID law disproportionately affects POC, as well as transgender voters, both of whom are more likely to vote Democratic as well as lack the needed ID, but that's another post.)
Voting "Against" on this measure will leave the state constitution unchanged.
Here's the whole bill (PDF): https://dashboard.ncleg.gov/api/Services/BillSummary/2023/H1074-SMBK-89(sl)-v-2
Ballotpedia was extremely useful to me in looking up propositions; as it gave a lot of information on the propositions, most significantly who was opposed and pro each one as well as their reasoning.
I don't know if this will be useful for your state, but in my personal experience of voting by mail in Arizona, it was a great tool.
I simply search for Arizona Proposition # in Ballotpedia's search bar and then clicked on the proposition.
Time to vote yall. Get out there. Please for the love of god. Vote.
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I took another run at the mur mur twins. I re designed the hands and feet. I also scaled up the doll quite a bit and used the correct colors.
I'm super happy with how this experiment turned out. I wanted to make some little dolls with the embroidery machine using the blanket stitch. I learned a lot about the process. I have a few more adjustments to make before I try again.
Slowly..... After a long day of overtime last Saturday I attempted to sew together my Hamphrey. I was so defeated from the stuff I was doing at work I thought I could do some good sewing. Nope. total disaster. I decided I was going to try and use new fabric for this project: Covington Magestic Drapery. It's the only thing I've found that's just as soft as minky, but with a shorter pile. I'm not sure if it was the fact that I'm working with a new material or that I sewed the complete wrong seam allowance, but it turned out wonky. :/ But I'm feeling more motivated today to get back on the horse! Time to rip out them seams! And I did learn a lot from the last go around. I was really happy with how the ears turned out, I just need to move them further up on the head.
Ive been really busy with work lately but one crafty thing I got to do recently was throw @jrfry​ a dark souls themed birthday party. It was really fun! a bunch of our friends jumped out and yelled surprise while the majoula theme was playing.
I constructed this amazing bonfire paper craft by orion1189 to use as a center piece. The colorful stand, cake board, plates, table cloth and napkins came from party city. I couldn’t pass up the chance to surround the bonfires with real life estus flasks (name tags here) after seeing how cool the ones at the dark souls cafe looked. The actual estus is sparkling clementine juice from trader joes. I also added some champagne to help party guests boost their confidence before fighting the cake boss.
Alas, defeated party guests were still able to recover their lost souls (you recovered tags) before leaving the party. Why does everyone always seem to die in the same spot?
For all of my sun bros out there, I downloaded a free printable alphabet banner from shanty 2 chic and lined it with this grossly incandescent wrapping paper.
I'm rebloging this since dark souls 3 just came out. My one true regret in life is that I didn't have someone show up mid way through the party dressed in black and red to attack the guest of honor.
My sewing space got a little crazy this weekend. But I got my fabric cut out for hamphrey! I tried a test embroider for the ears. I'm not real happy with how they turned out so I'm probably going to appliqué them. Next step sewing!
Redesigned face has been embroidered!
I sewed together another prototype. But it looked pretty meh. I couldn’t figures out why until I compared it to ruby. The face seemed really out of proportion. So I made little cut outs of how big I thought the mouth and eyebrows should be in comparison to the eyes. It instantly felt better. I also think I’m going to try to move the ears to the top of the head like ruby.
Your plush is so cute; do you have an esty shop? ;-;
Thank You! Unfortunately I don't have an etsy shop. I've been considering getting one. But I currently work full time (sometimes a lot of overtime). Running an etsy shop is a lot of work. I'll be sure to post here if I decide to take the plunge! :D