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   Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 13:22:30 JST Jonathan Kamens

   USians, It is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL for you to CALL your senators TODAY: tell them to filibuster the continuing resolution unless it includes written commitments to spend the money appropriated by Congress, prevent DOGE from rampaging through the government, and undo the unauthorized budget cuts that DOGE has already implemented.
   Your Senators NEED to hear TODAY that you support a government shutdown if that's what it takes to stop DOGE.
   https://5calls.org/ can help.
   #politics #USPol

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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 03:19:32 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     Some of you may be questioning whether it is a good idea for Democrats to be "responsible" for shutting down the government by filibustering the "continuing resolution" (in quotes because it's not a clean CR, it's got all sorts of awful new goodies for Trump and Musk in it).
     To answer this I want to share with you what Josh Marshall has to say:
     https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/here-are-the-arguments-for-why-senate-ds-should-vote-yes-and-why-theyre-wrong
     I know it's a long read, but this is a complicated topic. If you're in doubt, I encourage you to read this.
     #politics #USPol

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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 03:19:34 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     NOTE: You need to CALL today. Sending email is not enough. Senators take calls much more seriously than emails.
     If you're a man it's even more important to call; far fewer men call electeds than women, so when they get a big flood of calls from men they know people are serious. (Yes, this sucks, but it is what it is, and we need to use it to our advantage here.)
     DON'T WAIT, CALL TODAY, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
     #politics #USPol

     Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 repeated this.