Thank you for your article! It inspired me to write this message to my friends. I am reposting it here in case others want to use it.
While you are asleep tonight, the Senate will try to pass Trump’s Big Budget-Busting Bill, which now exempts oil and gas drillers from all corporate taxes, subsidizes coal producers, and includes a new tax designed to kill solar and wind farms. If passed, the Senate’s bill would:
* lead to a massive wave of clean energy project cancellations and the loss of nearly a million jobs,
* raise electricity prices for American families and businesses in every state, and
* result in one billion tons of additional carbon pollution by 2035 (equal to the annual emissions of Japan),
The bill would also ravage the safety net by cutting SNAP (food stamps) funding by 22%, kicking 11.8 million Americans off their health insurance, and destroying rural hospitals.
Finally, it would put our economy at risk by adding $4.5 trillion to the national debt. All of this to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans and corporations.
Your voice is urgently needed. Please take action today! Not all Republicans are on board. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted against advancing the bill. When Trump threatened to mount a primary opponent against him as a result, Senator Tillis announced he would not seek reelection. To defeat the bill in the Senate, a total of four Republican No votes are needed. In addition to Rand Paul, the most likely are:
Thom Tillis (NC), Lisa Murkowski (AK), John Curtis (UT), Jerry Moran (KS), Susan Collins (ME)
Take action by calling these Senate offices today! The U.S. Senate switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Ask them to stand up for every day Americans by voting NO. Point out that the public does not support this bill, it will cost American lives, destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs, and cripple rural hospitals. If you have never done this before, it’s very easy, and only takes a few minutes. You simply call the switchboard, ask for the office, and then state your name and leave your message.
To reclaim our democracy, we must face an uncomfortable truth: we must halt the engine that fuels this regime. We must, together, choose to disrupt the very systems it relies upon. This means a collective act of non-cooperation. It means temporarily stopping the flow of productivity that empowers those who seek to undermine us. It means, for a time, accepting financial pain.
I understand the gravity of these words. I know the fear and uncertainty that such a prospect evokes. Families will struggle. Businesses will face hardship. But I ask you: what is the cost of losing our democracy? What is the price of living under a system where our rights are eroded, our voices are silenced, and our future is dictated by a few? That cost, my friends, is far greater and far more enduring than any temporary economic pain we might endure.
Think of those who came before us – who risked everything, who shed blood and treasure, to establish and preserve this nation. They endured famine, war, and unimaginable sacrifice for the promise of a free society. Are we, in this generation, less capable of defending that legacy?
This is not about surrender. This is about strategic withdrawal of our energy and resources from a system that has become weaponized against us. By stopping our collective productivity, we starve the regime of its power. We deny it the resources it needs to perpetuate its control. We create an undeniable crisis that forces a reckoning.
This will be painful. There is no sugarcoating it. But we are a resilient people. We are ingenious. We will organize. We will support each other through community, through shared resources, and through the unbreakable bonds of our common purpose. We must prepare for this pain, knowing that it is the necessary path to a greater good.
The choice before us is stark: a brief, intense period of shared hardship for the promise of a free future, or a slow, agonizing slide into authoritarianism with consequences that will echo for generations.
Let us rise to this challenge. Let us stand together, united in our resolve. Let us choose freedom, no matter the cost. Our democracy, our future, depends on it.
I think selling public lands is actually a movement in the right direction on this issue. Much of that land is great locations for solar farms and wind turbines. Get government out of the way - both in terms of federal land ownership and rigging the game for fossil fuel - and it will happen.
Thank you for your article! It inspired me to write this message to my friends. I am reposting it here in case others want to use it.
While you are asleep tonight, the Senate will try to pass Trump’s Big Budget-Busting Bill, which now exempts oil and gas drillers from all corporate taxes, subsidizes coal producers, and includes a new tax designed to kill solar and wind farms. If passed, the Senate’s bill would:
* lead to a massive wave of clean energy project cancellations and the loss of nearly a million jobs,
* raise electricity prices for American families and businesses in every state, and
* result in one billion tons of additional carbon pollution by 2035 (equal to the annual emissions of Japan),
The bill would also ravage the safety net by cutting SNAP (food stamps) funding by 22%, kicking 11.8 million Americans off their health insurance, and destroying rural hospitals.
Finally, it would put our economy at risk by adding $4.5 trillion to the national debt. All of this to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans and corporations.
Your voice is urgently needed. Please take action today! Not all Republicans are on board. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted against advancing the bill. When Trump threatened to mount a primary opponent against him as a result, Senator Tillis announced he would not seek reelection. To defeat the bill in the Senate, a total of four Republican No votes are needed. In addition to Rand Paul, the most likely are:
Thom Tillis (NC), Lisa Murkowski (AK), John Curtis (UT), Jerry Moran (KS), Susan Collins (ME)
Take action by calling these Senate offices today! The U.S. Senate switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Ask them to stand up for every day Americans by voting NO. Point out that the public does not support this bill, it will cost American lives, destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs, and cripple rural hospitals. If you have never done this before, it’s very easy, and only takes a few minutes. You simply call the switchboard, ask for the office, and then state your name and leave your message.
Help kill the bill by calling today!
Love this, Erin! Thanks for sharing.
people, are the last line of defense.!!!
To reclaim our democracy, we must face an uncomfortable truth: we must halt the engine that fuels this regime. We must, together, choose to disrupt the very systems it relies upon. This means a collective act of non-cooperation. It means temporarily stopping the flow of productivity that empowers those who seek to undermine us. It means, for a time, accepting financial pain.
I understand the gravity of these words. I know the fear and uncertainty that such a prospect evokes. Families will struggle. Businesses will face hardship. But I ask you: what is the cost of losing our democracy? What is the price of living under a system where our rights are eroded, our voices are silenced, and our future is dictated by a few? That cost, my friends, is far greater and far more enduring than any temporary economic pain we might endure.
Think of those who came before us – who risked everything, who shed blood and treasure, to establish and preserve this nation. They endured famine, war, and unimaginable sacrifice for the promise of a free society. Are we, in this generation, less capable of defending that legacy?
This is not about surrender. This is about strategic withdrawal of our energy and resources from a system that has become weaponized against us. By stopping our collective productivity, we starve the regime of its power. We deny it the resources it needs to perpetuate its control. We create an undeniable crisis that forces a reckoning.
This will be painful. There is no sugarcoating it. But we are a resilient people. We are ingenious. We will organize. We will support each other through community, through shared resources, and through the unbreakable bonds of our common purpose. We must prepare for this pain, knowing that it is the necessary path to a greater good.
The choice before us is stark: a brief, intense period of shared hardship for the promise of a free future, or a slow, agonizing slide into authoritarianism with consequences that will echo for generations.
Let us rise to this challenge. Let us stand together, united in our resolve. Let us choose freedom, no matter the cost. Our democracy, our future, depends on it.
God bless America!
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I think selling public lands is actually a movement in the right direction on this issue. Much of that land is great locations for solar farms and wind turbines. Get government out of the way - both in terms of federal land ownership and rigging the game for fossil fuel - and it will happen.
Speak up how? I have a democratic senator — I effectively feel that I have no voice in this.