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Make a two-minute phone call to your U.S. Representative and your U.S. Senators and urge them to take specific action on a timely issue. We provide scripts to make it easy. Just select one of the Actions below to get started.
Why is this so important? Our phone calls fire up our Members of Congress, stiffen their spines, and push them to fight harder. We let them know that we're paying attention – and we have their back when they go out on a limb. Make sure to call your own U.S. Representative and both Senators – they are the ones who represent you!
FIGHT PUTIN’S INFLATION
Inflation has many causes including long-term structural supply chain issues exacerbated by the pandemic, corporate greed, and the Russian sanctions. The best short-term fix for American families is to shore up their buying power by lowering the costs of essential expenses like prescription drugs, child care, health care, and energy. Congress can do that, right now!
FRIDAY RECAP: MARCH 18, 2022
Read this week’s Daily Actions on the states attacking voting right and election integrity, a quick look at Putin’s propaganda machine and its star performer Tucker Carlson, and the impact the war in Ukraine is pressing a critical environmental question. Our actions give you solid information quickly and provide ways to fight for our democracy, even scripts if you are calling your Members of Congress.
Ukraine Invasion, Inflation and The Environmental Crisis
The Russian invasion of Ukraine underscores our excessive dependence on fossil fuels, leaving us at the mercy of both oil producing nations, many ruled by unsavory strong men, and giant transnational oil companies that are engaging in price gouging at the expense of the American public. We must oppose GOP calls to increase oil production, which would have devastating environmental effects.
PUTIN’S PROPAGANDA MACHINE STARS TUCKER CARLSON
The fiction of the “US-funded bioweapons labs in Ukraine” reveals how Putin’s lies are promoted as fact by US conservatives. Tucker Carlson (whose show is pushed to Russian media by the Kremlin) touted this piece of Russian propaganda on Fox.. Even after the story was revealed as a hoax, Tucker declared the lie “totally and completely true.” Officials are now worried the lie was a pretext for Russia to launch its own chemical or biological attack on Ukraine.
THE MAGA MOB DEEPENS ITS ATTACK ON ELECTIONS
The radical Republicans’ war on democracy has come down to a battle over the ballot box. Their goal is to flatten the Black and Brown vote and ensure that white men control history, women’s bodies, and more. If you hold democracy dear, fight for the reintroduction and passage of the transformative Freedom to Vote Act. Fight like hell. Fight like Ukrainians. After all, America’s democracy inspired them.
FRIDAY RECAP: MARCH 11, 2022
We are living through historic events. Remember when we thought Trump’s election was the worst that could happen? Then Covid. Then the sacking of the Capitol. Now, Ukraine. Through all of this, the disinformation machines were spitting lies. This is a sanctuary of truth. Read this week’s Daily Actions on Ukraine, a climate emergency, and the Putin Republicans losing their war against history.
Rethinking The Culture Wars When You Are Winning
The GOP playbook is tired and uninspired. Most Americans don’t believe in banning books, prosecuting the parents of trans kids, or excluding Black history. They want reproductive freedom. They believe in LGBTQ rights. Rather than getting distracted by rightwing spitting lies and fury, let’s speak persuasively about our ideas—WE ARE THE MAJORITY!
BIDEN, DECLARE CLIMATE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
With Biden’s climate agenda stalled in the Senate and the Supreme Court likely to cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority, bold executive action is necessary. Declaration of a national climate emergency would, as Rep. Blumenauer explains, allow Biden to “unleash every resource at our disposal to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of this climate crisis.”
FOR MONTHS, BIDEN WAS PREPARING FOR CONFRONTATION WITH PUTIN
The sanctions locked up over $600 billion that Russia had parked in foreign banks, and they have stopped Russia from using the dollar, the Euro, and the SWIFT foreign payment system–all making international sales or purchases challenging. This will likely cause energy prices here to soar. Nevertheless, Biden has brilliantly directed the financial war.
FRIDAY RECAP: MARCH 4, 2022
We are living through historic events. Remember when we thought Trump’s election was a disaster? Then a pandemic. Then the sacking of the Capitol. Now, Ukraine. This week, Indivisible Oregon’s Daily Actions sorted through events with two DAs on Ukraine: DEMOCRACY’S BATTLEGROUND on Tuesday, and UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US Wednesday. Then Biden has nominated a former public defender, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who we believe will be A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR US ALL. Check out the DAs.
A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR US ALL
The Supreme Court should reflect the diversity of the public it serves—but it never has. Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson—an exceptionally well qualified attorney with an extensive judicial record demonstrating her commitment to fairness, impartiality, and equal justice for all—is a long overdue first step towards diversifying the Court.
UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US
The heroic resolve of Ukrainians to defend their homeland is part of a much larger struggle between democracy and dictatorship. We must call out Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and vigorously support the Biden Administration’s commitment to defend Ukraine, NATO and the G-7. While protecting democracy here and abroad will come with a cost, we must accept this challenge.
UKRAINE IS DEMOCRACY’S BATTLEGROUND
For decades, Putin has been fighting a shadow war to divide and destabilize free nations. In the US, his efforts have radicalized fringe Republicans. The Putin Republicans are successfully dismantling democracy’s most fundamental right, the right to vote, in many states. Before he attacked Ukraine, citizens there had rejected a Russian puppet and elected a comedian who has become democracy’s hero.
FRIDAY RECAP: February 25, 2022
Even as Europe careens into war, we still need to press our Members of Congress to move forward on progressive legislation and to sharpen and regularly repeat their midterm message–outlining Democratic successes in terms the electorate understands and clearly painting the massive differences between them and obstructionist Republicans. So, keep calling your MoCs using this week’s Daily Action scripts.
And, since the Senate will vote Monday on The Women’s Health Protection Act (S.1975) that safeguards abortion nationwide, demand they support this legislation too.
Defending Democracy at Home and Abroad
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine starkly demonstrates the conflict between democracy and dictatorship. Biden has committed the US to protecting democracy, and Americans must stand behind him. We must continue to do so, even if, as Biden has warned, protecting Ukraine’s fragile democracy will likely come with a cost at home.
Why call your Members of Congress
Members of Congress have told us repeatedly that our calls matter. When they meet with their colleagues in Congress, they say "I'm getting swamped with calls about this illegal power grab. We need to take action."
If you're represented by Democrats: They are our best defense in Washington DC. They can throw sand in the gears of the Trump regime by using tools such as parliamentary procedures. And they have the power to call attention to particular issues via press, social media, special events. In short: our elected officials have power, and we must push them to wield it.
If you're represented by Republicans: Our calls let them know just how unpopular their actions are. We make them nervous, even if they don't show it. We make it hard for them to take actions that hurt Americans.
Calling tips
State your name, your zip code or neighborhood, and why you're calling
Stick to one issue per call
Don't worry about getting pulled into a debate -- the staffer will simply document your message.
Be respectful. The person on the other end of the line is likely a staffer who handles numerous calls daily. Being polite makes your message more likely to be heard and taken seriously.
Use personal stories when possible. When you share how an issue affects you personally, or why it matters to you, your message is more likely to resonate and be remembered.