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Dear Senator -
There is no widespread voter fraud that would necessitate either a federal emergency or the SAVE Act.
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.
The SAVE Act supported by this Republican Administration would disproportionately harm:
-Women who changed their names after marriage who would have to secure updated documentation to register to vote.
-Military families who would have to re-register every time they move sometimes very close to an election day.
-Disaster survivors who lost documents in disasters and face burdensome hurdles to replace them while rebuilding their lives.
-Communities of color: Black Americans are three times more likely than white citizens to lack easy access to birth certificates, passports, or naturalization papers.
Some Republicans have already admitted that they did not know all the details of this bill and how it would impact so many people. 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.
Vote No on the SAVE Act.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #Vote
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Dear Senator / Representative:
The bipartisan and independent Election Assistance Commission, created in 2002, owns the website vote.gov.
I recently learned that the National Design Studio (NDS), a three-year temporary agency created by an August 2025 executive order and housed in the White House, has a staging server with a working preview of a new vote.gov.
I also learned that the NDS-designed website would replace the current vote.gov should the White House succeed in setting up a national voter database.
The states are responsible for elections. The federal government’s attempt to insert itself in the process of validating voters is unconstitutional.
Their effort to create a national database of voters and involve the Post Office in deciding who can get a mail-in ballot is likewise unconstitutional.
I want you to ask hard questions of Joe Gebbia. The DOGE alumnus and cofounder of Airbnb has a temporary appointment to run NDS. As you know, DOGE is the subject of numerous federal lawsuits related to their controversial access to Social Security data. Given DOGE’s documented record on data access, his appointment warrants close scrutiny.
These backdoor shenanigans need the disinfectant of sunshine. Provide some, please, by holding hearings on these issues.
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Dear Senator/Representative:
U.S. Postal Service is a public service. Rural areas are home to 16% of the US population but represent 88% of the land area served by USPS. An Institute for Policy Studies report found that FedEx and UPS apply delivery surcharges to zip codes that are home to almost one-third of the U.S. population, all of them rural. USPS delivers about 1.2 billion prescription drug shipments each year; veterans receive 80% of their outpatient prescriptions via the mail.
I want you to fight the privatization of the USPS. Attempts to compare our postal system with France, Germany or the UK rest on a false geographic premise. Countries with large land masses (Australia and Canada) have public postal services.
Acknowledge that the USPS is a public good requiring public funding, just as we fund rural highways. Rationalize the post office network where genuine duplication exists in urban and suburban areas. Halt the DeJoy-era consolidation that routes local mail through regional hubs, creating delays and additional costs. Look at alternative revenue sources such as check cashing and basic financial services, particularly in rural communities and inner-city communities that have lost their local banks.
Fix the USPS budget for the good of everyone.
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Dear Sen / Rep
I oppose any suspension of the federal gas tax, including legislation such as the Gas Prices Relief Act, as a means of offsetting the economic burden of this Republican Administration's war in Iran. I likewise oppose lifting any sanctions on Russian oil.
If Congress believes (as I do) that this war imposes an excessive burden on Americans, Congress should end the war. Only Congress may declare war, and only Congress may fund it. Neither a formal declaration nor a proper authorization has occurred. Suspending the gasoline tax does not address that constitutional failure; it subsidizes indecision.
Focusing on gas prices minimizes the stakes. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz affects the entire global supply chain of critical materials including industrial sulfur as well as, copper, and cobalt, two materials essential to electric vehicle batteries and semiconductors. One-third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizer passes through the Strait.
Suspending the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gasoline tax is theater. It does not address the scale of disruption and papers over Congress’s responsibility to make a clear decision about the war itself.
Do not sign or vote for a suspension of the federal gasoline tax. Do not lift sanctions on Russia. Address the war directly. Your constituents are watching.
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Dear Senator/Representative -
I want you to support the Equal Tax Act because this country is not just for those 800 billionaires, it is for all 340 million of us.
The Equal Tax Act ensures wealthy investors pay the same tax rate on their income that working people pay on their income, by taxing investment income at the same rate as earned income for those earning over $1 million annually. It also eliminates one of the ways the wealthy avoid taxes by ending the stepped-up basis loophole with unprecedented protections for family farms and businesses.
Polls indicate 66% of voters support raising capital gains rates on the wealthy, consistent with years of polling indicating support for closing tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy (74%) and making millionaires and billionaires pay more in taxes (70%). This proposal delivers by raising significant revenue exclusively from households that have more than $1 million in annual income.
This needs to be a cornerstone policy moving ahead. Those living off the interest on their investments should not pay a lower tax rate than teachers, farmers, nurses, and firefighters.
It's the right thing to do.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #TaxTheRich #Greed