Remember: if you can’t reach their DC office, you can call their local offices.
Also remember: You don’t need Serious Political Discussion Skills to call your representatives. You don’t need to be able to make an argument that would sustain a 250-message reddit thread.
You can say “This thing here, [name of whatever], I don’t like it. It’s a bad policy being pushed by rich men for their own benefit. It is dangerous to me and bad for America. I want you to oppose it, as any decent person would.”
Or
You can say, “This thing here, [name of whatever], it sucks. It’s terrible and I hate it and if you support it than you’re terrible and I hate you. I am going to tell all my friends that you are an evil scumbucket and they should never invite you to their birthday parties. You should feel bad about your whole life and then you should go to hell and wish you had been a better person. In case you missed it, you suck and I hate you.”
Or
You can say, “This thing here, [name of whatever], is the WORST FUCKING THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF, YOU RATFUCKING BASTARD. YOUR HEAD IS SO FAR UP TRUMP’S ASS YOU CAN SMELL ELON’S DICK BEING SUCKED. DID YOU BURN INSECTS AND SLAUGHTER KITTENS AS A CHILD OR DID YOU JUST GO STRAIGHT TO TRYING TO KILL YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS? OH WAIT, THEY’RE NOT YOUR FELLOWS BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT ACTUALLY HUMAN; YOU’RE A SHIT-SUCKING SLIME MOLD. I HOPE YOU NEVER GET LAID AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE.”
They have to listen to you, either way. If you’re talking to a machine, just keep talking until it cuts you off. You don’t have to be eloquent or even coherent.
There are people who are persuasive, who offer all the relevant facts, who have the up-to-date statistics and the names of media influence orgs to drop. And they like doing that. Let them do their part.
Your part is: Jam the damn phone lines until the the interns are terrified to work in any Republican politician’s office.
If you need to find your reps local office, Project Vote Smart has them listed.
what is your eye color. what is your favorite color. what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe. what color is your favorite blanket. what color is your water bottle.
“In Sacramento, California, an estimated 6,615 people are experiencing homelessness, a number that — while still heartbreakingly high — has declined 29% since 2023, according to the latest Point In Time counts.
But a new project, which has been in the works since 2022, might bring that number down even lower.
The county broke ground on the mixed-use service center this week, which will provide shelter, emergency respite, safe parking, health services, and more to community members who are unsheltered — meaning they don’t have a place to safely sleep at night.
“We wanted to do something that is not only larger, but a large-scale campus to provide more than just the shelter,” Janna Haynes, of the county’s Department of Homeless Services and Housing, told KCRA3 News.
The Watt Service Center will have amenities to help meet the needs of anyone staying there, including bathrooms, showers, laundry, and food, as well as mental health, treatment, and employment services.
“You can also meet with your case manager, get behavior health services, look for a job, get rehousing services, a place for your dog,” Jaynes added. “It’s really everything you need, not only for your day-to-day life, but to hopefully end your homelessness.”
While the center is a costly offering, the city explained that it is ultimately less expensive than allowing the homelessness crisis to go unmitigated.
The land was purchased for $22 million and will cost an estimated $42 million to construct the center. According to ABC10 News it will be mostly funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.
While the center will have the capacity to host 225 beds in Safe Stay cabins, 50-person capacity in Safe Parking, and 75-person capacity for emergency/weather respite beds, it will serve countless others outside of the 350 total people it can house at any given time.
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According to a press release from the county, “conservative estimates” have found that over the course of 15 years, the center will serve 18,000 people.
In 2017, the city found that the average cost for an “unsheltered individual” was about $45,000 a year, considering public systems like county jail, shelters, behavioral health, and more.
With the projected impact of the shelter, that cost lowers to less than $3,600 per person.
“If you break down the funding, it’s actually not that expensive,” Rich Desmond, county supervisor for District 3, told ABC10.
“It’s a heck of a lot cheaper than letting someone stay out in the community, unsheltered where they are extremely expensive in terms of the emergency response from fire, our emergency rooms, our law enforcement response.”
Providing what the county calls “wraparound services” not only brings down costs but truly helps people meet their basic needs.
“The really great thing about this site in particular, that we don’t have at any other shelters, is the sheer size and the ability to really wrap everything people need,” Emily Halcon, director of the Department of Homeless Services and Housing with Sacramento County, told ABC10.
One notable feature is the center’s Safe Parking spaces, which are the first of their kind in the city. People living in their cars will now have a safe place to park, monitored by security.
“We know a lot of people who are unsheltered actually are living out of their cars,” Desmond said, “maybe a family that’s barely hanging on but they still need that vital transportation to get their kids to school or get to work.”
This support is especially helpful for those who are newly homeless, Halcon added, building on the amenities provided in the county’s two other “safe stay” facilities.
While Sacramento County just broke ground on the Watt Service Center, officials say they hope to begin moving people into the facility in January 2026.
“Our staff is putting in extra time and attention to this campus, ensuring that it houses everything we need to end homelessness for people,” Desmond said in a statement.
Once it’s up and running, Jaynes told KCRA3, they plan to onboard formerly unhoused community members as part of the staff at the facility.
“When you have a conversation with someone who understands where you’ve been, and you see the success they’re having now,” Jaynes said, “it really does give you hope something could be different.”
Keep calling it the Gulf of Mexico or whatever your term is for it. Do not allow the Republican regime to label that body of water the Gulf of America to the world. The name came from a the term Mexica, what the Aztecs called themselves. It’s been called the Gulf of Mexico since the 1600s.
Keep calling it Mount Denali. The original name before it was Mount McKinley. Don’t let the First Nations be erased.
It may sound stupid and petty. But it is an attempt to rewrite history and make us forget the origins. It is a literal white washing of history. This type of censorship is a beginning to greater evils.
I haven’t written anything about what’s happening at USAID, i think because I feel so sickened and overwhelmed by it. the number of vulnerable people worldwide who have died and will die because of the psychological defects of earth’s wealthiest, most pathetic men is astonishing.
If you live in a represented territory in the U.S., here is a script from a beloved friend and ex-USAID staffer that you can say to your Congressional reps. Find their numbers here.
“Hello Representative [XYZ], My name is [XYZ] and I live in [XYZ]. I’m calling to urge you to reclaim Congressional power and ensure USAID’s continued operations. The agency has broad bipartisan support, positively impacts US businesses and domestic security, and is crucial to US influence abroad. Protecting this agency and its mission from biased political interference during your tenure will impact my vote in the next election. Thank you.”
I understand that a phrase like "US influence abroad” might feel distasteful to those of us who think US influence abroad is, and has been, Bad Actually. I think of it like I am playing a part where I have to pretend that we all agree this country is good so that fewer people die. USAID is one of the few agencies that is redistributing this country’s resources globally in a useful way; I believe that is worth making an effort to protect.
I also haven’t urged people to call their reps in a while. I understand why you might feel it is pointless. However I also think often it is good to do something pointless for the sake of having done it. IDK try it and see.
it’s a really scary and sad time in the US right now. but you guys have absolutely blown me away with your generosity – we SOLD OUT of protect trans kids stickers. that’s almost $3,000 raised for transcontinental pipeline to help relocate folks from unsafe states to CO ;_;
and, since it looks like we’re in it for the long fight, i ordered more stickers. if you want to make a donation and pick up a sticker at the same time 100% of proceeds go to TCP
thank you all for making this fundraiser happen, i am blown away. it’s felt good to help, and not just be a bystander in all of this. it’s scary and sad and i’m afraid for the future, but i also know we’re in this together and it turns out we can do pretty great stuff together. stay safe, love you all 💙🤍💖
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