Greg Pak: Another thing you can do is call Dick Durbin's office and demand he stand up for democracy and haul Alito and Thomas before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And publicly demand their resignations. If you can't literally impeach them, AT LEAST use the bully pulpit. 202-224-2152.

Another thing you can do is call Dick Durbin's office and demand he stand up for democracy and haul Alito and Thomas before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And publicly demand their resignations. If you can't literally impeach them, AT LEAST use the bully pulpit. 202-224-2152.

And when you call him, you can tell his office that this weak statement is entirely inadequate and will not protect us from anything. x.com/SenatorDurbi...

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As always, be nice to the staffers - they're not responsible for their bosses' horrible choices. But tell them what you think!

Aaaand please feel free to call your own senators, while your at it, and tell them to call for Alito and Thomas to resign -- and tell them to pressure Durbin to haul Alito and Thomas before the Judiciary Committee. www.senate.gov/senators/

U.S. Senate: Senatorswww.senate.gov

You might add this to things to talk about with Durbin's office. bsky.app/profile/publ...

this is even more ludicrous! durbin could unilaterally prevent republicans from blocking nominations if he simply stopped the blue slip nonsense—something republicans themselves won't honor once in power. this democracy is cooked

More on the blue slips. www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/p...

Senate Democrats grapple with pressure to remove GOP’s ‘blue slip’ authority on judges | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com When the Senate Judiciary Committee meets Thursday to vote on another slate of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, Democrats will be benefiting from more than their two additional years of Senate...

Is he back in the office yet?

Hit the streets baby!

You know, if we're gonna go around demanding Democrats be replaced....

Thank you for always posting useful action items, Greg!

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They actually answered the phone! 1st time I've ever spoken to an actual staffer.

GOOD FOR YOU!

And now can't Biden fire and have prosecuted all SC justices (if he wants) for taking bribes and covering it up?

Seems like…yes!

No, they’d have to be impeached I think. Biden might be on better legal footing having them killed or arrested by DOJ for bribery. Even if arrested & in a jail cell awaiting trial they’d still be on the Supreme Court, only impeachment or death can remove them.

Yes. Also Schumer bsky.app/profile/prot...

Not just Durbin. Call SCHUMER too. A big Senate investigation of the Fed Soc, and Harlan Crow, and Leonard Leo, and Aileen Cannon, and Neil Gorsuch is needed. Schumer controls all the resources that would go into that. And if Schumer says “do it,” Durbin will. Call Schumer’s office daily.

I sent at least 5 letters to Durbins office- it DID NOTHING. He is my congressman and IT DID NOTHING

of course. why would it? im always very confused at these calls to write your congresspeople. they arent beholden to us in any way

It has to be overwhelming pressure, such that it interferes with fundraising.

most representatives get plenty of corporate funding, they dont really need to rely on small donations from their voters

They spend a ton of time rustling that shit up. They still have to beg for it.

Calling is somewhat more effective, ime

"Please hang up again and try again later, as we are experiencing high call volume." Good, they should be.

I did get through eventually and voiced my concern.

Done. He's my senator, and I'm furious.

Can't get through yet, but will keep trying.

Done and done.

Done! It was super fast, too.

Do you honestly think this will do anything..?

I don't know! But it takes 2 minutes to call, and it sure won't hurt. I do know that when folks raised hell in NYC about library cuts, the city council fought back and got the mayor to make a deal. Doesn't always or even usually work! But sometimes it does! Worth the 2 minutes, if you ask me.

This is why we lose. They’re taking what they want by any means necessary. Democrats aren’t even playing the same game.

Agreed! Pretty much what I told 'em!

Every couple of years the Dems sit down to play a game of chess and get punched in the mouth instead. And every time they're surprised.

It's literally the least any of us can do though, so it's worth the minute or two it takes.

Will his office even take calls from anyone outside Illinois?

As committee chair, yes, he should. If not, call your senators to pressure them to pressure him. Make waves.

I hope he gets the message since he isn't there, he's recovering from a hip replacement

He needs a SPINE replacement.

I think, given this new ruling, there is a way to get them out. Huh.🤔 Interesting moment.

Done

Somebody find out who has what on Durbin. His fecklessness is how he got to be Chairman, apparently.

It hung up on me

Pretty sure Biden can impeach them. What are they going to do?

Biden can’t impeach, that’s a legislative branch power. I think under this ruling Biden would have more legal authority to have DOJ arrest & hold them in jail or even have them killed than he would to impeach them as that’s specifically mentioned in the constitution?

I mean who cares, there are no laws for Biden!

PS I was trying to be "nice" by saying impeach but yeah also he could impeach them from life.

But if he says “I’m impeaching Thomas for bribery” everyone laughs at him & says “senile Joe doesn’t know that only Congress impeaches, he’s so brain dead!” But FBI agents arrest Thomas & hold him in federal custody? Or just have him killed (then immediately pardoning whoever pulled the trigger)?

Nobody’s laughing at old uncle Joe in that case

Dick Durbin is a political coward.

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