Public Universal Ally: I tell the staff that they are bad people, themselves

the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else

thinking of all the underpaid capitol hill staffers who will get yelled at by constituents who want to Talk To Their Representatives

I keep calling my representative Adam Smith about Gaza and he keeps sending me follow-up, pre-written emails assuring me not to worry, he's got Israel’s back no matter what.

yeah. it’s not guaranteed to work. especially on the permanent churn of the war machine and double-especially on all things israel. but it’s good of you to try. they at least know some constituents are continually mad about it

I tell the staff that they are bad people, themselves

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