Summary
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski revealed the U.S. Senate is receiving an unprecedented 1,600 calls per minute, overwhelming its phone system.
The surge follows Trump’s aggressive policy moves, including dismantling DEI initiatives and enlisting Elon Musk in government operations.
Many calls demand Democrats “fight harder” despite their limited power in a Republican-controlled Congress.
Lawmakers compare the volume to past crises like the Oct. 7 attack, Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, and Trump’s impeachments.
Yes a little known part of WW2 history was when Hitler was defeated by angry phone calls, which drove him into despair and suicide.
Calling is the best way to be heard by your members of Congress. I’ve heard staffers say they assume that, for every one phone call they get, there are at least 1,000 voters who share that viewpoint. It’s certainly not a magic solution, but you should absolutely be calling your Senators and Congressman every day and telling them you want them to do everything they can to resist this attempt at state capture.
do they answer all of them
Just the ones on the private investor line
From here on, Elon should only be referred to as “self described nazi, Elon Musk”
Wow I never knew about this utility! I downloaded one for my smartphone and it’s extremely straightforward. You can even set up reminders so that it’ll notify you when you should spend 5 minutes calling your reps.
I’ll have to verify the scripts that I see, but it looks like it’s as simple as giving you the name of the rep, a script to read, a phone number to click so you can call them, and a logging utility so that you can just click the Next button and move on to the next rep. Makes it stupid easy to let your reps hear your voice and stance. Definitely going to try this out as I’ve been feeling so powerless and overwhelmed by the onslaught of these racists in power.
Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea it was this easy to track everything and make it simpler for me to try to fight back.
Edit: on mobile so fixed some typos
Might want to look into resistbot as well. You can even nefariously FAX your representative for maximum annoyance!
“I can’t recall ever receiving this many calls,” Rep. Jim McGovern told Axios. “People disgusted with what’s going on, and they want us to fight back.”
“We will, of course, no nothing.”
It’s funny how when Republicans hold Congress the Dems can’t do anything. And when the Dems hold Congress the Republicans are able to stop them from doing anything.
We need a five party system.
The real lesson in all this is how paralyzed (by design) we the people are in this moment. There’s no pressure because the two parties break bread together when the cameras are off.
Term limits for congress Outlaw lobbyism Aggressively prosecute insider trading by congress (and their family members)
All of this takes ethics and morals though. We’re fucked.
We’ve tried nothing and we’re out of ideas!
The funny thing is they can do nothing and still block some things from developing. Some Democrats are straight up collaborating by confirming Trump’s picks for all sorts of positions. They could also try fillibustering everything Republicans put on the floor. The opposition is so spineless.
They could also try fillibustering everything Republicans put on the floor.
They could, but the filibuster is only for blocking progressive legislation.
In both situations the problem is that congress is not acting when it should. When Dems controlled congress we wanted it push through bills. Now that GOP controls congress we want them to stop Elon. In both cases congress does nothing (and this has been the steady state for decades).
If you don’t like calling, send an email. Or a letter. Although with snail mail there’s a risk Trump’s blitzkrieg will leave your issues behind before it arrives. But you can always update with another.
Lawmakers compare the volume to past crises like the Oct. 7 attack, Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, and Trump’s impeachments.
And those all turned out so well, too. /s
Getting 1600 calla, or are they SLAMMED with calls? Well I guess we’ll know whether calls matter after this.
This is like the one instance where slammed actually makes sense to use.
Whining like this makes me fervently wish that all headlines include the word “slammed” until the end of time.
“Democratic senator? Remember when we refused to vote for your party, called you fascists and told you to fuck off while I let trump win? Why aren’t you saving me from my own stupidity??”
