US-SOS.INFO

“We’ve Been Had” email

Instructions:

This email process works well in the Gmail app, not so well in others.

  • Glossary
    • Select text
      • Click just to the left of the text and hold the mouse button down.
      • Move the mouse to the right side of the text and release the button.
    • Copy
      • Hold the “control” (“command” on Apple) key down and press the “c” key. That puts the selected text onto the computer’s clipboard.
    • Paste
    • Hold the control / command copy key down and press the “v” key
  • Copy the body of the webpage (below) onto the clipboard
  • 📧 Open Email Draft
  • Copy and paste the wepbage into the email:
    • Click and hold the mouse button down below the line under “body”
    • Move the mouse down to just under the “We Shall Overcome, graphic” release the button, to copy
    • Click on the message area of the the email and paste.
  • Address the email
  • You may want to touch up the formatting of the message. The size of the text comes in small and I like to select the text, click on the double the Gmail toolbar’s Aa icon, then the tT icon, and on “huge.” The formatting is a bit wonky, too. Spaces make the list a lot prettier.

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Subject:

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We’ been had!

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Body:

How We Can Restore
Government Of, By, and For the People

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The rich got richer – everyone else got left behind

Powerful Republicans and Democrats made
government of, by, and for the rich

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Votes speak louder than money
WE have the votes

Voters can pressure Congress
and take back democratic control

Going into the midterms,
the situation is really bad

The Power of Voters Between Elections

Democracy does not begin and end on Election Day. Although elections determine who holds office, the period between elections is when most governing actually takes place—and when organized citizens can have enormous influence over public policy.

Members of Congress, governors, state legislators, and local officials continually measure public opinion. They know that today’s public pressure can become tomorrow’s election result. History shows that persistent, organized citizen action has helped end wars, secure civil rights, expand voting rights, protect the environment, improve workplace safety, and influence countless legislative decisions.

Individual messages may have limited impact, but large numbers of informed, persistent voters acting together can become one of the most powerful forces in democratic government.

How to Reclaim
Government Of, By, and For the People

1.) Show Congress that you know how.

2.) Help enlist enough more people to get results:

We must raise public awareness of what’s been done to us and how we can overcome it.

  • Email —
    The “send button” may be a round blue icon with an up arrow in it at the upper right corner of the screen.
    • Easy email: plain text

      The message will be copied to your clipboard before your email app opens. If your draft is blank or incomplete, simply erase whatever’s there, tap in the message area and hold down “control” (“command” on Apple”) and press “V”.
    • Powerful email: this webpage
      Click here and follow the instructions

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A lot of Congressional candidates and incumbents have supported ending trickle-down  — going back to a pre-Reagan, highly progressive, tax structure. If you’re among them and would like to get your name added to the list, send your campaign website’s URL to addme@us-sos.info

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Peace is possible