I called My Senator to ask How can drumph cut off communications from NIH, CDC, FDA as if he was like "a king"

[electric_blue68]

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I think I forgot that he stopped trials, and more.
My Senator is Sen Schumer.

I asked how was this legal bc it seemed more like a "kingly" power. Said I hoped they could do something about it.

(Yes, I know we're in the minority, but maaaaybe they could get some Republicans to join them. It just seems like overreach- yes I know drumphf us aiming for that!)

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Who's your senator?

You forgot to mention that.

[electric_blue68]

17. Sen Schumer. Added it in the text ty

[SheltieLover]

2. I'd call mine, but I'm in the red shithole TN

[yellow dahlia]

5. All the more reason for you to call

or email them.

They need to hear from their constituents more than the Dems, who are inclined to do the right thing without prodding.

[off-the-clock]

6. Me too but I am making myself write to them .

I sent a note to the senators about hegbeth and tonight I'm going to write them about looking at impeachment for the obstruction of justice on the pardons. I figure I can write to at least one of them everyday and if I can't find anything in the news I can thank them for something they did in the past.

(Like what you ask. Well I always tell my friends and clients that if they get stuck with an agency be it the IRS or the CMS that they can always get with the congressman to get some help and it's been effective)

Decided I have to do something even if it's that tiny bit to register with them that someone is displeased. I noticed that if I look carefully at the vote counts Marsha got 2/3 and Gloria got 1/3 of the state vote which means there are more of us than they care to admit to.

Anyway all the best to you and let's get through this together but yes we do need to remind these Congress people since they are the ones that are going to hope to be reelected

[electric_blue68]

20. Ty, and Good on you.

[ancianita]

10. Yes. Absolutely all the more reason to call.

Marsha Blackburn [phone]
Bill Hagerty (R) [phone]

Let them know the future of national security disasters and US military misuse against Tennesseeans that will be on their head, and that you're calling Taylor Swift (she lives in TN) immediately after.

[SheltieLover]

13. Wtf would Taylor Swift live in this red hellhole?

Boggles the mind.



Ty. I'll call them, but they dont gaf.

[ancianita]

16. lol she can't stand Marsha Blackburn, calls her a fake christian, so

just name dropping her can tweak some fear into these people of a woman who's far richer and more influential than they in GOTV.

Yep. Call them anyway. Call them often. Because...
It's not about whether they gaf, It's about you telling them YOU gaf enough to spread the word about their fearful cowardice in the face of only one man compared to all the the human beings they don't care about hurting. And bad news about their bad actions travels fast. They WANT people to be afraid, alone, and feeling powerless. Do not give them what they want.

[electric_blue68]

21. TY. Ok! And Heh (re Taylor Swift)

[UTUSN]

12. 2 Red ones here. They wouldn't waste spit on my input.

[electric_blue68]

22. Well I'm thinking of the people who Might of called

about The Vets.

It's a slim chance but if enough people raise objections....

[electric_blue68]

18. Ty but I think yellow dahlia might be right ...if the hear they constituants....like the Vets didt

[Blue Dawn]

35. I live in TN, too, SheltieLover.

Let's both make a call anyway.

I live in a district with one of the worst of all representatives, Chuck Fleischmann.

Our opinions might not matter one bit to either your rep or to mine, but at least you and I can do something to feel proactive and empowered.

We can resist!!

[yellow dahlia]

3. Good idea.

I will call or email my representatives.

This is very dangerous.

Our science and health systems should not become the wild wild west.

[electric_blue68]

23. Ty.

[SheltieLover]

4. Has there been legal action on this yet?

Tyia!

[electric_blue68]

24. I d k. I'll check DU for news, and listen to Rachel, Lawrence, Joy.

[SheltieLover]

26. Tyvm

Legal filings will give us a clue.

[obamanut2012]

7. What did the staffer say?

[electric_blue68]

25. Unfortunately for the last few weeks there's only been a Recording yo leave a message, and your phone #.

I don't leave mine bc I feel I've said my piece, per say.
But maybe I will in the future

[Nigrum Cattus]

8. It's a simple question -

Why ?
How does this help anyone ?

[pfitz59]

9. Why did Trump cut off communication?

And how does this help America? Or are you asking "Why call your Senator? And how does that help?' Ambiguous query...

[ancianita]

11. You know the answer. Questions are an invitation to lingo and lies. Just tell them the answer.

Look up what these agencies do and you'll know how many millions of Americans they serve. Call your reps and senator. Come up with a picture of the suffering they'll have by this dictator and demand they do their job for you and their state's people, not their donors' greedy trillion dollar tax breaks.

[SheltieLover]

14. Nothing pootins puppet does is intended to help Americans

Clearly.

[SheltieLover]

15. Has anyone filed suit on this yet?

[ancianita]

27. The intention could be benign or malignant. We'll have to see.The felon's administration has a terrible public interface

and doesn't honestly care what the public knows or doesn't know. Talk about a messaging problem!!
No one within these agencies has standing to file a suit unless they can prove harm has been done in performance of the agency's mission.

Check the link of this excerpt of what the current experts are saying:

Scientists are unclear whether the pause on travel only applies to federal scientists or all federally funded scientists, for example, he says. They're also unsure whether their grants proposals should still include DEI information or whether that would result in their grants being rejected, he says.

"There's just a lot of chaos happening within the community," Gillum says. "This is pretty bad. It's unprecedented."

Others say many of these activities are not unusual during presidential transitions.

Dr. Georges Benjamin, president of the American Public Health Association, told NPR that while the communications freeze is confusing, he was giving the HHS team who issued it "the benefit of the doubt that they're simply trying to get their hands around the administration — this is a big government."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/24/g-s1-44613/cdc-nih-hhs-health-data-mmwr


Our first reaction is one of distrust, and so some stuff floats around the nets like this...



But even if the felon's -- or Project 2025's -- intent is to create in people, fear and uncertainty about their future safety -- and for the present, I don't think it is -- we have to make up our minds not to succumb to fear, or show anything like it, but turn instead to local experts and/or our doctors & local pharmacists to get information. They have their networks.

[SheltieLover]

28. I will never give repukes benefit of the doubt.

Wuhan is under lockdown from what I've read & an African nation is brewing marburg.

No thanks, stump.

I do not ever recall any transition teams taking such action, not to mention witjdrawing from WHO!

[ancianita]

29. I hear you. But you still have to stay clear, and not let them worry or scare you.

Don't add needless worry about trainwreck headlines, when it's more important to pace ourselves and be materially and emotionally ready for what's coming down the pike. We've been here before and now we can prepare.

It's gonna be okay.

[SheltieLover]

30. Absolutely!

You sure are right about that & I'm stating grounded & focused. I've never been prone to anxiety issues.

I detest him & all the ruskie assets in congress who enable this freak!

[ancianita]

32. ...

Hold that thought and let's fight the good fight and make good trouble!

[SheltieLover]

33. Absolutely!

And ty so much for your calming, reassuring messages.

[ancianita]

34. ...

Keep in mind: Until we each put on our own oxygen mask, we can't save or help ANYone else.

We're not here to be alone, but to help each other.

[Crunchy Frog]

19. I wish people would use the word "dictator". Do you think King Charles III has that kind of power?

[ancianita]

31. I use it all the time. Also "totalitarian oligarchy" and "oligarchic dictatorship" & just plain old "fascism,"

which have different controllers (corporate, oligarchic networks) who use different methods, but their common goal is using this felon as their 'dictator' front, to instill fear, isolation, powerlessness, in order to suck hope and humanity out of us by the evil parasite, Mammon, that promises the controllers borderless wealth, power & domination.