If you text USPS to 50409 they will send letters to your senators and representative in support of..

[steve2470]

Last edited Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:01 AM - Edit history (3)

FYI -

If you text USPS to 50409 they will send letters to your senators and representative in support of the postal service.

It takes under one minute.

Help save our democracy.

Works like a charm.

Please do this. Don’t let your vote be suppressed.

Link to tweet

Resistbot service: https://resist.bot/ , Resistbot FAQ https://resist.bot/about


eta: Youtube tutorial on using the text application on Android phones

Youtube tutorial on using the text application on iPhones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=qnBlOqRSH4s

[CurtEastPoint]

1. took about 1 minute. Do it.

[hlthe2b]

2. Yes. I did it earlier. How much are they up to by now?

[CurtEastPoint]

9. WELL over 1M

[Farmgirl1961]

3. So sorry to be such a Luddite, but how exactly does it work?

N/T

[steve2470]

4. Ok I will assume you know nothing....

On your phone, open up your texting application (or SMS app).

On the "To" line (or whatever it's called), type 50409. Make sure that is saved

Now, type USPS in the message space. Tap SMS (or whatever the command to send a text is called) to send the text.

That sends a text to the " Resistbot " service that automatically generates an old-fashioned paper letter
to your Senators and your Representative.

eta:

https://resist.bot/

Information about the Resistbot service is here: https://resist.bot/about

[Cha]

7. Thank you, steve.. I needed that, too. i send texts to my

friends but they're already on my contact list. I've never sent a text to anyone out of the blue.

I'll try it later and come back if I have any questions.

Mahalo!!

[AllyCat]

12. Whenever I try this, I get one digit and my phone freezes up

New phone. Is there some permission to grant to use numbers in the To: line?

[onecent]

30. AllyCat, so do I. I don't know where to go to put the number in.

Hope we can find out soon.

[Hekate]

14. TY. I've never tried this before either. Will check your link first.

[reACTIONary]

29. App? What's an App?

I'm a flip phoner.

[steve2470]

53. app equals application equals computer program

The texting computer program, I think, is on most people's phones but maybe not the older phones.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en_US

That is the texting app for Android phones.


Iphone texting app is: https://www.lifewire.com/imessage-apples-free-texting-app-1999185

[Farmgirl1961]

46. Thank you, you are right in assuming I know nothing in terms of how to do this!

Thank you, you are right in assuming I know nothing in terms of how to do this!

[BigDemVoter]

61. I'm with you. . . Call me the biggest luddite in the country!

[RickGeneric]

5. Trump campaign is currently sending absentee ballots to registered Republicans

And the Trump campaign is currently sending absentee ballots to registered Republicans https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/postal-service-trump-absentee-ballot-request-mail-usps/index.html

[Mr.Bill]

13. You title is a little misleading.

They are not sending ballots, they are sending applications for mail-in ballots. (which is still hypocritical)

[h2ebits]

26. Good idea! The Democratic Party should do they same thing

except, of course, in the states that mail out ballots to all registered voters. This should help the USPS too since the letters have to be stamped and processed.

[zentrum]

39. Bernie sent these

…..applications to all registered Democrats in the last primary, FYI.

[AmyStrange]

6. Sounds so impersonal, but I still LOVE IT! n/t

[Cha]

8. Oh it's personal.. I love the USPS!

[Walleye]

10. Did it

[Bayard]

11. Done

[Cryptoad]

15. How do u know what they will send in ur name????

Send ur own letters!

[JustGene]

21. E-mail copy

[crickets]

38. You can read the letter before deciding to send it with your name on it.

It's a good one. Writing your own letter is also a very good idea.

[Laelth]

16. That takes way more than a minute.

It also requires email verification. The verification, alone, may take up to 15 minutes.

I appreciate the worthy cause involved, here, but I don’t like the false advertisement ... at all. I am tempted not to complete this laborious project just because of the way that it was advertised.

-Laelth

[JustGene]

22. E-mail is to send you a copy

[Laelth]

23. And to spam you for eternity.

Mainly just to verify that you are a real person and not a bot. I get that, and I did it anyway.

-Laelth

[JustGene]

27. I just add it to the pile

Gotta conserve those pixels.

(I don't use email much so YMMV)

[crickets]

41. You can always unsubscribe from texts. They will honor it, or people wouldn't

keep recommending the service. From the FAQ:

How do I stop receiving texts?
Text ALERTS to manage the types of alerts you receive, or STOP to cancel the service completely.

I get where you're coming from. I hesitated HARD on giving them my email address, but I don't expect my reps to spam me or refuse to honor an unsub request. If they do, I know how to block them.

I have balked every time on these in the past for the same reason but, like you, this time I did it anyway.

✨ !Solidarity for the USPS! ✨

[Laelth]

42. I blocked them.

It was worth it to defend the USPS.

But it took way more than a minute, and that’s my principal gripe.

-Laelth

[sarge43]

17. Done

Text msg wrote that over a million people signed up.

[Bluepinky]

56. I just did it, now over 1.2 million

[sarge43]

59. Good

Received emails from all three of my critters. Yes standard form letter, but at least got their attention.

[Bluepinky]

60. My 3 congressional recipients are all Democrats, but it's still good to show strong support for USPS

I love resistbot!

[hauckeye]

18. Just did it in Racine WI

[PoliticAverse]

19. 50409 is the text number of Resistbot.

For more information about Resistbot, see the Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistbot

or visit Resistbot's webpage: https://resist.bot/

[left-of-center2012]

51. thanks

[JustGene]

20. Done

[tekriter]

24. Done!

1,077,000 so far

[c-rational]

25. Done

[ananda]

28. I did it.

That was interesting, but quite a process
that, for me, will do no good since my
senators are Cornyn and Cruz.

It felt good, though!!!

[iluvtennis]

31. Done and sent the text info to my family and freinds. nt

[Enoki33]

32. Done. Friends and family included.

[mrsadm]

33. Thank you-

I did it!

[alwaysinasnit]

34. Done.

[bobbieinok]

35. Tsxt to support Post Office. Thanks for posting this!

[left-of-center2012]

36. Who is ' 50409' ?

Texting to an unknown?

[PoliticAverse]

48. See...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=266068

[Ananda62]

37. Done

Text sent from Las Vegas, NV.

[zentrum]

40. Thank you so much and...

…..because of the bot or whatever it is, they automatically know who my Senator and Representatives are?

[Laelth]

44. Based upon the zip code you gave them, yes. n/t

-Laelth

[zentrum]

49. Excellent Thanks.

[crickets]

45. You provide your zip code. It's easy to determine your district from that. nt

eta - I am signer #1,092,146! I'd be interested to see others' numbers to gauge how much output is being generated for this. People on twitter, please share this if it isn't circulating already.

[zentrum]

50. Thanks.

[Bluepinky]

57. I just did it, over 1.2 million now

[crickets]

58. Good to know! 👍

[hay rick]

43. The first time you use Resistbot you need to provide identity information which is ok because...

you don't have to repeat the process on subsequent uses, making it simpler and quicker. The initial "signup" allows Resistbot to identify your Congressman and Senators. One advantage of Resistbot is you can write a single message and automatically have it sent to all three. Resistbot also has a facility to turn a text message into a letter to the editor and submit it to your local paper(s).

[txwhitedove]

47. Done.

[left-of-center2012]

52. OK, I did it

Not real comfortable giving out my name, street addy, and email though.

[steve2470]

54. last bump, please ask questions if you need to :) nt

[hydrolastic]

55. It's at 1.12 million sent now + 1

Done,

[AmyStrange]

62. Kick

[steve2470]

63. bump nt