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moniss

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 04:39 PM Dec 12

Here is an action that is easy to take. [View all]

I just got an e-mail from the recipe site "Cooking Professionally" that I had subscribed to for a long time. Their page of recipes also carried an ad for some Elon Musk thing promising free electricity and using his image. I know it's some clickbait scam so of course I didn't click and was just gagged at seeing his image anyway. So I fired the reply that because of them carrying this ad with Elon Musk I would no longer be a subscriber. I sent it and then went to the bottom of the e-mail and hit "Unsubscribe". Easy enough to do and I suggest that people keep an eye out for any companies, services etc. that you get e-mails from and pay attention to the appearance of this kind of thing or any other right wing crap in ads like religious donations, non-profit political groups, think tanks etc. and do as I did. Fire an e-mail one liner back saying why you're cutting ties and then unsubscribe or in the case of a supplier etc. that you buy from look for an alternative company to do business with. Cut them off, kill subscriptions while being sure to let them know why.

I would also suggest that when we receive e-mails from our Senators asking for money you e-mail them back and tell them that you will send money if you see them out on the floor doing a filibuster. Never mind if it is successful or not. If a Senator isn't willing to show us they're doing everything possible to fight then my money will go to the ones who will. I don't need the Susan Collins equivalent on our side asking me for money. Video clips in hearings of our Senators and Congressman ripping on these people are all good and needed but we need people to get out on that floor and obstruct and delay. If it takes the GQP/American Fascist Party more days to get something passed then it's more days free of the pain of their garbage. Fight for us, show your fight and we can rally behind you. But if all we get are statements in hearings, words of concern spoken in interviews etc. and then votes just taking place on their fast track I'm saying hell no you won't get my money and I will respond so to your e-mail begging for my support.

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