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- Demand our Senators REFUSE to confirm the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services! Despite overwhelming scientific evidence, Kennedy has repeatedly promoted debunked theories inaccurately linking vaccines to autism and other health issues. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans. It oversees critical institutions like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which are responsible for disease prevention, food and drug safety, medical research and implementing health policies that affect every American. As Secretary of HHS, Kennedy’s history of unscientific beliefs would lead to delays in drug approvals, potentially withholding lifesaving treatments, reduced funding for critical medical research, and the promotion of unproven and dangerous alternative treatments. With Kennedy at the help of HHS we would suffer with less reliable health information from government sources, increased risk of infectious disease outbreaks, reduced access to proven medical treatments and higher health care costs due to ineffective policies. Kennedy MUST NOT be confirmed as HHS Secretary!! Senators do your JOB!!
- Demand our Senators refuse to confirm the nomination of Kash Patel as Director of the FBI!! Patel has plans to remake the FBI into a tool of Trump. His objective is to fire the top ranks of the FBI, prosecute leakers and journalists, replace the national security workforce with those loyal to Trump, and much more. He has published his initial list of those he intends to use the FBI to “go after” that has 56 names on it and its not complete. Those on his “hit list” include journalists, former FBI officials, former Attorney Generals, President Biden, witnesses for the January 6 House investigation, and many more! Although Patel would need a factual basis for instituting a FBI investigation it could be a very flimsy pretext that would result in those impacted to very disruptive and expensive legal defense – even if charges are never brought. Patel’s nomination is a clear example of how Trump is creating outlandish actions as “normal”. The GOP’s embrace of Patel’s extremist leadership style reveals how far Republicans are willing to go to undermine institutions in service to Trump. Kash Patel MUST NOT become the Director of the FBI – Senators do your JOB!!
- Demand our Senators refuse to confirm Pete Hegseth to the position of Secretary of Defense! Pete Hegseth has no qualifications for the job. He has never run a large organization and has no national security expertise. Hegseth has zero notion of which other countries threaten America or how. He does not believe in alliances. For him “NATO is a great example of dumb globalism.” Hegseth wants a political army that bans women from combat roles, is purged of “cowardly” generals and is anti-woke. Hegseth’s misogynist gender politics are consistent with his polygamy and the accusations of rape. Hegseth’s enemies are all internal: the Left, Muslims, and immigrants. Hegseth, a Christian Reconstructionist, believes Americans should be governed not by law or by the Constitution but by God – as interpreted by Hegseth and his friends. Tell our Senators that Hegseth’s anti-qualifications for Secretary of Defense are so blatant and obvious that our national security demands he be denied that role!!
- Ask President Biden to order background checks on all of Trump’s cabinet picks!! Trump has steadfastly refused to initiate FBI background checks on his Nominees. The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Eisenhower’s time in office (that was over 70 years ago). The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 directs the FBI to conduct such background checks “expeditiously” for “individuals that the President-elect has identified for high-level national security positions.” President Biden has the authority to order these FBI background checks if the President-elect fails to do so according to legal scholars. It is up to the last vestiges of Democracy (for at least a few years) to do what they can to protect American institutions from wholesale dismantling, or worse – while they still have the power and authority to step up and ACT. Tell President Biden that America is counting on him to DO THE RIGHT THING – Order FBI checks on Trump’s nominees ASAP!!
Sen. Mark Kelly: Call (202) 224-2235 (DC); Email via his website at https://www.kelly.senate.gov/contact/. Tag the Senator at @senmarkkelly.
Sen. Ruben Gallego: Call (202) 224-4521 (DC) Email via him website at https://www.Gallego.senate.gov.
Rep. Eli Crane: Call (202) 225-3361 (DC) or email via website at https://crane.house.gov/contact. Tag the Congressman @RepEliCrane
President Biden: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House,
202-225-2777 (DC) or email via website at:
Tag the Congressman @RepMikeJohnson
Senator Chuck Schumer
202-224-2321
Senator John Thune:
Email: https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/Contact
Call: 202-224-2541
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