May 5, 2025 - "The Constitution Can't Defend Itself"
The Constitution isn't optional, cushy new job for Mike Waltz, phonebanking Virginia, and more!
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🚨 LET NO ONE IGNORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE 🚨
It would be easy to start letting the flashing neon signs of autocracy become part of the background. There are, after all, so many of them now, and so many with immediate, practical impact. Moments that would have dominated the headlines for days in different times can become mere blips. We shouldn’t allow it to happen. We must acknowledge their horrifying implications.
We’ve had several of these kinds of moments in recent days. On Thursday, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan suggested Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers could be a target for arrest over guidance he issued to state employees on dealing with immigration enforcement. Yesterday, NBC aired an interview with Trump in which Kristen Welker directly asked him if he needed to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president, and Trump responded “I don’t know.”
We can’t let anyone act like the President suggesting the Constitution might be optional or his aides threatening to arrest a governor for policy they don’t like isn’t significant. And even if there isn’t an immediate effective response, we have to make sure we acknowledge what’s happening and let those in power know we’ve noticed.
Let’s make sure to call our members of Congress and tell them we want them to comment, on the record, as to whether they think it’s the President’s responsibility to uphold the Constitution. And let’s be sure to send a message of support to Governor Evers and let him know we will stand with him if Homan’s thugs come for him.
☎️ ENDANGERING OUR TROOPS GETS MIKE WALTZ A CUSHY JOB ☎️
For weeks, we have been demanding consequences for Signalgate, including the removal of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They ignored basic security protocols, destroyed records, and exposed sensitive information that could put American troops in danger. But Trump was reportedly determined not to give the Democrats and the “liberal media” a win. Now they’ve finally pushed out Waltz, but still refuse to admit publicly he’s done anything wrong. Instead, he’s being given a soft landing, with Trump nominating him to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
This is a demotion, but the idea that Waltz’s deliberate security breaches have earned him another position of power and influence is outrageous. Any senator who cares about our national security and the safety of our men and women in uniform must vote against confirming Waltz. Further, they should take advantage of his confirmation process to conduct the sort of public hearings on Trump’s national security scandals that Trump and Republican congressional leadership have refused to allow. Let’s make sure our senators (especially those on the Foreign Relations Committee) know we want them to use this moment to shine a spotlight on Signalgate, and that they must vote no on Waltz. We can find scripts and language here, or send them this Resistbot message by texting SIGN PFUXSN to 50409.
☎️ PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY, STOP “DOGE PERSON” FROM TAKING OVER ☎️
On Friday we got another glimpse of how much damage Trump and Musk’s “DOGE”-led attack on Social Security is doing. A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities showed that just one of their new policies, the efforts to slash phone services, will require nearly 2 million more elderly and disabled people to make in-person visits to Social Security offices each year… all on its own.
We’ve already seen too much destruction at the Social Security Administration from DOGE – mass firings and office closures leading to jammed phone lines, long wait times at the remaining field offices, staffers overwhelmed by the added workloads and a website on the verge of collapse. And tomorrow, the Senate is set to vote on a self-proclaimed “DOGE person” to be commissioner of the SSA, worsening the threat of a Social Security “death spiral.” Frank Bisignano has been deeply engaged with Musk’s henchmen about cutting Social Security, and was caught lying to the Senate Finance Committee about it during his confirmation hearing. He can’t be trusted with the benefits we’ve earned.
Bisignano got 50 votes for cloture, all from Republicans, so he will be hard to stop. But we need to make sure our senators know we see what they’re doing and we will hold them accountable for it. Let’s reach out to them and tell them to vote no on Bisignano. We can use scripts and language here, and send this message to our senators via Resistbot by texting SIGN PIQNEL to 50409.
☎️ PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS FROM TRUMP-REGIME PROGRAM CUTS ☎️
The Trump regime is laying off at least two-thirds of the employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, including seven of the eight members of the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, which studies firefighter deaths and publishes its findings so that fire departments can learn what to do to protect their firefighters from similar tragedies. In addition, the Trump regime is laying off most of the staff of the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer, which has been gathering data for researchers to better understand and prevent high cancer rates among firefighters.
Let’s use the suggested script of the Congressional Fire Services Institute (the more we use our own words, the more compelling our message) to contact our Members of Congress and tell them to reinstate (1) the National Firefighter Cancer Registry, (2) the Firefighter Investigation and Prevention Program, (3) the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, and (4) the World Trade Center Health Program.
🗳️ GEARING UP FOR BLUE VIRGINIA 🗳️
This November’s biggest election will be in Virginia! Former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger will be our gubernatorial nominee against Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, and we can secure a trifecta by winning that race and defending a 51-49 majority in the House of Delegates.
When Democrats last controlled Virginia’s state government, they expanded access to voting, passed climate protection laws, invested in public education, improved access to healthcare, improved gun safety, and more. And even just securing the House of Delegates will allow us to put constitutional amendments enshrining reproductive rights and marriage equality and allowing voting rights restoration on the ballot in 2026.
With the top of the ticket settled, organizers are beginning to ramp up voter contact. Rogan’s List will be tracking ways to help in a living document here, and we can:
Textbank THIS WEDNESDAY at 5PM here
Phonebank with Grassroots Democrats Mondays and Wednesdays here
Phonebank Black voters with the Center for Common Ground Tuesdays and Thursdays here
Phonebank with Sister District’s national team Wednesdays and Thursdays here
Phonebank for Joshua Cole with Sister District-MA-RI Mondays here
Phonebank for Lily Franklin with Sister District Portland Saturdays here
Postcard with Postcards4VA here
🚗 INCLUSIVE CAR MARCH PROTEST OPTION 🚗
As protests, pop-ups and national, continue to grow, we know there are some of our population who are not physically able to take to the streets to march or to stand. That is why the American Society of Aging has come up with the idea of an inclusive car march. They provide a “guide to plan a caravan roll through local communities as a safe and accessible way to organize a protest for everyone, including people who aren’t able to or don’t feel safe joining marches or protests on foot.” Let’s check their guide to car marches here and see what we can start in our communities.
KEEPING AN EYE ON…
Car Marches for those who cannot walk or stand! What a brilliant idea! Thank you!
Trump does know he must abide the Constitution, and he took an oath to do so twice. He cannot accept his court-proven failures to honor the Constitution. So he “Don’t know!”
Trump lies. We know that is true. He is taking this country into financial ruin as he steals left and right. We watch him do it. We can stop some of the carnage with a sound, balanced budget, and a law that nixes deficit spending.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/where-ya-going-dems?r=3m1bs