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You can:

Contact your member(s) of Congress: Let him/her know you oppose/support a bill.

Call the US House Switchboard: 202.224.3121 [Help – I need talking points!]

Call the US Senate Switchboard: 202.224.3121 [Help – I need talking points!]

Write a Letter to the Editor to your local newspaper.

Tell your family, friends and neighbors to call and write.

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REMEMBER — FOR EVERY 1 PHONE CALL MADE, LEGISLATORS ASSUME THERE ARE 1,000 OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY! THIS MEANS 40 PHONE CALLS ARE COUNTED AS 40,000 VOTERS – YOUR GROUP CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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If you have called your Senators, please consider creating a video message to send to your Senators. Sending a video message to friends and family like what Laura created here can be effective in getting more people contacting their members of Congress, too.

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Bellows Boots Trump, Biden’s Top GOP Foe, from Maine’s Primary Ballot

Maine Wire | by Libby Palanza | December 28, 2023 Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has blocked former President Donald Trump from appearing on Maine’s primary ballot next year. Secretary Bellows argues in her decision that former President Trump engaged in insurrection on January 6, 2021 and is thereby disqualified from serving as President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. On these grounds, the Secretary concluded that the former president’s “primary petition is invalid,” consequently preventing him from appearing on the 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot in Maine. “Specifically, the Secretary ruled that the declaration on his candidate

A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist

AP Wire | by Patrick Whittle and David Sharp | December 15, 2023 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency’s response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, but it does reveal missed opportunities to intervene to prevent the tragedy, legal experts said Friday. Despite receiving warnings about the man’s deteriorating mental health, drunken threats and possession of guns, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office avoided confronting Robert Card, the 40-year-old Army reservist who later killed 18 people at a bowling

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