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Things are moving fast and furious - it is time for you to call your Members of Congress - and tell them to stay strong and fight against the uncontitutional actions of the Trump Administration.


We must stop Project 2025 from being enacted and from being normal!!


There ARE things you can do and there is hope. But we can't sit on the sidelines, we have to make noise!


1) Call all your members of Congress (see phone numbers)


2) Be informed. Read different news sources so you get the best picture of what is going on. Subscribe to local news outlets!


3) Pay attention to local elections. Vote! You have the most impact at the local level.


4) Join group actions!!


WCLC Rally on Sunday, Feb 2 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Geneva Bridge - supporting Immigration.


Go to League of Women Voter Forums


5) DONATE to organizations that are supporting the vulnerable people in our communities and nation.


6) Support our vulnerable communities


Know Your Right cards


ICIIR - Immigration resources


7) Thank people who are supporti

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Here are the phone numbers of our area's Members of Congress.


Senator Richard Durbin -

Washington office - 202-224-2152

Chicago office - 312-353-4952


Senator Tammy Duckworth

Washington office - (202) 224-2854

Chicago office - (312) 886-3506



US Representatives

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Washington office (202) 225-3711

Schaumburg office (847) 413-1959


Delia Ramirez

Washington office (202) 225-5701

West Chicago office (630) 520-9494


Sean Casten

Washington office (202) 225-4561

Glen Ellyn office (630) 520-9450


Bill Foster

Washington office   (202) 225-3515

Aurora office (630) 585-7672


Lauren Underwood

Washington office (202) 225-2976

Joliet office (630) 549-2190


Here is a possible script:


Dear Senator/Representative/Member of Congress:


My community is scared, and we need you to stand up and fight! Defend your legislative and constitutional authority.


Use every tool at your disposal to oppose Trump's executive orders and unconstitutional acts.


Please be fearless and visible. Let us know what you are doing - be outspoken!


Waiting for Trump and his allies to self-destruct only enables the bullying and fuels their fascist actions.


We are watching—show us bold leadership in action NOW!



The following are quotes from articles you may want to read:

Project 2025 is being enacted


"During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from Project 2025, a plan for a second Trump term prepared by a number of right-wing institutions led by the Heritage Foundation. The plan called for dismantling the nonpartisan civil service and replacing it with officers loyal to an extraordinarily strong executive. It called for that strong executive to take control of the Department of Justice and the military and then, once firmly in power, to impose Christian nationalism on the country....that nearly two thirds of the executive orders Trump has signed either mirror or partly mirror the plans in that nearly 900-page document...."


Click here for full article: Heather Cox Richardson

The Situation: A User's Guide to Following the News

Tell Congress



"Communications such as the below would be helpful:

  1. Demonstrate there is a strategy to let the American people know when Trump craters the food and construction industries as a result of mass deportations and tariffs, and Democratic leaders are here to help.
  2. Share exactly how you intend to prevent Republicans from gutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or at least minimize the negative effects. Tell Americans how they can help.
  3. Present the Democratic Party as a phalanx of power and obstruction to the cruelty and lawless attempts to ruin our economy by the Republicans.
  4. Have a clear, humane statement and strategy on immigration reform in contrast to Trump.
  5. Address why these outrageous executive orders, new Republican laws and early actions will affect everybody’s everyday...."


Click here for full article by MARIE NEWMAN

Impoundment

"Trump has declared himself the final arbiter of government spending


In some ways, the president and his campaign went farther than Project 2025 in asserting presidential power over federal purse strings. In his Agenda 47, Trump endorsed “impoundment.” That legal theory holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations to fulfill their duties laid out in Article I of the Constitution, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor.


The president, the logic goes, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary, because Article II of the Constitution gives the president the role of executing the laws that Congress passes."


Click here for full article: Associated Press



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