8/27/2025 FIGHT NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN CITIES

Re: FIGHT NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN CITIES I urge you to reject and fight all attempts to deploy National Guard forces in cities without gubernatorial invitation. President Trump’s statement “A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we like a dictator’” reveals his dangerous pattern of “testing the waters” with provocative statements, then escalating when there’s insufficient pushback. Unauthorized federal force deployment is a direct assault on federalism and state sovereignty—and historically a hallmark of authoritarian regimes consolidating power. Combined with Trump’s open musings about dictatorship, this represents a systematic approach to stretch democratic norms toward authoritarianism. Democracies erode gradually through […]

8/30/2025 FIGHT TO KEEP GAZA AID OPEN

I am writing with urgent alarm regarding reports that Israel plans to halt airdrops over Gaza City and reduce relief truck entries ahead of a major offensive.The Red Cross has declared the planned mass evacuation “impossible” – yet aid is being cut off precisely when it is most desperately needed. We are witnessing the deliberate starvation of trapped civilians, including children, the elderly, and the wounded who cannot evacuate. The United States must not be complicit in this humanitarian disaster through our continued military support and diplomatic cover. I strongly urge you to: I expect your immediate public statement and […]

9/6/2025 YOUR BEST FIGHT NOW 

Re: YOUR BEST FIGHT NOW I am writing to demand immediate, decisive action on critical issues that require moral leadership now. The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached unconscionable levels, with children dying of starvation while the world watches. This moral emergency demands the United States use every diplomatic and economic tool to force humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable. Vladimir Putin continues sabotaging peace negotiations, deliberately prolonging suffering and global instability. Our nation must lead with unwavering strength in demanding genuine progress and refusing these cynical stalling tactics. I am outraged by unlawful National Guard deployments that blatantly violate […]

09/18/2025 STOP FUNDING OF GAZA GENOCIDE

The United Nations has called the war in Gaza a genocide. So have many other agencies. But I don’t need to be told this: it’s obvious. The U.S has funded 70% of this genocide. Are we, as Americans, 70% responsible for genocide? I thought we were opposed to genocide and shut it down almost a century ago in Hitler’s Germany. I am ashamed to be an American now. I can not face people from other nations and pretend everything’s alright, that we are the good guys. We have become the bad guys. I urge you to put your career on […]

Living Death

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