Postcard Prompts for Week of Feb. 3
Rather than being frustrated with today’s political events, you can make your voice heard by contacting your elected officials!
Here is a list of suggested topics for contacting elected officials this week. Suggested language is included along with addresses for sending a postcard or telephone numbers if you prefer to call. Or you can do both!
Elected officials keep track of calls and letters so please use your voice.
To: Sen. Elissa Slotkin, 315 W. Allegan Street, Suite 207, Lansing, MI 48933, Phone: 202–224–4822, and Sen. Gary Peters, 124 West Allegan Street, Suite 1400, Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: (517) 377–1508
Your vote in favor of Kristi Noem for the Department of Homeland Security troubles me. I supported you for election to the U.S. Senate and hoped you would fight for us against the new administration. So far, I am confused and concerned. Please fight harder against these nominees using every tool at your disposal, even grinding the Senate to a halt, and encourage Democratic leadership to do the same.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5245988/trump-cabinet-picks-kristi-noem-confirmation-hearing; https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-slotkin-statement-after-floor-and-committee-action-on-trump-administration-nominees/; https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-slotkin-statement-on-laken-riley-act/
To: Attorney General Dana Nessel, G. Mennen Williams Building, 525 W. Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30212, Lansing, MI 48909
Thank you, Attorney General Nessel, for joining with other attorneys general in challenging №47’s illegal blockade of funding to many programs that Americans depend upon. He may have rescinded the action for now, but people are still confused and worried. It is heartening to see you take action for we the people. Please keep up the fight and keep the public informed because trustworthy information is hard to come by.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/27/white-house-pauses-federal-grants/ and https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/28/nessel-lawsuit-trump-federal-funding-pause-michigan/77992933007/
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, 315 W. Allegan Street, Suite 207, Lansing, MI 48933, 202–224–4822, and Sen. Gary Peters, 124 West Allegan Street, Suite 1400, Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: (517) 377–1508
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is totally unqualified to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. His positions on issues such as vaccines threaten public health, as well as his role in discouraging vaccination during a 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people. His own cousin, Caroline Kennedy, has called him a “predator” due to some of his positions and his history of leading his cousins into drug addiction. Please do not vote to confirm this dangerous man The other nominees, Kash Patel for the FBI and Tulsi Gabbard for intelligence director are also unqualified and dangerous. Please oppose them vigorously.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5274744/rfk-confirmation-vaccines-health-secretary; https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/kennedy-lettor-rfk/; https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-vaccine-crisis-rcna187787
Donald Trump, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 Phone: 202–456–1111
While you were out golfing recently, your administration threw the nation into chaos with an ill-conceived and illegal executive order to halt all federal government spending. Your press secretary couldn’t even explain whom it affected, causing people to worry about whether their Head Start program would be open or their medical procedures covered. Stop playing with people’s lives and follow the laws that dictate government spending.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/29/white-house-budget-office-spending-freeze/
