Your Leaders Must Hear from You!
Please take a few minutes and write a few postcards to elected officials to let them know you are watching and want action during this crucial time.
A list of suggested topics follow, along with names and addresses. Phone numbers also are provided if you prefer to call instead or in addition to the postcards.
Postcard Prompts for week of Feb. 24, 2025
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
Please consider using every bit of leverage Democrats have to block the drastic cuts in the safety net in the House Republican budget blueprint. Cuts in Medicaid and SNAP are in the budget and Trump is even talking about Medicare. You must do everything you can to stop this budget.
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/dems-warn-of-catastrophic-consequences-in-michigan-if-medicaid-funding-is-cut.html and https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/19/senate-medicaid-cuts-trump-00205042
To: Rep. Tom Barrett, 328 W Ottawa St, Suite A, Lansing, MI 48933, Phone: (517) 993–0510, 202–225–4872
The House Republicans’ budget blueprint calls for cutting $880 billion from Medicaid and slashing food assistance for hungry families by 20 percent just so you can give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. Millions of Michigan residents depend on this safety net. I demand you vote against this budget! https://www.epi.org/blog/the-house-republicans-plan-to-cut-medicaid-to-pay-for-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-would-slash-incomes-for-the-bottom-40-see-impact-by-state/ and https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/dems-warn-of-catastrophic-consequences-in-michigan-if-medicaid-funding-is-cut.html
To: Donald Trump, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 Phone: 202–456–1111
Your reckless DOGE has laid off people who safeguard our nuclear weapons, fight bird flu, and help cattle ranchers. Now you’re going after 9/11 first responders. Will you stop at nothing to give trillions in tax cuts to your billionaire buddies? Stop this madness now!
https://archive.ph/Xo6FT; https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-trump/index.html; https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/16/trump-administration-firings-bird-flu-response-00204542; https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/nebraska-cattlemen-concerned-about-layoffs-at-us-meat-animal-research-center/
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, and Rep. Tom Barrett, 328 W Ottawa St, Suite A, Lansing, MI 48933, Phone: (517) 993–0510, 202–225–4872
Donald Trump recently referred to himself as a “king” and shared a photo of himself wearing a crown. Please condemn forcefully this dangerous insult to our democracy.
(Paid for by Livingston County Democratic Executive Committee, 8028 Grand River, Woodland Plaza Suite 7, Brighton, MI 48114. Labor donated.)
