Resistbot FYI

[ysobel]

For those of y'all in the US:

Text RBG to 50409, or to resistbot on Messenger, Twitter, or Telegram, to send a petition to ask our leaders to wait for inauguration day to choose a Supreme Court nominee, following the precedent set four years ago

I'm cynically not sure how much good it will do (or how necessary given who my representatives are) but it felt better than doing nothing.

Edit, mainly here and not in comments because I didn't want to ruin editability of Alex's updates, lol -- And yes, it's high demand right now GEE I WONDER WHY ahem. The text version had me queued for maybe an hour, but it eventually let me do it.)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

resistbot is apparently under heavy load atm

enough so that twenty minutes two hours later I'm still queued

[threeplusfire]

Resistbot is an incredibly useful tool, and really does drive engagement. (Assuming your reps aren't soulless husks) They can also help you get your letters published in your local paper, check your voter registration and in the past they've notified me about rallies.

(I know the wait times can be less if you use twitter/messenger/telegram because those don't have the same limitations as text messages)

Anyways, I'm a huge, huge Resistbot fan and have been using them for a couple years now! I get responses from my shitbird nightmare legislators so I know they are going through.