The Uncertainty Ahead
Welcome to 2025 and the 119th Congress. We're still gathering district office numbers for your new reps but every House and Senate member has at least one phone number to call right now.
I'm reminded of this pre-inauguration time in 2017 when we started to have a glimpse of what the first Trump administration would look like but truly did not know what absurdity we would have to live through for the next four years. It's impossible to imagine what we'll face this time around but we can take a little advice from our former selves: ignore the distractions (buying Greenland, the Gulf of America), pay attention to how your reps are voting on the Trump agenda and be ready to mobilize against the actual threats to freedom.
This week you can focus on what we do know will happen, a number of incredibly dangerous and unqualified cabinet appointments:
Oppose Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth was first in the long list of hearings where Senators get to ask questions about how he would approach the job and try to dig into what we already know about his past behavior that would under normal circumstances be disqualifying. Sexual misconduct, ties to white supremacist groups and showing up to work drunk are just a few of the many reasons you might want to call to oppose his nomination.
Reject Robert Kennedy JR for HHS
After dropping out of the Presidential race, Robert Kennedy Jr hitched up to the MAGA wagon and rode it all the way to being nominated to lead Health and Human Services. His "Make America Healthy Again" agenda lacks any basis in medical science so it's no surprise that he opposes vaccines, pushes fake supplement cures and has no relevant experience that would help him run the organization that controls Medicare, Medicaid, the CDC and more.
We have some other nominees in a catch-all call if you are ready to call on folks such as Pam Bondi, John Ratcliffe, Kristi Noem, Russell Vought, Linda McMahon and more. We’ll update this call as the hearings progress in the Senate so check back next week too.
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