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Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 23, 2016

Letter to Your Senator Opposing the Nomination of Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary

In addition to being a supporter of policies that would effectively privatize public education in the United States, DeVos is a billionaire donor to the Republican Party. If you need…

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Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Dec 18, 2016

A Letter to Your Senators Asking Them to Oppose the Nomination of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.

Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of State, has no experience in public service. And while he does have experience negotiating with…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Dec 9, 2016

A Letter to Your Senators Asking Them to Vote against the Confirmation of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor

Donald Trump recently nominated Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Carl’s Junior and Hardee’s, to be the next Secretary of Labor…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 14, 2016

What is Dear Leaders?

This publication is born of a pretty simple idea: that calling or writing to our elected officials is an effective way to make our voices heard; that it’s hard sometimes to do that because it requires not only that we know what we want to say, but also that we know how to articulate it…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 16, 2016

A Note to President-Elect Trump

This note was submitted through the “share your ideas” page at greatagain.gov. The form asks “How do you want to Make America Great?” Eschewing hatred seems like a reasonable response to that prompt.

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 18, 2016

A Letter Asking Your Senator to Oppose the Nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Jeff Sessions’s nomination has been widely praised by white supremacist organizations and condemned by the ACLU and the NAACP. In 1986, he was denied confirmation as a…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 20, 2016

Letter to Senator Pat Toomey Expressing Disappointment at His Endorsement of Jeff Sessions’s Nomination

On Friday, November 18, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) released a statement expressing his support for Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be Attorney General of the…

Amelia Aldred in Dear Leaders

Nov 16, 2016

Asking Members of Congress to Publicly Call for President-Elect Trump Not to Appoint Steve Bannon as Chief Strategist

A script for calling your elected representatives. Find out who your elected representatives are, and how to get in touch with…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 22, 2016

A Letter to Members of the Electoral College Asking Them to Vote Against Donald Trump.

Asktheelectors.org makes it (relatively) simple to email every member of the electoral college and ask them to choose a candidate who is not Donald Trump. Because of the number of…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 18, 2016

A Letter Asking Your Senator to Oppose the Nomination of Mike Pompeo as Head of the CIA.

Mike Pompeo has repeatedly expressed blanket anti-Muslim sentiments; he has supported torture, and has vehemently opposed any limits on domestic surveillance by American…

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