Letters to Elected Officials — Federal, State, and Local. Copy, Modify, Use.

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

Jan 24, 2017

Ask Your Elected Officials to Oppose Efforts to Disrupt the Operations of the EPA.

According to ProPublica, the Trump administration has “imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” which could disrupt vital research and threaten…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Jan 8, 2017

Ask Your Senators Not to Vote on Cabinet Nominees Until they are Properly Vetted.

Walter Shaub Jr., Director of the Office of Government Ethics, has expressed serious concerns that Cabinet nominees have not yet completed the ethics review process, and that the tight…

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…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Feb 11, 2017

Ask Your Representative to Oppose H.R. 674: the “One In, One Out Act.”

The “One In, One Out Act” is a bill that has been introduced by Republican legislators in the last several congresses. It is a variation on an idea that was the subject of a recent executive order by…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Jan 7, 2017

Write Again: Ask Your Elected Officials to Preserve the ACA

Complete or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act is among the first items on the agenda for Congress after inauguration. Please write to your elected officials and ask them to defend it. Since its key provisions went into…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Dec 24, 2016

Ask Your Elected Officials to Publicly Oppose President-Elect Trump’s Reckless Nuclear Rhetoric

This past week, on Twitter, President-Elect Trump called for the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal. And then, defending that position on television, he…