In case you don’t have their numbers handy, but want to be heard NOW (say, about NOT voting with #republicans today/ever):
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?lang=en
https://www.house.gov/representatives
And if not sure who reps you:
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
To the surprise of no one the most signatures for the current silly #uk #petition come from constituencies with #conservative or #reform #mps. I wonder if this one liner could be extended to get the data from #theyworkforyou:
wget -O - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143.json | jq -r '.data.attributes.signatures_by_constituency[] | [.signature_count, .name] | @csv' | sort -nrk 1
TheyWorkForYou is 20 years old and is starting a new project!
TWFY is a stalwart of British online democracy, a tool for tracking MPs and their voting interests and enabling their constituents to contact them directly.
Their new project: WhoFundsThem — is self-explanatory in its importance.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mysociety_support-whofundsthem-activity-7194275068888186880-cfd7
@pre TL;DR the new Labour MP was previously a Tory MP and was subject to the Tory whip in the Commons, and therefore voted accordingly.
The "#TheyWorkForYou" vote tracker is routinely mentioned by #MySociety as one of their biggest regrets because it is almost always used solely for social media dunks.
Diolch i Dylan Ebenezer am y cyfle i drafod gwefan newydd #TheyWorkForYou bore 'ma ar #PostCyntaf Radio Cymru
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mshh
1:39 on the iPlayer marks the start of the interview today with #BBC #RadioCymru's Dylan Ebenezer following the launch of #mySociety's TheyWorkForYou in Wales that shares #Senedd #Cymru's work in a super-accessible manner:
V chuffed to be part of the #MySociety team launching the Welsh version of #TheyWorkForYou today.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/senedd/
Diolch @likeaword @data_orchard for the intro to polite society : )
Wrth fy modd yn lansio fersiwn #Cymraeg #TheyWorkForYou heddiw ar gyfer #Senedd #Cymru
https://www.mysociety.org/2023/01/31/mysociety-is-20/
#mySociety has been helping underpin UK democracy for 20 years this year, with its services #writetothem #theyworkforyou #whatdotheyknow and #fixmystreet used by millions of people every year, and its open code used by other freedom of information sites and services around the world. People still need help to hold government to account and #civiltech still has a vital contribution to making that happen. Here’s to the next 20 years…
Over the last 20 years, this amazing community of designers, coders, volunteers, partners and funders has created and run digital services that have served millions people each year in the UK and around the world; campaigned for transparent, responsive institutions fit for the 21st century; and supp
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