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  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 3:47 PM

Can you be both acquitted & imprisoned in America?

Five Senators want to end a judicial evil. Will you be one of the 300 for this cause?   Some politicians want to do the right thing. Yep, you read that correctly. Not all politicians are wrong about everything. Sometimes they even take…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 1:35 PM

Furlough non-violent offenders held in COVID-19 incubation cages

Empty COVID-19 incubation cages. Furlough non-violent offenders.   The United States has about 5% of the world’s population, yet roughly 25% of the international prison population - about 2.3 million people. That's an epidemic.   175,0…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 3:00 PM

See our fall election predictions

Do you disagree with our Fall predictions?Want to see something new that can actually change things? Remember these points...   #1: Saturation advertising costs at least a billion dollars a year. That's how much Geico and Progressive I…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 2:44 PM

Do you have an Agenda Setter mind?

The Agenda Setter mind leads to effective action, with no wasted motion. If you already know what we mean by these terms...   - Agenda setting- Agenda Setter mind- Option Activism- The 300   ...then please take the following action... …
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 1:07 PM

How Christmas trees should differ from legislation

Either 300 people in your district pass the One Subject at a Time Act or stimulus bills can be Christmas Trees! Here's how you get to choose… Today's Action: Urge your reps to co-sponsor OSTA (the One Subject at a Time Act, H.R. 2240).…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 2:53 PM

Agenda Setters takes its first action!

Use Agenda Setters to fight stimulus cronyism with the Read the Bills Act! Retweet Today's Action: Use the Read the Bills Act to deny consent to the coronavirus stimulus bill. And participate in our new Agenda Setting strategy to pass RTBA…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 2:13 PM

This is your last chance to become an Agenda Setter Founder

This is your last chance to be an Agenda Setters Founder Retweet The deadline for becoming a FOREVER member of the Agenda Setters Founders Committee is Saturday, February 29 at 11:59 PM.   When this opportunity is gone, it will be gone…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 4:11 PM

The coming Agenda Setter website

The new Agenda Setters website is coming soon.   Option Activism + the 300 + a narrow focus = the new Agenda Setter website Retweet We've been telling you about it...  We want to ignore and overcome the Agenda Setting done by the medi…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 21, 2020 at 3:47 PM

7 exciting new developments

There are 7 bits of good news to cover...  The supporter who offered us $100,000 A new way to recruit people to make Congress obey How and why YOU will restore federal parole How the U.S. will stop imprisoning people for acquitted and untried c…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 19, 2020 at 4:13 PM

How you can Rule Congress

You'll be surprised to learn how YOU can Rule Congress   Rule Congress, using tactics that have ruled you for so long Retweet You have a Representative. For the first time in your life, I want you to imagine being his or her BOSS.   Y…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 12, 2020 at 5:47 PM

You're getting gaslit!

A primer in Media Agenda Setting Theory. Hint: You're getting gaslit!   Don't let the media set the congressional agenda. You should do it! Retweet   I was a nationally-syndicated radio host. I've also guest-hosted for a handful of tal…
  Agenda Setters by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 10, 2020 at 4:38 PM

BETA-TEST: Downsize DC breaks through for you

Beta Test Downsize DC's new pressure tool. Use it to push Congress.   Support the Read the Bills Act - test Downsize DC's new pressure tool Retweet Our previous message told you that we intend to overcome media Agen…
  Statesploitation Insights by Downsize DC · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 4:48 PM

Downsize DC breaks through for you

These new breakthroughs will put you in charge of Congress.   You're about to get the most powerful Downsize DC ever Retweet   This new, dynamic Downsize DC will... Include a brand new website, optimized for …
  Statesploitation Insights by Downsize DC · [email protected]
January 13, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Will we make the ONLY "freedom of the PRESS" argument in this case?

Do you have a "freedom of the PRESS" right?   Our legal brief could restore, to you, the same free press rights the New York Times has Retweet   We intend to file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to review a 9th C…
  Downsize DC's Statesploitation Insights · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Reject Iran war! Tell Congress & the President

You can't get what you don't ask for. Tell the politicians NO WAR WITH IRAN!    If you reject war with Iran, you better tell Congress and the President Retweet   If you don't know the history of U.S. acts of aggression ag…
  Statesploitation Insights by Downsize DC · [email protected]
December 9, 2019 at 2:59 PM

The payoff of the $Green$ New Deal

The Green New Deal is the new green cronyism. You must push back now. The Left has their post-2020 strategy ready. What's your counter-strategy? Retweet   The political-left may win control in th…
  Statesploitation Insights by Downsize DC · [email protected]
November 14, 2019 at 4:15 PM

Is this the ultimate WW2 thought experiment?

Is this WW2 thought experiment crazy, or crazy like a fox? Retweet   Significant preparation went into our new WW2 thought experiment.  First, we reviewed the history of U.S. wars and reached some startling conclusions. …
  Downsize DC's Statesploitation Insights · [email protected]
November 11, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Can you distinguish national defense need from military-complex greed?

Meet the world's largest purchasing department, and the center of military-complex greed Retweet   Can you distinguish national defense need from military-complex greed?   Work continues on our new Downsize Statesploitati…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
November 5, 2019 at 4:42 PM

Will the SEC regulate GoFundMe out of existence?

Did Congress just empower the SEC to regulate GoFundMe without even reading the bill? Passed the day it was introduced, HR 4860, "to subject crowdfunding vehicles to the jurisdiction of the Secur…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
October 30, 2019 at 3:28 PM

Do you know the true definition of tariff?

Do you know the true definition of tariff? Do you understand what's being done to you? Will you resist trade-war #stateploitation? Retweet "Tariff" is a statesploitation…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 2:45 PM

Remove FDA rule-making power

FDA's skim milk rule demonstrates why Congress should pass the Write the Laws Act Retweet   Career bureaucrats in agencies like the FDA benefit from statesploitation. They keep their jobs no matter who's in the Oval Office. And they get to impos…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
September 26, 2019 at 2:29 PM

That stink you smell is cronyism, not vaping

Big Tobacco is practicing #Statesploitation, using the FDA to crush competitors Retweet  The FDA wants to ban vaping. Meanwhile, the FDA has approved a tobacco heating device sold by a Big Tobacco firm. Please fight thi…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
September 19, 2019 at 2:46 PM

End the war that’s lasted from birth to voting age

The simplest definition of “statesploitation” is a scheme where the few benefit at the expense of the many.   One prime example is the 2001 AUMF (Authorization of the Use of Military Force). It was signed by President George W. Bush on September…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
September 12, 2019 at 4:53 PM

Blinding Big Brother

Down with Big Brother! Help us end blanket NSA spying on all Americans Retweet At issue: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals review of Jewel v. NSA! Our so-called government spies on us. They admit they grab all emails, internet searches and phone ca…
  DownsizeDC · [email protected]
August 30, 2019 at 4:25 PM

Beta test our new system, Phase 1

Fight state exploitation! spacer We need your help once again! Today we want to test our new system.Please recall that we are in the process of… Launching a new strategy and brand - #dwnsz Statesploitation Installing new congressional communications software t…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
August 9, 2019 at 3:57 PM

Should unelected bureaucrats pass their own legislation?

Our clever solution to a bad problem Share this Dispatch from the Downsize DC blog Downsize DC's "Write the Laws Act" would end bureaucratic "lawmaking" Retweet Note: This is the last Downsizer-Dispatch. We're switching vendors and building a new website (coming soon). Right now, we're beta-t…
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
July 31, 2019 at 4:29 PM

Find a new sponsor for the Read the Bills Act

We've done it before, we can do it again Share this Dispatch from the Downsize DC blog Congress would pass very few bad bills if we made them #ReadtheBills before voting Retweet Action item: Find a new sponsor for the Read the Bills Act! Update: The Downsize DC Army will soon go away. In its …
  Downsizer-Dispatch · [email protected]
July 26, 2019 at 1:37 PM

Repeal the blank check for war

AUMF repeal has already passed in the U.S. House Share this Dispatch from the Downsize DC blog In '01, Congress gave the President a blank check for war. 19 nations later, the House has reversed course Retweet Today's Action: Repeal the AUMF Downsize DC has signed a coalition letter to Congre…
  Downsize DC Newsletter · [email protected]
July 21, 2019 at 3:10 PM

Why we're now calling you a "DC Downsizer"

10-million friends you haven't met yet! The Downsize DC approach can be summed up in one word...  PRESSURE We want to be so large Congress cannot afford to ignore us -- so big that we can get our message out to everyone, everywhere, every day.  It's been said that politics is war by other means.  W…
  Downsize DC Newsletter · [email protected]
July 20, 2019 at 3:03 PM

Who is Downsize DC? What and whom have you joined?

What have you joined? You have a right to know. Downsize DC was co-founded by Jim Babka, the late Harry Browne, Steve Dasbach, and Perry Willis. Today, with 58 years combined experience, Jim and Perry manage Downsize DC. Breaking Gro…
  Downsize DC Newsletter · [email protected]
July 19, 2019 at 3:15 PM

4 reasons you were smart to use Downsize DC to pressure Congress

Welcome to the Downsize DC Army! You were strategically smart to use Downsize DC to pressure Congress... Members of Congress count constituent messages. They CARE about your letter for the same reason they buy opinion polls. Politicians are desperate to know what their constituents think.  Do you …
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July 18, 2019 at 3:48 PM

Welcome to the DownsizeDC Army

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