For voters in the US

[boxofdelights]

So Trump is testing how far he can pull the Overton window to the alt-right. You have an opportunity to provide some resistance.

This post explains why and how to call on your representatives to protest the appointment of Steve Bannon as Trump's top advisor:
I'm incredibly sorry, but it looks like you need to make phone calls

This series of tweets explains why this is important: https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/798334846842142722

This comment gives a script: http://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/457613.html?thread=5084045#cmt5084045

Resistance is the secret of joy. So is this otter.

ETA what I said: "My name is Susan Ramirez, I live at [redacted], I voted for Jared Polis in last week's election. I am calling to ask Representative Polis to protest the appointment of Steve Bannon, a self-declared white supremacist, as Donald's Trump's chief strategist. This appointment tells Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan that they have the ear of the next president. I would like my representative to speak out against that."

ETA Cory Gardner's intern said he'd pass the message along.

Comments

[watersword]

That is a good script!

[boxofdelights]

Short but strong, like me!

[watersword]

People posting their scripts is really helpful to me, so if you continue to call, I for one would very much appreciate posts like this!

[brigantine]

Happily (considering the circumstances) I am confident my Congressional representatives will have Something To Say About This Nonsense. Our Representative is a Latino man, and our Senator is a Black/Indian woman, and both Democrats. At least that part of the election worked out this time around! :P

And thank you for the otter. Otters make an uncertain world more bearable. :)

[loligo]

The young man at my Republican representative's local office was actually quite friendly and chatty. I would be okay with calling there again! (Good thing, because there will probably be plenty of reasons…)