Bannon Senate Confirmation

Action Item for today
[reposted 2-2-17, originator of post unknown]

TO DO TODAY: There is some disagreement as to whether or not Bannon needs confirmation from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security to actually be appointed to the National Security Council (I have read that he has been appointed to positions that are formally "advisory" although that doesn't make a lot of sense to me). 

In any event, the committee is taking comments right now at this line: 202-224-4751

Call and register your protest. It takes seconds. The calls are coming so quickly there is a recorded voice asking for name, number and brief message. 

Here's what to do:

• Call 202-224-4751. Wait until you hear something...don't hang up.
• The mailbox is full. If you get a recorded greeting, hang up and try again. Took me 3 tries.
• If you get through,  

say... "DO NOT ALLOW Steve Bannon to be on the National Security Council!!" 

say... that you are asking for a senate hearing on Bannon's appointment (Just because the law says that there needs to be a hearing doesn't mean there will be one.)

say... 2) that you'd like to protest his appointment.

If you can't get through, go to the Homeland Security Website and leave a comment. This is possibly the most important thing we can do to turn the tide toward sanity. Bannon is hoping to capture DHS loyalty such that the DHS is willing to defy the federal courts for him as they did on the immigration issue. If that happens, rule of law means nothing and Bannon/Trump are dictators. This is not hyperbole.