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Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch . . .::::::A host of organizations are conducting a Call-In Day to oppose the Patriot Act. We’re going to participate, but with a twist. We want to learn how easy, or difficult, it is to overwhelm Congressional phone lines. With so many groups behind this effort, its possible this could happen. So . . .::::::Please call your Representative and your two Senators right now and ask them to oppose the Patriot Act extension. We’ll give you two ways to find the phone numbers below. Keep trying until you get through. Then, please go to the Downsize DC blog and leave a comment to the posting titled “Patriot Act Call-In Day.” Let us know that you made the calls. We want to track participation. Plus, make a special note of whether or not you got a busy signal at any point. This information will be especially useful as we prepare our tactics for the “Read the Bills Act.”::::::Let’s overwhelm Congress’s phone lines!::::::What number should you call? The easiest way to get the names and numbers for your Rep. and Senators is to send a message using our lobbying system. We provide the information to you as soon as your message is transmitted. Choose one of the following campaigns by clicking on the links . . .::::::

Yesterday’s Downsizer-Dispatch . . . ::::::First, some good news, and then a very important action item about attempts to regulate groups like DownsizeDC.org. :::

James Wilson joins Downsize DC Team

More and more bloggers are writing about the “Read the Bills Act.” You can read the latest example here.

The Word Spreads, Part 2

Wendy McElroy makes a favorable mention of Downsize DC and the “Read the Bills Act” in a column on LewRockwell.com.::::::Check it out!

Third Episode of the new Downsize DC Conference Call show

Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch…::::::You fund it. We do it. Last week we asked for help in starting a media campaign. You responded and we’re doing it. Jim Babka appeared on two radio shows this week (Note: Jim will be traveling on behalf of Downsize DC next week and won’t do interviews, but we’ll be getting back to them when he returns). ::::::And that’s only the beginning.::::::Now there’s something you can do that doesn’t require additional contributions!::::::Do you want to hear Downsize DC President Jim Babka talk about DownsizeDC.org and the Read the Bills Act (RTBA) on your local radio stations? Do you want us to recruit your local talk show hosts to the RTBA coalition, so they will talk about RTBA even when Jim isn’t scheduled for an interview? If so . . .:::

Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch…::::::We want to thank the DC Downsizers who helped fund the start of our RTBA media campaign. The first fruits are announced later in this message. In other words, we have our first interviews of 2006 scheduled (details below)!:::

Week Two: The Downsize DC Conference Call