Working Assets Puts Harry Reid on Notice-sent him 16,000 faxes!

[babylonsister]

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Working Assets Puts Harry Reid on Notice
by: Matt Stoller
Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 20:25:17 PM EDT

Can I just say how much I love Working Assets? They are one of those organizations that just puts out consistent amazing work for progressive causes, whether it's funding for nonprofits or action items around core constitutional issues. Today, Working Assets Wireless sent 16,000 faxes to Harry Reid's office over the amnesty bill. 16,000! Working Assets Wireless Co-founder Michael Kieschnick and CEO Laura Scher blogged on this today, and both are worth reading. Here's Scher.

It's been all over the news that in 2007, executives at Verizon and AT&T donated over $42,000 to Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Prior to 2007, Rockefeller wasn't getting any significant contributions from telecomm executives. But of course, prior to 2007, Rockefeller wasn't pushing his committee to grant retroactive immunity to phone companies that helped the NSA with its secret, warrantless surveillance on America's telephone calls.

There are so many reasons to be enraged by this.

As CEO of Working Assets, the socially responsible mobile and long distance company, I have watched for 15 years while big telecomm "bought" monopoly power from Congress, from the White House and from the FCC. This is how they do business. Instead of building the best phone company, they buy politicians.

Harry Reid has definitely been put on notice. And Dodd is on Meet the Press this Sunday. I imagine that the Senate Democrats aren't very happy with Chris Dodd right now. But then, the American people aren't very happy with the Senate.

I should note that I was a fellow at Working Assets about a year and a half ago, and I learned more from Michael and Becky about progressive politics than I have from any two people I know.

[babylonsister]

1. You can help by signing this petition:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2138441

[KoKo]

4. Signed it...K&R!

[Coexist]

2. knr

I love Working Assets.

[populistdriven]

3. Every Progressive should have a Working Assets cell phone

I was just sold on them by this action

gg Working Assets!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. I love Working Assets! I have their long distance service and it feels so good knowing

my money is going to causes I SUPPORT...instead of AT&T who's taking people's rights away!

GO Working Assets! GO, Chris Dodd!:thumbsup:

[PATRICK]

6. The AFL-CIO is fundraising

by ranting with mailings on this issue and demanding that Reid and Pelosi act now to protect our rights.
That's a lot anger more than a phone call.