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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Sun Aug 16, 2020, 05:18 PM Aug 2020

If you text USPS to 50409 they will send letters to your senators and representative in support of.. [View all]

Last edited Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:01 AM - Edit history (3)

FYI -

If you text USPS to 50409 they will send letters to your senators and representative in support of the postal service.

It takes under one minute.

Help save our democracy.

Works like a charm.

Please do this. Don’t let your vote be suppressed.

Link to tweet

Resistbot service: https://resist.bot/ , Resistbot FAQ https://resist.bot/about

eta: Youtube tutorial on using the text application on Android phones

Youtube tutorial on using the text application on iPhones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=qnBlOqRSH4s

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If you text USPS to 50409 they will send letters to your senators and representative in support of.. [View all] steve2470 Aug 2020 OP

took about 1 minute. Do it. CurtEastPoint Aug 2020 #1

Yes. I did it earlier. How much are they up to by now? hlthe2b Aug 2020 #2

WELL over 1M CurtEastPoint Aug 2020 #9

So sorry to be such a Luddite, but how exactly does it work? Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #3

Ok I will assume you know nothing.... steve2470 Aug 2020 #4

Thank you, steve.. I needed that, too. i send texts to my Cha Aug 2020 #7

Whenever I try this, I get one digit and my phone freezes up AllyCat Aug 2020 #12

AllyCat, so do I. I don't know where to go to put the number in. onecent Aug 2020 #30

TY. I've never tried this before either. Will check your link first. Hekate Aug 2020 #14

App? What's an App? reACTIONary Aug 2020 #29

app equals application equals computer program steve2470 Aug 2020 #53

Thank you, you are right in assuming I know nothing in terms of how to do this! Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #46

I'm with you. . . Call me the biggest luddite in the country! BigDemVoter Aug 2020 #61

Trump campaign is currently sending absentee ballots to registered Republicans RickGeneric Aug 2020 #5

You title is a little misleading. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #13

Good idea! The Democratic Party should do they same thing h2ebits Aug 2020 #26

Bernie sent these zentrum Aug 2020 #39

Sounds so impersonal, but I still LOVE IT! n/t AmyStrange Aug 2020 #6

Oh it's personal.. I love the USPS! Cha Aug 2020 #8

Did it Walleye Aug 2020 #10

Done Bayard Aug 2020 #11

How do u know what they will send in ur name???? Cryptoad Aug 2020 #15

E-mail copy JustGene Aug 2020 #21

You can read the letter before deciding to send it with your name on it. crickets Aug 2020 #38

That takes way more than a minute. Laelth Aug 2020 #16

E-mail is to send you a copy JustGene Aug 2020 #22

And to spam you for eternity. Laelth Aug 2020 #23

I just add it to the pile JustGene Aug 2020 #27

You can always unsubscribe from texts. They will honor it, or people wouldn't crickets Aug 2020 #41

I blocked them. Laelth Aug 2020 #42

Done sarge43 Aug 2020 #17

I just did it, now over 1.2 million Bluepinky Aug 2020 #56

Good sarge43 Aug 2020 #59

My 3 congressional recipients are all Democrats, but it's still good to show strong support for USPS Bluepinky Aug 2020 #60

Just did it in Racine WI hauckeye Aug 2020 #18

50409 is the text number of Resistbot. PoliticAverse Aug 2020 #19

thanks left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #51

Done JustGene Aug 2020 #20

Done! tekriter Aug 2020 #24

Done c-rational Aug 2020 #25

I did it. ananda Aug 2020 #28

Done and sent the text info to my family and freinds. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #31

Done. Friends and family included. Enoki33 Aug 2020 #32

Thank you- mrsadm Aug 2020 #33

Done. alwaysinasnit Aug 2020 #34

Tsxt to support Post Office. Thanks for posting this! bobbieinok Aug 2020 #35

Who is ' 50409' ? left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #36

See... PoliticAverse Aug 2020 #48

Done Ananda62 Aug 2020 #37

Thank you so much and... zentrum Aug 2020 #40

Based upon the zip code you gave them, yes. n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #44

Excellent Thanks. zentrum Aug 2020 #49

You provide your zip code. It's easy to determine your district from that. nt crickets Aug 2020 #45

Thanks. zentrum Aug 2020 #50

I just did it, over 1.2 million now Bluepinky Aug 2020 #57

Good to know! 👍 crickets Aug 2020 #58

The first time you use Resistbot you need to provide identity information which is ok because... hay rick Aug 2020 #43

Done. txwhitedove Aug 2020 #47

OK, I did it left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #52

last bump, please ask questions if you need to :) nt steve2470 Aug 2020 #54

It's at 1.12 million sent now + 1 hydrolastic Aug 2020 #55

Kick AmyStrange Aug 2020 #62

bump nt steve2470 Aug 2020 #63