Political Gameplan / Strategy
Resistance Is Not Futile!
We Are The “Enemy Within”
Pain Point Issues
“This is @RalphHightower from Chapin, South Carolina, with the daily farm report. Despite Donald Trump promising to lower the price of eggs as a Day 1 priority and signing an Executive Order ordering chickens to lay cheaper eggs, a dozen Grade A large eggs are $10 with prices expected to rise. A pound of steaks are $25 to $30. It is now Day ## of the Trump presidency. It sounds like Trump’s campaign promises are from a car salesperson: Bait and Switch. This concludes today’s farm market report from Chapin, South Carolina, with Ralph Hightower reporting.”
Grade A large Eggs $8 dozen Steak $20 pound Inflation rising Weekly unemployment highest since last January Stock market down Enemies with our allies Friends with our enemies
Election Results
Trump did not win by a mandate. He did not cross over 50% in 2024 or 2016, although he got 9 more electoral votes the third time around. His margin of victory was less than 1.5%, 1.48% to be exact. I don’t give a shit about those election deniers; these are the undisputed numbers as recorded by the Federal Election Commission.
2024 Presidential Election Results – Federal Election Commission (FEC)
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris (D) | 75,017,613 | 48.32% | 226 |
| Trump (T) | 77,302,580 | 49.80% | 312 |
| (Difference) | 2,284,967 | 1.48% | 86 |
2020 Presidential Election Results – Federal Election Commission (FEC)
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biden (D) | 81,283,501 | 51.31% | 306 |
| Trump (T) | 74,223,975 | 46.85% | 232 |
| (Difference) | 7,059,526.00 | 4.46% | 74 |
*Maine appoints its electors proportionally. Biden-Harris won in the First Congressional District and took the state; Trump-Pence won the Second Congressional District. Maine’s electoral votes were proportionally awarded accordingly: for President, Biden 3 and Trump 1; for Vice President, Harris 3 and Pence 1. **Nebraska appoints its electors proportionally. Trump-Pence won in the First and Third Congressional Districts and took the state; Biden-Harris won the Second Congressional District. Nebraska’s electoral votes were proportionally awarded accordingly: for President, Trump 4 and Biden 1; for Vice President, Pence 4 and Harris 1.
2016 Presidential Election Results – Federal Election Commission (FEC)
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton (D) | 65,853,514 | 48.18% | 227 |
| Trump (T) | 62,984,828 | 46.09% | 304 |
| (Difference) | 2,868,686 | 2.09% | 77 |
*Hawaii does not appoint its electors proportionally. Due to faithless voting, the electoral votes for Hawaii were: for President, Clinton 3 and Bernie Sanders 1; for Vice President, Kaine 3 and Elizabeth Warren 1. Maine appoints its electors proportionally. Clinton/Kaine won in the First Congressional District and took the state; Trump/Pence won the Second Congressional District. Maine’s electoral votes were proportionally awarded accordingly: for President, Clinton 3 and Trump 1; for Vice President, Kaine 3 and Pence 1. ***Texas does not appoint its electors proportionally. Due to faithless voting, the electoral votes for Texas were: for President, Trump 36, Ron Paul 1, and John Kasich 1; for Vice President, Pence 37 and Carly Fiorina 1. **Washington does not appoint its electors proportionally. Due to faithless voting, the electoral votes for Washington were: for President, Clinton 8, Colin Powell 3, and Faith Spotted Eagle 1; for Vice President, Kaine 8, Elizabeth Warren 1, Susan Collins 1, Maria Cantwell 1, and Winona LaDuke 1.
Political Contacts
US House of Representatives
Democrat Party
Clyburn, James (D-SC6)
Clyburn is not in my district, but as the sole Democrat in his gerrymandered District 6, he is a member of the opposition party and the most likely congressman to be receptive to my concerns.
| Office Locations |
|---|
| Washington, DC |
| 274 Cannon House Office Building 27 Independence Ave SE Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3315 Fax: (202) 225-2313 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM |
| Columbia, SC |
| 1225 Lady Street, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 799-1100 Fax: (803) 799-9060 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM |
| Kingstree, SC |
| 130 W. Main Street Kingstree, SC 29556 Phone: (843) 355-1211 Fax: (843) 355-1232 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM |
| Santee, SC |
| 176 Municipal Way Santee, SC 29142 Phone: (803) 854-4700 Fax: (803) 854-4900 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM |
| Sumter, SC |
| 129 South Harvin Street Sumter, SC 29150 Phone: (803) 883-5020 Hours: 2nd and 4th Mondays 10:00AM–4:00PM |
Trump Party
Wilson, Joe (T-SC2)
Little good that contacting Wilson will do. He’s a political chameleon. First, he was a “Tea Bagger.” Now, he’s a Trumper. I haven’t voted for Wilson ever since he embarrassed South Carolina.
| Office Locations |
|---|
| Washington, DC Office |
| 1436 Longworth House Office Building 1 Independence Ave SE Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2452 |
| The Midlands Office |
| 1700 Sunset Blvd (US 378), Suite 1 West Columbia, SC 29169 Phone: (803) 939-0041 Fax: (803) 939-0078 |
| Aiken/Barnwell Office |
| 1930 University Parkway, Suite 1600 Aiken, SC 29801 Phone: (803) 642-6416 Fax: (803) 642-6418 |
US Senate
Democrat Party
I wish that South Carolina wasn’t such a red state. Maybe purple? The county that I live in, Lexington County, is so red that the Trumpian Primary is the general election for county offices.
Trump Party
Class I terms run from the beginning of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, to the end of the 121st Congress on January 3, 2031. Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2024 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.
Class II terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027. Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.
Class III terms run from the beginning of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023, to the end of the 120th Congress on January 3, 2029. Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2022 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.
Graham, Lindsey (T-SC)
Trump’s Poodle.
Class II.
| Office Locations |
|---|
| Washington D.C. Office |
| 211 Russell Senate Office Building 2 Constitution Ave NE Washington, DC 20510 Office: (202) 224-5972 Fax: (202) 224-3808 |
| Midlands Office |
| 2142 Boyce Street, Suite 404 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 933-0112 office (803) 933-0957 fax |
| Upstate Office |
| 2 West Washington Street, Suite 808 Greenville, SC 29601 Main: (864) 250-1417 Fax: (864) 250-4322 |
| Pee Dee Office |
| McMillan Federal Building 401 West Evans Street, Suite 111 Florence, SC 29501 Main: (843) 669-1505_/a> Fax: (843) 669-9015 |
| Lowcountry Office |
| 4 Carriage Lane, Suite 401 Charleston, SC 29407 Main: (843) 849-3887 Fax: (843) 971-3669 |
| Piedmont Office |
| 235 East Main Street, Suite 100 Rock Hill, SC 29730 Main: (803) 366-2828 Fax: (803) 366-5353 |
| Golden Corner Office |
| 124 Exchange Street, Suite A Pendleton, SC 29670 Main: (864) 646-4090 Fax: (864) 646-8609 |
- Trump’s Poodle, Senator Lindsey Graham (T-SC), On NBC Meet The Press
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (T-SC) States That Trump Won’t Prosecute Political Enemies. Yea, Right!
- MSNBC Morning Joe Panel Discusses Kash Patel as Trump’s Pick for FBI Director
- Bless His Heart – Senator Lindsey Graham (T-SC): Why Are You “Republicans” Supporting Harris?
Scott, Tim (T-SC)
Yes, my assessment has racial overtones, but Scott is Trump’s “lawn jockey.”
Class III.
| Office Locations |
|---|
| Washington D.C. |
| 104 Hart Senate Office 120 Constitution Ave NE Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6121 Fax: (202) 228-5143 |
| Midlands |
| 1901 Main Street Suite 1425 Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 771-6112 Fax: (855) 802-9355 |
| Upstate |
| 301 N. Main Street Suite 1006 Greenville, SC 29601 Phone: (864) 233-5366 Fax: (855) 802-9355 |
| Low Country |
| 2500 City Hall Lane 3rd Floor Suite North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: (843) 727-4525 Fax: (855) 802-9355 |
President
Trump Party
Roll Call Factba.se - Donald J. Trump’s Public Schedule
| Locations |
|---|
| White House |
| 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 +1 (202) 456-1111 (comments) +1 (202) 456-1414 (switchboard) |
| Mar-a-Lago |
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The Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida 33480 +1 (561) 832-2600 |
| Florida, West Palm Beach |
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Trump International Golf Club 3505 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 +1 (561) 682-0700 |
| California, Los Angeles |
|
Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles One Trump National Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 +1 (310) 265-5000 |
| Florida, Miami |
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Trump National Doral Golf Club 4400 N.W. 87th Ave Miami, FL 33178 +1 (305) 592-2000 |
| Florida, Jupiter |
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Trump National Jupiter Golf Club 115 Eagle Tree Terrace Jupiter FL 33477 +1 (561) 691-8700 |
| New Jersey, Bedminster |
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Trump National Golf Club Bedminster 900 Lamington Road Bedminster, NJ 07921 +1 (908) 470-4400 |
| New Jersey, Colts Neck |
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Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck One Trump National Blvd Colts Neck, NJ 07722 +1 (561) 973-1550 |
| New Jersey, Pine Hill |
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Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia 500 West Branch Ave. Pine Hill, NJ 08021 +1 (856) 435-3100 |
| New York, Hopewell Junction |
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Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley 178 Stormville Rd Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 +1 (845) 223-1600 |
| New York, Briarcliff Manor |
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Trump National Golf Club Westchester 100 Shadow Tree Lane Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 +1 (914) 944-0900 |
| North Carolina, Mooresville |
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Trump National Golf Club Charlotte 120 Trump Square Mooresville, NC 28117 +1 (704) 799-7300 |
| Virginia, Potomac Falls |
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Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. 20391 Lowes Island Blvd Potomac Falls, VA 20165 +1 (703) 444-4801 |
| Dubai |
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Trump International Golf Club Dubai DAMAC Hills Al Hebiah Third District Dubai +971 (0) 4 245 3939 |
| Ireland, Clare |
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Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg DOONBEG CO. CLARE, IRELAND Phone: +353 65 905 5600 |
| Scotland, Aberdeenshire |
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Trump MacLeod House & Lodge Scotland Menie Estate Balmedie Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB23 8YE PHONE: +44 1358 743300 RESERVE: +44 1358 743300 |
| Scotland, Ayrshire |
|
Trump Turnberry Maidens Road KA26 9LT Turnberry Ayrshire Scotland +44.1655.331.000 +44 01655 334115 |
South Carolina Attorney General
Trump Party
Alan Wilson
Alan Wilson (T) is the most nakedly partisan Attorney General that South Carolina has ever had. Wilson is an election denier; he thinks that the Democrats stole the 2020 election.
| Mailing Address |
|---|
| The Honorable Alan Wilson P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, S.C. 29211 |
| Office Location |
| Rembert Dennis Building 1000 Assembly Street, Room 519 Columbia, S.C. 29201 General Information: 1-803-734-3970 Constituent Services: 1-803-737-3953 |
My Dumb State: South Carolina
- My Dumb State, South Carolina: Supports Trump’s Illegal, Lawless Firings Of Government Watchdogs
- 🚨 My Dumb State, South Carolina: Attorney General Alan Wilson Is Not Interested In Protecting South Carolinians’ Personal Identifiable Information (PII)In the Biggest Data Breach of the US Treasury Central Payment System! 🚨
- My Dumb State, South Carolina: South Carolina’s Attorney General, Alan Wilson, Weaponizes State Government To Persecute Trump’s Perceived Enemy, Dr. Anthony Fauci, For His COVID-19 Pandemic Response
- My Dumb State, South Carolina: South Carolina’s Attorney General, Alan Wilson, Wants To Amend The Fourteenth Amendment
- My Dumb State: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson & Trumpian Attorneys General Whine About New York Fine of Trump Organization For Thirty-Four Felony Civil Indictments of Falsification of Business Records For Financial Fraud, Insurance Fraud, & Property Tax Fraud
- My Dumb State: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson & TAGA Sues Pennsylvania For Election Fraud Over 2020 Presidential Election
Attorneys General
Democratic Attorneys General Association
Trumpian Attorneys General Association
Game Plan Strategy
@RalphHightower: What’s below the chapter headings are summaries of the chapters. Click on the headings to read the full chapters.
Indivisible
Our democracy is under threat. But we will not yield to fascism. We will stand together, and we’ll fight back in defense of our rights, our communities, and our values. Join us.
INDIVISIBLE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY ON THE BRINK.
Strategies, Tactics, & Tips For How Everyday Americans Can Fight Back Together Wherever We Live
Chapter 1: What Happened and Why it Matters
Heading into the 2024 election, Americans were angry about inflation and frustrated with the status quo. Some voters either flipped to Trump or didn’t vote at all. That gave Trump the margins to win — but it doesn’t give him a mandate for dictatorship or Project 2025. Americans of all stripes are going to be pissed when Trump 2.0 comes to town dressed in chaos, corruption, and cruelty. We can stoke that backlash to break up their coalition and build ours.
Chapter 2: A Quick Primer on Constituent Power
Trump wants us to believe that the presidency is all-powerful. It ain’t true. Political power in our democracy overlaps between local, state, and federal electeds. Your power comes from your ability to be a source of support (or a pain in the ass) to those electeds. You can use this power to get them to stand up to Trump 2.0 or face political consequences. We review the basics of constituent power — what it is, how it works, and how yours can do the most good in this moment where you live.
Chapter 3: The Plan to Get Through the Next 2 Years
Our best chance to get through this era with some amount of democracy intact is to hang on until 2026 and win big in the midterms — breaking Trump’s hold on Congress and making sure election deniers and saboteurs aren’t in charge of the 2028 election. We’ve boiled it down to three big plays:
- We will all throw in to say NO to the Project 2025 agenda pushed by the White House and Congress. We’ll stop what we can and pick strategic fights to drive national backlash to win in 2026.
- We will play hardball wherever we’ve got Democrats in local, city, or state office — pushing them to block, delay, and challenge MAGA’s attacks.
- We will work to protect and win elections — defending against election deniers in swing states and turning all that national backlash into an electoral majority coalition that delivers big wins in 2026.
You’ll plug into the plays that make the most sense for where you live and the leverage you have. Think of it as a giant national pro-democracy team — some of us are playing offense, some are playing defense, but if we all play our roles, we’ll make it through together.
Chapter 4: Protect and Prepare
Things are about to get much worse, and we need to treat an attack on one as an attack on all of us. That means supporting communities under threat and preparing to operate under increasingly authoritarian conditions. We’ll review how to:
- Organize to Protect Communities Under Threat. MAGA will hit hard, and we’ll need to stand together.
- Operate Under Authoritarian Creep. We’re not giving up on democracy, but we are not naive about what we face. We’ll cover lessons learned about operating under increasingly authoritarian conditions.
Chapter 5: Practical steps for finding or forming your local Indivisible group
Fascists depend on you, believing you’re alone and powerless. And honestly, on your own, you don’t have a ton of power. But, organized groups of individuals do have power. If you’re a fan of an existing group in your area, join it. If not, get a few friends together, start a new local Indivisible group, and build from there. Your local group is the basis for everything else you can hope to achieve in this period. This chapter includes some starter recommendations for how to pull your new, local, volunteer-led Indivisible group together, connect with others on the ground, and get to work.
5 Calls – Calling Your Representative and Senators
Keep the US Postal Service Independent ⭑ 5 Calls
Support Ukraine ⭑ 5 Calls
Protect Your IRS Data from DOGE ⭑ 5 Calls
Fight the Constitutional Crisis ⭑ 5 Calls
Oppose Safety Net Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks - Vote Tues 2/25 ⭑ 5 Calls
Defend Our National Parks ⭑ 5 Calls
Fight Against Elon Musk’s/DOGE Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF
Protect the Department of Education ⭑ 5 Calls
Defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ⭑ 5 Calls
Protect the Mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ⭑ 5 Calls
Condemn a US Takeover of Gaza ⭑ 5 Calls
Save NIH and NSF Research Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
State AGs: Prosecute DOGE for Illegal Data Breach ⭑ 5 Calls
Oppose The SAVE Act (H.R. 22 / S.128) – A Voter Suppression Bill ⭑ 5 Calls
Simple Sabotage Field Manual / Project Gutenberg
Advice From a High-Level Staffer For a Senator
FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING TO TURN YOUR despair INTO ACTION, here’s some advice from a high-level staffer for a Senator.
There are two things that we should be doing all the time right now. You should NOT be bothering with online petitions or emailing.
- The best thing you can do to be heard and get your congressperson to pay attention is to have face-to-face time — if they have town halls, go to them. Go to their local offices. If you’re in DC, try to find a way to go to an event of theirs. Go to the “mobile offices” that their staff hold periodically (all these times are located on each congressperson’s website). When you go, ask questions. A lot of them. And push for answers. The louder and more vocal and present you can be at those the better
- But those in-person events don’t happen every day. So, the absolute most important thing that people should be doing every day is calling.
YOU SHOULD MAKE 6 CALLS A DAY: 2 each (DC office and your local office) to your 2 Senators & your 1 Representative.
The staffer was very clear that any sort of online contact basically gets immediately ignored, and letters pretty much get thrown in the trash (unless you have a particularly strong emotional story — but even then it’s not worth the time it took you to craft that letter).
Calls are what all the congresspeople pay attention to. Every single day, the Senior Staff and the Senator get a report of the 3 most-called-about topics for that day at each of their offices (in DC and local offices), and exactly how many people said what about each of those topics. They’re also sorted by zip code and area code. She said that Republican callers generally outnumber Democrat callers 4-1, and when it’s a particular issue that single-issue-voters pay attention to (like gun control1, or planned parenthood funding, etc…), it’s often closer to 11-1, and that’s recently pushed Republican congressmen on the fence to vote with the Republicans. In the last 8 years, Republicans have called, and Democrats haven’t.
Areas of concern:
- Egg prices
- Gas prices
- Inflation
- Unemployment
- Elon Musk has unfettered access to government computer systems that contain Personal Identifiable Information (PII) such as Social Security numbers, health information information protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). He and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a high school graduate, and college students bulldozed their way into government computer systems, including the federal government payment system.
When you call:
- When calling the DC office, ask for the Staff member in charge of whatever you’re calling about (“Hi, I’d like to speak with the staffer in charge of Healthcare, please”) — local offices won’t always have specific ones, but they might. If you get transferred to that person, awesome. If you don’t, that’s ok — ask for that person’s name, and then just keep talking to whoever answered the phone. Don’t leave a message (unless the office doesn’t pick up at all — then you can — but it’s better to talk to the staffer who first answered than leave a message for the specific staffer in charge of your topic).
- Give them your zip code. They won’t always ask for it, but make sure you give it to them, so they can mark it down. Extra points if you live in a zip code that traditionally votes for them, since they’ll want to make sure they get/keep your vote.
- If you can make it personal, make it personal. “I voted for you in the last election and I’m worried/happy/whatever” or “I’m a teacher, and I am appalled by ——-,” or “as a single mother” or “as a white, middle class woman,” or whatever.
- Pick 1-2 specific things per day to focus on. Don’t rattle off everything you’re concerned about — they’re figuring out what 1-2 topics to mark you down for on their lists. So, focus on 1-2 per day. Ideally something that will be voted on/taken up in the next few days, but it doesn’t really matter — even if there’s not a vote coming up in the next week, call anyway. It’s important that they just keep getting calls.
- Be clear on what you want — “I’m disappointed that the Senator…” or “I want to thank the Senator for their vote on… “ or “I want the Senator to know that voting in _____ way is the wrong decision for our state because… “ Don’t leave any ambiguity.
- They may get to know your voice/get sick of you — it doesn’t matter. The people answering the phones generally turn over every 6 weeks anyway, so even if they’re really sick of you, they’ll be gone in 6 weeks.
From experience since the election: If you hate being on the phone & feel awkward (which is a lot of people) don’t worry about it — there are a bunch of scripts (Indivisible has some, there are lots of others floating around these day). After a few days of calling, it starts to feel a lot more natural.
Put the 6 numbers in your phone (all under P – Politician.) An example is Politican Wilson DC, Politician McCaskill DC, Politician Blunt MO, etc., which makes it really easy to click down the list each day.
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@RalphHightower: Forget it. Despite all the commercials on YouTube, Trumpian legislators ain’t gonna budge. ↩