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I see the Rogan Page "liked" the post, great! We at least know now that him or one of his staffers has seen it. Maybe this next week we can think of a second, humorous message, and have someone else post it. if you guys have any ideas, just post them here.

Post any other public figures you can think of that are very outspoken too.

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I see the Rogan Page "liked" the post, great! We at least know now that him or one of his staffers has seen it. Maybe this next week we can think of a second, humorous message, and have someone else post it. if you guys have any ideas, just post them here.

Post any other public figures you can think of that are very outspoken too.

Thats great news! I listen to the podcast habitually and on occasion Joe brings up the fact that he isn't able to legally bet on the UFC. This is basically the same concept as online poker, on one of the podcasts Joe goes on a rant about how Americans should be able to spend their money freely even if it is for gambling. I'm sure if someone reminds him of this issue on the podcast he would be glad to mention it, he likes to voice his opinion.

Weekend of September 10th, 2011

It will take you less than thirty seconds! Thank you for participating. Please be sensitive about 9/11 this weekend.

Let's focus on House Democratic leadership:

1. Send a prefilled, editable pro-poker Twitter message to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) HERE, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) HERE, Assistant Minority Leader, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) HERE, and Democratic Caucus Chairman, Rep. John Larson of (D-CT) HERE.

2.Wait at least an hour, then send these Twitter messages to Rep. Pelosi HERE, Rep. Hoyer HERE, Rep. Clyburn HERE, and Rep. Larson HERE.

3.NEW: Let's send these Twitter messages to Rep. Pelosi HERE, Rep. Hoyer HERE, Rep. Clyburn HERE, and Rep. Larson HERE.

Please reply in this thread with "tweeted", "done", etc. to encourage others to participate as well. The past EIGHTEEN actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

"tweeted", "done",

October 12, 2011

Will you take a few moments to stand up for poker? These items take just 30 seconds total to complete. Click your mouse and lose your House and Senate nannies! We focused on House Democratic leadership yesterday, so let's focus on House GOP leadership today:

- If you are an AZ resident, make and like pro-poker posts HERE. Everyone else, please just like the pro-poker posts there.
- Send a prefilled, editable pro-poker Twitter message to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) HERE, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) HERE, GOP Conference Chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) HERE and GOP Policy Committee Chair Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) HERE.
- Wait at least an hour, then send these Twitter messages to Rep. Cantor HERE, Rep. McCarthy HERE, Rep. Hensarling HERE, and Rep. Price HERE (if you can't wait an hour, it's better to send all of these at once than not at all).
- Wait at least one more hour, then send these Twitter messages to Rep. Cantor HERE, Rep. McCarthy HERE, Rep. Hensarling HERE, and Rep. Price HERE.

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 44 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's continue to reach out to the deficit super committee and others. I included prefilled tweets. They are fine as-is, but it's even better to edit them a bit before sending (so they're not all the same).

Here's the list:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Prefilled Tweet Facebook
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA): Prefilled Tweet Facebook
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Prefilled Tweet Facebook

Deficit super committee: Republicans

Representatives:
Co-Chair -- Jeb Hensarling: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Dave Camp: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook Contact
Fred Upton: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook Contact

Senators:
Rob Portman: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (site set to censor the word poker)
Jon Kyl: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment (actively deletes pro-poker posts) Contact
Patrick Toomey: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook Contact

Deficit super committee: Democrats

Representatives:
James Clyburn: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment (first site set to censor the word poker) Facebook (second site permits direct posting) Contact
Xavier Becerra: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Chris Van Hollen: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Contact

Senators:
Co-Chair -- Patty Murray: Prefilled Tweet (acct. #1) Prefilled Tweet (acct. #2) Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Max Baucus: No Twitter Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (it's not Rep. Spencer Bachus, so please don't blast him!) (site set to censor the word poker)
John Kerry: Prefilled Tweet Facebook Facebook Contact

Done with #1, #2, & #5. Will go back and do #1 again tomorrow night after other AZ players have posted comments. So far, it's just Justin P.

I only saw 1 poker comment to Like, but if you guys see any more, post the links here.

Also, has anyone thought of other really outspoken public figures that could help the cause? Maybe I'm just tired, but I'm drawing a blank. My buddy has a weekly podcast with a decent number of subscribers, but he doesn't discuss politics on the show that much (well, not serious ones, anyway). I guess it won't hurt to ask him, though.

#1,#2,#3,and#5 done. will do #4 after work

Dammit. I got lazy and fell out of this thread. So easy to do. Well I'm back. Part 1 for today done.

October 13, 2011

Politico reports that we're being heard by the deficit super committee. That's no surprise to anyone who has been following this thread, but the fact that this is public means it's time to turn up the heat! These items take just30 seconds total to complete, so please participate:

- Send a prefilled, editable pro-poker Twitter message to each member of the super committee HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
- Please post a pro-poker comment to the Politico article HERE.We can reach out to the public and to lawmakers there, and we can also show Politico that this is the type of story that generates interest(encouraging them to cover this issue more often).

Please reply in this thread with tweeted, done, etc. to encourage others to participate. The past 45 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's continue to reach out to the deficit super committee and others. Here's the list:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Prefilled Tweet Facebook
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA): Prefilled Tweet Facebook
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: Prefilled Tweet Facebook

Deficit super committee: Republicans

Representatives:
Co-Chair -- Jeb Hensarling: Facebook Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Dave Camp: Facebook Facebook Contact
Fred Upton: Facebook Facebook Contact

Senators:
Rob Portman: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (site set to censor the word poker)
Jon Kyl: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment (actively deletes pro-poker posts) Contact
Patrick Toomey: Facebook Facebook Contact

Deficit super committee: Democrats

Representatives:
James Clyburn: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment (first site set to censor the word poker) Facebook (second site permits direct posting) Contact
Xavier Becerra: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Chris Van Hollen: Facebook Contact

Senators:
Co-Chair -- Patty Murray: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact
Max Baucus: Facebook Facebook post on which we can comment Contact (it's not Rep. Spencer Bachus, so please don't blast him!) (site set to censor the word poker)
John Kerry: Facebook Facebook Contact

The Politico article is encouraging. Thanks for this great list of easy tasks, Rich. I've done all of the tweeting and will do it again probably in about 12 hours. I also commented all of of the super committee facebook pages tonight with the hope that they'll listen to Barton and Frank.

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