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I appreciate this: While tagging them on Twitter is useful for putting them on the spot and raising awareness; the real ultimate way to apply pressure is to call them every day.

This was a strategy we used when opposing the TPP; we called our legislators every day; then we spread the word and told others to do the same; then spread it around more.

Long before SARS-CoV-2 struck, everybody fighting the TPP knew the value of exponents: Contact 5 people and they contact 5, those numbers go up really fast: Just using the basic exponent tables for 5, the numbers rise remarkably fast...

5^1 = 5

5^2 = 25

5^3 = 125

5^4 = 625

5^5 = 3125

5^6 = 15,625

5^7 = 78,125

5^8 = 390,625

5^9 = 1,953,125

5^10 = 9,765,625

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