This suggestion courtesy of Indivisible Sonoma County:

Fight Back Better

No Democrat should agree to fund a government that is filling concentration camps

By Tom Benthin

I got an email from Congressperson Mike Thompson a little while ago. He was writing about the shutdown (and, of course, to raise money). In his email, he said, “Democrats are ready to work on a bipartisan solution to reopen the government while lowering healthcare costs.” Mike’s a good foot soldier and I’m sure that’s just what Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, wanted him to say. That’s the Democrats’ strategy: hold out for restoring ACA and Medicare benefits that Trump has taken away, then we’ve got a deal.

Another way of saying it is, we’re OK with funding the war that you’ve declared on our fellow citizens, as long as you give us back the health care subsidies you took away. We’ll sign off on the midnight assaults on apartment buildings, with naked children zip-tied in the streets. You can have money for the abductions, for sending troops into our cities to attack our citizens, for the masked thugs beating, gassing, and murdering us. Just as long as we can make a deal.

It’s great that Democrats have discovered, at long last, the guts to say “no”. They absolutely shouldn’t be funding this regime. But not only because of its attack on healthcare. By standing firm, they’ve taken a first step and have even thrown the Republicans off their game, which is great. But they need to do more, and now. They need to demand an end to the war Trump has declared on blue cities and states. Until he stops, no money for his regime.

And Dems, for God’s sake, please stop using the word “bipartisan”. People are going to get the idea that you stand ready to work with fascists to dismantle our country. If that’s what you intend, at least call it “collaboration”.

Let’s make some calls.

Please call your members of Congress and say:

I’m asking the [Congressmember / Senator] to vote NO on extending government funding unless the regime stops its war on Americans. He must refuse to greenlight their assault on America.