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All of the people the EFF says to tweet to are Democrats...in a Republican-controlled house. This seems like an ineffectual strategy.

They should be trying to sway influential Republicans in the House, to make it clear that opposition to the TPP is bi-partisan. I think a number of Republicans would dislike some of the aspects of the TPP that center on issues of national sovereignty, so it's not like this has to be an especially partisan issue.

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likely because they //Democrats// have shown they will support the White House direction regardless of merit or political cost. So the way to sway the White House is convince Congressional Democrats that it is too politically costly. doesn't mean that the Administration won't try an executive order to circumvent if they want

It's two Senators and one House Representative, but I agree that spreading the word (especially starting with your own representatives in Congress) is a good idea.

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