I think organized emailing leading up to the March 28th No Kings day would bolster the effectiveness of the March 28th day. I am trying to find people who agree and are willing to do emailing.
Email to Alabama Trump resistersFrom: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Contact Inbox <contact@indivisible.org>; iinfo@birminghamindivisible.org <iinfo@birminghamindivisible.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 06:11:52 PM CST
Subject: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
Dear Alabama Trump resisters:
I think organized emailing leading up to the March 28th No Kings day would bolster the effectiveness of the day.
I am trying to find people who agree and are willing to do emailing. Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
On Facebook, I posted on Sunday, "Do you think organized emailing leading up to the March 28th No Kings day could bolster the effectiveness of the March 28th day? Would you be willing to participate in such emailing? Please tell me if you would. Thanks. Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Continuation of appeal for organized, targeted emailing"
I submitted my Facebook post to the Facebook groups 50501 Alabama | Facebook, Blue Dots Alabama | Facebook, and Indivisible Mobile | Facebook, and they posted the same on their group Facebook pages.
Please, any and all who agree that organized emailing leading up to the March 28th No Kings day would bolster the effectiveness of the March 28th day, and who are willing to do emailing, please contact me.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
rdshatt@aol.com
205-967-5586
(for filing Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day)
[note to file: iinfo@birminghamindivisible.org was incorrect email address. To correct this mistake, I forwarded the email to the info@birminghamindivisible.org.]
People who have expressed willingness to email
I am asking Facebook posters if they are willing to participate in emailing leading up to the March 28th No Kings day. Those who say yes and who are willing to have themselves identified here will be identified here.
The following people are willing to email and to be identified here:
Suggested subject line and first paragraph for emails that are sent:
Subject: Emailing in connection with March 28th No Kings day to save the rule of law
I am an Alabamian who thinks Trump is destroying the rule of law in the United States and that our Alabama "institutions" (chambers of commerce, universities, legal profession, TV stations and journalists, etc.) have failed to stand up against Trump. With this failure of our Alabama "institutions," I think it is necessary for regular Alabamians to try to step into the breach, including by means of sending emails such as this.
From: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>
To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 05:52:18 PM CST
Subject: Re: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
Hi, Rob.
Who would we email?
Thanks,
Maura
To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 05:52:18 PM CST
Subject: Re: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
Hi, Rob.
Who would we email?
Thanks,
Maura
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To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, March 2, 2026 at 06:40:47 PM CST
Subject: Re: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
Thanks very much for replying, Maura.
Let me start with focusing on the purpose of the emailing.
I think the purpose of the emailing is like the purpose of protests in the streets, to wit, to seek and gain attention as may influence other parties.
In the case of protests in the street, attention is sought through TV coverage and other publicity. The parties who are sought to be influenced are lawmakers and the public generally.
In the emailing, the attention is sought through the emailing itself. The parties who are sought to be influenced are parties that have greater stature and can have more effect in influencing lawmakers and the public generally.
With both protests in the streets and the emailing, there is power in numbers for seeking and getting the attention that is desired.
As to protests, you know well the importance of having more protesters, rather than fewer, in order to get greater, rather than less, attention.
With much experience, I can tell you that emailing by one person alone (myself) gets almost no attention.
I believe emailing can get meaningful attention if there are more emailers than just myself.
I will continue to pursue trying to get other persons to email than just myself.
I will keep you apprised of how I do in persuading others to email and in getting more attention by means of more emailers.
Rob
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From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>
Cc: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Contact Inbox <contact@indivisible.org>; iinfo@birminghamindivisible.org <iinfo@birminghamindivisible.org>; "info@birminghamindivisible.org" <info@birminghamindivisible.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 06:37:41 PM CST
Subject: Fw: Alabama State Bar re DOJ drops defense of Trump orders targeting law firms
For Maura:
Maura, this email follows up on the email interchange we had under the subject line "Emailing re March 28th No Kings day", in which you asked who would we email to, and to which I gave a generalized reply in which I discussed that the purpose of the emailing (like with protests in the streets) is to gain attention with the goal of persuading lawmakers, the general public, and other parties about something at issue.
I would like to apply that general discussion to the below email I sent this morning to the Alabama State Bar Executive Council regarding the news that the Department of Justice is dropping its defense of Trump's executive orders targeting law firms.
My goal has been to get the Alabama State Bar to speak publicly to Alabamians about Trump and the rule of law, which public statement I think could be advantageously used with the Alabama Congressional delegation.
I acting alone cannot achieve my goal.
With other emailers emailing or doing other messaging in the same vein, I think my goal can be achieved.
If the Alabama State Bar and local bar associations and other influential parties in the Alabama legal profession are abjectly nonresponsive, I would envision calling this out to, for example, Alabama TV stations to try to turn the same into a news story they cover.
If Indivisible Mobile is supportive of this, Indivisible Mobile and its members can help by sending emails to the Mobile Bar Association, others connected with the law in the Mobile area, and TV stations, for starters.
Just say the word, and I will help in such emailing.
With only Indivisible Mobile replying to my initial email, this email is addressed to Indivisible Mobile, with copies to the other recipients of the initial email, with the hopes of getting them as well to take action.
Thanks very much for the interest you have shown in this matter.
Rob
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: fhelmsing@joneswalker.com <fhelmsing@joneswalker.com>; jeff@rbmattorneys.com <jeff@rbmattorneys.com>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; jana@janagarner.com <jana@janagarner.com>; rbell@maynardnexsen.com <rbell@maynardnexsen.com>; jc@strengthconnally.com <jc@strengthconnally.com>; wlee4@llln-law.com <wlee4@llln-law.com>; gparker@bradley.com <gparker@bradley.com>; roman.shaul@alabar.org <roman.shaul@alabar.org>; cbutler@dfhlaw.com <cbutler@dfhlaw.com>; ttp@manleytraegerlaw.com <ttp@manleytraegerlaw.com>; Devan@thebyrdfirm.com <devan@thebyrdfirm.com>; "devan@thebyrdfirm.com" <devan@thebyrdfirm.com>; chad.coker@alabar.org <chad.coker@alabar.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 07:20:53 AM CST
Subject: Alabama State Bar re DOJ drops defense of Trump orders targeting law firms
Dear Alabama State Bar Executive Council:
Will or will not the Alabama State Bar make a public statement about DOJ drops defense of Trump orders targeting law firms?
Thank you.
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Alabama collaborator lawyers and Alabama resister lawyers)
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From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>
Cc: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Contact Inbox <contact@indivisible.org>; info@birminghamindivisible.org <info@birminghamindivisible.org>
Sent: Friday, March 6, 2026 at 06:08:23 PM CST
Subject: Fw: Your meeting with Senator Britt and weaponization of the Department of Justice
For Maura:
Maura, this email continues the email interchange we have under the subject line "Emailing re March 28th No Kings day", in which you asked who would we email to, and to which I gave a generalized discussion of the purpose of the emailing (as with protests in the streets) being to gain attention with the goal of persuading lawmakers, the general public, and other parties about something at issue.
In the email interchange, I applied the generalized discussion to an email I sent to the Alabama State Bar Executive Council regarding the news that the Department of Justice is dropping its defense of Trump's executive orders targeting law firms, in order to further an objective of getting the Alabama State Bar to speak publicly to Alabamians about Trump and the rule of law, which public statement I think could be advantageously used with the Alabama Congressional delegation and for other purposes.
I have sent another email in the foregoing vein, to wit, the below forwarded email, which is to University of Alabama School of Law Dean Brewbaker urging the law school to hold a debate between Senator Britt and Professor Joyce Vance about weaponization of the Department of Justice.
I am fairly certain Dean Brewbaker will not, on the basis of my email alone, work on trying to hold a debate between Senator Britt and Professor Vance, but I think there is a chance it could happen if other emailers joined in.
Please let me know if Indivisible Mobile and its members wish to work with me on this.
As before, this email is addressed to Indivisible Mobile, with copies to the other recipients of the initial email in our email interchange, with the hopes of getting them as well to work on this.
Thanks very much for the interest you have shown in this matter.
Rob
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day)
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dean@law.ua.edu <dean@law.ua.edu>
Cc: clay_armentrout@britt.senate.gov <clay_armentrout@britt.senate.gov>; sean_ross@britt.senate.gov <sean_ross@britt.senate.gov>; Joyce Vance <jvance@law.ua.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 05:14:22 PM CST
Subject: Your meeting with Senator Britt and weaponization of the Department of Justice
Dear Dean Brewbaker,I saw the below on Senator Britt's Facebook.
Senator Katie Boyd Britt
It was great to meet with Dean Brewbaker and discuss the important work happening at the University of Alabama School of Law. As a proud alumn of the University of Alabama Law School, I’m always grateful to hear how this school continues to shape the next generation of legal professionals.
Dean Brewbaker, a great way for the University of Alabama School of Law to continue to shape the next generation of legal professionals would be for the law school to hold a debate between Senator Britt and Professor Joyce Vance about weaponization of the Department of Justice.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Sen. Katie Britt versus Prof. Joyce Vance)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: membership@birminghamindivisible.org <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>
Cc: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Contact Inbox <contact@indivisible.org>; info@birminghamindivisible.org <info@birminghamindivisible.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 07:16:52 AM CST
Subject: Re: Have you registered to attend No Kings III? Join Us!
Dear Birmingham Indivisible:
As I think you know, I am pushing hard for organized emailing to be done in the lead up to the March 28th No Kings day, as will publicize and increase the effectiveness of March 28th. Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day
Please contact me if Birmingham Indivisible and its members are interested in doing such emailing.
Thanks.
Rob Shattuck
(205) 967-5586
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On Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 09:30:48 AM CST, membership@birminghamindivisible.org <membership@birminghamindivisible.org> wrote:
We hope you plan to join us for what we hope will be our biggest rally yet, No Kings III,
which will be on March 28, 2026, at Railroad Park, here in Birmingham, from 12:00 to
2:00 PM (Gates open at 11:00)
We need your help as we resist the continuing slide into an authoritarian regime.
#1 – Volunteer! Without the help of many, many willing volunteers it is impossible to hold
a rally for five (or seven) thousand people in a way that is safe and beneficial. We need
helpers on all of our No Kings III teams. Click here to lend a hand.
#2 – If you haven’t registered to attend yet, Click here to register. Registration isn't required, but it allows us to plan for crowd size and ensures you receive any updates.
Given Birmingham’s history and the many marches for civil rights 60 years ago, we
hope you can join us in the struggle to reclaim our democracy as we march together for
our rights.
“Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around
We’re gonna keep on a-walking, keep on a-talking
Marchin’ on to Freedom land”
We look forward to seeing you at No Kings III.
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: info@birminghamindivisible.org <info@birminghamindivisible.org>
Cc: UnmuteAlabama <unmutealabama@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <bmarks@messerlikramer.com>; IndivisibleAthensAlabama@gmail.com <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; "indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com" <indivisibleathensalabama@gmail.com>; Wyatt Darley <wdarley@proton.me>; Alec Austin <alecaustinimportant@gmail.com>; Billie London <billielondon@bellsouth.net>; Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; rmardisiii@gmail.com <rmardisiii@gmail.com>; Contact Inbox <contact@indivisible.org>; info@birminghamindivisible.org <info@birminghamindivisible.org>
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 at 05:52:03 PM CDT
Subject: Trump DOJ Pushes to Sideline State Bar Ethics Investigations (3)
Dear Birmingham Indivisible
On March 5th, you posted on Facebook the link Trump DOJ Pushes to Sideline State Bar Ethics Investigations (3), and your Facebook post said, "LOOK WHAT DOJ IS UP TO NOW."
Yesterday, I sent the below email to the Alabama State Bar Executive Council, saying that the news of the Trump DOJ pushing to sideline state bar ethics investigations presented another opportunity for the Alabama State Bar to consider and speak to Alabamians about the extent to which Trump is seeking to destroy the rule of law in the United States.
My email also told the Alabama State Bar Executive Council about my email to Alabama School of Law Dean William Brewbaker urging the law school to hold a debate between Senator Britt and Professor Joyce Vance about weaponization of the Department of Justice, and saying the Alabama State Bar could help in getting such a debate held if it was so moved. I hope the Alabama State Bar is so moved.
As I have previously indicated, my emailing alone probably cannot achieve anything, and other emailers are needed to get desired attention, particularly regarding the March 28th No Kings day.
I hope some people besides myself will start doing emailing.
Thank you.
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Ben Alford <benajr@aol.com>; Virginia Applebaum <va.applebaum@gmail.com>; Margaret Behel <margaret.behel@gmail.com>; Beverly Berry <beverlyfayeberry@gmail.com>; Teresa Beverly <reporter25@comcast.net>; Will Boyd <bishopdrwillboyd@gmail.com>; Eddie Britton <eddiebritton2000@aol.com>; Cleburne County <bxraddddc@gmail.com>; Susan Cobb <susancobb47@gmail.com>; Mike Cotton <cmike7271@gmail.com>; Teresa Cotton <cottont20@yahoo.com>; Lamar County <johnsonbobjoe@email.com>; Betty Crowder <betty.crowder1948@gmail.com>; James Crowder <james.crowder1948@gmail.com>; DeKalb County <justinroyal7202@gmail.com>; Dorothy Dolasky <ddolasky@hotmail.com>; Lawrence County <marcuschls@yahoo.com>; Fayette County <richardwhite325@gmail.com>; Rick Neighbors <neighborsrick@gmail.com>; Keith Franks <sknarf1962@gmail.com>; Myra Franks <msannfranks@gmail.com>; Michelle French <french117@yahoo.com>; Ben Harris <chair@mobiledems.org>; Fred Hudson <fhudson200@gmail.com>; Carroll Hughes <carr_hughes@hotmail.com>; Shelia Jenkins <sheliayjenkins@gmail.com>; Chantie Johnson <chanterj@hotmail.com>; Margaret Johnson <cancan2369@gmail.com>; Rector Johnson <rectorjohnson@centurytel.net>; Judy Jones <jpaint1946@yahoo.com>; Debra Kingsmill <tommydebbie112@gmail.com>; James Kinsman <xxbodhizafaxx@gmail.com>; Lamar County <johnsonbobjoe@gmail.com>; Dexter Lowery <d.lowery0801@att.net>; Paula MacDougal <paulamacd1@gmail.com>; Marvie Marchbanks <marviemarchbanks@yahoo.com>; Marshall County <susanmc@charter.net>; Chris McCarty <cmccarty005@gmail.com>; Leslie McCarty <lmccarty950@gmail.com>; Tom McDaniel <tommcdaniel1969@gmail.com>; Judy Neighbors <jneighbors031948@gmail.com>; Amanda Pusczek <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Josh Raby <joshraby24@gmail.com>; Steve Rawson <srawson@comcast.net>; Vernon Lee Sanders II <tnvls064@gmail.com>; Gov Don Siegleman <govsiegelman@gmail.com>; Roosevelt Stowe <rooseveltstowe@hotmail.com>; Edna Sullins Jones <e.sullinsjones@gmail.com>; Leon Sullins <sully256@outlook.com>; Patricia Todd <reptodd@gmail.com>; Linda Turner <ltisgood@yahoo.com>; Tuscaloosa County <jtaylor8761@gmail.com>; John Underwood <bigjohn35555@yahoo.com>; Lisa Ward <lisaward22@gmail.com>; Walker County <tbowen725@outlook.com>; Shane Weaver <mshaneweaver@gmail.com>; Patricia Webb <patriciawebb35594@gmail.com>; Tony Wells <coolrambler2@gmail.com>; Gerry Whitman <1958sugar@gmail.com>; Gayla Wynn <gayla1234@charter.net>; Lynda Kirkpatrick <lyndamcdp@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2026 at 07:01:36 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Is Anyone Out There?
I thank again Lynda Kirkpatrick for including me (an Independent who was a Republican who voted for Trump in 2016 and who quickly turned against him) on her email list.
Lynda has her objectives, and currently I have the objective of getting organized emailing going in the lead up to the March 28th No Kings day. Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Emailing re March 28th No Kings day.
Please contact me if you wish to join in.
I may post this email in the foregoing link. If I do, and if you prefer that your email address not be shown in the post, please let me know, and I will abide by your wish.
Thanks.
Rob Shattuck
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On Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 01:52:54 PM CST, Lynda Kirkpatrick <lyndamcdp@gmail.com> wrote:
Is Anyone Out There?
Since August, 2017, after moving back to Alabama from living in beautiful North Carolina for over twenty-six years, one of the first things that I did was look up Susan Cobb, who was at that time Chair of the Marion County Democratic Party. She invited me to the next meeting and I was there with bells on! I immediately fell in love with these people. Susan is one of the sweetest people on earth and Rector Johnson who was the Vice Chair made a BIG impression on me. I met the awesome Carroll Hughes for the first time and the incredible Beverly Berry who is the best club secretary EVER!!! I knew that I had found my people!!!!
I jumped in with both feet. I started researching my District 4 Representatives and there is where I found Robert Aderholt. Since that time, I have stalked this man, followed his voting record and made it my personal mission to expose this man for the failure he is. I wrote to him to remind him that he represented one of the poorest Districts in Alabama. Why was he not working to help those who needed it? Why was he devoting so much of his time to The Fellowship, an organization of rich men and traveled all over Europe asking for the death penalty for the LGBTQ+? Why was he not in our schools to see that they do not have up to date computer labs and why are our teachers having to spend money out of their pockets for supplies to teach our children? Why was he not down in Lamar County pushing to get those folks a hospital? Why was he not showing up at places where he needed to be talking to people who he represented? Most of all, why was Robert Aderholt voting against the people in District 4 who elected him to put Bills on the floor to improve our way of life? Where was he when Bills were on the floor to provide for our Veterans? Aderholt was voting NO! Where was he when bills were put on the floor to improve healthcare for women? Aderholt was voting NO! Where was he when the Republicans were trying to privatize Social Security, cut Medicare and Medicaid? Aderholt was right there with them! When was he when over twenty million Americans lost their healthcare? Aderholt voted for it!!
For almost nine years now, I have been sending out emails, begging newspapers to print my articles, and going to every mic that would allow me to speak to tell voters who Robert Aderholt really is. Have any of you been listening? Have any of you bothered to go to a Democratic Party meeting? Have any of you taken the time to drive down to your precinct and vote? Yes, so many of you have but too many of you have not.
I have other Democrats asking me the same questions that I ask myself every day…..what more can I do….how do we reach the voters….do they not see what is happening to our country….why will they not VOTE? Do they not believe me? Do they not care?
It blows my mind to go to Walmart and see these old white men with their gray hair and walking canes wearing that ugly red hat! I want to stop and ask “Really?” Some of my best friends who I have known all my life are supporting the platform that would cut off their very existence. When you are living on a fixed income, depending on food stamps, and rental assistance to survive, please tell me why would you vote for a candidate who is openly telling you “We are cutting you off”? \
The “Christians.” God bless’em! Church in Alabama is more of a social event than a place to gather and praise our Lord. Mixed marriages in Alabama are not the Blacks, Whites or Hispanic, Native Americans who marry each other. It’s if the Baptist dares to marry a Catholic or a Jew! Where do they come up with this bigot idea that they are the only ones going to heaven? The preachers use their pulpits to tell their lies that if their church members vote for a Democrat, “You’re going to hell.” Don’t tell me that it is not happening. I have been there, heard it and walked out of the church.
My favorite Democrats are those of you who are so intimidated by the loudmouth MAGAs who tell you how stupid you are and nothing you believe in is the truth, and if you so much as think about voting for a Democrat, well, that’s it!! You will no longer be on their list for Christmas or be invited back to their cookouts! Sadly, this also includes many of our families who have made it very uncomfortable at Thanksgiving.
Those of you who fall into the slot of “closet Democrats” please go back in our history and see what you, the Democratic Party, has given to this country. Privileges and entitlements that EVERY American depends upon. The workers who are clocking in on a time clock and cuss a Union are ignorant. They would not have that paid vacation, 401k, safe working conditions, paid sick leave, or job protection if not for the labor laws that were passed by the Democratic Party. Women would not have a right to vote, or own their own land if not for those brave strong Democratic women before us who risked their lives to fight for our rights. So many things we take for granted in our everyday lives were because there was a Democrat somewhere who said “We need to fix this.” We should be so proud of our Party that on election day we should be driving down the streets blowing our car horns because a Democrat gave us the right to vote!
Why are the Democrats ignoring this election when it means that the State of Alabama under a Tuberville Administration will become the dumping ground of our country? Why do you think Gov Ivey is building all these new jails instead of new schools? Why are there so many people dying in our prisons?
For over twenty-six years I worked in the justice system of North Carolina. I have a tremendous respect for our Constitution and strongly believe that every human being is entitled to be treated equally. It still shocks me to think of what happened to my friend, former Gov. Don Siegleman. That was not justice. That was a political crucifixion of a great man who the Republicans knew they could not beat. They set out to destroy Gov Siegleman to keep him from becoming President of the United States. They may have succeeded in that but they failed to destroy the man he is today. They did not break his spirit or silence his words. They did not take his honor or his integrity.
“Oh they are all the same”. NO, we are not. Take Trump and stand him up beside President Obama and then tell me who has the class to be a leader. President Joe Biden is one of the best presidents we have ever had but his accomplishments are being tarnished by this jealous, childish, vindictive orange man who refuses to even hang his portrait in our White House. Trump can’t even give a speech without tearing down President Obama and/or President Biden. Why would anyone want someone so shallow to lead our country? The same can be said for Alabama. Why would anyone want a man like Tuberville to be our governor? The way to stop this is VOTE!!!
Where did I fail? What did I not say that needed to be said? Why are candidates like Aderholt being re-elected when he is NOT working for the people who he represents? Why do we have this child molester, convicted felon living in our White House and doing everything he can to destroy our democracy? How do we stop this madness that has taken over the common sense decency of this country?
Help me. Stop being afraid to speak up. It’s time to stand up. It’s time for Democrats to act like Democrats and stop rolling over for this insane intimidation by a bunch of MAGA idiots who do not deserve to be noticed. They are following a mental deranged man right down the dark hole so let them go! Remember who you are. Remember the walk over the bridge on Bloody Sunday. Remember the marches do demand equal rights. Remember the day our President was murdered and Dr. King was shot down like a dog. Remember every Native American who had their land stolen from them. Remember every slave who died because their skin was a different color. Remember every POW who never made it home and every Veteran who stood up for us. Now it’s time for us to stand up for them. Are you a Democrat or are you a coward?
Lynda Kirkpatrick
Marion County Democratic Party Chair
HD 17 Representative SDEC
*This article does not reflect the opinions of the Marion County Democratic Party
