An unprecedented number of real progressive organizations that aim to stop fast track are embarking on dozens of press conferences, rallies, bird-dogging, canvassing and phone banking over the next few weeks. Let's kick off the action with our best #NoFastTrack Twitterstorm yet! Sample tweets below:
Sample Tweets
(For Thursday)
Join the #NoFastTrack for the #TPP Twitterstorm TODAY fr 1-2 pm Eastern. Sample tweets here:
http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2015/04/join-nofasttrack-twitterstorm-for.html
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There's nothing sweet enough to make lost jobs and lower wages from #TPP easy to swallow http://on.wsj.com/18iJEvf via @WSJ #FightFastTrack
Why on earth does the US want a trade deal with Vietnam, a country whose economy is centrally planned and rigged #NoFastTrack #TPP
Seattle says #NoFastTrack in unanimous City Council vote. Congress needs to stop #TPP in its tracks too http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/city-council-opposes-fast-track-for-pacific-rim-trade-pact/
Trans-Pacific Partnership deal will screw workers and consumers alike @KatrinaNation http://wapo.st/19F4CEc #NoFastTrack #TPP
Another TPP myth: post-NAFTA improved US trade deficit. Not quite! shar.es/1gpEFd via @EconomicPolicy #NoFastTrack #TPP
Learn from history: Fast track leads to trail of broken promises http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/237227-broken-promises-on-trade#.VRl1ugRXIeo.twitter #NoFastTrack #TPP
Fact check @USTradeRep: @sierraclub @greenpeaceusa & other enviro orgs say #NoFastTrack #TPP: http://bit.ly/1AO239B pic.twitter.com/PSplqzU80F
.@USTradeRep tells another 4 Pinocchio: #TPP will help women. Take action for #NoFastTrack: http://stopfasttrack.com pic.twitter.com/ai3KfcPGn7
US farmers join chorus, say free-trade lemmings are perilously close to the cliff @NFUDC http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/237508-free-trade-lemmings-are-perilously-close-to-the-cliff #NoFastTrack #TPP
If the #TPP really has the 'strongest' labor and environmental standards, why does @USTradeRep keep the text secret? pic.twitter.com/bNSpze4Xro
Unions and enviros aren't the only ones who say #NoFastTrack for #TPP. So do the Nuns on the Bus. pic.twitter.com/pKnJemznCP
Jim Hightower calls #TPP a wage-destroying, environment-killing, sovereignty-sucking scam. He’s right. #NoFastTrack http://lacrossetribune.com/print-specific/columns/tpp-looks-like-another-nafta-on-the-fast-track/article_facb1e25-542f-5b1c-a9e9-1804d49446a2.html
It’s only fake progressives who support #TPP. Find out why real progressives say #NoFastTrack. http://www.realpcaj.org/
Make a call to Senator @RonWyden to stop the #TPP: http://bit.ly/1BFRkSo #p2 pic.twitter.com/ho8TlA9o7F
Fast track for the #TPP means bye-bye to US sovereignty. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/leaked-tpp-investment-chapter-reveals-serious-threat-user-safeguards #NoFastTrack
