The top-level post uses a gift link with a view count limit. When it runs out, an archived copy of the article is available. I’ll note that the article has been substantially expanded since initial publication, and the archived copy captures the expanded version, and not the as-initially-published version.
To summarize, what’s going on is that while many nominations only require 50 votes to end debate, diplomatic posts have generally relied on unanimous consent to end debate, and Senator Brian Schatz has announced that he will not be agreeing to unanimous consent on any of them, forcing a day or two debate in order to get them confirmed. Since the US has an ambassador to almost every country in the world, debating them all means spending a year or so doing ambassadorial confirmations, which is completely impractical, and unlikely to actually happen.
If it’s like mine, their main DC phone numbers is perpetually saturated, and the voicemail is full. You need to be looking up district offices and calling those, or better yet, showing up in-person with a bunch of other people
Edit: Per Senator Markey, there are now technical problems with the Senate phone system:
Makes showing up in-person at district offices incredibly important.
Show up in person and explain exactly what you want to see from them, and why it would benefit them. Then let them talk to the next person, who does the same. Make sure your representatives hear the same message again, and again, until it’s easier for them to do what you’re asking than not.
Hmm Musks people have been in all of the governments systems since last, and the phone don’t woke now?
At this point, I don’t know that it’s Musk, vs just an extraordinary volume of constituents calling in and overwhelming things.
Hopefully it’s just call volume
5calls.org will list the local regional office numbers as well. Agreed that if you can show up in person, that’s best.