Pass the Pump
See Shell. We Shall. Fill Up No More!
Say it loud. Say it proud. And get the 'grease' out of our government.
My Voice + Your Voice = Our Country
NOT CORPORATIONS. NOT FOREIGN NATIONS. NOT ALGORITHMS. NOT AI.
CITIZENS UNITED = CITIZENS DIVIDED. Because they know: me divided by you cannot stand. But me + you is not equal to corporations.
How This Works
By all of us skipping past Shell, we force CEO Wael Sawan to take the pledge: "Shell Pledges to Get Our Money Out of Your Government." On YouTube. For all of us to see.
- See a Shell station
- Leave Shell
- Fill up Anywhere Else
Until They Comply — We Will Drive By...
The Candidate Pledge
For candidates in the upcoming elections — "I pledge to co-sponsor legislation to:"
- Pass the DISCLOSE Act — force all political spending over $10K into the open.
- Make fossil fuel subsidies conditional — any company that spends on politics loses their Section 263(c) tax deduction. Drill or lobby. Not both.
- Make lobbying non-deductible — corporations can't write off buying Congress.
- Support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
35 Senate seats up in November 2026. On this there are no sides... Only US!
The Receipts
Receipt 1 — THE LIFEBOAT: In 1991, Shell made a film called "Climate of Concern." They warned of floods, extreme weather, rising seas. Then they spent three decades funding climate denial. And quietly raised their own oil rigs higher out of the water! They built themselves a lifeboat while telling us the ship wasn't sinking.
Receipt 2 — THE CELEBRATION: In 2022, Shell posted $39.9 BILLION — their highest profit in 115 years. They didn't lower prices. They didn't increase supply. They bought back their own stock. Our inflation wasn't an accident. It was their business model!
Receipt 3 — THE DOUBLE CHARGE: Every gallon you buy, you pay for twice. $40 at the pump. $20 BILLION per year in oil subsidies on your taxes. They spend $7M/yr lobbying Congress to keep a tax loophole from 1913 alive.
A Note About The Franchisees
The hard workers and franchise owners aren't the enemy. They wake up early and work really late. They built something from nothing. They serve their community every single day. Honk when you drive past. Wave. Let them know this isn't about them — it's about the name on the sign above their head. And when the parent company pledges, we will come back — louder and prouder than before.
This isn't about their Profit.
It's about their Brand. And about us finally taking a stand.
For we are the UNITED States... Real Citizens United.
One company at a time. Until they all comply. They've been playing a shell game with our money. Now we're playing one with their brand.
Who are we?
We are every single American that is sick and tired of watching our country being sold to the highest bidders — both foreign and domestic. No one owns this movement. No one is asking for money. No one is getting paid. The only costs are running this website, which has the singular duty of uniting all of our voices into an undeniable force for change. It has been said that most Americans have way more in common than divides us. And on this one issue... All Americans Agree...
OUR COUNTRY IS NOT FOR SALE!
The mathematics of coordination.
The Universal Interaction Principle:
C = A · p(1−p) · Ω(φ)
In Pass the Pump terms: C = Coordination (our power when we act together). A = Available Resources (every American with a car). p(1−p) = The Tension (change peaks when enough of us are engaged). Ω(φ) = Coherence (we move in the same direction, at the same moment, with the same message). Alone — nothing. Millions of us, same week, same message — everything. That's not a slogan. That's the math. Learn more at timefornewideas.com.
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