Indivisibles,

With everything from impeachment to last week’s Iowa caucuses to releasing
new general election plans, this week might be shaping up to be another
busy week for our movement. So before we get into this week’s to-dos, we
wanted to pause and take a look at the amazing response.

We want to give a very genuine thank you to our movement for your ability
to come together in times of crisis. The amount of engagement and support
we’ve seen for this project has been overwhelming: over 28,000 people have
stepped up to fund this work in just a week and a half. Over 137,000
people have visited our website. More than 35,000 people have signed up to
be part of this campaign. But our work isn’t over -- we’ve got nine months
to supercharge the movement that will take back the Senate.

A few quick updates:

If you haven’t seen it yet, our [ [link removed] ]Payback Project website is officially
live! It’s a great hub for details on our plans, tactics, and targets. We
all have friends and loved ones who are angry or hurt or scared and don’t
know what to do -- this website is a great place to send them to get
started fighting back.

Since we launched, just 16 days ago, we've raised over $812,000 in
grassroots donations. That's an average of over $50,000 per day. 

This has been by far our biggest campaign for recruiting new grassroots
donors with almost 12,000 first-time gifts.

Supporters have gotten involved from every single state, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. And the most common occupation of our new
donors… wait for it: public school teachers!

Also, did we mention volunteers have already sent more than 89,000 texts
so far to Colorado voters to hold Sen. Cory Gardner accountable for his
acquittal vote and will start texting Arizona voters this week? 

Ezra, one of our co-executive directors, was on All In with Chris Hayes
last Wednesday night to talk about our work, and we heard great feedback.
[ [link removed] ]Take a look at the clip, then share it with your social networks to
help us get the word out.

[ [link removed] ]alt text: Ezra Levin on All In with Chris Hayes

Look, we weren’t able to stop Republican senators from "acquitting" Trump
despite the mounting evidence, but what we can do is vote Trump and all
his GOP flunkies out of office and take back the Senate and White House
from these traitors. 

The impeachment process is just the latest in a string of GOP injustices.
Senate Republicans have been working for years to destroy democratic norms
and hold up progressive change in favor of benefitting a few super-wealthy
interests. It’s time to fight back -- and we are.

Ready to talk about how we’re going to win? [ [link removed] ]Here’s our plan:

 1. Build awareness & accountability.
 2. Boost local political power.
 3. Organize to win.
 4. Get out the vote.



[ [link removed] ]Give now to defeat these Republicans and fund our work to take back the
Senate!



And now, let’s get to those to-dos (only a few this week as we watch and
wait for more primary results):

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 Your weekly to-dos 

 1. [ [link removed] ]Vote on the Payback Project’s first newspaper ad. We’re going to
place a full-page newspaper ad in one of our target states, showcasing
a senator’s bad vote on impeachment and funneling people directly into
our payback plans. Who do you most want to see voted out? Vote and let
us know.
 2. Text PAYBACK to 977-79 and join this fight right now. Even in the two
weeks since we launched this project, we’ve already seen twists and
turns and had to drop everything to respond to new Republican schemes.
We know that’s not going to stop, which is why we need even more folks
texting, donating, and joining local groups as we continue to get
payback from now until the election!
 3. [ [link removed] ]Send a Letter to the Editor calling on the Senate to pass H.R. 1.
Watching Donald Trump get off scot-free was a sad moment for our
democracy. Now we need to focus on what we can do to repair our
Democracy. The House has already passed H.R. 1 (the For the People
Act), a major pro-democracy bill, but Republicans in the Senate refuse
to bring it up for a vote. That's where you come in. Our friends at
the Declaration for American Democracy have put together a helpful
Letter to the Editor tool that you can use to raise this important
issue with your local newspapers.
 4. [ [link removed] ]If your group has endorsed a candidate locally, nominate that
candidate for a national endorsement! We have five more waves of
endorsements planned in March, April, June, July, and October. We’ll
accept nominations on a rolling basis throughout the election cycle.
If you’d like to submit for the next round, groups have until 11:59pm
PT on Thursday, February 20, to submit candidates for the third round
of endorsements.

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 2020 Update 

Last week, the Iowa Caucus officially kicked off the 2020 Democratic
primary season! And if Iowa gave us any indication of how the rest of the
process will go, we’ve got a long and contentious road to the nomination.
Not sure what we’re talking about? Read on to find out what went down in
Iowa and what you can do to get involved and impact the primary season
moving forward:

* [ [link removed] ]What happened at the Iowa Caucus? We’re going to be brutally
honest: the Iowa Caucus was messy and the results were muddled.
Here’s what we know so far:

* Buttigieg and Sanders did well, but they didn’t pull off an
overwhelming victory. Buttigieg outperformed national
expectations, resulting in a bump in New Hampshire polling.
* Warren performed on-par with expectations, but her performance
in Iowa hasn’t made a significant impact on her New Hampshire
prospects.
* Biden [ [link removed] ]“took a gut punch.” He is not expected to perform
well in New Hampshire, which will mean two successive flops in
the early days of the primaries.  

As of today, 100% of precincts are reporting, but reporting errors have
led several news organizations to refrain from calling the Iowa race. The
Iowa Democratic party’s allocation of national delegates gives Buttigieg
14, Sanders 12, Warren 8, Biden 6, and Klobuchar 1. The Sanders campaign
stated that it will be requesting a [ [link removed] ]partial recanvass of results, but
hasn’t indicated how many precincts would be contested.

* [ [link removed] ]Did you catch Friday’s debate in New Hampshire? It was predicted
to be pretty lively, and didn’t disappoint. Sen. Warren delivered some
of the more memorable lines of the night by leaning into her
intersectional approach to policy, while Sen. Sanders continued to
make the case for progressive electability. Meanwhile, Vice President
Biden was intentional about lowering his expectations for New
Hampshire, and Mayor Buttigieg struggled to address his record on race
in South Bend, IN.

* [ [link removed] ]After the confusion of the Iowa Caucus, all eyes are on New
Hampshire. Polls for the first-in-the-nation primary open Tuesday
morning and close between 7 and 8pm EST later that night. Polling
averages show Sanders with a healthy lead over the rest of the
frontrunners, with Buttigieg in second, Warren in third, Biden in
fourth, and Klobuchar is fifth. Want to improve your candidate’s
chances in New Hampshire? There’s still time for you to make an impact
in this primary and your home-state’s contest. Check out Indivisible’s
[ [link removed] ]"How to Impact the Primary" resource for more info on what you can
do. Not sure who to support? [ [link removed] ]Take a look at our scorecard and see
how the candidates stack up.



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 Support the Payback Project 

It’s been just over two weeks since we launched the Payback Project, and
already over 137,000 people have visited our website. More than 35,000
people have signed up to be part of this campaign. But our work isn’t over
-- we’ve got nine months to supercharge the movement that will take back
the Senate.

We’re hard at work planning all the ways to do that -- we’re running
trainings for volunteers to text voters in key states, doing press
outreach to bring more people into the movement, and running our first
newspaper ad in Arizona. None of that’s possible without grassroots
funding. [ [link removed] ]Can you chip in $10 to take back the Senate and support all
our work this year?



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 IndivisiWin of the Week 

 

This weekend, Indivisibles in Colorado held a Planet In
Peril Climate Forum for the candidates running for
Senate in 2020.

Alright! Be sure to keep watch for new and exciting ways that you can get
involved and hold this entire administration and its lackeys accountable.
You can do that by getting the attention of your member of Congress,
finding exciting candidates to support and endorse, and continuing to
fight for the values that this movement cares about. 

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

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