Tell Joe Manchin: Don’t run third party against Biden!

Sunday Dose of Democracy:

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump's defense dealt fatal blow in disqualification case
Republicans are telling themselves that the only way Trump gets disqualified is if he gets criminally convicted — but as it turns out, that's DEFINITELY not true.

Take Action: Disbar the 15 state attorneys general who dispute the 2020 election!

Democrats built an influencer economy. Can it save Joe Biden?
Curious about how effecting policy change really works behind the scenes in this brave new world we're living in? The good folks at Semafor give a nice glimpse behind the curtain with none other than atAdvocacy's very own founder and CEO Stuart Perelmuter, discussing what's at stake in 2024, how politicians and political organizations cut through the white noise in a fractured media landscape, and the role influencers have played and will continue to play in shaping the future.

Take Action: Tell Republicans to keep their hands off the Affordable Care Act!

ALERT: McConnell on the cusp of convincing Senate Democrats to sell out human rights
United We Dream: Senate Republicans are primed to score one of their biggest victories on one of their most insidious agenda items. In negotiations for war aid, Democrats are signaling a willingness to trade away immigrant and asylum protections — a move that would immediately condemn many to death and untold masses to a life of suffering. It is absolutely unacceptable for Democratic leaders to enable this Trumpian scheme to persecute those in the most need. Please add your name to demand Democrats stay strong against the MAGA agenda!

Video footage of "elite" Louisville police force pelting pedestrians with drinks from cars released
Folks, this is hard to stomach but not even remotely surprising, given the history and recent track record of the Louisville Metro Police Department. The "Ninth Mobile" or VIPER unit of LMPD were supposed to be elite, whatever that means. In reality, they were vindictive "jump-out boys," like so many similar units across the nation. Notorious for brutality, abusing authority, and dragnet-style policing that has infuriated local communities, these knuckledraggers' antics finally got the serious attention they deserved when the bozos were discovered to be recording themselves driving around the city randomly targeting and assaulting civilians by throwing slushies and extra-large soft drinks at them from unmarked vehicles — petty, crude cruelty simply for the sake of it. And if you think this sort of behavior is an isolated incident, well, we've got a bridge to sell you. This is what millions upon millions in taxpayer dollars is going to fund. Keeping the peace, eh?

Take Action: Demand Clarence Thomas recuse himself in Trump disqualification case

The United States' National Flood Insurance Program is a trainwreck
"Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968 as a way for the federal government to bear a risk that private companies wouldn’t. Since then, Uncle Sam has backed the vast majority of flood insurance policies in the United States. Yet it is impossible to buy or renew such plans directly with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the program. Instead, the government relies upon a network of private companies to sell and service its policies — and hands them nearly one-third of the premiums the program brings in. Lately, that’s come to almost $1 billion a year. The program is plagued by low participation rates and is deep in debt. How its run has often drawn scrutiny, and earlier this year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed legislation that would, among other things, cap the compensation paid to private brokers, who do not take on any risk. There also have been calls for FEMA to sell policies directly to consumers. Proponents of such changes say they would make it easier, and potentially cheaper, for property owners to obtain coverage, while saving taxpayers money. FEMA and insurance companies say it isn’t quite that straightforward."