Welcome Coach Walz to the fray, and KOSA on pause
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We have a running mate! Let’s elect Harris-Walz this fall
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Vice President Harris has announced that Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her running mate in the 2024 presidential campaign.
Since Vice President Harris took over at the top of the Democratic ticket, her campaign and her base have been suffused with joy and exuberance, and Governor Walz has only added to that. These are public servants who want to help us meet our needs so we can thrive and be happy.
This is our opportunity to use this positive momentum and optimism to galvanize voters behind the progressive values Harris and Walz fulfill. We’re the party of free speech, reproductive freedom, stable housing, good jobs, healthy families, and common-sense safety laws—governance that works for everyone. We’re confident that the Harris-Walz administration, with a Democratic Congress at their back, will build on the progress of the Biden-Harris administration and do even more to deliver safety, health, and prosperity for us all.
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We did it! We stopped KOSA—for now…
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Last week, the Senate passed the censorship and surveillance bill deceptively labeled the “Kids Online Safety Act.” Read our call script ([link removed]) for more information about it and why we and numerous other organizations were against it.
This week, the House’s Republican leadership announced that they will not take up the bill for passage—so in this Congress, at least, KOSA is dead ([link removed]) . Young people who use the internet to find knowledge and community and all of us who want a free and open public square can breathe a sigh of relief.
That said, bills do get regularly reintroduced in subsequent Congresses and this one had a frighteningly high amount of bipartisan support in the Senate. If KOSA gets reintroduced next year, we will need to continue to drive home to our Members of Congress—including freshman senator Adam Schiff—that this bill would do terrible harm and no good. It has the potential to make all of us less free while harming kids the most, so Democrats should change course and do the right thing next Congress.
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Keeping up the pressure to Save Rooftop Solar
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SB 1374, which would restore Net Metering and allow schools and renters to benefit from rooftop solar, is being heard in the Appropriations Committee TODAY! Our Assemblymember Haney is on the committee, and we need you to call him if you haven’t already!
Call Asm. Haney and tell him: ([link removed]) Vote YES on SB 1374!
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If you’re interested in participating in activities like drafting letters to our Members of Congress and developing our strategy for influencing them, the Indivisible SF Federal Working Group ([link removed]) is where it happens. Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 13, 7:30 PM.
TODAY: Bay Area Coalition Phone Banks to CA, NV, and AZ: Wednesday, August 7, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through October 30). Join to help elect Adam Gray in CA-13 and Rudy Salas in CA-22. This phone bank also calls into swing states Nevada and Arizona. RSVP here. ([link removed])
TODAY: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) The Many over MAGA: Wednesday, August 7, 5–6 PM (and August 21). Join SURJ for a 1-hour session to learn how you fit into SURJ’s work to stop MAGA and build the power of our movements to deliver change for the long haul, and get clear steps to taking action with SURJ—including a preview of how their phone banks work (and how they’re different that what you might think!). RSVP here. ([link removed])
TRUE to BLUE Phone Banks supporting Democrats in 2024: Saturday, Aug 10, 1–3 PM. We join the California Democratic Party to make calls to voters in the Central Valley in CA #22 (Rudy Salas) and #13 (Adam Gray) to talk about voting in 2024. RSVP here. ([link removed])
Indivisible SF Federal Working Group: Tuesday, August 13, 7:30 PM. Join us to discuss strategy to influence our Members of Congress and the Biden-Harris administration to enact a progressive agenda. RSVP here. ([link removed])
** About this week’s photo
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If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is a photo of Gov. Tim Walz at yesterday’s campaign rally, taken by Matt Rourke for AP. It was featured in the Yahoo News live update ([link removed]) on the VP announcement and rally.
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