First: Shana tova to all of our friends who are celebrating the new year.
So. That hurt. A lot. I was feeling stoic and a bit numb on Friday (thank goodness I don't have cable or I'd have been a wreck). However this was the post that broke me yesterday:
And here I am crying AGAIN. Ugh.
This amazing human, this five-foot-one force of nature, dedicated her entire life to fighting for the disadvantaged and oppressed. Imagine how much she sacrificed in this endeavor; there are no words to describe the debt we owe her.
But you know what we can do? We can bust our butts for the next 44 days to make sure we carry out her dying wish.
Don't agonize. Organize.
This is not a drill. If we can't shut this down, there will be no next time. We already know to call and email both of our senators; Feinstein needs to drape that body across the SCOTUS steps if necessary. Every tool at their disposal, etc. (Of course we said this for Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, too. Don't get your hopes up for any grand gestures.)
However, some senate R's know their strategy here is hypocritical at best. We only need to knock off four votes, and Collins and Murkowski have hinted they'll fold. (Of course, I trust them both as far as I can throw them.) If we elect Mark Kelly in AZ, he could be sworn in as early as late November. Another vote. If you have friends and family in red states, please ask them to call call call (especially Collins, Murkowski, Graham, and Grassley).
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I've been texting with Resistance Labs and encourage you all to try it. There are usually multiple campaigns going on at once, so you can decide whether you want to text to chase ballots in NC, get felons' fines paid off so they can vote in FL, get purged voters to re-register in TX, etc. etc. There's a ton of hand-holding, which helps a lot. We'll be scheduling a weekly text bank very soon, hopefully with our friends at Action SF! Please sign up at their volunteer link here, get on their Slack channel and sign up for a texting account with Spoke, and you'll be ahead of the game for our text banks. Highly recommend--even the phone-phobic among us can make a big difference.
OR! Get starting texting for Biden here: https://democrats.org/text-out-the-vote/
Other hubs to find ways to get involved every day:
https://grassrootsdems.org/
https://democrats.org/
https://demaction.us/
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FRIENDS! I get a LOT of mail, fundraising asks, candidates, campaigns, etc.--about 100 items a day. It's impossible to keep up, much less break down for everyone who to support and where to donate. I'm doing my best to pass along some things I think you might find interesting, and appreciate your patience and understanding; please do your homework and decides what speaks to you. (If I've missed anything here, my apologies--hit me up and I'll add it next time.)
https://americavotes.org/
https://swingleft.org/
https://www.paybackproject.org/
https://poweredxpeople.org/
https://www.techforcampaigns.org/
https://www.voterparticipation.org/
https://votefwd.org/
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Kathleen M. (the goddess) let us know about a voter protection informational call, directly following our Zoom meeting at 3. They're looking for attorneys AND non-attorneys willing to be trained up to help! If you're able, hop on this call! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHoU8HNQbqrlGu75f5pb5mRsmcDsfGyFtM2P2kNaPxXDDuLw/viewform or [email protected].
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It's been the consensus in our weekly Zoom that we'll give our MOC's a break from our monthly meetings while we're focused on the election. However, I'd like you (and them!) to know that we're still keeping them on their toes. Let me know if there are issues you'd like answers on, and we'll start putting some asks together.
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You know I hate to ask, but sadly activism ain't free and it costs about $150 a month to keep us afloat (and I am currently COVID-unemployed). Remember this is OUR group, folks! Please help if you can. Paypal/venmo/cashapp is [email protected].
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As always, we have our Sunday Zoom meeting today from 2-3. No need to register, just click this link. Join us to shed a tear for RBG and get inspired for the rest of this fight.
May her memory be a revolution.
