At least 317 people have voted in the 2024 elections.
Tracking @electproject vote totals at https://www.erlywrm.com/ because it's more fun than polls and actually counts!
At least 317 people have voted in the 2024 elections.
Tracking @electproject vote totals at https://www.erlywrm.com/ because it's more fun than polls and actually counts!
One thing I can't stop thinking about is how abortion bans don't just run off good doctors; they bring in the kind of doctors who believe in bans.
One of the many excellent points I've only heard Robin Marty make.
Looking for ONE THING you can do today to make sure democracy wins in November?
Wake up to something you can do every day until the last vote is counted at https://www.erlywrm.com
THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS
TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY!
48 DAYS UNTIL THE LAST VOTES ARE IN
FIRST, please remind everyone you know to remind everyone they know to check their registration at https://vote.gov
Then we have some simple actions you can take today and some important deadlines.
I've had a simple formula since March, and I think it stands even with a new Democratic nominee:
If we’re talking about fear and punishing people and keeping people down and out, this election is Donald Trump’s to lose.
https://www.theframelab.org/if-2024-is-about-freedom-trump-loses/
Misunderstandings about the Mueller Report haunt everything about US politics. Marcy clears so much up in this episode.
While it might drift from the BoT mission to reveal how Trump trained Republicans to hate the rule of law, I think it documents Trump's greatest weapon in that effort: pardons.
This is “a story about Donald Trump and JD Vance being dishonest to their core and flagrantly racist — and intentionally trying to divide Americans against each other and incite violence against immigrants.” - @foser
https://www.findinggravity.net/p/jd-vance-admits-lying-about-immigrants
In case you're wondering how bad of an idea it is, Betsy DeVos is talking up the Trump/Project 2025 plan to end the Department of Education.
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49 DAYS UNTIL THE LAST VOTES ARE IN
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The home stretch is here.
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Trump/Vance wanted this election to be about two things:
1. Calling Biden a beta
2. Strategic racism and scaremongering about immigrants to divide us so billionaires can loot us and fundamentalists can oppress us
Take away #1, and here we are.
Trying to imagine what the New York Times front page would look like if Biden preemptively dropped out of the next debate in the immediate aftermath of his feeble, widely panned last debate performance.
Oddly enough, young men were the same target audience Trump was after when they picked JD Vance. Wonder where Russia got its polling data this time. https://www.wired.com/story/project-good-old-usa-russia-2024-election/
At this point in history, "fact checks" are just vouching for Trump's lies. Fact checkers should step up or step off.
New from me in @gilduran and @georgelakoff's FrameLab.
https://www.theframelab.org/why-are-fact-checks-vouching-trumps-lies/
Also, here is a quick word for the earlyworm society, where I've hired myself to work full-time for democracy.
We aim to use doomscrolling for good by connecting takes with daily action.
If you're interested, please join--free or paid, your support matters.
Ok, I'll stop now and beg you to consider any of our Downballot for Democracy menu items.
I'm only pushing these because I believe that if you have some money to spend, these races allow you to do the most good now while pursuing the fewest possible regrets in November.
And I'll put in a word about The Good Fight NC with its (too?) modest goal. I just became a supporter and I believe we could help them surpass their target.
This is a chance to crack the GOP's undemocratic hold on this state.
https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/glWhjmB/The-Good-Fight-NC
This is one of @charlesgaba's Blue24.org fundraisers. But it's dear to my heart, so I thought I'd mention it.
Charles made a list of key Supreme Court candidates who are hugely important in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. Huge opportunities.
Keeping Michigan is both about winning the state and keeping our trifecta. But it's also about rewarding state legislators who won and did as much good as possible.
That happened in Michigan after Democrats took a trifecta by a mere swing of 340 votes in 2022.
https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/8y7hmJ7/Keeping-Michigan