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This is an exact quote from an email I recently received from an incumbent Democratic senator running in what is considered a vulnerable seat: “I'm running a true grassroots campaign fully powered by $250 and $500 donations from folks like you.” WTF?...
by Advocate for Dreams
on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 06:41 AM PDT
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It’s time to think about strategic donation. I tried to donate to about 6 trend-blue/tossup congressional or senate races in 2022. Don’t know if I chose well or had much of an effect. Tried to keep emotion out of it (except for rage about the SC Roe...
by Amanda1
on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 10:19 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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As many of you know, our darling dog Rosy died on Friday afternoon. On Sunday, I published a memorial diary for her, “ Goodbye to Rosy, our heart-and-soul dog ” which I hope all of you will ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
with 150 Recommends
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� Good morning to all Kossacks, Gnusies, and Visitors. The firehose of political news is wearing on me, but I wanted to focus on just a few themes. Yes, the SCOTUS decision allowing DJ Trump onto ...
by lemay50
on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
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Why would she have to drop out? The probability of a win won't be significantly less at that time than now. There isn't some secret list of every MAGA member. So small donors donating to her can't be removed from that list as it doesn't exist and it's...
by Dem
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 08:06 AM PST
with 17 Recommends
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Happy Tuesday morning, Gnusies! I have a lot of good news to share today but no particular theme to tie it all together, so let’s just get straight to it. Pour yourself a big mug of your ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
with 167 Recommends
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Happy Mardi Gras, Gnuville! I The motto of New Orleans, “Laissez les bon temps rouler” (Let the good times roll), is especially appropriate at Mardi Gras, when the good times roll all day and ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
with 148 Recommends
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Gnusie note : I’m recovering from a painful muscle strain, so I may not be around much this morning. Fortunately you know what to do: read, rec, comment, discuss, and add more good news!!
Good ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
with 157 Recommends
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My baby sister is a VP at a super regional bank and has offered to introduce you to their subsidiary which is a money processing service, to get Daily Kos set up to process donations instead of sending us all to Act Blue. I can’t see any reason why you...
by Angela Marx
on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 11:20 AM PST
with 37 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! I’ve found lots of hope-inspiring news nuggets for us today. 2024 is starting out with a lot of promise, despite some intractable problems. So pour yourself a big mug of ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 04:00 AM PST
with 165 Recommends
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From Timothy Snyder via Substack: It's hard to keep track of all of Russia's crimes in this war -- though good people are trying. The only way to stop all of them is to help Ukraine win the war. But there's one war crime that you personally can...
by xaxnar
on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 08:05 AM PST
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Good morning, Gnusies! We’ve all been thinking lately about Goodie’s upcoming DKos series highlighting all the great things that Biden has done during his first three years. And in that context, a piece I found on Press Watch jumped out at me —...
by arhpdx
on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
with 140 Recommends
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Greetings, Gnusies! Now that we’re only a few days from the end of 2023, it’s time to turn our backs on all the chaos and craziness of the past 12 months and look forward to all the progress we ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
with 155 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! In addition to all the tasty news nuggets I’ve found for you today, I have an announcement.
Drum roll, please…
Niftywriter is back!
Nifty will be writing GNRs ...
by arhpdx
on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
with 182 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! I found�lots of good news for you today, so grab a mug of your favorite morning beverage, find a comfortable seat, and let’s get right to it.�
Opening music
Since we’...
by arhpdx
on Tue Nov 14, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
with 134 Recommends
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Thomas B. Edsall, an American journalist and academic, wrote an outlandish opinion piece in the New York Times that claims small-dollar donations to political candidates are the real problem, not big money in politics. His piece was titled “Small...
by frankfaiola
on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 03:28 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! As usual, despite all the horrors trumpeted by mainstream media, I’ve found lots of overlooked good news to share with you. So settle into a comfortable chair with your ...
by arhpdx
on Wed Nov 01, 2023 at 04:00 AM PDT
with 158 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! I’m going to start off today with one of my favorite statements about political activism. It’s by Jill Lepore, a brilliant writer and historian whom I quote a lot. In fact,
by arhpdx
on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 04:00 AM PDT
with 157 Recommends
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Good morning, Gnusies! There’s a lot of good news to share today, so pour yourself a mug of your favorite morning beverage, settle into a comfortable chair, and enjoy some antidotes to the prevailing clickbait. The centerpiece of today’s intro is a...
by arhpdx
on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 04:01 AM PDT
with 164 Recommends
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Blue Sea wrote a very good diary on this issue for people just starting to give to campaigns and the like, but I wanted to offer advice for those who already have, and my comment quickly entered into diary territory, so here it is: This is great...
by Sean Robertson
on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 08:10 AM PDT
with 4 Recommends
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