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The tl-dr For the headline tl-dr above the fold if skimming this Diary, there’s been a serious and dangerous misunderstanding fuelling the proposed TikTok ban in the House panel (a lot of Dem votes) already costing us dearly, just when we have...
by Tweedledee5
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 08:30 PM PDT
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December 3, 2022, Bethesda 1971 Reporting on Boldly Going to Georgia Virtually 4:15 pm: Attended zoom orientation for phone banking through NextGen. Signed up at this link 4:30 pm: Started making calls. Very simple with “GetThru” App, which makes the...
by Bethesda 1971
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on Sat Dec 03, 2022 at 05:31 PM PST
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We are less than two weeks away from a midterm election that will test our freedoms like never before: our right to control our bodies, the future of our planet, the direction of education in our nation’s schools, gun control, and even whether we...
by Paul Hogarth
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on Thu Oct 27, 2022 at 06:30 PM PDT
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We’re just six weeks away from the midterm elections, and we have seen a huge influx of young people registering to vote because they're angry about the Supreme Court’s destruction of abortion rights in June. As Daily Kos’ Kerry Eleveld wrote this...
by Paul Hogarth
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on Tue Sep 27, 2022 at 07:31 AM PDT
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The first time I got involved in politics in a real way was the 2008 presidential election. A friend of mine convinced me to volunteer to make calls�in support of this junior senator from Illinois ...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Mon Jan 17, 2022 at 03:00 PM PST
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Here are some handy resources for the Virginia election coming up on November 2 — next Tuesday! Here’s a link for 90 for 90, an organization that seeks to register voters in every district in Virginia, though note that the deadline for registering for...
by RandomNonviolence
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on Tue Oct 26, 2021 at 09:57 AM PDT
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Joan’s Cafe has been phone banking since the Georgia Senate races. They have great support for first-timers and also welcome those with experience. Saturday S1 Phone-Bank, 7/24 4-6pm Eastern / 1-3pm Pacific There will be two different S1 campaigns to...
by RandomNonviolence
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on Wed Jul 21, 2021 at 05:55 PM PDT
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This week on The Brief: How AAPI voters helped deliver Georgia, crucial GOTV efforts for the runoffs On this week’s episode of The Brief, Cara Zelaya, Daily Kos’ social media coordinator, joined Markos Moulitsas as a guest cohost. The pair opened the show by talking about “hidden deplorable”
by Dorothy He
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on Wed Dec 02, 2020 at 05:15 AM PST
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Americans voted decisively for Biden-Harris. We are likely to see (once California is done) a more than five million vote margin victory. The percentage win might rival President Obama’s 52.93% in 2008 when counting is done. Despite Trump’s...
by A Siegel
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on Thu Nov 05, 2020 at 06:56 AM PST
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After an exhausting�weekend of discord unleashed by the Stochastic Terrorist in Chief and his evil spawn, I thought it might be therapeutic�to provide an update on the exemplary actions of a true ...
by highonthehill
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on Mon Nov 02, 2020 at 05:00 AM PST
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On a Brooklyn street a small boy is speaking to a man seated on the sidewalk six feet away, both masked, of course. The boy’s mom also stands six feet away, and you can tell she’s smiling under her mask. The boy is dictating to the man, an NYU...
by Bethesda 1971
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on Sun Nov 01, 2020 at 12:38 PM PST
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Bruce Springsteen says everything you need to hear. Please, spend Sunday doing what you can to help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and Democratic Party candidates DOWN THE BALLOT win their seats this Election season. It’s down the wire time,...
by Angela Marx
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on Sun Nov 01, 2020 at 01:21 AM PST
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Well, I found that title photo in the Image Library from 2018, so I guess it’s happened before. But I just got such a kick out of this.� It made my night —�check it out.
by gharlane
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on Sun Nov 01, 2020 at 07:30 AM PST
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All eyes are on Florida — trust us, we feel it — and we are working our butts off. CNN has identified Duval County as the tip of the Blue Wave Spear — so Help us get our Democrats to the Polls. It's an all...
by HM1028
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on Thu Oct 29, 2020 at 01:38 PM PDT
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I have received emails asking me to phone bank for candidates all over the country, but since I live in Arizona, one of the target states this year, I have been phone banking for the AZ Democratic party and for a group that is concentrating on the...
by ramara
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on Fri Oct 23, 2020 at 01:02 PM PDT
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I’m sure you’ve seen countless posts, ads, and emails about the importance of getting out the vote for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democratic candidates who could flip the U.S. Senate. Those aren’t the only important races this year, though:...
by Sarah Hogg
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on Wed Oct 21, 2020 at 08:21 AM PDT
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Hello, friends! I am new to the DailyKos community, and I am so excited to be here!
I know we’re all feeling frantic right now, but I hope you’ll indulge me and let me tell you a little story ...
by FriendsVoteTogether
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on Mon Oct 19, 2020 at 11:39 AM PDT
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Something's happening in Texas that most media outlets are not picking up: Folks are registering to vote in droves, which could turn the state blue. In Travis County (which includes liberal Austin and suburbs), a staggering 97% of its roughly 850,000...
by Paul Hogarth
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on Thu Oct 15, 2020 at 07:22 AM PDT
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If you want to make the leap to phone banking (or learn more about it) but have some hesitations for any reason, come to a training that I'm co-leading tomorrow. You can register now here for the session on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1pm Pacific. Here’s...
by dsb
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on Fri Oct 09, 2020 at 03:45 PM PDT
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The polls may be looking very good for Joe Biden, but we cannot be complacent. Because if Republicans can disqualify enough ballots, Donald Trump could still win. Sign up to call Pennsylvania voters on Monday or Tuesday and walk them through the...
by Paul Hogarth
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on Fri Oct 09, 2020 at 10:32 AM PDT
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