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Today was “The Big Event” at my college and we listened to boring speeches, had a donut and got sent to a middle school to clean the outside of the building.� We only spent about 2 hours there, ...
by Mortifyd
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on Sat Mar 25, 2023 at 04:40 PM PDT
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I’m a winner. Okay, technically if you looked at the trajectory my life has taken you’d see that I’m not a winner. By many of the standards set by man I’m really a loser. But, I’m a winner. I can call myself a winner because my favorite team – the...
by RickElia
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on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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As has been frequently endorsed here on DailyKOS, one excellent way to motivate voters to get to the polls is via Vote Forward. The impact of these hand-written letters is huge! If you want to see a summary of their effectiveness go here:...
by mt41w
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on Tue Oct 18, 2022 at 03:45 PM PDT
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I’m still testing positive for Covid, so while my husband goes to Maryland to practice with his band, it’s a good time to be writing postcards. A few weeks ago, just before the price of postage went up, I bought $150 worth of stamps, both postcard and...
by JamieG from Md
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on Sat Sep 10, 2022 at 06:18 PM PDT
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Climate chaos is hitting us now. It’s not 2000 anymore. We are not talking about future impacts. It’s here. It’s getting worse. It won’t get better until we stop treating our air as an infinite exhaust dump. Republicans have long obstructed climate...
by greenandblue
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on Thu Nov 03, 2022 at 10:59 AM PDT
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Let’s start by demolishing an�abortion myth, shall we? I am not an Ob/Gyn, but I can look one up on the Internet.� First a little background : As most of you probably know by now, the strictest ...
by elenacarlena
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on Sat Aug 06, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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First drop — It all started this past 4th of July. I had gotten postcards to write for the Herb Jones for Congress - District 1 in Virginia and after recent Supreme Court decisions, didn’t feel like celebrating a “normal” 4th of July. I decided to go...
by pattioric
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on Thu Aug 04, 2022 at 07:51 PM PDT
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VOLUNTEER/DONATE AT Kansansforfreedom.com From KCUR Anxious about Kansas vote, Missouri residents campaign to defeat abortion amendment The vote on the abortion amendment will determine if the procedure remains protected by the Kansas Constitution....
by clinical12
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on Sat Jul 23, 2022 at 07:32 AM PDT
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538 says it will be close. Please help out and tell pro choice folks in Kansas to VOTE NO on August 2nd. Early Voting has started. Volunteer/Donate at kansansforfreedom.com From 538 “The Abortion Vote In Kansas Looks Like It’s Going To Be Close A new...
by clinical12
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on Wed Jul 20, 2022 at 08:38 PM PDT
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Seven or eight hundred letters so far. I remember Kos saying that we had to leave it all on the road back when Obama was running for office. I believe that it is even more imperative now to do everything, EVERYTHING that each one of us can do to get...
by wren
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on Mon May 16, 2022 at 09:39 PM PDT
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Welp, folks, now that the right to abortion and the entire right to privacy may be about to be demolished,�it’s past time to realise that we need our candidates to win the popular vote over and ...
by elenacarlena
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on Sat May 07, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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With a nod to the current top story on DKos list, I wish to share a different kind of story because I believe that she was correct in doing what she had to do so many years ago while I’m sure that I’m correct in doing what I am doing now. Then why did...
by Divertedone
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on Tue May 03, 2022 at 10:50 AM PDT
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This article was originally published at Prism Maria Vazquez needs 10 to 15 gallons of whole milk to make quesos. She’s been making and selling them for years in Immokalee, Florida, as a source ...
by Alexandra Martinez
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on Fri Feb 11, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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Last time I wrote a story it was about canvassing in Western Henrico County, Virginia for Hala Ayala in the primary last spring, which she won. Shortly after the primary ended, I had my routine mammogram, put off by COVID. Unfortunately, this time the...
by pattioric
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on Sat Nov 06, 2021 at 05:17 PM PDT
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This is a short diary but I will keep it simple. I don’t want to wallow in despair at the current state of politics so I want to become politically active and volunteer for political activism in the St. Paul area. does anyone have any ideas or advice...
by Alf513
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on Thu Oct 28, 2021 at 08:36 AM PDT
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▓ Celebrating Black History … and Black Futures 💚 ■ Diary List ■ Members (staff) ■ Profile/mission statement: Group founded Feb 5, 2021 by Jessica Sutherland . ▓ Daily Kos’ The Brief ■ Diary List ■ Members (staff) ■ Profile/mission statement:...
by mettle fatigue
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on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 09:06 AM PST
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I did a deep dive into all the ways you can support Job Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock to win the Georgia runoffs in � This is how we are going to win the GA runoffs - a (nearly) complete guide .
by M247
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on Wed Nov 25, 2020 at 07:23 AM PST
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The high�stakes of the Senate runoffs in Georgia have brought national attention. There has been a lot of talk from out-of-staters on social media about moving to Georgia for the next two months. ...
by M247
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on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 06:35 AM PST
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I’m a painful introvert. It takes an effort of will even to phone a friend. Cold calling strangers is quite a challenge, and I notice my mind is playing all its avoidance tricks and doing all its excuse-making to stop me. Is there anybody like me...
by Dogs are fuzzy
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on Fri Oct 23, 2020 at 10:10 AM PDT
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So I did it, a man of my dignity and years and position just did the second day of phone banking for Biden and Gary Peters. My initial reaction to phonebanking is probably similar to most people: it is a pleasurable experience on the order of a root...
by MichiganChet
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on Tue Sep 29, 2020 at 02:32 PM PDT
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