Another horrible school shooting. AND THE NRA CONTINUES TO RUN CONGRESS. Want to DO something? Had enough of LaPierre and Nugent running America? LET’S GET TO WORK.
I can assure you that I am as aware as you are of the crimes, follies, treason, incompetence, criminality, and chaos of Trump and his vicious Congressional Republican followers. And the flood of diaries that point this out is necessary. But basically, these diaries are preaching to the choir. We all agree on DKos that voting Democratic is absolutely necessary. BUT WE MUST REACH OUT TO THE REST OF AMERICA. Victory in 2018—which I am convinced is necessary to the survival of the United States— will require PRACTICAL measures. Many volunteers are currently engaged in such activities. BUT WE NEED MORE. We need INFORMATION and RESOURCES, info that is readily at hand, and information that can be updated and added to. So therefore I am going to post a Resource WikiEVERY SINGLE DAY on DKos.
A. I will post it 1-2 times daily.
B. People who add links in the comments will see those links added to the diary, which will then be reposted every single day.
C. I do NOT want it to be a place for people to continue intraparty arguments from 2016.
D. I hope NOT to see personal agendas or the posting of irrelevant comments.
We saw it in Alabama in the 2017 Senate contest. We saw it in Virginia, where the Democrats won a sweeping victory. We’re seeing in the flood of state legislative victories we’ve been winning. We saw it in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. DEMOCRATS WIN WHEN WE GET OUT THE VOTE. And we do that by organization, fundraising, and personal contact with voters.
I think the largest progressive site on the Web needs something like this. We need a place where people can find information IMMEDIATELY that will help them get involved. The existence of this Wiki will allow people to share and get in contact with others who are looking to get involved.
So I will get the ball rolling. And I hope the Site Administrators will at least consider my proposal.
We need REGISTERED VOTERS, and we need to fight REPUBLICAN VOTE SUPPRESSION.
Here are some tools to take action, if you haven’t already.
VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS ARE RIGHT HERE.
FURTHER REGISTRATION INFORMATION IS RIGHT HERE.
HOW TO OBTAIN VOTER IDs IN EVERY STATE, RIGHT HERE.
MORE ON HOW TO OBTAIN VOTER IDs HERE.
STILL MORE INFO ON HOW TO OBTAIN IDs IS HERE.
LEARN HOW TO FIGHT VOTER SUPPRESSION HERE.
MORE INFORMATION ON FIGHTING VOTER SUPPRESSION IS HERE.
LET AMERICA VOTE (JASON KANDER) IS HERE.
VERIFIED VOTING IS HERE.
TOM STEYER’S NEXTGEN AMERICA HERE.
THE UNITED STEELWORKERS REGISTRATION SITE IS HERE.
VOTE VETS IS HERE.
LET’S NOT FORGET TO HIT THE SWING DISTRICTS HARD! TAKE ACTION LOCALLY!
Swing Left groups all over the country are HERE.
The Swing Left homepage is HERE.
Act Locally is HERE.
The DCCC Toolbox for working locally is HERE.
From Kossack Poohtoo2, ELECTION PROTECTION IS HERE.
WE URGENTLY NEED TO ORGANIZE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. TOM SULLIVAN HAS A GUIDE FOR DOING THAT CALLED FOR THE WIN. YOU CAN REQUEST A COPY OF IT AT THIS LINK RIGHT HERE.
The Koch brothers are giving $400 million to the Republicans. Other right-wing billionaires are threatening to bury us under dark money. SHELDON ADELSON just gave corrupt Paul Ryan $30 MILLION.
WE NEED CAMPAIGN RESOURCES! We need at least ONE BILLION DOLLARS this year from rank and file Democrats, Independents, and disillusioned Republicans. Here’s where you can contribute:
ACT BLUE IS HERE.
RED TO BLUE (DCCC) IS HERE.
THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IS HERE.
THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IS HERE.
Voter outreach is essential.
Writing postcards to voters is a good GOTV technique. If you want to join in, do this:
POSTCARDS TO VOTERS IS HERE.
Want to campaign door-to-door? Do this:
KNOCK EVERY DOOR IS HERE.
Look into phone banking is you’re comfortable doing that.
LEARN HOW TO GIVE RIDES TO THE POLLS FOR VOTERS HERE.
And from Kossack Ernest Edward:
Connect New York! (state) diary list ■ members — NY-23 merged into this group, per info rec'd Mar2015 — see below.
Jeff-Lewis (counties) NY Orange Action Group" diary list ■ members
Long Island contact: grannycarol - group formation in process as of 2014.
New York City diary list ■ members
New York Hudson Valley diary list ■ members
New York State 39th Senate District diary list ■ members
New York State diary list ■ members
New York State Weekly/NY Open Thread diary list ■ members
NY-23 / NNY Dems "NY-23 & neighboring districts...northern New York" diary list ■ profilemerged w/Connect New York!(above)mssg rec'd Mar2015.
as listed in Where the Kogs Are: Links to the 200+ DK Local & Political Groups by State & Beyond,2011-2018
From Kossack ShoshannaD:
www.rockthevote.org
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FIFTY STATES:
www.infoplease.com/…
NOTE: Puerto Ricans in Texas and Florida need this information urgently.
FROM KOSSACK chrislemen, PRACTICAL TIPS ON HOW TO RUN A WINNING CAMPAIGN (BASED ON VIRGINIA’S EXPERIENCE) ARE RIGHT HERE
From Kossack ptressel, this fantastic list of resources:
"A Guide to Progressive Grassroots Organizations", from The Daily Banter:
https://thedailybanter.com/2017/11/guide-to-progressive-grassroots-organizations/
"If You Want to Run for Office (and You Should), Start With These Resources", from Slate:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/a_guide_to_resources_for_running_for_office.html
"Activist groups are ‘amateurizing’ our political candidates", from Brookings (includes commentary, but isn't negative, in spite of how the title may read):
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/12/12/activist-groups-are-amateurizing-our-political-candidates/
"Progressive Electoral Politics Organizations", from START Guide (a more general list of progressive organizations involved in elections):
http://www.startguide.org/orgs/orgs01.html
"Organizations Working for Justice and Equity", from the Resistance Manual:
https://www.resistancemanual.org/Organizations_Working_for_Justice_and_Equity
"Training to Run for Office", from the Resistance Manual:
https://www.resistancemanual.org/Tools_of_Resistance#Political_Training
Organizations that train and support candidates -- note you should research any organization first, to make sure it's a good match.
National Democratic Training Committee (official Democratic Party organization): https://www.traindemocrats.org/
Progressive Change Campaign Committee: https://www.boldprogressives.org/
Wellstone Institute: https://www.wellstone.org/
Democracy for America: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/
90 for 90: http://www.90for90.org/
Brand New Congress: http://brandnewcongress.org/
Our Revolution: https://ourrevolution.com/
Justice Democrats: http://justicedemocrats.com/
21st Century Democrats: http://www.21stcenturydems.org/
The following are organizations that specialize in candidates belonging to particular categories. A specialist organization can be especially helpful, as they will understand the particular roadblocks for specific categories (e.g. racism), or specific needs for candidates (e.g. scientists may need to learn casual public speaking, not lecturing...). This is not an exhaustive list...
Millennials / young people:
Millennial Politics: https://millennialpolitics.co/
Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/ , https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/9/16625966/run-for-something-progressives-local-election-virginia
New Leaders Council: http://www.newleaderscouncil.org/
Millennial / young women:
IGNITE: http://www.ignitenational.org/ , https://risenews.net/2016/09/meet-ignite-the-organization-working-to-get-millennial-women-to-take-over-politics/
Rise to Run: https://www.risetorun.org/
Women:
National Women's Political Caucus: http://www.nwpc.org/
Emerge America: https://emerge.ngpvanhost.com/
She Should Run (non-partisan): http://www.sheshouldrun.org/
EMILY's List: https://www.emilyslist.org/
Black women:
Higher Heights: http://www.higherheightsforamerica.org/
Blacks:
Collective PAC: https://collectivepac.org/
LGBTQ:
Victory Fund: https://victoryfund.org/
Scientists:
314 Action: http://www.314action.org/ , https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8qeypb/3000-scientists-have-asked-for-help-running-for-office-to-oppose-trump
There are also state and local organizations that support candidates. I
From Kossack ghost7, an outstanding resource for mobilizing Hispanic voters:
lulac.org
Also from Kossack ghost7, this resource for safeguarding Hispanic voting rights:
www.maldef.org/…
From Kossack Glenn Magus Harvey, the DKos guide to special elections, HERE.
Another list of special elections, HERE.
The DKos data set guide is HERE.
Kossack Chris Reeves has a GREAT series called Nuts and Bolts. It’s right HERE.
More voter registration info HERE.
And useful research resource Ballotpedia is HERE.
Kossack Bethesda 1971 has an ACTION PLAN to register or pre-register younger voters HERE.
AND HELP MOBILIZE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS HERE.
QUICK LIST OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS WITH CONTESTABLE PARTY CONTROL IS HERE.
PROGRESSIVE SITES! WE GOT ‘EM RIGHT HERE. This one, too, right HERE.
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME VIRALIZE THIS!! FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUR EMAIL LIST, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
AND REMEMBER...WE HAVE NOT YET WON THIS THING. THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO VICTORY. NONE. MORAL VICTORIES MEAN NOTHING. WE MUST GOVERN. OUR COUNTRY IS AT STAKE. WE MUST VOTE. WE MUST WIN. PERIOD.