Let’s do this!
Like every last one of you, I’ve been at wits end.
I’ve been outraged. I’ve tweeted and blogged and marched and donated. Like all of you, I’ve written letters and postcards and made overly-long phone calls and written character-count busting missives to my elected representatives.
But at the moment there’s really only one thing on my mind.
What can I do to help end the deadly, racist reign of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell?
And, to that end, I’ve been wracking my brain to find the most effective, leveraged, powerful thing that I can do to help us achieve the wins we need this November.
I’ve really thought hard about this.
Blog about the Senate? The Presidential? Try to write inspiring blog posts for Joe like I wrote for Barack Obama?
(Add my two cents on the VP pick?)
I even conferred with a well-regarded elections expert regarding her thoughts on what is the best way that an online activist, blogger, locked down like everyone else….someone like me...can help.
She reconfirmed my instincts.
Let’s get local.
Let’s stay local.
Let’s dig deep on state legislative races, especially nested races that have triple impact and will help us build Democratic power for the next decade.
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And to that end, here’s my promise to you.
I’m here, on Dailykos, for this countdown.
I’m back (and getting familiar with the new look and hoping to find a way to make this project work) and I have a mission.
My goal is to tell the story of the state legislative races that will help us Democrats win POWER and defeat Trump in November.
Win power for our families. Win power for all of us. Win power for justice.
Win power because we’ve always been on the right side of history.
And what we do, even here online, matters.
We know how to win. We’ve done it before.
And tonight I just need two actions:
First, please go to one of the great organizations doing local, state-based organizing that I linked above and make a donation, and then tell the world about it! I’ll list them below so it will be easy. And if you donate, please tell someone. Make a comment here. Share it on Facebook. Share it on Twitter. Tell your friends.
Second, if you have a state legislative race that you think needs the spotlight or a thought to share about this project, tell us about it below. I’m going to summon up my best blog energy to collaborate, share, amplify and shine a spotlight on local Democrats running to win office and help us beat back T***p.
Let’s do this.
Here’s the list, get your pocketbooks (or volunteer mojo) ready:
Sister District
DLCC
Movement Vote Project
National Democratic Redistricting Committee
VotoLatino
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I love you all, we have so much to fight for. Everything we do makes a difference,
k/o
PS. We’ve come so far, friends. Let’s look back for one second and get ready for the push ahead.
Here’s a blast from the past to fire you up. Just press play. (Still proud of working on this one with Eden and Juls and Rick):
"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.