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Urgent ballot curing request
The election isn't over. Help with phone banks and ballot curing. [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, As I wrote a few days ago, the election isn’t over. In Mississippi the Senate election outcome hangs by threads. Democratic challenger Scott Colom currently leads by about 2,000 votes. Right now, Mississippi’s convoluted, rickety election process is being tested — and the nation is watching. (Watch this good explainer of the counting process in Mississippi or read this.) About two dozen other house races have not been called. North Carolina is one of those with — also leaning on very slim outcomes.… Read full email…
Voters repudiated Trump
Voters repudiated Trump. Grassroots momentum will shape what comes next. [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, My quick reaction to where we are — you can read and share the article at Waging Nonviolence co-published with TruthOut. Voters repudiated Trump. Grassroots momentum will shape what comes next. We can finally exhale and celebrate. Then we need to sustain movement energy for the long-haul pressure campaigns ahead. The broad strokes of the midterms are clear: a massive repudiation of MAGA’s fascist wave has ended the Trump 2.0 era of congressional complicity with his authoritarian takeover. Trump’s lame duck presidency now begins. This… Read full email…
Help the safeguards hold and prepare to enforce election results
Last week saw three successful corporate campaigns against ICE. [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, I wish I had more time to write! I’ve been busy with Freedom Trainers, setting up and running Election Defense workshops, largely preparing folks for scenarios based on my scenario guidebook. (We’ve published an updated version that includes narrative advice from ASO Communications.) I do have two recent articles, published in Waging Nonviolence: One on elections, include a fun project called Election Holiday and One on a recent dynamic Vermont civil disobedience campaign. If you’re not plugged in, many groups are still looking for election help… Read full email…
Help the safeguards hold and prepare to enforce election results
I wish I had more time to write! I’ve been busy with Freedom Trainers, setting up and running Election Defense workshops, largely preparing folks for scenarios based on my scenario guidebook. (We’ve published an updated version that includes narrative advice from ASO Communications.) I do have two recent articles, published in Waging Nonviolence: If you’re not plugged in, many groups are still looking for election help — here’s a good place to find what’s close to you. And significantly, No Kings is wisely gearing up for what’s next — so after you vote and make sure your friends have voted,… Read full email…
What D.C.’s election defense under occupation can teach us
What D.C.’s election defense under occupation can teach us [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, I’m reprinting this article that appeared in Waging Nonviolence — timely since today is the last day for Free DC’s signatures for a national sign-on letter against DC’s occupation. Would your organization be willing to sign on? If so, here’s the form to join as a signatory. What D.C.’s election defense under occupation can teach us As we approach the one-year anniversary of the National Guard’s occupation of Washington, D.C., it’s worth pausing to learn what D.C. resistance has to teach us — especially heading into… Read full email…
Liars lie — and OUR Election Playbook
A People's Election Playbook — six things every one of us can do right now [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, Last night Donald Trump does what authoritarians do. He lied with one purpose: to keep power. Yes he undermined elections and cherry-picked data — but our response isn’t about getting into the weeds of the lies. It’s the overall story: authoritarians view anything out of their power as a threat. The midterm election is the most singular test of this authoritarian takeover this year. (But not the only one — so keep going those of you fighting for the future… Read full email…
Liars Lie
Last night Donald Trump does what authoritarians do. He lied with one purpose: to keep power. Yes he undermined elections and cherry-picked data — but our response isn’t about getting into the weeds of the lies. It’s the overall story: authoritarians view anything out of their power as a threat. The midterm election is the most singular test of this authoritarian takeover this year. (But not the only one — so keep going those of you fighting for the future of NIH and science, what we teach in schools, or halting petty building projects from the most corrupt President ever!) We… Read full email…