I hope I am not the only one to point out that VP Kamala Harris is wildly popular with the single most important part of the Democratic base - Black women.
When Biden first selected her as his running mate, they raised a huge amount of money within two days.
I would strongly recommend viewing the documentary that aired on PBS this evening on their Frontline program titled "Clarence and Ginny Thomas". It's evenly presented. The agenda of the present conservative majority is VERY scary.
Very sorry if I sent this earlier. I lost it while editing it. Anyway —
To me, the Carroll verdict is important for another reason: It reminds us just how awful a human being Trump is. Maureen Dowd still has the best description: American Monster. Put aside all the legal issues and the technical points. He is just plain evil. In a biblical sense. The notion that we as a country would hire him to be a political leader is beyond my comprehension. Is this just about character? No. George Santos is about character. Trump is about something worse.
Such an important post, Robert! Why is it that we so quickly pull our snail shells out and give up!!??
I honestly think it was a mistake and an insult to all the people who worked so hard ... and continue to work so hard .. and i sincerely hope that Marc Elias 'adjusts' some of the dangerous message he wrote. I'm flabbergasted!
Thank you. Getting out the vote is an important part of the pathway to fair elections.
I want to mention the successful efforts of the non-partisan League of Women Voters registering new voters daily. Our local chapters are introducing the privilege to hundreds of qualified young adults at our high schools. The League is well organized both nationally and locally. And needless to say, we are determined!
“So, as I did in yesterday’s newsletter, I again implore Democrats to stop looking for the dark clouds while ignoring the silver linings. We shouldn’t deceive ourselves about the challenges we face, but let’s not go out of our way to depress ourselves by assuming disaster and ignoring the problems faced by our opponents.
We have a better than fighting chance. Trump is weak and getting weaker. He has the GOP locked in a death grip from which it cannot escape. He will drag the GOP down with him. While we shouldn’t count on Republicans to defeat themselves, let’s not ascribe to them invincibility they do not have. We can beat them in 2024—just like we did in 2018, 2020, and 2022.”
Great newsletter Robert. As you have said before many times, the Republicans want us to give up. I update a BIG Calendar List each week of events that anyone can join on Zoom (mostly free) to hear from candidates, Reps in office at all levels, and leaders of fabulous GOTV organizations, as well as listing Zooms that offer easy ways to help and company while doing it. Seeing speakers on our side and writing postcardstovoters.org postcards really sustains me. The last one starts with a great screen shot of what is going on in Minnesota now after achieving a trifecta in 2022, in the face of a massive push and $ from GOP in the MN elections last fall: https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=5d39856e5e769397f8feaaa33&id=b810e3f9bc
If anyone doubts what spirit and will can achieve on our side in the face of voter suppression, watch "Dress Rehearsal," the really inspiring 15-minute documentary about the April 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court election where there was plenty of GOP-led voter suppression and a new pandemic lockdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSlxVMyKkk and the Democrat won. And Justice Janet Protasiewicz, the Dem, just won a seat on same court in April 2023! When I flag, I watch that little film again and think about all the fantastic new Dems in Congress (including Rep. Jeff Jackson who you cited), and Nancy Pelosi (did you see "In The House," the new documentary made about Nancy by her daughter? Great film!).
David Pepper, former Ohio Democratic Party chair, explains at this link https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/on-democracys-front-line?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email why he started "Blue Ohio," an org created to make sure Democrats are challenging every single Republican seat in the OH State Legislature, even in districts that are held in a gerrymandered stranglehold. All our work matters.
Giving up and sitting out won't help! We can win if we all help!
I live in Idaho. We are used to pushing water uphill. Yet we persist. And we have succeeded with citizen voter initiatives it’s doing the work to meet people where they are that lifts all boats. Thank you for this newsletter.
Texas congress removed a representative who was guilty of less than Trump. This gives hope that some Republican voters will be moved by Trumps court outcome yesterday.
Heather Cox Richardson spoke about the job that VP Kamala Harris has been doing in her FB chat last evening. I cannot say where in the hour's long chat Harris is mentioned, but...
I’d like someone to explain which ‘voters don’t like Kamala Harris’ and why. I read this and I can’t help noting that very little media attention is given to her role, what she does, who she is. Where is the support for this statement?
I fear we have fallen into the snares of the misogynists who work so effectively to minimize the accomplishments of political women and to disavow their effectiveness, leading us inevitably to an appalling lack of representation and respect for more than half the population. Please let’s stop contributing to this unattributed and questionably supported statement which has now, unfortunately, become a meme.
May 10, 2023·edited May 10, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Robert, you give credit where little is due when you write: "Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are not that stupid. They hear the footsteps of history gaining on their corruption and hubris." They lied giving testimony during their confirmation hearings. They are bought and paid for by the Federalist Society which is another way of saying the NRA.
On the debt ceiling law which has no reason to exist, please write your members of Congress and tell them the first payment that should be cut on June 1 is their own salaries! Of course, that will have little impact on these millionaires who are being corrupted by their donors "gifts". I would remind them that the only winner in the U.S. defaulting will be China who can raise the interests rates on the U.S. debt they hold. I would also tell them we will Re-elect No One who allows the U.S. to default!
I have one question: Why does Marc Elias have to save democracy from voter suppression? Where is the DOJ? They pledged to fight voter suppression and they are MIA.
Baseball game announcer, “Next up to bat Fanni Willis from Fulton County Georgia and on deck in the batters circle Jack Smith from Washington DC”
I hope I am not the only one to point out that VP Kamala Harris is wildly popular with the single most important part of the Democratic base - Black women.
When Biden first selected her as his running mate, they raised a huge amount of money within two days.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-fundraising/biden-campaign-raises-48-million-in-48-hours-after-naming-kamala-harris-as-vp-choice-idUSKCN25A0CU
I would strongly recommend viewing the documentary that aired on PBS this evening on their Frontline program titled "Clarence and Ginny Thomas". It's evenly presented. The agenda of the present conservative majority is VERY scary.
Very sorry if I sent this earlier. I lost it while editing it. Anyway —
To me, the Carroll verdict is important for another reason: It reminds us just how awful a human being Trump is. Maureen Dowd still has the best description: American Monster. Put aside all the legal issues and the technical points. He is just plain evil. In a biblical sense. The notion that we as a country would hire him to be a political leader is beyond my comprehension. Is this just about character? No. George Santos is about character. Trump is about something worse.
Get some sleep, Robert. You outdid yourself tonight.
Such an important post, Robert! Why is it that we so quickly pull our snail shells out and give up!!??
I honestly think it was a mistake and an insult to all the people who worked so hard ... and continue to work so hard .. and i sincerely hope that Marc Elias 'adjusts' some of the dangerous message he wrote. I'm flabbergasted!
Thank you. Getting out the vote is an important part of the pathway to fair elections.
I want to mention the successful efforts of the non-partisan League of Women Voters registering new voters daily. Our local chapters are introducing the privilege to hundreds of qualified young adults at our high schools. The League is well organized both nationally and locally. And needless to say, we are determined!
“So, as I did in yesterday’s newsletter, I again implore Democrats to stop looking for the dark clouds while ignoring the silver linings. We shouldn’t deceive ourselves about the challenges we face, but let’s not go out of our way to depress ourselves by assuming disaster and ignoring the problems faced by our opponents.
We have a better than fighting chance. Trump is weak and getting weaker. He has the GOP locked in a death grip from which it cannot escape. He will drag the GOP down with him. While we shouldn’t count on Republicans to defeat themselves, let’s not ascribe to them invincibility they do not have. We can beat them in 2024—just like we did in 2018, 2020, and 2022.”
Amen, Robert, amen!
Great newsletter Robert. As you have said before many times, the Republicans want us to give up. I update a BIG Calendar List each week of events that anyone can join on Zoom (mostly free) to hear from candidates, Reps in office at all levels, and leaders of fabulous GOTV organizations, as well as listing Zooms that offer easy ways to help and company while doing it. Seeing speakers on our side and writing postcardstovoters.org postcards really sustains me. The last one starts with a great screen shot of what is going on in Minnesota now after achieving a trifecta in 2022, in the face of a massive push and $ from GOP in the MN elections last fall: https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=5d39856e5e769397f8feaaa33&id=b810e3f9bc
If anyone doubts what spirit and will can achieve on our side in the face of voter suppression, watch "Dress Rehearsal," the really inspiring 15-minute documentary about the April 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court election where there was plenty of GOP-led voter suppression and a new pandemic lockdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSlxVMyKkk and the Democrat won. And Justice Janet Protasiewicz, the Dem, just won a seat on same court in April 2023! When I flag, I watch that little film again and think about all the fantastic new Dems in Congress (including Rep. Jeff Jackson who you cited), and Nancy Pelosi (did you see "In The House," the new documentary made about Nancy by her daughter? Great film!).
David Pepper, former Ohio Democratic Party chair, explains at this link https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/on-democracys-front-line?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email why he started "Blue Ohio," an org created to make sure Democrats are challenging every single Republican seat in the OH State Legislature, even in districts that are held in a gerrymandered stranglehold. All our work matters.
Giving up and sitting out won't help! We can win if we all help!
I live in Idaho. We are used to pushing water uphill. Yet we persist. And we have succeeded with citizen voter initiatives it’s doing the work to meet people where they are that lifts all boats. Thank you for this newsletter.
Texas congress removed a representative who was guilty of less than Trump. This gives hope that some Republican voters will be moved by Trumps court outcome yesterday.
Heather Cox Richardson spoke about the job that VP Kamala Harris has been doing in her FB chat last evening. I cannot say where in the hour's long chat Harris is mentioned, but...
https://fb.watch/kr9C5cHp41/
As for the rest, Robert, thank you!
I’d like someone to explain which ‘voters don’t like Kamala Harris’ and why. I read this and I can’t help noting that very little media attention is given to her role, what she does, who she is. Where is the support for this statement?
I fear we have fallen into the snares of the misogynists who work so effectively to minimize the accomplishments of political women and to disavow their effectiveness, leading us inevitably to an appalling lack of representation and respect for more than half the population. Please let’s stop contributing to this unattributed and questionably supported statement which has now, unfortunately, become a meme.
Robert, you give credit where little is due when you write: "Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are not that stupid. They hear the footsteps of history gaining on their corruption and hubris." They lied giving testimony during their confirmation hearings. They are bought and paid for by the Federalist Society which is another way of saying the NRA.
On the debt ceiling law which has no reason to exist, please write your members of Congress and tell them the first payment that should be cut on June 1 is their own salaries! Of course, that will have little impact on these millionaires who are being corrupted by their donors "gifts". I would remind them that the only winner in the U.S. defaulting will be China who can raise the interests rates on the U.S. debt they hold. I would also tell them we will Re-elect No One who allows the U.S. to default!
I have one question: Why does Marc Elias have to save democracy from voter suppression? Where is the DOJ? They pledged to fight voter suppression and they are MIA.