“It feels good to be out of my blue bubble, Los Angeles, and among people working to flip a red state blue.” For someone who is a small blue dot in a dark red state, that comment made me laugh/cry. I am in just the opposite situation. I had to drive from my red state of Alabama to the purple state of Georgia next door to canvass in hopes of winning it for Kamala. It’s all a matter of perspective but right now I’d love to live in a blue bubble.
Robert, thanks again for creating this space for sharing and community. I come away with a sense of affirmation that there is truly hope, hearing your report of Mecklenburg County (where I have ancesters buried) and the many stories shared by others there. I am so impressed by the folks I meet here, who inspire me and remind me of what we can be together. And thank you for the lovely closeup of a bit of our mysterious universe. It leaves me again in awe that the processes at work out there are the same processes that produced our world and all the beauty, life and inanimate alike, that we are part of. I go to bed now, relieved of my stress, and my optimism still holding.
It's worth noting that this poll had Trump up by eight right before the 2020 election, and Trump won Iowa by eight points in 2020 -- a larger margin, than ME-2. Oh, and also a larger margin than Ohio, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.
We have to keep running all the way through the tape, but this is a good sign!
Made calls to Mecklenburg County voters this afternoon and will make more tomorrow. Lots of hang-ups, but the grateful voters who've either voted early or are excited to vote on Tuesday make it all worth it! Thank you, Robert for encouraging us to focus on Mecklenburg and for all the tremendous work you're doing!
This from Heather Cox Richardson today: "...at a sparsely attended rally in Warren, Michigan, the Republican nominee for president of the United States of America simulated oral sex on stage."
Is this true? Is ANYONE in the "media" covering it?
It's hot. And yes, it happened. The citation for it was one of the X statuses in her notes. But to get the full effect, watch this clip posted by one of Heather's substack commenters:
The guy who did this was dead tired and I think a bit flummoxed by Trump, but apparently felt that this was important enough to break down and explain each segment of the clip, to prepare the viewer for what Trump was doing. He did a very good job. I don't think I could have watched it otherwise. I also suggest watching the whole thing, because it shows Trump as he is, without the sane-washing that most outlets do. You see him say he doesn't ramble, after which he rambles aimlessly for some minutes. I think we all need to really see this, to know what it is we are facing.
There are more links posted on Letters From An American, HCR's substack. You don't need to subscribe to read, and all the links are live. There are a lot of comments, so it might take a bit to locate.
This comment can be skipped but I just need to say that I think Maggie Haberman has been overrated. She says nothing of significance while playing the role of the “Trump guru.” Hogwash!!
Enjoy NC today was last day of early voting and weather is perfect. I worked boiler room 8-3 non stop. Long lines. Love solving issues. Working ED in boiler room.
I'm tossing two arguments about in my brain; what to do on election day to step back and control my angst. I don't want to be controlled by the news media who wants me to sit on the edge of my seat all day while they mulch and rototill minutiae. I might just play my guitar, take a walk, ride bike, chase gophers, repeat.
Sounds good to me. I need at least two or three days of meaningless but purposeful activity to keep me occupied until 2 days after the election. Definitely NOT going to turn on radio or computer (I don't have a tv). If I'm up to it, I'll lop an errant branch off my magnolia, which has officially become a tree. This dang sprout grew straight up through the rest of the beautifully gnarled branches and is trying to take over. Once that's done, not sure I'll be up to anything else physical, but knowing me, I'll try. Oh, maybe a short dog walk/pull. My dog is giving me the side-eye since I've been laid up a week.
Please, you busy folks, working hard, feel free to skip this -- Just a note from a Red State about Important though inconsequential actions. Here in Indiana, wife Chris and I volunteered to drive voters to the polls. Yesterday, we drove two individual rides taking "elderly," i.e. our age more or less, but I think perhaps younger, Black women voters to the polls. One, was somber and demure. She shared that she was getting ready to travel to Jackson MI for the funeral of her niece and her niece's baby daughter who were killed in a car accident, but she wanted to vote before she left. It was aongish line but moved quickly in downtown South Bend. Later picked rider number two at an assisted living home. An army vet of the Vietnam era, she stood with us in line with wind chills about 45 degrees in neighboring Mishawaka for about an hour and fifteen minutes. At one time,
a pickup truck with Trump signs drove by with driver and rider yelling --not very fulsomely -- "Vote Trump!" Interestingly, there were no answering cheers from the crowded line, but of course I don't know what to make of that? I did wonder what sort of mind or campaign would think any vote would be swayed by a couple of yahoos driving by in a pickup truck. After the cold wait and overhearing our guest saying she was going to make a hot cup of coffee after this, we drove to Starbucks and got her a steaming Cafe Mocha. She told us she had never been to a Starbucks before. She said this was all great fun and that she had been watching Kamala Harris's campaign and that she was so hopeful she was going to win because VP Harris was doing everything right in her campaign: "She doing just what I would have done." Indiana is not a swing state, though we went for Obama in 2008, but these two tough ladies were not to be deterred. I wish I could bottle their sense of the august duty -- and joy -- of voting so that every American who thinks their vote does not matter could have a whiff. I share this with you to honor their inconsequential votes and to remind us of what we've written on a gazillion postcards, said to our friends, and voiced to the faint-hearted, "every vote matters," and not just because it might have an impact on a close race, but because of what voting does fundamentally to the voter. The voter voting says, "I AM an American citizen. I vote because voting is my right and my responsibility, Others struggled, fought and suffered what I am doing right now." When we dropped off our second rider, she said, "Call me when Kamala Harris wins. We'll celebrate!" Hope, delight, and faith in America. May it be so. I do look forward to making that call.
Thank you for your personal experience stories. I just knew you were going out for coffee! Well done you.
I have no clue how to go about this, but I would love to see “us” compile our positive, joyful, heartwarming, and uplifting voter experience stories in a beautifully bound book. I’d buy it.
(Chuckling now, thinking maybe there’s another more 2024 jazzy way to share those stories. I still read books. So there you go.)
In an email today to his Substack followers, Michael Moore wrote:
Please keep sending me your photos and your stories from wherever you are Getting Out The Vote this weekend, whether it’s in a van, on a bus, on the phone from your couch, or walking streets and knocking on doors. I would love to see them and I will share them with the millions of others who are spending this weekend saving our country. You can send them to me at: mike@michaelmoore.com
Books still matter. They are a durable record of who we are and what we are doing, and why. These stories are strengthening me, and I'd love to see a compilation in some form, In fact, they are the kind of stories that could be told in many forms. I want them preserved so that those who come after us know about the people and places and events on the ground by the people there, not just from reporters and historians. They need the stories so they can learn from our experiences and be a springboard for the future.
Bravo to Robert and Jill! Looks like a lot of fun.
“It feels good to be out of my blue bubble, Los Angeles, and among people working to flip a red state blue.” For someone who is a small blue dot in a dark red state, that comment made me laugh/cry. I am in just the opposite situation. I had to drive from my red state of Alabama to the purple state of Georgia next door to canvass in hopes of winning it for Kamala. It’s all a matter of perspective but right now I’d love to live in a blue bubble.
Robert, thanks again for creating this space for sharing and community. I come away with a sense of affirmation that there is truly hope, hearing your report of Mecklenburg County (where I have ancesters buried) and the many stories shared by others there. I am so impressed by the folks I meet here, who inspire me and remind me of what we can be together. And thank you for the lovely closeup of a bit of our mysterious universe. It leaves me again in awe that the processes at work out there are the same processes that produced our world and all the beauty, life and inanimate alike, that we are part of. I go to bed now, relieved of my stress, and my optimism still holding.
Holy !@#$ing Caitlin Clark trey! There is rustling in the cornfields! The best poll in Iowa had Trump up by 18 in July, but now Harris leads by three!
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2024/11/02/iowa-poll-kamala-harris-leads-donald-trump-2024-presidential-race/75354033007/
It's worth noting that this poll had Trump up by eight right before the 2020 election, and Trump won Iowa by eight points in 2020 -- a larger margin, than ME-2. Oh, and also a larger margin than Ohio, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.
We have to keep running all the way through the tape, but this is a good sign!
Wow! The Rosette Nebula is beautiful! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for everything you and Jill are doing in North Carolina!
Made calls to Mecklenburg County voters this afternoon and will make more tomorrow. Lots of hang-ups, but the grateful voters who've either voted early or are excited to vote on Tuesday make it all worth it! Thank you, Robert for encouraging us to focus on Mecklenburg and for all the tremendous work you're doing!
As if any of us need a reminder of America's CURRENT greatness:
https://youtu.be/CNwgOl50U4U
This from Heather Cox Richardson today: "...at a sparsely attended rally in Warren, Michigan, the Republican nominee for president of the United States of America simulated oral sex on stage."
Is this true? Is ANYONE in the "media" covering it?
It's hot. And yes, it happened. The citation for it was one of the X statuses in her notes. But to get the full effect, watch this clip posted by one of Heather's substack commenters:
https://www.nairaland.com/8256065/trump-simulates-sexual-act-mic
The guy who did this was dead tired and I think a bit flummoxed by Trump, but apparently felt that this was important enough to break down and explain each segment of the clip, to prepare the viewer for what Trump was doing. He did a very good job. I don't think I could have watched it otherwise. I also suggest watching the whole thing, because it shows Trump as he is, without the sane-washing that most outlets do. You see him say he doesn't ramble, after which he rambles aimlessly for some minutes. I think we all need to really see this, to know what it is we are facing.
There are more links posted on Letters From An American, HCR's substack. You don't need to subscribe to read, and all the links are live. There are a lot of comments, so it might take a bit to locate.
Today I joined a group of 5 faithful Today’s Edition readers from New Jersey canvassing in Pennsylvania!
We received a warm reception from volunteers, canvassers (from a variety of states), voters, and even some Republicans for Harris!
Optimistic for Tuesday!
This comment can be skipped but I just need to say that I think Maggie Haberman has been overrated. She says nothing of significance while playing the role of the “Trump guru.” Hogwash!!
YES! She hung out too long at MAL, I think. So disappointed.
Enjoy NC today was last day of early voting and weather is perfect. I worked boiler room 8-3 non stop. Long lines. Love solving issues. Working ED in boiler room.
We can do this!!!!!!
Being out of the blue bubble is important. Happy trails and safe travels 😊❤️🙏
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/02/what-polls-mean-so-far-trump-harris-election-voters
Check this out. I feel weirdly encouraged.
I'm tossing two arguments about in my brain; what to do on election day to step back and control my angst. I don't want to be controlled by the news media who wants me to sit on the edge of my seat all day while they mulch and rototill minutiae. I might just play my guitar, take a walk, ride bike, chase gophers, repeat.
Sounds good to me. I need at least two or three days of meaningless but purposeful activity to keep me occupied until 2 days after the election. Definitely NOT going to turn on radio or computer (I don't have a tv). If I'm up to it, I'll lop an errant branch off my magnolia, which has officially become a tree. This dang sprout grew straight up through the rest of the beautifully gnarled branches and is trying to take over. Once that's done, not sure I'll be up to anything else physical, but knowing me, I'll try. Oh, maybe a short dog walk/pull. My dog is giving me the side-eye since I've been laid up a week.
Make calls to help cure ballots? Or play guitar, take a walk, ride bike, chase gophers…. All good.
Please, you busy folks, working hard, feel free to skip this -- Just a note from a Red State about Important though inconsequential actions. Here in Indiana, wife Chris and I volunteered to drive voters to the polls. Yesterday, we drove two individual rides taking "elderly," i.e. our age more or less, but I think perhaps younger, Black women voters to the polls. One, was somber and demure. She shared that she was getting ready to travel to Jackson MI for the funeral of her niece and her niece's baby daughter who were killed in a car accident, but she wanted to vote before she left. It was aongish line but moved quickly in downtown South Bend. Later picked rider number two at an assisted living home. An army vet of the Vietnam era, she stood with us in line with wind chills about 45 degrees in neighboring Mishawaka for about an hour and fifteen minutes. At one time,
a pickup truck with Trump signs drove by with driver and rider yelling --not very fulsomely -- "Vote Trump!" Interestingly, there were no answering cheers from the crowded line, but of course I don't know what to make of that? I did wonder what sort of mind or campaign would think any vote would be swayed by a couple of yahoos driving by in a pickup truck. After the cold wait and overhearing our guest saying she was going to make a hot cup of coffee after this, we drove to Starbucks and got her a steaming Cafe Mocha. She told us she had never been to a Starbucks before. She said this was all great fun and that she had been watching Kamala Harris's campaign and that she was so hopeful she was going to win because VP Harris was doing everything right in her campaign: "She doing just what I would have done." Indiana is not a swing state, though we went for Obama in 2008, but these two tough ladies were not to be deterred. I wish I could bottle their sense of the august duty -- and joy -- of voting so that every American who thinks their vote does not matter could have a whiff. I share this with you to honor their inconsequential votes and to remind us of what we've written on a gazillion postcards, said to our friends, and voiced to the faint-hearted, "every vote matters," and not just because it might have an impact on a close race, but because of what voting does fundamentally to the voter. The voter voting says, "I AM an American citizen. I vote because voting is my right and my responsibility, Others struggled, fought and suffered what I am doing right now." When we dropped off our second rider, she said, "Call me when Kamala Harris wins. We'll celebrate!" Hope, delight, and faith in America. May it be so. I do look forward to making that call.
Our voice (plural) matters.
Thank you for your personal experience stories. I just knew you were going out for coffee! Well done you.
I have no clue how to go about this, but I would love to see “us” compile our positive, joyful, heartwarming, and uplifting voter experience stories in a beautifully bound book. I’d buy it.
(Chuckling now, thinking maybe there’s another more 2024 jazzy way to share those stories. I still read books. So there you go.)
In an email today to his Substack followers, Michael Moore wrote:
Please keep sending me your photos and your stories from wherever you are Getting Out The Vote this weekend, whether it’s in a van, on a bus, on the phone from your couch, or walking streets and knocking on doors. I would love to see them and I will share them with the millions of others who are spending this weekend saving our country. You can send them to me at: mike@michaelmoore.com
Books still matter. They are a durable record of who we are and what we are doing, and why. These stories are strengthening me, and I'd love to see a compilation in some form, In fact, they are the kind of stories that could be told in many forms. I want them preserved so that those who come after us know about the people and places and events on the ground by the people there, not just from reporters and historians. They need the stories so they can learn from our experiences and be a springboard for the future.
Thank you as always for the Daily Dose, Robert! That and this circle of friends of the planet bring hope!