A group of us have a healthy habit of reading both Robert’s newsletter and Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American. We see more and more clearly that toxic Republican legislation starts with state legislatures. They have restricted voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, access to healthcar…
A group of us have a healthy habit of reading both Robert’s newsletter and Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American. We see more and more clearly that toxic Republican legislation starts with state legislatures. They have restricted voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, access to healthcare and public education, and lifted controls on gun violence.
Robert interviewed Melissa Walker of The States Project, which has identified pivotal states where Democratic majorities in state house chambers can be saved or gained. The States Project’s vehicle is Giving Circles to raise funds for good Democratic candidates in these pivotal states, and these candidates need our financial support by October 3rd to be freed to focus on meeting their voters to help them win on November 8th.
We can do our part in response to the alarms. Some people live in safe blue states or nearly hopeless red states, but all of us want to help where we can make a difference. Please check out our Tending to Democracy Giving Circle: https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/1XQhnyD/Tending-To-Democracy
Together, our small dollars can make the winning difference! THANK YOU!
The sooner people donate to the States Project Giving Circles the better. The money can be used more effectively if it is given early so that the campaigns can purchase ads (at cheaper rates the earlier they buy them) and hire staff. If they know they have the money they can plan.
Also, voting by mail starts BEFORE Election Day!!! So it is extremely important to support Democrats NOW not later! ;-)) Btw, I just donated $50 to the Tending to Democracy giving circle; helped to put them of the $3k mark on their effort to raise $7.5k . . . every little bit helps!
Thank you, Robert, for highlighting this path to effective action. With today's necessary attention on our federal government, we also cannot lose sight of the state legislatures!
Ellie, While I agree and have joined the group, I simply would add, because Republicans ruthlessly are organizing to fill state and local positions with their own people—people who don’t believe in free and fair elections, we also have to remain laser-focused on governorships, Secretaries of State, state A.G.s, and the like. I also understand projects are underway in select states to prevent Republicans from attaining trifecta control—control of both legislative state houses and the governorship.
I'd love the elimination of trifectas-I live in NH. which currently has a Republican QUADRAFECTA -the 4th branch is the Executive Council composed of 5 members who give the governor information about concerns AND can approve/disapprove distribution of monies that involve the state. A perfect example is the current disapproval of monies to support women's health care centers and the Republican majority has voted this down FOUR times this year. (NO abortion issues involved.) There are 4 Republican Men and one Democratic woman member of the Council. That one woman has decades of knowledge regarding health care matters.
Ellie, Though you weren’t addressing me, I, nonetheless, appreciated receiving your note. While I had thought New Hampshire would be on the list, in light of Barbara R’s comment, the validation was most welcomed.
Barbara, Were I a strategist noting that New Hampshire has both a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex (Republicans holding the positions of Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State), I aggressively would seek out the state’s most vulnerable incumbents and allocate the bulk of the Party’s human and monetary resources to defeating those candidates. That said, I imagine, as a battleground state, New Hampshire is receiving a fair amount of out-of-state support and methodically distributing those resources. The trick, of course, is for Democrats to outsmart the Republicans, and that takes strategic planning and a galvanized base. I would start by enlisting dejected women.
Thank you, Robert, for mentioning our group, “Tending to Democracy”. As a Florida resident where our legislature is hopelessly gerrymandered, and where the dictator has made it even more so by his meddling, this giving circle gives me great satisfaction that I am doing something that would actually make a difference. If our contributions can flip a couple of other state legislatures, that would be very rewarding indeed.
Very helpful since it is very hard for me to get my meager funds to the places they will do the most good, at the state level. Of course, my main goal is at least two more Dem senators and riding Texas of the vermin running a great state into the ground.
Thank you for this. I get about 20 texts/day from Dem's all over the country asking for donations. Some from the same person 2 or 3 times. (I'm on a fixed SS income, and it's a challenge to decide to whom and when to donate.) The one's I find most distressing say, "I'm not asking for money. I need your opinion on what's important." Then at the end of the survey, they ask for money. And almost every one starts out with something dire. I've resisted texting STOP because I don't want to negatively impact any campaign. But this might be the answer; Then I can STOP with a clear conscience. Thanks again!
From reader Dorie Lemieux:
A group of us have a healthy habit of reading both Robert’s newsletter and Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American. We see more and more clearly that toxic Republican legislation starts with state legislatures. They have restricted voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, access to healthcare and public education, and lifted controls on gun violence.
Robert interviewed Melissa Walker of The States Project, which has identified pivotal states where Democratic majorities in state house chambers can be saved or gained. The States Project’s vehicle is Giving Circles to raise funds for good Democratic candidates in these pivotal states, and these candidates need our financial support by October 3rd to be freed to focus on meeting their voters to help them win on November 8th.
We can do our part in response to the alarms. Some people live in safe blue states or nearly hopeless red states, but all of us want to help where we can make a difference. Please check out our Tending to Democracy Giving Circle: https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/1XQhnyD/Tending-To-Democracy
Together, our small dollars can make the winning difference! THANK YOU!
The sooner people donate to the States Project Giving Circles the better. The money can be used more effectively if it is given early so that the campaigns can purchase ads (at cheaper rates the earlier they buy them) and hire staff. If they know they have the money they can plan.
Also, voting by mail starts BEFORE Election Day!!! So it is extremely important to support Democrats NOW not later! ;-)) Btw, I just donated $50 to the Tending to Democracy giving circle; helped to put them of the $3k mark on their effort to raise $7.5k . . . every little bit helps!
Thank you, Andrew!
Thank you, Robert, for highlighting this path to effective action. With today's necessary attention on our federal government, we also cannot lose sight of the state legislatures!
Ellie, While I agree and have joined the group, I simply would add, because Republicans ruthlessly are organizing to fill state and local positions with their own people—people who don’t believe in free and fair elections, we also have to remain laser-focused on governorships, Secretaries of State, state A.G.s, and the like. I also understand projects are underway in select states to prevent Republicans from attaining trifecta control—control of both legislative state houses and the governorship.
I'd love the elimination of trifectas-I live in NH. which currently has a Republican QUADRAFECTA -the 4th branch is the Executive Council composed of 5 members who give the governor information about concerns AND can approve/disapprove distribution of monies that involve the state. A perfect example is the current disapproval of monies to support women's health care centers and the Republican majority has voted this down FOUR times this year. (NO abortion issues involved.) There are 4 Republican Men and one Democratic woman member of the Council. That one woman has decades of knowledge regarding health care matters.
Good news is that New Hampshire is one of the states currently on The States Project list:
https://statesproject.org/our-states/
Ellie, Though you weren’t addressing me, I, nonetheless, appreciated receiving your note. While I had thought New Hampshire would be on the list, in light of Barbara R’s comment, the validation was most welcomed.
Barbara, Were I a strategist noting that New Hampshire has both a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex (Republicans holding the positions of Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State), I aggressively would seek out the state’s most vulnerable incumbents and allocate the bulk of the Party’s human and monetary resources to defeating those candidates. That said, I imagine, as a battleground state, New Hampshire is receiving a fair amount of out-of-state support and methodically distributing those resources. The trick, of course, is for Democrats to outsmart the Republicans, and that takes strategic planning and a galvanized base. I would start by enlisting dejected women.
Thank you, Robert, for mentioning our group, “Tending to Democracy”. As a Florida resident where our legislature is hopelessly gerrymandered, and where the dictator has made it even more so by his meddling, this giving circle gives me great satisfaction that I am doing something that would actually make a difference. If our contributions can flip a couple of other state legislatures, that would be very rewarding indeed.
As a fellow Florida resident, I agree !
Very helpful since it is very hard for me to get my meager funds to the places they will do the most good, at the state level. Of course, my main goal is at least two more Dem senators and riding Texas of the vermin running a great state into the ground.
Thank you for this. I get about 20 texts/day from Dem's all over the country asking for donations. Some from the same person 2 or 3 times. (I'm on a fixed SS income, and it's a challenge to decide to whom and when to donate.) The one's I find most distressing say, "I'm not asking for money. I need your opinion on what's important." Then at the end of the survey, they ask for money. And almost every one starts out with something dire. I've resisted texting STOP because I don't want to negatively impact any campaign. But this might be the answer; Then I can STOP with a clear conscience. Thanks again!