To contribute to a trusted source where your total contribution goes directly to campaigns and grassroots organizations, following are two organizations you may already know and trust. It’s not too late to contribute, with purpose.
This election is the battle of Midway, the turning point for the Pacific war during WWII, in our war to save our freedoms and protect the future for all of us, each and every one of us. We are like sailors of the USS Enterprise in our determination to stop the MAGA Republicans. If, or should I say when, the Republicans lose many important races, we'll see a party hit by a tsunami that's been building in the depths of the courageous hearts of the millions of Americans especially women at this point in history who believe in democracy and who can envision how to create a more perfect Union and the Well Being for all which results. Corporate greed hollowing out the middle class will be checked and then reversed. Voting Rights reinstated. The Earth returned to healthy and thriving. The war won't be over Tuesday but our path forward will be clear and have the sense of inevitability that will assure us the country is not only on the right track but evolving into something new, the dawn of a hew age of freedom for all and a generosity of spirit and caring for each other. We, the People, each and every one of us this time!
Thanks for the reminder that this is a generational struggle. We must recruit young and, in Florida, Spanish speakers for the 2024 battle which begins November 10th 2022. In seemingly low turnout early voting sights the Republican poll greeters provided assertive Spanish speaking poll greeters who were effective in turning voters who accepted Dem voter guides. At 91 then I'll be there but with much less energy. We must commit to winning each vote.
Robert, In your concluding remarks, you write, “If we maintain control of Congress and make significant advances in the states, our challenges will be no less daunting than if we lose control of Congress and suffer defeat in the states.” Setting aside the fact Dems could pass federal voter protection safeguards were they to hold the House and pick up two Senate seats, I mostly am focused on Secretaries of State or county election clerks and the like, who could have lawful access to power, but not intend to carry out their responsibilities faithfully. I am speaking of partisans who already are manufacturing the means, given the opportunity, to use “false allegations of fraud as a pretext” (Marc Elias) either not to include all the ballots in the certified results or not to certify elections altogether.
That said, admittedly, regardless of the midterm results, we will be dealing with a radicalized, weaponized, and most importantly, organized right-wing movement. The one positive, aside from their telling us their playbook, is that we are the majority. Nonetheless, we’re not organized. Thus, we must organize, particularly at the local and state levels, to take on this fascist threat.
Tomorrow, Election Day, will be the 80th anniversary of the British-American landings in North Africa, the first step in the west on the road to Berlin. It was an event that led Winston Churchill to observe, “It is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. It may, perhaps, be the end of the beginning.” Whatever happens tomorrow, we should go forward in that spirit.
Indivisible’s Neighbor2Neighbor project is so easy. Simply enter your name, address, email, and phone number. Then right away they send you 5 addresses as both email and text message, along with a sample script and flyer if no one answers the door.
I have the feeling that there are already politicised elements everywhere. We have to work like anything to finally overcome the autocratic tendency of the GOP. Maybe I see history too coloured, but remember how quickly Clinton was attacked over emails, Obama over a fake issue of his birth certificate. All the while nobody was ever held accountable for the waterboarding scandal, that was a horrible offense against humanity and will stay in American records forever abroad? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/31/obama-justice-department-immunity-bush-cia-torturer
It should not be possible for Trump and Bush or anyone from the GOP to get away with things just because they cover each other.
Nov 7, 2022·edited Nov 7, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
In the vote center in LA County, where I'm working as an election clerk, we've had at least half dozen brand new voters, a newly naturalized citizen with minimal command of English but determined (!) to vote in her new country (thank goodness for information in multiple languages), several kiddos accompanying parents, and a variety of Americans who are taking time to vote the loooooong ballot in CA. We haven't been deluged with voters by any means, but we're there for a reason - and will be there until 8pm Tuesday. Hoping for a deluge, though, in the forecasted deluge of rain....we need voters AND rain 🤗 OH! And there are two high schoolers working with us!
One of the rare times I disagree with your framing of an issue:
My view is this: prosecuting a former opponent for the Presidency, is certainly the appearance of a conflict of interest. Trump's scheme to try to get Garland to appoint a special prosecutor does not open the door for just anyone to announce a run for the presidency to avoid prosecution.
It is a blueprint that Trump is creating for other corrupt Presidential candidates to follow and further damage the rule of law: delay and compromise the investigation into corrupt and anti-democratic activities. (We all know how ineffective the Mueller investigation was)
That is why I absolutely oppose Garland appointing a special prosecutor because it would compromise the ability to actually hold Trump and his allies accountable. That is more dangerous than the DOJ keeping the matter in house despite the appearance of a conflict.
Regardless of the outcome of the elections there are some truisms that exist we need to remember. Biden will still be President with veto power. Some election deniers, anti abortion and Trump supporters will be defeated but not all of them and millions of people of all generations got involved and worked hard to keep and support beliefs the felt strongly about and participated in the election process. These grass roots efforts lay the foundation for 2024. Winning has many companions and stories.
I am tired of Trump constantly trying to evade the law and the only reason he will announce after the elections is really to avoid prosecution and to make the indictment political not a legal indictment. Another reason to get out and vote. If Trump candidates do not do well it sends a very needed message to Republicans that Trump is a loser not the winner they think he is.
I wish there was a time that the continual trauma of the election cycles would end. One election goes by and immediately the trauma sets in, like a continual state of war. The GOP if even that’s an appropriate label in this day and age has been singularly responsible for causing this trauma not jus
When you are trying hard for something it is always tense. My youngest used to sit under my chair when his brother played tennis. It was just so tense. This is normal.
Sometimes in life the most dangerous are the most thrilling times as well. Having a baby, all that work, hope, trust, fear...and then you have to go through it. Disappointment is humanizing. If everyone felt it instead of fighting it there would be more peace. The weekend comments made me feel wow! There are a lot of people invested in good work, and that is illuminating.
Nov 7, 2022·edited Nov 7, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
 The Christian far right in America, with no knowledge of the constitutional protections of the first amendment, terrify me in this election.
The abortion issue should appeal to young people of both sexes but are they keeping up with the significance of their vote or their non-vote as the case may be? The Catholic bishops certainly are speaking out vociferously.
Voter turn out may be more important than ever before from the 18 to 35 year olds.
Finally, the Democrats approach that we may be losing appears to me to be stupid! Why on earth would you tell people we might be losing when in point of fact we ought to be winning on:
(a) the handling of the pandemic
(b) the handling of the economy
(c) the work done on the environment and
(d) the record in general on civil liberties.
Re: economy: The oil companies artificially raised prices, created shortages and the inflation and they are Republicans. That’s the story which the newspapers have failed to properly target Windfall profits have been huge to the benefit of the Republicans to the detriment of ordinary people who ought to be voting Democratic. I have no idea what’s going to happen on Tuesday but I’m basically optimistic that the pollsters have it wrong and the voters will have it right.
Nov 7, 2022·edited Nov 7, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. Were it not for you, HCR, Teri Kanefield and others, the last two years would have felt unbearable. I --an African American woman, my family and all my friends have been "fighting the good fight" down here in GA for the mid-terms--Abrams and Warnock (where it was just announced that 1000k absentee ballots in heavily blue Cobb county were never mailed).We've left nothing on the mat--canvassing to GOTV as late as yesterday. Now we wait. Now we wait.
Reader Jean T. asked me to post the following action items and inspirational posts:
There's still time to sign up for the PA Get Out the Vote Phone Bank for John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro and Democrats up and down the ballot.
Sign-up link: https://www.mobilize.us/allinpa/event/503093/?rname=Jean&share_context=event_details&share_medium=mailto
If you’re not already aware, voter empowerment organization Down Home North Carolina leader, Dreama Caldwell won a Smithsonian Cycle Breaker award.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj3G26iDTMB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D&cdmc=2Gx3qojcKYBC4KM8MOZaIEofOAK&refcode2=2Gx3qojcKYBC4KM8MOZaIEofOAK&refcodecdmc=2Gx3qojcKYBC4KM8MOZaIEofOAK
Here's a link to donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scdh?refcode=JT
To contribute to a trusted source where your total contribution goes directly to campaigns and grassroots organizations, following are two organizations you may already know and trust. It’s not too late to contribute, with purpose.
Force Multiplier: https://www.forcemultiplierus.org/
Senate Circle: https://senatecircle.org/take-action
If you haven't already seen Fetterman and Obama at Saturday’s event in Pittsburgh, following is link.
Pittsburgh Grassroots Event with Obama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVllJKkn6o
This election is the battle of Midway, the turning point for the Pacific war during WWII, in our war to save our freedoms and protect the future for all of us, each and every one of us. We are like sailors of the USS Enterprise in our determination to stop the MAGA Republicans. If, or should I say when, the Republicans lose many important races, we'll see a party hit by a tsunami that's been building in the depths of the courageous hearts of the millions of Americans especially women at this point in history who believe in democracy and who can envision how to create a more perfect Union and the Well Being for all which results. Corporate greed hollowing out the middle class will be checked and then reversed. Voting Rights reinstated. The Earth returned to healthy and thriving. The war won't be over Tuesday but our path forward will be clear and have the sense of inevitability that will assure us the country is not only on the right track but evolving into something new, the dawn of a hew age of freedom for all and a generosity of spirit and caring for each other. We, the People, each and every one of us this time!
Thanks for the reminder that this is a generational struggle. We must recruit young and, in Florida, Spanish speakers for the 2024 battle which begins November 10th 2022. In seemingly low turnout early voting sights the Republican poll greeters provided assertive Spanish speaking poll greeters who were effective in turning voters who accepted Dem voter guides. At 91 then I'll be there but with much less energy. We must commit to winning each vote.
Robert, In your concluding remarks, you write, “If we maintain control of Congress and make significant advances in the states, our challenges will be no less daunting than if we lose control of Congress and suffer defeat in the states.” Setting aside the fact Dems could pass federal voter protection safeguards were they to hold the House and pick up two Senate seats, I mostly am focused on Secretaries of State or county election clerks and the like, who could have lawful access to power, but not intend to carry out their responsibilities faithfully. I am speaking of partisans who already are manufacturing the means, given the opportunity, to use “false allegations of fraud as a pretext” (Marc Elias) either not to include all the ballots in the certified results or not to certify elections altogether.
That said, admittedly, regardless of the midterm results, we will be dealing with a radicalized, weaponized, and most importantly, organized right-wing movement. The one positive, aside from their telling us their playbook, is that we are the majority. Nonetheless, we’re not organized. Thus, we must organize, particularly at the local and state levels, to take on this fascist threat.
Tomorrow, Election Day, will be the 80th anniversary of the British-American landings in North Africa, the first step in the west on the road to Berlin. It was an event that led Winston Churchill to observe, “It is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. It may, perhaps, be the end of the beginning.” Whatever happens tomorrow, we should go forward in that spirit.
Take a walk to:
1) Remind 5 progressive neighbors to vote,
2) Get some exercise,
3) Relieve some anxiety, and
4) Get to know your neighborhood a little better.
Indivisible’s Neighbor2Neighbor project is so easy. Simply enter your name, address, email, and phone number. Then right away they send you 5 addresses as both email and text message, along with a sample script and flyer if no one answers the door.
https://indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/neighbor_to_neighbor
(Thank you, Sherry T. in Michigan, for the info!)
I have the feeling that there are already politicised elements everywhere. We have to work like anything to finally overcome the autocratic tendency of the GOP. Maybe I see history too coloured, but remember how quickly Clinton was attacked over emails, Obama over a fake issue of his birth certificate. All the while nobody was ever held accountable for the waterboarding scandal, that was a horrible offense against humanity and will stay in American records forever abroad? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/31/obama-justice-department-immunity-bush-cia-torturer
It should not be possible for Trump and Bush or anyone from the GOP to get away with things just because they cover each other.
Georgia Early vote
18-29 year old
2018: 56,303
2022: 219,148
Georgiavotes.com
This is huge. More voted early 2022 than the number registered in 2018.
In the vote center in LA County, where I'm working as an election clerk, we've had at least half dozen brand new voters, a newly naturalized citizen with minimal command of English but determined (!) to vote in her new country (thank goodness for information in multiple languages), several kiddos accompanying parents, and a variety of Americans who are taking time to vote the loooooong ballot in CA. We haven't been deluged with voters by any means, but we're there for a reason - and will be there until 8pm Tuesday. Hoping for a deluge, though, in the forecasted deluge of rain....we need voters AND rain 🤗 OH! And there are two high schoolers working with us!
One of the rare times I disagree with your framing of an issue:
My view is this: prosecuting a former opponent for the Presidency, is certainly the appearance of a conflict of interest. Trump's scheme to try to get Garland to appoint a special prosecutor does not open the door for just anyone to announce a run for the presidency to avoid prosecution.
It is a blueprint that Trump is creating for other corrupt Presidential candidates to follow and further damage the rule of law: delay and compromise the investigation into corrupt and anti-democratic activities. (We all know how ineffective the Mueller investigation was)
That is why I absolutely oppose Garland appointing a special prosecutor because it would compromise the ability to actually hold Trump and his allies accountable. That is more dangerous than the DOJ keeping the matter in house despite the appearance of a conflict.
Regardless of the outcome of the elections there are some truisms that exist we need to remember. Biden will still be President with veto power. Some election deniers, anti abortion and Trump supporters will be defeated but not all of them and millions of people of all generations got involved and worked hard to keep and support beliefs the felt strongly about and participated in the election process. These grass roots efforts lay the foundation for 2024. Winning has many companions and stories.
I am tired of Trump constantly trying to evade the law and the only reason he will announce after the elections is really to avoid prosecution and to make the indictment political not a legal indictment. Another reason to get out and vote. If Trump candidates do not do well it sends a very needed message to Republicans that Trump is a loser not the winner they think he is.
I am so nervous I am crawling out of my skin. Thanks for letting me share that with you all. I had to say it to someone.
I wish there was a time that the continual trauma of the election cycles would end. One election goes by and immediately the trauma sets in, like a continual state of war. The GOP if even that’s an appropriate label in this day and age has been singularly responsible for causing this trauma not jus
When you are trying hard for something it is always tense. My youngest used to sit under my chair when his brother played tennis. It was just so tense. This is normal.
Sometimes in life the most dangerous are the most thrilling times as well. Having a baby, all that work, hope, trust, fear...and then you have to go through it. Disappointment is humanizing. If everyone felt it instead of fighting it there would be more peace. The weekend comments made me feel wow! There are a lot of people invested in good work, and that is illuminating.
 The Christian far right in America, with no knowledge of the constitutional protections of the first amendment, terrify me in this election.
The abortion issue should appeal to young people of both sexes but are they keeping up with the significance of their vote or their non-vote as the case may be? The Catholic bishops certainly are speaking out vociferously.
Voter turn out may be more important than ever before from the 18 to 35 year olds.
Finally, the Democrats approach that we may be losing appears to me to be stupid! Why on earth would you tell people we might be losing when in point of fact we ought to be winning on:
(a) the handling of the pandemic
(b) the handling of the economy
(c) the work done on the environment and
(d) the record in general on civil liberties.
Re: economy: The oil companies artificially raised prices, created shortages and the inflation and they are Republicans. That’s the story which the newspapers have failed to properly target Windfall profits have been huge to the benefit of the Republicans to the detriment of ordinary people who ought to be voting Democratic. I have no idea what’s going to happen on Tuesday but I’m basically optimistic that the pollsters have it wrong and the voters will have it right.
Thank you for your work.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. Were it not for you, HCR, Teri Kanefield and others, the last two years would have felt unbearable. I --an African American woman, my family and all my friends have been "fighting the good fight" down here in GA for the mid-terms--Abrams and Warnock (where it was just announced that 1000k absentee ballots in heavily blue Cobb county were never mailed).We've left nothing on the mat--canvassing to GOTV as late as yesterday. Now we wait. Now we wait.