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if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This blog will pay for itself.

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Optimism opens the door to great things.

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The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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You cannot shame the shameless.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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Let’s Get To Work – Beto for Inspiration (Live Interview) & Lawyers Needed

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I’ll be adding some Action opportunities below, but want to get this up in case you want to watch live.

h/t Yutsano for the Beto heads up

Powered by People Phone Bank Needs Your Help Every Night This Week

If you haven’t watched the Beto video yet, I would urge you to do it.  What they are doing is so inspirational.  And they are asking for our help in fighting for our democracy.

Join the phone banking – going on every night this week – and help people make a plan to vote and help get their questions answered.  Beto asks us to piitch in and fight for our democracy.

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Lawyers Needed

via Vote Save America

We are making a final push to recruit volunteer lawyers who can plug in with the Biden and Democratic voter protection efforts to count every vote and prepare for any possible recount effort.

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Can you volunteer to be one of those few, good lawyers? (Or forward this to a lawyer in your life?)

We The Action will provide the information and links to specific projects through a digest of opportunities — from staffing remote voter hotlines, to serving as poll workers and observers, to curing mail-in ballots, and, if needed, supporting recount efforts. Fingers crossed we don’t get to that point, but if we do, we’ll be ready! Thanks to you. You can sign up directly with projects you select, and you’ll be notified about urgent needs via text or email, which can be filtered by location and languages you speak.

Here’s the truth we know you can handle (SORRY NOT SORRY): The stakes of this election could not be higher and the challenges facing voters mount every day. We The Action is committed to doing its part to quickly and efficiently mobilize thousands of lawyers to protect the integrity of our election and our right to vote. Please be one of them. It’s the biggest way to make a meaningful difference in this election. TBH, it’s this or join JAG.

Thanks for your help on the frontlines of the fight to count every vote.

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  2. 2.

    Richard Guhl

    Democrats should be prepared to descend upon D.C. in a mighty flood, if SCOTUS, in any way, threatens to scuttle the vote count.

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    PsiFighter37

    New NYT poll has TX at 47-43. If Beto and crew are bringing in swathes of new voters, this is eminently winnable. Time to break the fucking wheel, as an erstwhile TV character from an erstwhile good TV show once said.

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    Yarrow

    @PsiFighter37:
    Voter turn out in the Rio Grande Valley is still low. El Paso has just issued a stay at home order. Doesn’t apply to voting but still could depress turnout.

    As El Paso continues to grapple with a surge of coronavirus cases, county authorities on Sunday implemented a curfew and city health officials asked residents to stay home for the next two weeks in an effort to stop the spread of the virus.
    …
    Sunday’s stay-at-home request from city officials — and the announcement of the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. county curfew — came nine days ahead of Election Day and as El Paso follows a statewide trend of record turnout during early voting. Officials, though, stressed that Sunday’s announcement did not mean residents should not vote if they have not already.

    El Paso has lagged other Texas metro areas in early voting numbers.

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    Matt McIrvin

    @PsiFighter37: The last few Texas polls have had Trump up a few points, after a few days in which he seemed to be losing–I doubt it’s a trend, though, it’s more random noise and which polls release on which days. All we can really say is that it’s damn close and a lot of people have voted there already. And if Texas is the big battleground… well… that’s not great news for Trump.

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    zhena gogolia

    @oatler.: 
    I’ve been bringing my Biden sign in every night.
    This morning I saw that the neighbor’s Black Lives Matter sign had been vandalized — the supports bent and twisted. This is in blue CT.

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    Betty Cracker

    I’ll always love Beto for this response to a reporter who asked what Trump could do to help after the El Paso mass shooting:

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    If you haven’t watched the Beto video yet, I would urge you to do it.  What they are doing is so inspirational.  And they are asking for our help in fighting for our democracy.

    If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, then watch the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes.

    Beto isn’t just fighting for Texas, he is fighting for all of us, for our democracy, and they still need help with calls to Texas.  Not to sway voters, but to help with voting plans and answer questions.

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    Yarrow

    @Betty Cracker:  I’m expecting Beto to run for Governor in 2022. Also Julián Castro. Could be an interesting primary season. And if it’s Beto the midterm elections will be crazy in Texas.

  24. 24.

    mrmoshpotato

    @japa21:

    Need to come up with a new term. Borked is so outdated. 

    “Sorry.  This website has temporarily busted the shit out of itself.”

  25. 25.

    dnfree

    @Splitting Image: Trying to think of terms I know but none are probably current. Hosed?  Bricked?  In the 1990s I worked on one system we used to say had “kneed up” because that’s what the performance graph looked like.

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    Anoniminous

    @PsiFighter37:

    Voting in Texas is through the roof.  Three suburban counties are reporting more early voting than the total 2016 vote.  These counties tend to vote D but caution is indicated.

    Basically this strong showing means predicting 2020 results using simple 2016/2018 participation Likely Voter screens are orthogonal to the voting population and, so, have diminished predictive power.

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    Gin & Tonic

    @zhena gogolia: I live on a very quiet street with no political yard signs except for my Biden/Harris and one local race. I removed them yesterday to cut the grass, but then put them back.

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    PsiFighter37

    @Yarrow: Might need to walk back some of his comments re: gun control right before he dropped out of the presidential primaries. Personally, I think he would be better-served by, say, running for mayor of El Paso (which is GOP-run ATM) before shooting for higher office. One more big miss and honestly he’s done for in Texas.

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    Betty

    Beto clearly loves being a power broker. He may not want to run for office. Maybe head up the DNC?

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    Salty Sam

    @Betty Cracker: yeah, that was a good response-  what the rest of us think when we hear these kinds of brain-dead questions from reporters.
    I was all in for Beto when he ran against Cruz, but backed off when he announced his presidential aspirations.  “I was born for this” was especially cringe-worthy.

    But I’m really enjoying seeing him doing all this behind-the-scenes work of fundraising and GOTV for TxDem party.  This is the kind of work that he needed under his belt before running for higher office.  I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him in the years to come.

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    waratah

    Beto hit the ground running here in Texas after he closed the presidential run and worked to influence his supporters to run for State seats. He has then run the largest get out the vote since. He is well known and popular with conservatives as well as Democrats.
    Thank you for giving him some well deserved credit.

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    PJ

    @Betty:  DNC chair might be a good job for him for the next two years, and if he wants, he can run for Governor in 2022, or for a rematch against Cruz in 2024 – by that time, Texas might be blue enough that Beto getting elected Senator is not a problem.

    One thing the next DNC chair absolutely must do is reform the primary process so that there are no more caucuses and the first states are no longer Iowa and New Hampshire. If a small state has to go first, it might as well be Delaware, which is 20% black.

    Personally, I’d like to see groups of 10 or so states (accounting for DC and PR) hold their primaries on one day each month between February and June; which group goes first would rotate over the next five election cycles, after which point the groups would be shuffled again. Not once have I ever been able to vote in a primary where my vote would actually make a difference.

  42. 42.

    Dmbeaster

    Thanks for the link. Volunteered for legal work. I am a business trial lawyer but in California. Hope to help if needed. Have not been able to put in as much $$$ this year, but can definitely do this.

  44. 44.

    Avalie

    I’m signed up to be a poll observer in Phoenix and Yuma during early voting (I’m in CA).  First time doing this….

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