Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

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

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

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

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

White supremacy is terrorism.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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State Team Updates & Strategy

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Our zoom with all 7 states to talk about strategy was on Monday at 8pm.  If you are working on this project and you missed the zoom and want to catch up, please send email and I will send you the link.

In the meantime, here’s the promised post.   Please use it to add the reports from your states and anything else that is useful: thoughts or ideas that came up in the meeting that we don’t want to lose track of, things you have thought of since, etc.

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  4. 4.

    km

    To add to@sophronia: ‘s info on AZ, today’s “On the Docket” newsletter from Democracy Docket says, re the ballot measure that Republican’s are attempting to get on the 2022 ballot in AZ:

    Republican lawmakers in Arizona are rallying behind a new ballot measure that would impose strict voter ID requirements on early ballots. The measure, which is sponsored by a conservative group called Arizona Free Enterprise Club, takes a failed piece of legislation proposed by Republicans in the state Senate and repackages it as a ballot measure that the group is campaigning to have included on the 2022 Arizona general election ballot. They need over a quarter of a million signatures in favor of the effort by next July in order to place the measure on the ballot. New identification requirements for early ballots would affect most Arizonans. 3 million of the state’s 3.4 million voters cast a ballot early last election. The ballot measure also increases ID requirements for voters casting a ballot in person.

    There’s info on that in @sophronia’s 3rd link – wanted to mention that current actions include the ballot measure as well as the lawsuit.

  5. 5.

    Kathleen

    Last week meetings were held throughout Ohio during which citizens voiced their support for the new fair mapping process and demanded that the Commission’s process for drawing maps be transparent and give citizens the opportunity submit maps and comment on proposed maps. Per Common Cause, here is the result of our efforts:

    Hello Kathleen,

    A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who attended and testified at the regional hearings of the Ohio Redistricting Commission last week, or submitted written testimony! The hearings were packed across the state, with extra chairs and overflow rooms required. The Toledo hearing was moved to a larger venue — and it was still packed!

    The testimony was powerful! Speaker after speaker made it clear to the mapmakers that we are watching them, and that we expect fair maps that keep communities together. (You can read — and be inspired by — testimony submitted to the Ohio Redistricting Commission HERE.) Ohio media wrote story after story about the hearings. See a list of articles in the PS below.

    We wanted to make sure you got the news: The co-chairs of the Ohio Redistricting Commission have announced their next meeting.
    When: Tuesday, August 31 at 1:00pm
    Where: Room 313 of the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio 43215

    The meeting will focus on adopting rules. At the meeting, the Commission will set a schedule for subsequent meetings. You will not have a chance to testify, but you can still attend to show your support for fair maps. FYI, the meeting will be live-streamed on the Ohio Channel and a recording of the meeting will be posted soon after the meeting has concluded.

    The Ohio Redistricting Commission should be presenting proposed maps very soon. Please stay tuned for information about additional hearings where the public will be invited to weigh in on proposed maps.

    Many thanks for all you do,

    Catherine Turcer and the Common Cause Ohio team

     

    PS: Recent Redistricting News

  6. 6.

    km

    Arizona’s group that focuses on state stuff (Civic Engagement Beyond Voting – CEBV) is co-sponsoring an event, Rural Arizona Summit, on tactics to “empower rural voices in state and local government…” on Sept 18. Not sure if that is of interest here.

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