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You are here: Home / Political Fundraising / All 2021-22 Fundraising / Balloon Juice YouTube Channel, VAAC Zoom Video and Special Angel Match

Balloon Juice YouTube Channel, VAAC Zoom Video and Special Angel Match

by WaterGirl|  June 8, 20226:10 pm| 42 Comments

This post is in: All 2021-22 Fundraising, Balloon Juice, Commentary, Open Threads, Political Fundraising, Talk About Whatever You Want

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Zoom with VAAC

Finally!   The long-promised video of the Balloon Juice zoom with Voting Access for All two weeks ago.

Watch the video – I am confident that after meeting these folks  you will come away inspired!

E.B.  Danny.  Rob.  Percy.  Smart.  Interesting.  Dedicated.  Inspiring.  Every one of them!


Balloon Juice Videos (YouTube Channel)

Has anyone noticed the fourth icon in the site footer?  That’s the Balloon Juice Video channel on YouTube.  Right now it’s mostly Adam Schiff videos and the VAAC video, but I hope to add DougJ’s 20th Anniversary  interview with John Cole.  My (not so) secret hope is that one of these days DougJ will have more time and can do more interviewing.  DoubJ has such a great voice, I think he was made for this!


Voting Access for All Coalition (VAAC)

Michigan citizens with a criminal record have a right to vote!

VAAC is dedicated to ensuring that all Michiganders understand their voting rights. You have the power to vote even with a felony record, on probation, parole or tether, or awaiting arraignment or trial, even while in jail.

Your past doesn’t prevent you from impacting our future.

All donations are currently being matched. Your donations help VAAC to:

  1. educate people who have been misinformed about their right to vote
  2. help people overcome the barriers that may prevent them from voting
  3. engage and motivate people who do not believe their vote matters

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New $1,000 Angel Match – matching up to $100 per Person

Hoping we can blow through this angel match, and another one, before the Jan 6 Hearings start.

With the external match and a BJ Angel, everything you donate up to $100 gets multiplied by 4.

$25 funds one hour of community engagement, so a $25 donation pays for 4 hours!


Open thread!

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42Comments

  1. 1.

    eclare

    June 8, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    In for $25!

  2. 2.

    schrodingers_cat

    June 8, 2022 at 2:30 pm

    I didn’t know that you were going to put up the Book club Zooms on a YouTube channel. I would have never joined those discussions if you had made it known. I am not okay with this.

  3. 3.

    lifeinthebonusround

    June 8, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    In for $100…

  4. 4.

    different-church-lady

    June 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    My god, you’re all actual people!

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Can you help me understand the difference between posting the book club video on Balloon Juice, which we announced we would do ahead of time, and putting the same video up on the channel?

    Because in order to easily post a video on Balloon Juice, it has to be up on YouTube somewhere.  Videos can be 80MB or more, so they can’t be loaded directly into the media library

    Not unrelated, i don’t believe you are even in any of the images on either book club. At least it seems that way after a cursory look.

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    @different-church-lady: Who knew? :-)

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 2:48 pm

    @eclare:  That’s 4 hours for you!

    @lifeinthebonusround: And 16 hours from you!

  8. 8.

    MazeDancer

    June 8, 2022 at 2:51 pm

    In for $10.

    Important clarification needed, WaterGirl, is that a new puppy you are holding?

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 2:52 pm

    @MazeDancer: No, that is not.  Not ready yet.

    Thanks for your donation!

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    June 8, 2022 at 2:57 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:  There is a reason I don’t Zoom.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 2:59 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: And I don’t turn on my video.  Everyone has a different comfort level.

    edit: It’s because you’re someone famous and we would recognize even your voice, isn’t it?  I know that’s Baud’s reason for not zooming.

  12. 12.

    Mo Salad

    June 8, 2022 at 3:00 pm

    Are we done with the Patrick match?

    (Rubs itchy trigger finger)

  13. 13.

    Mo Salad

    June 8, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    @Mo Salad: Found it at end of old thread. Popping another Ulysses in a minute. Consider it done.

  14. 14.

    Omnes Omnibus

    June 8, 2022 at 3:03 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Famous or infamous?

  15. 15.

    Mo Salad

    June 8, 2022 at 3:03 pm

    @Mo Salad: AB224711044

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 3:19 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: That is a most interesting question.

  17. 17.

    zhena gogolia

    June 8, 2022 at 3:55 pm

    @WaterGirl: Baud is Johnny Depp, right?

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Anything is possible.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    Has anyone watched the zoom video?  These people are amazing.  I LOVED the stories from E.B.

    She is my hero.

  20. 20.

    eponymous

    June 8, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    hey, I threw in $100 yesterday – does that qualify for one or another match?

  21. 21.

    Elizabelle

    June 8, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    @zhena gogolia: 

    Them’s fighting words.

  22. 22.

    zhena gogolia

    June 8, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    @Elizabelle: Okay, Lady Gaga?

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 4:30 pm

    @eponymous: Yes, it counts, thanks for letting me know!

    We’ll count it for today since Patrick’s match is complete.  You just funded 2 full days of in-person contact!

  24. 24.

    lowtechcyclist

    June 8, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    My god, you’re all actual people!

    Not me, i‘m as imaginary as the square root of -1.

    ETA: Speaking of imaginary, of course WG doesn’t see schrodinger’s cat on those videos. Creatures that are simultaneously dead and alive don’t show up well in images of any sort.

  25. 25.

    Jackie

    June 8, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    If it’s a private YouTube channel. I don’t see an issue. It’s no different than posting it on BJ.

  26. 26.

    la caterina

    June 8, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    You got me. In for another c-note.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    @la caterina: Thank you so much!

  28. 28.

    Mike in NC

    June 8, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    We spent an exhausting day shopping for a new car. Wife was finally ready to trade in her 2004 Honda CR-V for something newer. Settled on a 2020 Honda HR-V with low mileage. Then we had to clean out 18 years worth of junk and trash from the old car.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    @Mike in NC: I have a 2005 Honda CRV.  I bet the new one doesn’t have the built-in card table and the built-in cooler in the back!

  30. 30.

    Mike in NC

    June 8, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    @WaterGirl:  No, they moved the spare tire and jack to where the folding table was stored. Frankly, we never used them in either of our old CR-Vs.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    @Mike in NC: Oh, I used both multiple times!

  32. 32.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    June 8, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    I didn’t know Watergirl was so pretty.

     

    And it’s nice to see a diverse party of Jackals

  33. 33.

    There go two miscreants

    June 8, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    In for $75 on this round.

  34. 34.

    grandmaBear

    June 8, 2022 at 8:13 pm

    In for $50

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: We were all white faces, I believe.  The diversity came from the VAAC people.

    Even during the zoom though, there was a real sense of kinship coming from both sides.  It was really great.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    @There go two miscreants: @grandmaBear:

    Thank you!  That funds 20 hours face-to-face – between the two of you!

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    We are at $510, so we just passed the halfway mark of the $1,000 Angel Match #5!

  38. 38.

    AJ formerly of the Mustard Search and Rescue team

    June 8, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: I think you misspelled $610!! :D

    Jk, I just hit it with another hundred.

    Three cheers for the angels, you all are my inspiration!!

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @AJ formerly of the Mustard Search and Rescue team: What a happy accident!  :-)

    Thank you so much. 16 hours of face-to-face time to let people know they have the right to vote.

  40. 40.

    Fair Economist

    June 8, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    Tossed in another $100 to support this great organization.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    @Fair Economist: Thanks so much!  You just funded 2 full days of in-person community engagement!

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    June 8, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    We are at $710 toward Angel Match #5 for $1,000.

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