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Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

You cannot shame the shameless.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

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

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

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On the Ground Reporting from Organizations We Have Been Funding!

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With just 3 months to go before the election, it’s time to get back to some of our collective work here on Balloon Juice.

I thought we would kick it off by hearing from the folks who literally have their feet on the ground, working hard every day, putting our good money to use!  Not the fundraising peeps, but hearing from the people who are involved in the day-to-day work.

We get enough spin and bullshit and negatively from the pundits and the traditional media – it’s time to hear from the people who are in the trenches and know what it feels like on the ground.

On Thursday 8/11 – tomorrow – we will zoom with Four Directions.  We’ll be talking with O.J. (the founder) and Bret (political director) and, fingers crossed, someone who has been very active in Nevada.

Next week – on 8/17 or 8/18 – we will hear from the folks at Voces de la Frontera!   We hope to have Fabi (political director) and some of the leaders and student leaders.

The following week – on 8/24 or 8/25 – we will hear from the folks at VAAC! aka Voting Access for All Coalition.  If you missed the first zoom with VAAC, here’s your chance to meet some amazing and impressive folks who were formerly incarcerated and are now leaders of this great organization.  I think I can speak for everyone who was at the first zoom when I say that we truly felt like we had met kindred spirits, in all the ways that count.

All times tentatively set at 7:30 pm Eastern.

So… who wants to join us for the zooms, and get the skinny from the folks who are out there?  That really does provide an entirely different perspective than we get from the pundits, the media, the polls, the twitter machine.

Let us know in the comments if you want to join the zooms, and please follow up with an email to me so I can send you the zoom links.

How nice is it to be having a good run these past few days?  It’s like a cool rain after being battered by the heat for days and weeks and months on end.

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    Joy in FL

    I would love to be present for all of them. I will email you to confirm as soon as I post this, because otherwise one of my cats will move and attract my attention, and I will forget to email you : )

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    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    I am looking forward to hearing about their progress, especially 4 Directions who I’ve been giving to monthly for quite a while now! Thanks,

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    AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue team

    This sounds awesome! I’m still getting back to full energy so can’t guarantee I’ll make it but will you post the times on here WG?

    Thanks for making this happen.

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    Almost Retired

    This is awesome!  Can’t make tomorrow’s Zoom, but I’m keeping all prospective times for the Voces and VAAC Zooms open.

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    H.E.Wolf

    Thank you WaterGirl for arranging these updates! I’ve been wondering about exactly this, since “our” (= jackal-funded) organizations are working in so many swing states this year.

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    japa21

    Please send me the info.  Not sure if I can make them or not, but I’ll try to find a way.

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