Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

This blog will pay for itself.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

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

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

No one could have predicted…

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Four Directions in Nevada – Putting Boots on the Ground

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On Wisconsin!

 

We have a double-match from Four Directions and $775 of a Balloon Juice angel match, which means that anything you donate up to $50 gets multiplied by 6!

Just tell us the donation amount in the comments in order to be included in the angel match!

 

 

Also, reminder that the zoom with Voces de la Frontera starts at 7:30 Eastern.   Send me email to get the zoom link.

Open thread!

 

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Once we match the remaining $775 of the $2,000 angel match, the $2,000 will go into the thermometer and we will be halfway to our $25,000!

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Just put in $25.

    ETA: Actually, since we have a zoom coming up in a few minutes, I thought I was donating to Voces de là Frontera. But no worries, I’m happy to send another $25 to 4D-NV, and will happily catch VdlF later. Especially if someone puts up a match.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne:  There isn’t a plan to do more fundraising for Voces before the election in November.

    These zooms really aren’t about raising more money, they are about us getting to see how our previous donations are being put to use, and getting the scoop on the ground in these key states.

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    WaterGirl, you really should be the Development Director for some great worthy 501(c)(3) nonprofit. You are great at finding donors who will put up matches and then leveraging the hell out of them to get every last penny. I’m truly in awe.

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    I understand that, and it’s wonderful to learn first-hand how our dollars are being used. And my bad for not looking more carefully at the thermometer (though, as I say, I’m happy to put a little more money towards efforts in NV). Take the money and smile.

    For a long time I felt kind of churlish about my puny little $25-buck donations. But I’ve come to be a big believer in many small donations from a wide swath of people. If you can afford hundreds of thousands at a whack, that’s fabulous — but I also love the notion that lots of us at the grassroots level can have just as powerful an impact. With matches, maybe even a bigger impact.

  18. 18.

    eachother

    Playing with matches.

    In for $50.

    Thank you angels, 4 Directions and BJ contributors and organizers.

  21. 21.

    bbleh

    More $.  Dunno which bucket it ended up in.  Don’t really matter … ¡Vaya Cortez Masto!

  23. 23.

    AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue team

    Another $25 for today, these matches are so inspiring!

    Ty WG

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    Just $350 left of our $2,000 Angel match!

    There are no more angel matches waiting in the wings, though it’s possible that one could still appear.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    Not to confuse the issue of Four Directions vs. Voces de la Frontera, but I thought our zoom tonight with Voces was wonderful.  And inspirational.

    Maybe some of the other folks who attended will weigh in with their own thoughts.

  33. 33.

    H.E.Wolf

    @SiubhanDuinne: ​”For a long time I felt kind of churlish about my puny little $25-buck donations. But I’ve come to be a big believer in many small donations from a wide swath of people. … I also love the notion that lots of us at the grassroots level can have just as powerful an impact. With matches, maybe even a bigger impact.”

     Beautifully put.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    For anyone who is interested, the zoom with VAAC (Voting Access for All Coalition) is scheduled for two weeks from tonight – Thursday, Sept 1.

    How can it possibly be September just two weeks from now???

  37. 37.

    Jesse

    Is there any amount left to be matched? I get a bit lost with the various posts and the coming and going angel matches. (Not a criticism! Quite the opposite. I greatly appreciate the work going on here by WaterGirl, the angels, and the groups on the ground, of course. Just saying that I get lost in the current status of things. Given the structure of the blog, maybe this is the best we can do.)

  42. 42.

    VFX Lurker

    $50 in just now. I hope my donation qualifies for a match. Thank you for organizing this. 💖

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