Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

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

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

He really is that stupid.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

T R E 4 5 O N

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

We’re not going back!

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Unforgivable.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

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Within the Margin of Effort – Another Match for Boots On the Ground in AZ

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Let’s win this!

We are two weeks out, our donation money at this point is best spent putting boots on the ground.  At this point, it’s all about turnout, so let’s help GOTV.

A Balloon Juice Angel has offered a $500 Angel match for our effort to put boots on the ground in AZ by funding the organization Worker Action.  If we match her $500, that’s one more pair of boots on the ground for an entire week in Arizona.

Here’s a link to an article about the Worker Action contribution in turning AZ blue in 2020.

Up to $50 per person will be matched – if you post your match and amount in the comments. Even if you were already matched last week by Almost Retired, Barry, or Mousebumples, this is a new match – so you can be matched again.

With two days of fundraising last week, we sent the equivalent of 10 people to work in AZ for a week!

Can we do it again?

Open thread.

Update:  This is now the only thermometer showing in the sidebar, but the other thermometers are still available using the links under the Targeted Fundraising header in the sidebar.

Boots on the ground:  we have funded 10 pairs so far!

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We have met the $500 match!  

We raised enough for 3 more sets of boots on the ground in AZ!  I had to go find more boot images!

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  8. 8.

    TheTruffle

    By the time this election season is over, I will have sent about 400 postcards and 70 letters to voters. I hope this is all worth it.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @TheTruffle: That’s very impressive.  We won’t win every race, but it will still have been totally worth it.

    There will surely be some surprises and some disappointments.  I suspect we’ll lose some that we thought we would win, and that we will win a few that we thought we would lose.

    Leave it all on the field.  Always.  No regrets.

  12. 12.

    Leslie

    @WaterGirl: I left a late comment on the “completely different “ thread, but in case you didn’t see it, I wanted to say thanks again for all your screenshots to help guide my final donation decisions. They were extremely useful. I appreciated everyone else who made comments and suggestions, too.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    @Leslie: I did see that, thank you!

    Curious… what options did you finally decide to go with?  Only if you’re comfortable telling us, of course!  (not asking for amounts, only choices)

  19. 19.

    wmd

    People looking to phone bank – I’ve pulled together a few links:

    MoveOn (maybe win 5 pints of ice cream)
    Raskin for Congress
    Summer Lee (reverse coattail possibility in PA)

    It would be good to know the effectiveness of phone bank work. I’ve been doing it consistently in both primaries and general elections since Obama’s 2008 primary season.

    It would also be good to have the equivalent of ActBlue for volunteer activity. An aggregator of opportunities to people to work to help elect good candidates.

  31. 31.

    Geminid

    Since this post is about Arizona, I will again reference yesterday’s New Republic article by Grace Segers headlined:

    How Democrats are Holding Onto Latino voters in Arizona.

    I discuss it some in the prior thread, at comment 116. The article’s a good, short read, though and the magazine told me it was my first free article.

  33. 33.

    TheTruffle

    @WaterGirl: I sent most of them to the upstate NY district where I grew up (no, it’s not Stefanik’s). Plus some to NC, TX, GA, PA, and NV

    @Geminid: I should read that. I just canceled my WaPo subscription last night because of that stupid Dems in Disarray article. Feh.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    We have met the $500 match!  And raised enough for 3 more sets of boots on the ground in AZ!  Or int his case, tennies. :-)  I am going to have to go find another boot image!

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    Leslie

    @WaterGirl: Now I have to remember … or try to. I sent some to the two AG candidates you highlighted, I know, but who else? I’ll have to go look at the receipts.

  44. 44.

    Geminid

    @TheTruffle: I don’t know if you mess with Twitter, but @GraceSegers gives good coverage of Capitol Hill matters when Congress is in session. She’ll live-tweet sessions when there are important votes.

    During the September weekend when the Senate was debating the Inflation Reduction Act, the young, single Segers made a poignant personal admission:

        Nothing is so subtly devastating as ordering several Chinese dishes and receiving a second pair of chopsticks.

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    Paul W.

    I’m sure match is over, but I pledged to donate again to our make a difference series if match went up and… well here I am for $100!

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