Goal: 40,000 for Worker Power
Why: to fund a boots-on-the ground voter registration team for three weeks.
Why District 2 and District 4? In a word: micro-targeting!
- 11 electoral votes to keep Biden as president
- replace Sinema with Ruben Gallego to hold the Senate seat
- flip one seat in the U.S. House to beat the vulnerable Republican who barely beat Jevin Hodge
- pick up two AZ House seats (Republicans hold the AZ House by 2 seats)
- pick up one AZ Senate seat (Republicans hold the AZ Senate by 2 seats)
- get rid of the charter-school-loving election denier who chose Clarence Thomas as her son’s godfather
- as a bonus, creepy crazy Kari Lake loses again!
As you can see above, this time it’s personal!
Click below for full details in the post from earlier this week.
Big thanks to frosty & Balloon Juice Angel #1 for their matches! Another Scott finished off frosty’s match overnight, and another BJ Angel has stepped up.
He will match up to $50 per person. To count toward the match, tell us about your match in the comments. Or you can let me know by email.
Oh, and I like the sound of this!
40 out of his 44 cabinet members will not endorse him.
His VP will not endorse him.
Many of his former staffers will not endorse him.
Anyone who believes there are brighter days ahead for America, will not endorse Donald Trump.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) March 16, 2024
40 out of 44 is awesome! Does anyone know who the other 4 are? Let’s name names!
Open thread.
Update: First angel match from today has been met! New angel match from eponymous just started – $1,000 of matching funds for donations up to $50 per person.
VFX Lurker
In for $50. Thank you for doing this.
ETA — and a BIG thank you to the Angels for their matches!
rikyrah
So, the background.
Yesterday, a Black engineer with locs posted his official staff picture from NASA.
Other Black staff at NASA started posting their official staff pictures from NASA.
This is a reply from a parent of a young Black boy who wants to be an astronaut and has locs.
Representation matters.
I love when my son can see representation of him!! He dressed up as Victor Glover for his black history program, BUT THIS????? He can literally see himself
(https://x.com/BWyele__/status/1768763549784940857?t=9wOWkoa0Vo8dGY4YxV9m3g&s=03)
and, the engineer replied!
Tyrone (@tyisicecold06) posted at 8:25 PM on Fri, Mar 15, 2024:
I need to FaceTime your son!! This is so amazing!! I love this!!
(https://x.com/tyisicecold06/status/1768810816134943023?t=wzvc6rCKeqUjunIOjoSn2w&s=03)
Sharon
I just donated $25. Keep up the good work.
VFX Lurker
@rikyrah: That is wonderful.
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: For folks who don’t want to click on twitter, this is a new hire at NASA.
Eunicecycle
I just donated $50. Thanks for the match, Angels!
Percysowner
In for $25. Keep up the good work.
Almost Retired
This is awesome. Flipping the Arizona Legsislature is critical if we’re going to hold on to these 11 electoral votes. Aggressive voter suppression is all they’ve got.
WaterGirl
@WaterGirl: If black Einstein were alive today, I suppose no Republican would have listened to him because of his crazy
herehair.RaflW
Just chipped in for >$50. Thanks to the angel for matching!
Anoniminous
@WaterGirl:
Einstein’s crazy here
Couldn’t resist
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: Plus, the state senator we are targeting introduced legislation that would have allowed the state legislature to invalidate Presidential election results.
rikyrah
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) posted at 9:35 AM on Fri, Mar 15, 2024:
Mexico abolished slavery in 1829. Enslaved people were escaping to Mexico. The U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty to return escapees but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil.
—Did you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico?
Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico.
—To date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery.
—Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento.
—Slave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.
https://t.co/668TrrKccl
(https://x.com/AfricanArchives/status/1768647235258954161?t=EXGhDOTlDokWhMUWC5UAZg&s=03)
BenInNM
Just put in $25 – thanks!
WaterGirl
@Anoniminous: Based on that photo, I am betting that Einstein was fun. Please, no one tell me he was an asshole.
Almost Retired
Ok according to Business Insider the four cabinet members endorsing Trump are Matthew Whitaker ( who was AG for about 15 minutes), Mark Meadows (either a true believer or a victim of blackmail or both), Richard Grenell – crazy ass former ambassador to Germany and later an “intelligence “ advisor – and never-heard-of-him Russell Vought in the budget office. Those are some powerful endorsements!!
Anoniminous
@WaterGirl:
He was, in some ways, a man of his time and upbringing meaning his relations and treatment of women was less than stellar. He was, in other ways, a man ahead of his time.
An asshole? Don’t see it.
TBone
@WaterGirl: he was hot. I have a photo of him and Charlie Chaplin (sans makeup) together that proves my theory.
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired:
With all the acting appointments Trump made, I’ll bet there are plenty of others who are still waffling, hedging their bets to see which way the wind blows.
TBone
@WaterGirl: only at Wayfair. Oops, disappeared.
WaterGirl
I must have Einstein on my mind, because someone Cole works with has published a book on Einstein, and I think we’re going to have a zoom (or more than one) so he can tell us some of his Einstein stories.
Shalimar
@Almost Retired: Vought is a true believer. I’m surprised Mnuchin and Ross, along with some of those who left in disgrace like Zinke or Perry or Pruitt, haven’t at least endorsed him now that he has the nomination sewn up. Michael Flynn has shown that no amount of embarrassment is too much to keep you from getting another shot at kissing Trump’s ass.
WaterGirl
We passed $8,000, time for another pair.
WaterGirl
35 seconds of pure inspiration from Gov. Andy Beshear, speaking about public schools.
Hungry Joe
In for another two and a half sawbucks ($50). Money VERY well spent.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@WaterGirl: Don’t put people on a pedestal. Everyone has their pros and cons. No one is perfect.
Baud
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
Ahem.
H.E.Wolf
These boots are made for walking all over AZ Republican candidates. Hooray for Worker Power and the BJ contributors!
WaterGirl
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: What did I say that made you think I have put him on a pedestal? I said he looks like he wold have been fun, and I hope he isn’t an asshole?
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
clap clap clap
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
loved it
Anoniminous
This is too good to not post.
Sonora
Here for $200. Thanks for great efforts,
Avalie
Adding my $50
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Trivia:
Albert Einstein (the scientist) eschewed wearing socks.
As did/does Will Eisner’s comics character The Spirit. (A peccadillo all movie/TV attempts got wrong.)
;)
zhena gogolia
@Anoniminous: I asked my husband if he knew what “feminist AF” meant. He said “feminist after the fact”?
WaterGirl
@Anoniminous: That’s too funny!
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
At least he didn’t pipe up with “feminist Anne Frank.”
;)
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: That’s pretty funny, too.
edit: Maybe one of the late night shows should do those interviews wearing the t-shirt and asking people what they think it means.
eclare
In for $25!
TBone
@WaterGirl: that makes me happy. Mom gave an Einstein biography years back, but it’s currently still boxed from our move (new home is minimalist so shelf space is at a premium and vintage Mark Twain collection occupies a lot of space). He’s fascinating and I look forward to that post.
Anoniminous
@zhena gogolia:
Yeah, sometimes we’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer
eclare
@rikyrah:
That is so cool!
TBone
@Baud: 😆
SuzieC
In for $29. Gets us to a nice round number.
eclare
@Almost Retired:
Thanks for the research!
TBone
Tom Sullivan at Digby: Mike Pence Needs an Anger Translator
https://digbysblog.net/2024/03/16/mike-pence-needs-an-anger-translator/
I’d cross out “righteous” and sub in “sanctimonious.”
Maxim
Another $50 in the pot. Thanks to the angels!
Anoniminous
@rikyrah:
More of this, please.
When I look at how much work needs to be done I get discouraged.
Then I remember the ‘Separate but Equal water fountains’ I saw growing and know we have made progress.
Luther Siler
Relevant information: there are only fifteen Cabinet seats and this motherfucker went through 44 people in 4 years.
WaterGirl
@SuzieC: And it got us to $9k, so we’ll be seeing another pair of boots in a minute.
WaterGirl
@Luther Siler: Hey, those acting appointments can really add up! :-)
WaterGirl
Matt McIrvin
@WaterGirl: His being Jewish and kind of left-leaning was bad enough. There’s a whole relativity denialist subculture in right politics already.
Karen H
In for $50 for the match. Thanks to the BJ Angels!
Also thanks to PatrickG who used his Apple Friends and Family rate to help me get a 15% discount on a new MacBook. I’m using the “free” money that I saved for some Balloon Juice donations. I highly recommend it if you’re in need of any Apple products. Just email WaterGirl and she’ll put you in touch with Patrick
NotMax
@WaterGirl
When do the faux gold boots with red soles show up?
//
(I’ll see myself out.)
WaterGirl
@Matt McIrvin: Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall.
WaterGirl
@Karen H: Thank you for that!
Yes, some of my apple stuff is through PatrickG, and it makes a difference.
Jackie
This is fundraising related, so…
TIFG is so broke he’s cutting back on his beloved rallies – plus I do believe his crowd sizes have dwindled significantly…
More TIFG sadness at the link, but the above blurb (edited to be more truthful) made my day!
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: lol!
Waiting on a paycheck to come, then I plan to contribute. I love all your fundraising efforts!
WaterGirl
@NotMax: I refuse to sully these threads with T’s gold shoes. But I might have to go find those black heels with the red bottoms that was in the Fani Willis will make you pay for this bullshit in GA tweet.
Maybe that would be a good one for when we hit $10k!
RaflW
@Luther Siler: And Elaine “pillow talk conduit to McConnell” Chao stayed in the whole 4 years. So 43/14!
eta: I can’t get over the fact that TFG insulted Mitch’s wife horribly, and he still bends the knee. Just a wretched man.
WaterGirl
@Miss Bianca: Balloon Juice made a difference in 2022 and I know we will make a difference this year.
BlueGuitarist
$50 for the match – thank you WaterGirl & The Angels
This is totally awesome!
Turning out the vote in these super swing districts
matters a lot because each voter will cast multiple votes in many swing elections up and down the ballot, most importantly, as WaterGirl emphasized, President, US Senate, US House, AZ State Senate, AZ State House.
Winning the state legislature will help in many ways including limiting some election denying/overthrowing bs.
Also each voter in these districts also will be able to cast vote in 10 or more other swing elections on the same ballot:
3 seats on the AZ Corporation Commission, the 5-member body elected state-wide that sets energy/climate policies
6 Maricopa Countywide offices, including Sheriff
and further down-ballot: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Justice of the Peace, and Constable.
Meyerman
In for $25. Thanks, angels!
tam1MI
Texans on the hook for $150 million because Greg Abbott lied about donors paying for his stupid and cruel bus stunts.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving state…
Geminid
@WaterGirl: I like what Albert Einstein said when asked about the existence of God:
Einstein refers to Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), a Dutch philosopher from a Portuguese-Jewish family. Wikipedia tells me that Spinoza was “one of the most important and radical philosophers of the early modern era.” He was a lens grinder by trade.
eclare
@Anoniminous:
That is precious!
WaterGirl
@BlueGuitarist: Since we can’t fundraise for all the down-ballot races we might like to help, maybe we can have some posts with recommendations for down-ballot races in key states.
And ask BJ peeps to share them on social media?
Just a thought, I would welcome feedback on whether that’s a good thought or not.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: I like that!
eclare
@Anoniminous:
That is precious
Jackie
@WaterGirl: Too sad it’s too big for a rotating tag.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
“Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.”
– Albert Einstein
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twbrandt
In for $25.
eclare
@WaterGirl:
Yes we did, and yes we will.
Credit to yes we can.
Anoniminous
@Matt McIrvin:
That started back in the 1920s with the promoting of Aryan Physics defending the White Race from degenerate Jewish Physics. The philosopher Martin Heidegger actually pushed for a Aryan Physics Nobel Prize. Much to the chagrin of his Jewish bit-on-the-side student Hannah Arendt
dc
In for $25
Matt McIrvin
@WaterGirl: Part of it seems to be a (deliberate?) confusion between relativity, which is a pretty specific physical principle, and moral or ontological relativism. But it also ties heavily into young Earth creationist attempts to reconcile astronomy with Biblical Genesis.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: That’s kind of how Benjamin Franklin looked at the world. Franklin may not have read Spinoza’s Ethics, but he was likely influenced by people who had.
Zelma
Just donate $50. Also made a continuing contribution. This seems to me to be a way to help the most Democrats in Arizona.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: If he didn’t say that, he should have!
Anoniminous
@Geminid:
Spinoza is one of my heroes. The Great Uniter he managed to make everybody mad. His book Theological-Political Treatise was called “full of abominations” and “a book forged in hell . . . by the devil himself.”
Matt McIrvin
… and of course, if you believe the Earth is flat under a domed firmament and outer space is a hoax concocted by NASA with CGI, you’re probably not going to be big on the theory of relativity. Though a few of those types do invoke the Principle of Equivalence to explain gravity by claiming the entire world is eternally accelerating upward at 9.8 meters per second squared.
Paul W.
Dropping in 50! I’m so curious about the q1 fundraising numbers, money isn’t everything but republicans were already struggling before they folded the national fundraising and election operation into the Trump crime family.
WaterGirl
@Paul W.: It will be interesting!
My take is that right-wing millionaires and billionaires will stop up and give to important races in battleground states.
I think the money people will make up for the Trump RNC hovering up all the central dollars.
We’ll see. I kind of hope I’m wrong.
Matt McIrvin
@Anoniminous: There was a story not too long ago about a Spinoza scholar who tried to get access to some library with some of his writings and got a response like “you are not welcome to promote the blasphemous heresies of that epikoros” (reversed soon after, I think)…
BlueGuitarist
Speaking of Arizona Legislative District 4:
In 2022 Balloon-Juice helped fund Laura Terech’s successful campaign for one of the 2 state house seats for District 4.
Terech is one of the nominees for Emily’s List’s Gabrielle Gifford Rising Star Awards.
Online voting started March 15 and continues through Tuesday, March 19.
She is the only nominee from a swing district.
Terech’s says: “early in my teaching career when part of my classroom ceiling collapsed over a rug full of kindergarteners I jumped up to shield the children. Luckily, I was the only one hurt.” That incident, in the context of the state’s woefully underfunded schools, led her to run for the state house.
She’s a great advocate for reproductive freedom, fair elections, funding public education, and confronting the climate crisis and gun violence.
You can vote for her – or, of course any of the other excellent nominees – at
https://win.emilyslist.org/a/20240308_events_risingstarvoting2024
Voting requires providing an email address to Emily’s List. I’m guessing many of you have a separate email address you use for political activity; also guessing you’ll appreciate the emails you get from Emily’s List more if they aren’t competing with personal messages in you inbox.
Emily’s List says that the “winner will be chosen with community input.”
Previous Rising Star Award recipients include Stacey Abrams, Ayanna Pressley and Emilia Sykes (before their elections to US House), Harris County, Texas Judge Lina Hidalgo Georgia State Rep. Bee Nguyen, Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell in 2023.
BlueGuitarist
@WaterGirl:
I’ve got some suggestions! mostly focused on super swing districts
Geminid
@Matt McIrvin: I saw a picture posted recently on Turkish Twitter that showed a baker with a tray full of small cakes that he was giving out for free. He had a picture of Spinoza displayed next to them. It wasn’t Spinoza’s birthday but rather the anniversary of his death, so I’m not sure what was going on there.
WaterGirl
@BlueGuitarist: I thought you might! :-)
Another Scott
@Geminid: There’s, naturally, a web page about that:
I had a big boss named “Baruch”. Dunno if he was named after him.
Cheers,
Scott.
Another Scott
@Another Scott: Er, block quote fail. Block quote should end before I mentioned the old boss.
Cheers,
Scott.
Uncle Cosmo
Already??? Gott’n’s himmel, it’s been around practically since 1905. When the Third Reich disparaged “Jewish science,” it was Einstein they were mainly talking about (as most of their scientists couldn’t wrap their brains around special relativity, let along general…).
Baud
@Matt McIrvin:
Just saw a science video that used this to explain the equivalence principle.
eclare
@WaterGirl:
Didn’t some big money people, the Kochs maybe?, already state that they are going to focus on Senate races, not presidential?
JustALurker
In for $25
Geminid
@Another Scott: Interesting that Frankilin had a Spinoza’s Ethics in his library. Franklin encountered these ideas when he was a young printer and pamphleteer. A pious Philadelphian had commissioned a pamplet refuting the pernicious doctrines of Deism, so Franklin read up on the trendy philosophy in order to prove it wrong. Franklin wrote in his Autobiography that his research for the pamplet convinced him of Deism’s philosophical merits.
Wolvesvalley
In for another $50!
Sister Golden Bear
@rikyrah: Who’s been chopping onions here?
WaterGirl
@eclare: That sounds familiar, but I didn’t make a mental note of who said it.
Geminid
@eclare: If I was a wealthy and ruthless conservative I’d concentrate on taking the Senate and salvaging close House races. No point in betting much money on a lame horse like Trump.
Bex
@WaterGirl: How about some Fluevog boots?https://www.fluevog.com
Sister Golden Bear
@Jackie: Trump must be desperate financially if he’s giving up his narcissism fixes. Especially at a time when he’s teetering on narcissistic collapse.
Sister Golden Bear
In for $25.
WaterGirl
@JustALurker: Thank you! And welcome to commenting! Now that I approved that one, future comments will show up for everyone right away.
WaterGirl
@Bex: I added a pair to the media library collection.
WaterGirl
Thanks to everyone who is donating. We are just $75 away from meeting this morning’s $1,000 Angel match!
Marcopolo
In for $50.
WaterGirl
Okay, we have just met this morning’s anonymous Angel match for $1,000!
About an hour ago I received email from another Balloon Juice Angel – so we have another $1,000 match, this time from commenter eponymous.
You guys are amazing!
So we have a brand-new angel match, matching up to $50 per person.
And, as always, everything resets with a new angel, so even if you were matched earlier, you can be matched again if you are so inclined.
Eyeroller
@Baud: The equivalence principle just says that acceleration is equivalent to gravity (hence the name). Acceleration acts on “inertial mass” (F=ma) and gravity acts on “gravitational mass” and the EP says that these are the same and indistinguishable. Gravity doesn’t mean you are accelerating upward at 9.8m/s^2 but the EP says you cannot distinguish those two circumstances. This doesn’t “explain” gravity but it is an essential component of both special and general relativity.
rikyrah
@Almost Retired:
Does Arizona have one of those abortion rights referenda on the November ballot?
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: I wanted to send you email about something – is the email you list for BJ an active address that you check?
H.E.Wolf
Thank you to both anonymous and eponymous!
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
But, a lot of the Republican structure doesn’t exist in battleground states. The state parties are fractured and broke.
Who will they give money to?
But, yes, they will try to give the money directly to the states.
Me? I still believe that they will buckle and give him the funds. After all, he has promised them more tax cuts, and since it’s the only tangible thing he did.legislativelyn in his term, they want more. They would sell their mother for more tax cuts.😒😒
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
I do check it, WG
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: I totally agree that rich Republicans will still give money to the RNC.
I just think that Trump will suck that up for his legal bills, or to get himself elected. And he and his minions will line their person pockets, as well.
I think that any money donated centrally won’t make it to the states. Which suits me just fine!
eclare
@H.E.Wolf:
Yes many thanks to our angels!
pat
Just sent $100.
JeanneT
I put my $50+ in – thanks to the matching angel eponymous for making my donation dollars go farther!
Almost Retired
@rikyrah: they’re gathering signatures to qualify one now. Worker power is doing that too.
Almost Retired
@Almost Retired: I should add that the signature initiative worker power is doing is a separate effort from the one we’re funding to my understanding.
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
It is obvious that any donations to the RNC are going for the legal bills. There will not be any money going for down ballot races from the RNC. They have to find another way for them to get $$$
Jesse
In for $25.
BR
Does anyone have suggestions for campaigns to donate to that are:
1. In presidential swing states.
2. Underfunded and are likely to yield the most new voter turnout per dollar (like new voter registration, youth turnout, etc.)
3. Are not just dumping the money into TV ads.
BR
Also, I’m in for $50 to the AZ donation, just donated.
sxjames
Just donated $25. Thanks Watergirl & Co. for driving this!
WaterGirl
@BR: So you’re interested in donating directly to candidates rather than voter registration and get out the vote?
Curious because it’s typically candidates who spend on ads, etc.
WaterGirl
We’re $200 into the newest $1,000 match! Thanks, everybody!
I am having company in about 15 minutes, so you won’t see me in the comments for awhile, but I will definitely keep track of the match donations later today.
rikyrah
@BR:
I don’t know about how well they are funded, but,
Congressional -wise:
Look at the 18-20 districts that Biden won who have a GOP Congresscritter. We can get a few of those.
Get you a couple of Senate races that seem like longshots.
Me – the one in Florida and Allred vs Cruz , and Johnson vs Blackburn. I don’t really care, I just can’t stand those three and the candidates are good Democratic Candidates.
I think that we should find out which states have abortion rights referenda on the ballot in November, and support those Senate candidates.
Jess
$25 from me. All I can do for now.
WaterGirl
@Jess: No apologies! $10 from one person can be more of a sacrifice than $100 from someone else. :-)
Almost Retired
@BR: My understanding of the strategy is that we’re doing registration and outreach efforts now, because it’s a little hard to tell at this point where the candidate money can do the most good. Especially since the primaries aren’t over.
Last cycle Balloon Juice started funding candidates in the Fall, after we identified candidates who were overlooked by the party and major donors.
BR
Thanks for the answers, makes sense.
randy khan
It is worth noting that 44 Cabinet members in a 4 year term is incredibly bad. There were 23 Cabinet-level positions in the Trump Administration. 12 of them had two people during the 4 years, 1 had 3 (Chief of Staff, unless you count the guy who was acting for a short time, in which case it had 4), 5 were vacant at the end of his term, and only 5 had the original person in them.
For comparison, 3 positions turned over in Obama’s first term, and one of them was a holdover from Bush II (SecDef), and Biden has had two people leave (with Marcia Fudge’s recent announcement), which would be a modern record for stability.
Regine Touchon
I just donated $50. Yes we can!
Brooklyn Dodger
In for $50. Thanks for posting this!
Ukai
Just donated $50.
WaterGirl
This set is in honor of Fani Willis, who has to be DA doing everything backwards and in high heels. And more because she is a black woman.
WaterGirl
And we hit $11,000, so we get another pair of boots!
Kayla Rudbek
@WaterGirl: he looks good and sharp and professional!
Kayla Rudbek
@WaterGirl: did you catch my $25 donation yesterday in Cole’s evening thread?
WaterGirl
Really pleased with how this is going! We’ll be good for matching through tomorrow, so no need to worry about whether there is still a match.
PHinSD
I kicked in $55 a couple of hours ago.
Mai Naem mobile
Kicked in $25.
WaterGirl
@Kayla Rudbek: I just checked. I do not have a comment #25 for $25 in the spreadsheet, so I must not have seen it. I just added it now, so you are matched. Thanks!
WaterGirl
@PHinSD: @Mai Naem mobile: Got you both, thank you!
JCJ
Tossed in $100
WaterGirl
@JCJ: Thank you!
We are halfway through this angel match.
StringOnAStick
I just donated $25. Thanks for the match!
Maxim
@Karen H: I completely forgot about this. Wish I’d thought of it before I ordered a new phone.
IdahoFlaneuse
Just in for $100. I hope I got the correct Nym.
WaterGirl
@IdahoFlaneuse: Well, either you guessed the right nym or one of the other front-pagers approved your comment.
Thank you!
WaterGirl
There is a more recent fundraising post, so I am no longer checking this one.
Thanks, everybody!