Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

The lights are all blinking red.

Russia bombs Ukraine’s maternity hospitals; Republicans in the House can’t sort out supporting Ukraine.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

You can’t love your country only when you win.

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

Democrats have delivered the Square Deal, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and now… the Big Joe Biden Deal.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

T R E 4 5 O N

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

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

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Second rate reporter says what?

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Nikki Haley, who can’t acknowledge ‘slavery’, is a pathetic shill.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

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NCAAT – Almost Halfway There and We Have a DOUBLE External Match + a New Angel match

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Balloon Juice peeps are amazing – we are nearly at the halfway mark on our way to $25,000 for NCAAT!

In case you missed the news yesterday, they found us TWO external matches for $20,000, and everything going forward gets DOUBLE external matched.

What we will be funding though, is technically NCAAT In Action – the partisan side of the organization.  You will see that there are separate websites for NCAAT and NCAAT In Action, but for simplicity I will refer to them as NCAAT.  (More on that below)

Here’s what’s so exciting about this organization!

BJ Strategic Fundraising Trifecta:  NC is a critical state + Youth Vote + the AAPI Community

We are helping NCAA expand its outreach to AAPI and BIPOC youth aged 18-25 in 10 target counties on 53 campuses and high schools with the most racially diverse populations.

Fun Facts:

  • North Carolina and its 16 electoral votes are up for grabs.
  • One of the key ways to win in NC is turning out the youth and BIPOC vote
  • All the trends in NC are moving in our direction: the polls, voter enthusiasm.
  • Trump and Mark Robinson (black candidate for governor) are displaying unfitness for office.
  • The NCAAT leadership is young and enthusiastic and full of innovative strategies.
  • Since the inception of NCAAT and NCAAT in Action, the Asian youth turnout has been at record highs and consistently higher than turnout for youth in other racial groups of color.
  • NCAAT’s North Carolina Youth Poll shows Harris leading Trump by 45 points!
  • This NCAAT effort will help ensure that the youth show up to vote!

The DOUBLE external match + the $1,000 Angel match from friend of the blog Andrew means that NCAAT gets 6x what you donate. matching up to $100 per person.

As always, to count toward the Angel match, tell us about your donation in the comments or in an email to WaterGirl.

New Angel match means everything resets.

Let’s do this!

Reader Interactions

52Comments

  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Have you ever made a BJ political donation of $5 or $10?

    If so, we have a bonus Angel offer just for you guys!  Good only until the $250 bonus Angel match has been met.

    Example:

    $10 jackal donation + $10 regular angel match + $10 bonus angel match = $30 in the thermometer + $30 external match 1 + $30 external match 2 = $90 to NCAAT from your $10 donation.

    That’s 9x !!

    Send an email if you have questions, or to let me know about your $5 or $10 donation.

    Remember, if you normally donate more than $10, you get the regular 6x matching!

    ***

    You are also eligible for this bonus $10 match if this is your first time donating to any Balloon Juice fundraiser.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    In for another $25 for the 6x match. NC is so important this year! Deep thanks the all the angels and to WG!

  9. 9.

    MazeDancer

    In for 10. Love those matches. Thanks, Andrew!

    NC will also be featured on the soon to be released PostCard Patriots site. Because Trump has a narrow path to 270, since he is likely to – knock wood – lose AZ, NV, WI, and MI, plus everything he lost in 2020, he has to win GA, NC, and PA.

    Lose one of those 3, it’s over.

  10. 10.

    Mike E

    @MazeDancer: NC has been gerrymandered to lose 3 Dem seats in Congress, an Obama-style wave might ameliorate that but it’s not looking good…any NC candidates included on your postcard lists?

  29. 29.

    banditqueen

    I wish I had an angel match for the gratitude I feel for what WG, the balloon juice angels–Andrew for this match!–and the groups who need just a bit of a boost to do the absolutely necessary work to mobilize, organize, inform, assist etc, voters in their states. How about a rousing song!

  32. 32.

    KrackenJack

    Thank you to WG for the dedication and all the Jackals who heed the calls to action! Good people abound here.

    In for a hundred.

  34. 34.

    S Cerevisiae

    In for 10 dollars, I can’t spare a lot so I love the chance to multiply my little bit. Thanks to the angels!

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

     Andrew’s Angel Match is complete!

    We have another $1,000 Angel Match – this one is anonymous!

    Same terms as usual.  Tell us about your donation in the comments or by email to WaterGirl.

    *****

    The $10 bonus Angel match will continue until the full $250 is gone. There’s $175 left!

    This $10 bonus Angel match is for:

    • folks who typically donate in the $5-$20 range.
    •  first-time contributors to Bj political fundraising this cycle.
  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    I keep thinking something special should happen when the comment number ends up matching the donation amount.  Maybe an extra match for that amount?

  47. 47.

    AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team

    Another $50 after yesterday’s.

    Fun to donate from my work trip to London. Extra fun to have paying work again, hallelujah!

  49. 49.

    Jesse

    (Sort of unrelated, but I also chipped in $10 to the NE House/Senate thermometer, too. AFAICS there’s no post about that, though I do recall a post a few days ago asking for ideas about possible targets. I guess the NE one is a result of that discussion.)

  50. 50.

    Westlake

    Just noticed this post – I clicked on the link in the right side column and donated $25 this morning (around 8:30 am EST). Match me!

  51. 51.

    karl

    I donated $25 after reading your post yesterday and attempted to email you that information (anticipating the windfall from the matching angel).

    —

    Just got this from the “postmaster”:

    Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

    [email protected] ([email protected])
    Your message wasn’t delivered. Despite repeated attempts to deliver your message, the recipient’s email system refused to accept a connection from your email system.

    No connection could be made because the target computer actively refused it. This usually results from trying to connect to a service that is inactive on the remote host – that is, one with no server application running. For more information and tips to fix this issue see this article: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=389361

    —-

    I hope this hasn’t been a problem for others. Keep up the good work.

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