It’s Day 5 of Operation Blue Arizona, and we have some new Balloon Juice Angels!
Angel Summary for Day 2
We have angels for 3 of our thermometers today!
lurker – Worker Power
silvery – Four Directions (+ external match!) so 4x matching
anonymous – Arizona Candidates
If you’re up for helping us get to our goal faster, we have an Operation Blue Arizona fundraising page that you can share with friends and family and on social media.
It’s easy! I sent the page to DougJ and he tweeted it, so all you have to do is share his tweet!
Breaking character: Balloon Juice found some terrific groups in Arizona to donate to. I love giving to these kinds of organizations that function as long-term infrastructure, not just quick hit ads.https://t.co/K7E4DbIXP8
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 20, 2024
Or, if you prefer, here’s a direct link to the page.
If you didn’t get a chance to read all the info about Four Directions and Worker Power and the candidates, you can click on the post below.
Or if you just want the Operation Blue Arizona thermometers, here you go!
We took 3 days off – I hope you enjoyed the rest!
Open thread!
piratedan
I’ll link to the page via my BlueSky account. Can’t hurt at all….
WaterGirl
As usual, if you want to be Angel matched, tell us about your donation in the comments or by email to WaterGirl.
Since we have multiple thermometers, if you donate, be sure to tell us which one(s) you donated to!
So much news yesterday, maybe they ran out of anything for the Friday afternoon news du
WaterGirl
@piratedan: That would be great!
piratedan
@WaterGirl: I’m not exactly a big deal over there, but every little bit helps. I would ask other jackals that have BlueSky accounts to do the same. Outreach is important and there’s people looking to make their donations count.
As a FYI, I recently saw a 30sec TV add for one of the candidates (Mr. Seaman I think) on during the Diamondbacks game (well placed imho) to get some name recognition!
WaterGirl
@piratedan: Totally agree.
If you do put that out on blue sky, if you send me a link i can hopefully embed it in this post and other folks can just retweet yours if they want to expend the least amount of effort. :-
Yay on the ad!
Mousebumples
@WaterGirl: https://bsky.app/profile/piratedan7.bsky.social/post/3l4m66fhfir2w
I’ve re-skeeted it. 😊
piratedan
@Mousebumples: tyvm!
mokum
Donated $100 to the SC and abortion rights thermometer. Not sure if that is matched.
Manyakitty
@Mousebumples: same
WaterGirl
@mokum: That’s the one that isn’t matched.
Thank you!
WaterGirl
@piratedan: @Mousebumples: @Manyakitty:
That’s awesome!
But this is the link you need to share, not this post. The link below takes you to a page that talks about the two organizations and the candidates. And it includes the thermometers.
Balloon Juice Fundraising; Operation Blue Arizona
Any chance you guys can tweet (whatever it’s called) again with that link?
edit: Apologies for the apparent lack of clarity earlier.
piratedan
@WaterGirl: done and no worries. We greatly appreciate you doing ALL that you manage around here, we’re just trying to help in our small way.
JeanneT
I donated $100 to Worker Power
rikyrah
Peddle to the metal :)
realbtl
$100 for blue az- abortion and sc.
West of the Cascades
Just donated $100 to Four Directions. Thanks for organizing these!
BenInNM
Put in $25 each for all four.
WaterGirl
@JeanneT: Thank you, that’s matched!
WaterGirl
@realbtl: Thank you!
WaterGirl
@West of the Cascades: You are double-matched, so that’s $400 for the Native vote!
CTlurker
25.00 for blue Arizona and 25.00 for worker power.
WaterGirl
@CTlurker: Thank you!
Lumpy
I just donated $50 to Four Directions. Thanks WaterGirl!
WaterGirl
Current polls in AZ (info from Worker Power)
WaterGirl
WaterGirl
WaterGirl
@Lumpy: Thank you, Lumpy!
ErikaF
I put in 50.00 for Four Directions.
WaterGirl
@ErikaF: Thank you! That one is 4x!
Reboot
I just donated $50 to Worker Power–I like how they’re combining GOTV for Harris, reproductive rights, and down-ballot races. Thanks for everything you do!
WaterGirl
@Reboot: it’s awesome, isn’t it?
Nearly all our partner organizations are like that. Super smart with strategic targeting. True of Worker Power, NC Black Alliance, NCAAT…
My ears perk up when they say “let me talk to my data person”. :-)
It’s part of why we choose them.
P.S, Thank you!
Can I do this later?
A hundred for Four Directions. Makes it 400 directions if my math is right.
WaterGirl
@Can I do this later?: Yeppers! Thank you.
left coasting
$70 to candidates, $50 to Worker Power, $50 to Four Directions.
WaterGirl
@left coasting: Got it, thank you!