Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He really is that stupid.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

You cannot shame the shameless.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Petty moves from a petty man.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

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Big North Carolina Push Before Early Voting Starts on Thursday

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With our help, our partners in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina Black Alliance and North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT), have targeted youth voter registration and turnout on college campuses with substantial BIPOC student populations – including the state’s 11 HBCUs.

Many of these students are voting for the first (or second time).  Especially with inexperienced voters, there will be ballot snafus.  Unsigned outer envelopes, mis-matched signatures, insufficient identification and any other irregularity the Republican party can manufacture to “spoil” a young voter’s ballot.

In North Carolina, the County Board of Elections is required to notify a voter of a defect and inform them how to cure it.  Will they?  Will the voter respond in a timely manner?  Will they understand the mechanics of fixing their ballot?

That’s why we’re funding a final push with our partners so they can keep their canvassers on the payroll so they can assist and   voters with curing their ballots.

Can we finish our fundraising for NC Black Alliance and NCAAT Ballot Curing by this Thursday, when early in-person voting begins in NC?

In North Carolina, ballot curing can begin as soon as early voting starts!

Quick note: Early absentee voting has already begun, with Democratic returns outpacing the Republicans by 10%.

North Carolina Candidates

We asked North Carolina Black Alliance for a short list of candidates whose races would be most strategic for North Carolina.  For those of you who attended or watched the zoom with them, it is Marcus who recommended these 3 candidates.

Allison Riggs – NC State Supreme Court Justice (keep).  The seven-justice NC Supreme Court has a 5-2 Republican majority.  Democratic Justice Riggs is up for partisan reelection.  Candidate website.

Carolyn Thompson – NC Court of Appeals  (keep).  Incumbent Judge Thompson is also up for partisan re-election.  She is African-American and focused on victims of domestic violence while in private practice.   Candidate website.

Raymond Smith – Challenger, State Senate (flip).  Raymond Smith is an African American Gulf War veteran and former NC state Assembly member.  He is running to flip a Senate seat in the Goldsboro area and shatter the Republican super-majority.  Candidate website.

NCAAT – matching up to $250 per person

NC Candidates – matching up to $250 per person

To be matched, tell us about your donation in the comments or email to WaterGirl)

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    Cashworth

    Long time lurker, here; I dunno if it’ll count towards today’s matching but I donated $100 each to NCAAT and NC Black Alliance yesterday.

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    H.E.Wolf

    Makes my day that we’re helping our North Carolina partners (and fellow citizens) exercise their right to vote!

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    Gloria DryGarden

    Unsigned outer envelopes: in 2020, I worked the drive through ballot drop off, and we checked those, carrying a pen in our pockets.

    Caught a few:“please sign this, and would you date it too, we don’t want them to have any reason to reject your vote”

    yay, everyone who is contributing!

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    WaterGirl

    FYI, there is a new post up with election certification news from Georgia, and that will be followed by 3 voting initiative posts – Colorado, Washington State, and Nevada – separated by just 5 minutes each.  I figure no one will be interested in more than one of those. :-)

    edit: I just moved the GA post to after the 3 initiatives posts.

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    Jackie

    @WaterGirl:

    I hope Jimmy Carter gets to see Harris win.

    Better yet; here’s hoping Jimmy’s health stays well enough to watch Harris be sworn in Jan 20, and very aware that he’s witnessing HISTORY!

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    RaflW

    One hundred each for NC Black Alliance and NCAT.

    We’re in Sweden visiting cousins. They ask a lot of really smart and good questions, and they just can’t believe how weird and sometimes awful the US is.

    We keep blaming Republicans, but that only gets you a certain distance before one of them says,”I want to come see America to see where you live, but I could never stay there,” and I can’t even remotely disagree with them.

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    WaterGirl

    Since we are so close to early voting in NC, I asked our 3 remaining Angels to pre-match this time.  So the match money is now in for NC Black Alliance.  More on this in a post in the morning.

    In case you are wondering why the NC Black Alliance thermometers are gone… Our Angel who was matching for NCAAT donated into the Black Alliance thermometer, which is my fault because I didn’t send the donation link like I usually do.

    So we have basically met our goal for NC Black Alliance early, so maybe direct anything you would have give to them to NCAAT?  Not a big deal at all – it’s gonna work out Just fine.

    We’re nothing if not flexible!

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    WaterGirl

    Here’s the list of all the matching donation comment #s in this thread.

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    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    4 Directions – $100

    Duck Valley $100

    NC Black Alliance Ballot Curing $200

    NCAAT $200

    NC Judicial $300 (split between 3 candidates)

    Thanks, Water Girl!

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