We raised $25,000 for VAAC, and I just got an update from them via text.
So much shorter than the the update from NCAAT in Action, but so great!
Soooo much goodness happening – so far:
– 7500 doors knocked
– 1 million phone calls.
– 3,000 postcards to jails
– 300 people driven to the polls so far.More today and tomorrow.
TONS of materials distributed at events.
The stories are incredible.
Person after person.Just one story:
Woman who voted for first time after 49 years who didn’t know she could vote because she had a record.
Open thread.
la caterina
Thanks for the updates, WG! These reports are so heartening.
Trivia Man
helping people navigate the process is perhaps the most inspirational story of this cycle
wonderful work!
Jackie
♥️🤍💙!
KatKapCC
1 million phone calls. Dang! That is impressive.
Baud
More heroes.
jonas
It’s inspiring reading all these stories alongside ones about how Musk and other MAGA billionaires basically flushed tens and hundreds of millions of dollars down the shitter on fake GOTV operations that just grifted and did little else. Very on brand.
JerseyBeard
Democracy works best when it works for everyone. This is awesome news. Thanks WG!
zhena gogolia
Fantastic!
Anoniminous
Deep respect for those out there in the front lines working for a better world.
Maxim
Awesome.
zhena gogolia
God, trying to watch those undecided voters with Pete B. They’re such idiots and they think they’re so smart. And so far, they all say “KaMAHla” instead of pronouncing it correctly.
ETA: Pete has the patience of a saint. I’m out.
Chet Murthy
@zhena gogolia: I started watching, and within 30sec had closed the tab. For pretty much the same reason as you.
H.E.Wolf
Thank you to VAAC!
And to WaterGirl for opening the channel between BJ and VAAC.
It feels good to be part of this collaborative effort.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
This is their Olympics. Every four years, the world comes to their doorstep.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: An “undecided” voter who declares she’s voting for Jill Stein and doesn’t listen to anything Pete says.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
A cautionary tale for the rest of us.
Ksmiami
@Baud: how I feel
Ksmiami
@zhena gogolia: America done in by its greed and stupidity
Baud
Via Reddit
Chet Murthy
@Baud: OK, is this just getting worse and worse? He billed it as a lottery, and how he’s saying “nah, you never had a chance, SUCKAS!”
Madeleine
I’m thrilled to see this update from VAAC! Onnecting with them has been so worthwhile for them and us.
Baud
@Chet Murthy:
He’s a wonderful Trump surrogate.
catclub
@Chet Murthy: So the election is fixed.
Every accusation is a confession.
Eunicecycle
@Baud: I just saw that. So they’re admitting to fraud in court, to get out of the illegal lottery charge? Seems they’re admitting to a worse crime but IANAL.
Brant Lamb
I heard a rumor that Stumpy was going to start a new grift, a Douche-of-the-Month club, he was going to run it in women’s magazines, but it’s misdirected; it’s just NFT pictures of his former campaign staff.
Greebe
@zhena gogolia: @11:
Since the people were saying some of the things I’m hearing from a few FB friends, I found it a useful lesson in extraordinary patience and offering solid responses to their concern;; also a good reminder, as previously mentioned above, that, no matter how well you respond to someone’s specific concerns, if their choice is locked in then they are locked in and aren’t interested or listening to anything that clearly disrupts their world view.
3rd party 🙄🙄🙄 and fuck the bro who would just as soon burn it all down to avoid the reality of a binary choice. I’ve never understood the “I can’t have what I want so I’ll make it worse for everyone” mindset.
You only get to be 2 years old once.