Originally posted at 1:30 pm, moving up for the last couple of hours where the funds can make a difference.
Just got a call from Four Directions.
Time is short, so I’m including the text of the follow-up email messages.
NEVADA
Given the photo finish in Nevada, we added staff and drivers overnight.
We can continue to add drivers/canvassers/callers on the following reservations:
Duck Valley Indian Reservation
Fallon Paiute Reservation
Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation
Walker River Paiute Indian ReservationUrban native voters in Las Vegas and Reno.
Not fighting snow but equally fighting darkness as in Montana. Nevada polls close at 7 pm pacific/10 pm eastern.
MONTANA
Polls do not close until 8 pm mountain [10 pm eastern].
There is only one satellite office open on a Montana Indian reservation – the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
We are battling snow and by 5:30 pm mountain {2.5 hours before polls close) – it will be dark.
And the race is close[49-45 Tester over Sheehy:
All of a sudden, Montana — and Senate control — is slipping away from Republicans
We could deploy easily $10k in Montana to combat the snow and darkness.
We can deploy funds as late as 8 pm eastern for last 2 hour shift, adding drivers and callers.
Almost Retired
In for $50. Every vote counts in these squeakers,.
Old School
Just when I thought my credit card could cool down, WaterGirl pulls me back in.
Donated!
Joy in FL
I had some “Apple Cash” sitting in my phone-wallet, so $60 goes to 4 Directions.
Mercy
$50 more. Let’s steal Montana out from under those smug bastards.
Kayla Rudbek
$25 donated
thruppence
Another $50. I can at least support the fighters when I’m not there to fight.
Steppanhammer
25 in!
Fair Economist
$100 donated.
Emily B.
Just kicked in $50. I was hoping to fit in a shift of phonebanking this afternoon, but whoops, the job calls. I figure the Four Directions folks will more than make up for my absence.
WaterGirl
Angel match just came in!!
ONE LAST ANGEL MATCH for $1,000
Up to $250 per person.
SECOND ANGEL MATCH IS COMPLETE
Matching up to $100 per person, up to a total of $1,000.FIRST ANGEL MATCH COMPLETE!
Matching up to $250 per person, up to a total of $5,000. To be matched, tell us about your donation in the comments or by email to WaterGirl.Nevada is key! And so is Tester. Let’s win both of these, shall we
edit: the Angel match came in to my inbox at 1:35, so everyone but Almost Retired has been angel matched since your comments came in at 1:35 or later.
THANK YOU, ANGEL!
ljt
$50 in
Josie
In for $25.00
Barbara
I kicked in more than $250 — hopefully it will qualify for the match.
WhatsMyNym
Just gave $ 25.
sdhays
$50 in
Almost Retired
@WaterGirl: Ha! Well then…I’ll match myself! Another $50 going in.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
Chipped in $25
Betsy
Let’s do it. I’m in for 50.
snoey
$250 here
Nina
25 from me
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@Old School: Me too!! WG, I just donated $500 and thank you Angel match :-). LFG!!
Another Scott
No Ragrets.
+$250.
Forward!!
Cheers,
Scott.
Journeywoman
$50 donated.
Kathleen
In for $50. and grateful to be able to support the work on the ground, thanks for the great efforts, everyone!
Bee Girls
I donated to both states this am after getting emails from Four Directions but found another $25 under the virtual “couch cushions” since I feel like there’s an ample supply of tequila here for midnight (sooner than that here on CA time maybe!) margaritas to celebrate, not worried at all.
rbandah
In for $25.
Wolvesvalley
$100 from me.
Mokum
Donated $100
dmsilev
In for $100.
I’ll feel the pain when the credit card statement comes due, but worth it.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
Make that $75 total.
Spanky
$50 in.
BCHS Class of 1980
$100 in for the angel match.
Sandia Blanca
In for $70. Thank you!
Geoffrey Martin Knobl
Suffering fatigue from soo much giving. I’ve not a ton of extra but gave 15. Hope it helps. I’ve given more this year than ever before but feel fundamentally upset that we have to do this at all. Just like healthcare, this should be paid for by taxes with every (legit) candidate getting the same amount of media time/space & money and not have to have regular Joes pay for it and compete against billionaires. (No one is honestly worth a billion dollars of productivity – if someone has that much it’s gotten illegally and immorally.)
I didn’t work the polls this year for the Dems but have in every previous year for over a decade. Yet I feel guilty now since the local group said they needed someone this morning from 7 to 9. Does everything fall apart when you try to take time off?
Still, I give and hope a medical emergency doesn’t happen.
Fake Irishman
$100 for effect (as Omnes might have said back in his artillery days)
Dagaetch
Tossed in $25. Don’t want to wake up tomorrow staring at a loss that didn’t have to be.
WaterGirl
@Geoffrey Martin Knobl: I hear you!
Welcome to commenting. :-)
Ada
In for $100!
scribbler
$50 donated. Go Four Directions!
Ukai
Added $100. Let’s get these bastards.
sxjames
Another $50 donated (final donation this cycle). Fingers crossed that we are able to get Tester over the hump….
WaterGirl
@Ada: Thank you! And welcome to commenting!
frosty
$100 from me.
VFX Lurker
I just donated $100. NO REGRETS.
WaterGirl
@VFX Lurker: Yes, no regrets! No matter how you spell it! :-)
emrys
$50
EarthWindFire
Kicked in a $100. Let’s drag Rosen over the finish line and help the seven fingered farmer hog tie that worthless wannabe cowboy!
Rileys Enabler
@WaterGirl: in for $25. Let’s go!
WaterGirl
@Geoffrey Martin Knobl: I just saw that you linked to this in the next post.
Thought I would share it here, too.
sempronia
In for $25.
Long Time San Diego Lurker
In for $100
songbird
$100. Go, go, go.
EireIAm
$25 donated.
Rileys Enabler
Threw in another $25 because I just had to sit through a lunch with family members who were leaving to go vote for the other side. They knew better than to discuss it around me, but just the thought of them pulling the levers for that orange piece of trash made me mad enough to toss in a bit more. Let’s GO!
Soprano2
In for $50, it feels good to do something!
WaterGirl
@Rileys Enabler: Ugh on their voting choices!
Alice
In with $50.
TinRoofRusted
Just donated $250. Hope it helps.
WaterGirl
You guys are amazing!!
$1,230 left on the Angel match!
Stacy
In for $250! Let’s GO!!!💙💙💙
Greebe
+$50 here.
Grateful to the Angels, Watergirl, and all the Jackals for the inspiration.
I’m just keeping the YouTube AP live feed on in the background until it’s time to pick up the pizza this afternoon.
I might treat myself to a locally produced black currant wine this evening.
Joy in FL
I just now came back to see what our Thermometer was up to. Wow! I love being part of Ballon Juice.
All respect and appreciation to the folks at Four Directions.
I just added $42 to the thermometer.
Betsy
Where do I go to donate?I found it.Juju
I donated $25 and after I explained to my mother what I was doing she wanted to donate the same amount and she was very certain about that. I don’t think she will remember for very long, but it was nice to see her involved and interested if even for only a few minutes. She was very cheerful while watching the donation process. It’s so nice to see there are still some glimmers of what she used to be. Anyhoo, two donations that total $50.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Betsy:
Click on the thermometer.
Joy in FL
@Juju: That’s awesome and sweet.
Juju
Oh cool. My donation and my mother’s donation qualify for Angel match.
dm
in for $25
WaterGirl
@Juju:
Your story left me sobbing. So glad you got to see a little bit of your mom again.
chris
In for $25!!
MazeDancer
in for 15.
WaterGirl
@Juju: Doubling your mom’s part of the match.
*As soon as I can see well enough through the tears to do it.
Lurker #42
In for $100.
LFG!
hawwingo
Donated $25.
WendyBinFL
In for $100. WaterGirl, thanks so much for connecting us with Four Directions! This Jackal community ROCKS!
KSinMA
In for $100.
And thank you!
Cashworth
In for $100.
lashonharangue
I added $50.
Hamlet of Melnibone
In for $1000. I’ve been depressed and not carrying my weight. Glad for something useful I could do in time.
Shane in SLC
$40 more. Good luck to all those drivers braving the snow and mountains!
tailfedders
In for $40.
walkingg
I just kicked in 25. but this is the first time I’ve actually mentioned a “thermometer” contribution in comments, I didn’t realize we were supposed to. Usually I end up reading dead posts…I’m only sort of timely here because I’m too nervous to work.
Lurking in IL
Intermittent reader/lurker here, just making a throwaway in hopes of getting a match for the 25 I just donated. Thanks for everything you all do, and stay kalmala out there today!
Juju
Steppanhammer
@Hamlet of Melnibone:
It’s really tough for lots of us, hang in there <3
mac
In for 50.
PJ
Kicked in $50.
Juju
@WaterGirl: Now you’re making me cry, but in a good way.
WaterGirl
ANGEL MATCH COMPLETE!
Cheryl from Maryland
Donated $50.00.
Isua
$25 in. Thank you WaterGirl and Four Directions!
Joy in FL
@WaterGirl: Match completed in less than one hour! and very close to the actual goal. Now that’s a Jackal-style FLASH!!!
hedgehog mobile
In for $100. Thanks WaterGirl.
EveryDayIHaveTheBlues
Just gave $20.
Nelle
25, I think for Montana.
Sancerre66
In for $500… LFG!!!!
KatKapCC
Just out of curiosity because I don’t know how these work — how do the funds get transferred right away? I helped a friend with a Go Fund Me a few years back and I think it took a few days for the money to be sent to her account. Does the thermometer thing work differently?
BenInNM
Put in $25
Ceci7
In for $50. Thanks, WaterGirl.
Juju
The new total makes me happy.
Gloria DryGarden
@KatKapCC: WG explained to me the other day, they can access the $ in act blue right away. No transfer, it’s just in their account. But she told me to google it too, which I haven’t done for more deets. Jus5 so happy they have it right away.
Wolvesvalley
Yikes! This was a flash fundraiser indeed. Met the goal in 1 hour and 25% past the goal 5 minutes later. The jackals are the best!
MazeDancer
Pretty much anytime one donates to 4 Directions, one feels as if every penny returns a vote.
But hiring drivers to take people to the polls in the snow and the dark feels like a guaranteed voter increase.
Redshift
In for $100!
KatKapCC
@Gloria DryGarden: Ahh okay, that makes sense! That’s nice that it is set up that way, so people don’t have to wait on red tape and such.
WaterGirl
@Joy in FL: And then the $5k angel match went in. :-)
A Streeter
In for $25.
WaterGirl
@KatKapCC: GoFundMe is a one-time setup. So it can take a few days.
These are standing ActBlue accounts that we donate to, so there’s not the setup delay.
H.E.Wolf
You folks are AMAZING. I’m in awe. Thank you to everyone and especially JuJu’s mom.
Redshift
@Hamlet of Melnibone: Whoa, nice! Love the nym, too!
WaterGirl
BJ peeps are truly amazing.
We are the little engine that could!
Memory Pallas
Just donated $100. Thank you Flash Angels.
KatKapCC
@WaterGirl: That’s great, because obviously in cases like this, being able to distribute the money right away is crucial.
Redshift
@MazeDancer: In addition, I would assume there’s a downstream positive effect with the people who are getting paid to do the work!
EarthWindFire
@Juju: That’s the best election day story ever. Love to you and your mom.
ETA: You all are making it really hard to work today. Going into Teams meetings with tears in my eyes is not a great look. I’ll survive it.
storm777
I’m in for $50!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
(deleted… wrong thread)
Sister Golden Bear
Put in $25 for Four Directions yesterday (or the day before, time has lost all meaning while we’re collectively in the airport lounge) and in for another $25 today.
Juju
@EarthWindFire: Thank you.
MazeDancer
@Redshift: May they all get combat pay.
Also, one assumes, if necessary 4D can rent big Overlander type vehicles that can get through the snow and back
ETA: 4D just tweeted a picture
CTlurker
In for 10.00
realbtl
In for $100. View from the ground here in MT- gut feeling Rs will loose and comfortably. dems had a powerful message they pounded about out of state $ forcing Montanans out.
greengoblin
Donated $100.00.
M31
in for $25
let’s fucking go
smash the fucking fascists back into their spider holes
thanks WaterGirl and fellow juicers and the hard working boots on the ground folks
aw yiss
Another Scott
@MazeDancer: The Twitter link doesn’t work for me.
The Nitter version of the link does.
Thanks for the pointer!
Forward!!
Cheers,
Scott.
OJ & Barb Semans
This is OJ & Barb Semans the Co-Executive Directors of Four Directions Native vote, and we send you greetings from Indian Country. I wanted to thank you all for your kind donations for getting out the Native Vote. I want you to know we are putting your donations to good use, Although we are overseeing, the Walker River, Pyrimad Lake, Las Vegas urban in Nevada we have our daughter Donna on the Duck Valley reservation and although she and her vehicle went toe to toe with a Moose and the Moose won, she is running the GOTV a little banged up but doing what she does best and thats Getting Out The Vote.
In Montana we have Moccasins on the ground our granddaughter is on Blackfeet reservation they had 1485 early votes prior to tiday, and that is not taking into account our phone banks that had individuals vote early on their own, As of today 12 pm MST, 301 voters were drovr to the polls and this again does not include voters coming in on their own. Because of your donations we were able to hire 15 more drivers today.
As always I want to thank everyone for not only empowering Indian Country but also putting food on the table at the end of the day,
Pila maya pelo (Thank you)
Mitakuye Oyasin (We are all related)
OJ & Barb Semans
S Cerevisiae
I’m in for 25 for 4 directions, go my tribal relatives, let’s win this!
WaterGirl
@KatKapCC: Is it same day versus next day, I have ever asked.
But reading this note from Bret, they are planning to deploy these funds today.
Madeleine
I gave $50 last evening and $50 just now. Weather is bad in Montana!
Now off to phonebank!
WaterGirl
@Redshift:
Absolutely!
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: That fellow is all bundled up!
Weftage
Late to the party, but in for $100.
WaterGirl
@OJ & Barb Semans: Hi OJ!
Since that was your first comment with both of your names, I had to manually approve it. So now everyone can see it.
If you comment again, it will show up right away.
Now I will read your message!
WaterGirl
Everybody, please check out the comment from OJ and Barb at #126.
It was in moderation until just now, so you wouldn’t have seen it as you read through.
Glidwrith
I’m late too, but in for $100
ChrisSherbak
Very late from solid blue IL – $25.
Avalie
Added $100! Such critical work! People here in Las Vegas seem extra motivated to vote, going by voters here today
PatrickG
@Hamlet of Melnibone: as someone who’s right there with you, don’t beat yourself up.
if nothing else, you got me to donate $100. I’d been reading this thread with nothing but emotional numbness.
Fuck I miss my mom. She really wanted to make it to the election.
stinger
$25 for the Montana folks doing the good work. Thank you, OJ and Barb and all your great volunteers, drivers, and voters!
Weftage
@OJ & Barb Semans:
Thanks so much to all of you.
WaterGirl
@Avalie: Are you volunteering in Nevada???
WaterGirl
@PatrickG: I’m sorry to hear about your mom, Patrick.
More tears. She would be proud of everything you’ve done for this election.
MJN
In for $50
WaterGirl
Update from Bret coming soon.
WaterGirl
@Sancerre66: Thank you!
Your donation was matched, but I didn’t catch until now that your comment was in moderation. I just released it!
Welcome!
Old School
@WaterGirl: Wonderful!
Torrey
In for $50. With thanks to Four Directions. Been talking them up this entire election season, and hoping some of my friends supported them.
rockstar
In for $25 thanks Watergirl for everything you have done this entire election from start to finish, LET’S FINISH HIM!!!
Jay K.
In for $25.
Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
I’ve been staying away from the pc on this warm sunny day in PA. But I’m in for another $100. Hopefully not too late.
Kathy
In for $100-
Spanish Moss
In for $100.
Juju
I told my niece about her grandma and how she made a donation today to the flash fundraiser and my niece made a donation of $25. My niece didn’t realize that one of the few things her grandma remembers hating, is Donald Trump.
way2blue
Just tossed in another $100. Fingers crossed Four Directions is able to get their folks to the polls even in such challenging weather!
Avalie
@WaterGirl: yep, poll observer in Clark County (Las Vegas).
WaterGirl
@Avalie: Go you!
I don’t always remember where people are from. :-(
There go two miscreants
I have been offline for a while but just saw the comment that they can use funds even this late. Put in $250.
Torrey
So glad to hear O.J.’s and Barb’s daughter Donna is OK, despite the moose. Whew!
Uncle Cosmo
Just back from dropping off car at body shop (to repair damage to ignition in unsuccessful theft attempt) and picking up rental, & saw this.
So OK, another $100 to 4 Directions to pull Tester over the line & take NV!
Alice
Thank you and your organization for your hard work and determination, OJ and Barb. They’re worth far more than the money we’ve put in. You all give me a lot of hope.
Alice
@Avalie: Great to hear they’re turning out in Vegas today! Thanks from up here in Carson for helping it get done.
H.E.Wolf
@OJ & Barb Semans:
❤️❤️❤️
Wopila, OJ, Barb, and Donna!
WaterGirl
@OJ & Barb Semans: The Moose incident sounds scary.
Quick healing to Donna!
WaterGirl
New $1k angel match. Up to $100 per person! Starting now.
Avalie
@WaterGirl: I’m from CA, just volunteering in NV
JBWoodford
Dropped in $50.
WaterGirl
@Avalie: I thought you were from CA!
WaterGirl
@JBWoodford: Our first donation on the new $1k match! Thank you.
arrieve
In for $100.
Pika
Late to the party as always but in for 25. Y’all are amazing
Sister Golden Bear
Just put in $100 towards the match.
WaterGirl
@Pika: It’s true. You all really are amazing.
Coyoteville
$33 from Six Nations country in upState NY.
EighthCousin
Just added $100.
(Late, as usual–on the left coast…but sure it will be used.
Good luck to ALL.
SiubhanDuinne
Another $100 from me. Hope it helps.
dc
In for $25
WaterGirl
@EighthCousin: They said they can deploy funds as late as:
8 pm Eastern for last 2 hour shift in Montana, adding drivers and callers.
10pm Eastern for Nevada, adding drivers and callers.
And “technical” problems with ballot printers in Arizona may allow them to stay open later than the usual time, so Four Directions may be active there, as well.
WaterGirl
Thank you, everyone who is donating! We are halfway through the new $1k Angel match.
Armadillo
just chipped in. again. I didn’t realize there was a match lol. leave it all on the field. they do not break us, they break upon us. lfg
WaterGirl
@Armadillo: Thank you so much!!
WaterGirl
$370 left of the new $1k Angel match!
Traveller
this is new for me, or a new way of contributing instead of directly to the Candidate/Party, but I’m in for $25.00. I wish every Dem Candidate well…(and paying the drivers is damned important!)
Idaho Flaneuse
In for $400. Don’t want to think would have, could have, should have.
silvery
I added another $500 to the pot
WaterGirl
@Traveller: Thank you!
WaterGirl
@Idaho Flaneuse: @silvery:
Wow, you guys, thank you!
WaterGirl
$150 left of the new $1k Angel match!
Suburban Mom
In for $50. Fingers crossed!
thruppence
Dog-Damn! Didn’t we show up! Power to all the folks on the ground.
WaterGirl
@thruppence:
That might make a good rotating tag.
Mai Naem mobile
@WaterGirl: i kicked in $100 a little bit ago. I didn’t realize there was an angel match.
WaterGirl
@Mai Naem mobile: You got the final $100 match!
WaterGirl
$1k Angel match officially complete!
You guys are amazing.
WaterGirl
Okay, one last Angel match from an Angel who has pre-matched $1k.
Matching up to $250 per person up to $1,000 total – or 90 minutes, at which point Four Directions will be done paying people for their work today.
Tenar Arha
@WaterGirl: Hi Watergirl, hope I’m in time for the new match. I just donated $54.00 (or $56.70 if the tip is included)
WaterGirl
@Tenar Arha: You are matched!