Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

People are complicated. Love is not.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

The words do not have to be perfect.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

Giving up is unforgivable.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Let me file that under fuck it.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

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Hey, Night Shift, This is Your Chance (Open Thread)

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Hey you evening and nighttime BJ peeps.

I always seem to put up the fundraising posts with Angel matches in the daytime, so I want to give you guys a chance to get in the game.  We don’t have an Angel Match, but we do have about $1,250 left on the double-matching by external groups that The Civics Center found for us.

Until the thermometer hits $19,000, all donations of any amount that land in the thermometer will be double matched.  That means that donations of $5 or $50 or $500 in the thermometer will turn into $15 or $150 or $1,500!

For the external matches, you don’t even need to tell us about your donation in order to be matched – if the thermometer isn’t at $19k yet and you donate, you will be double matched – though you can tell us about your donation if you want to!

Why are these races so critical?

It’s a win-win, x2.  Or a double-double-win.

  1. Protecting the PA Supreme Court from right-wing decisions on bodily autonomy, voting rights, and more.
  2. Getting young people engaged in the process as early as possible.
  3. Turning out the BIPOC Youth vote with the big Pittsburgh push.
  4. PA is a crucial swing state!

Never forget that we are not just raising funds; we are in a fight for justice.

The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (LIVE AUDIO)

For those of you who missed it, here’s a message to Balloon Juice from Laura Brill, founder and CEO of The Civics Center:

When you reach your $25,000 goal, you will have made up 1/5 of our minimum goal for the summer/fall. Plus the match, and it’s >2/5. That’s a huge impact for the race.

We’re hoping you can reach the goal before June 30, which is the end of the fiscal year for us.

I know the PA Supreme Court elections are not getting much attention now, but it’s going to be a huge race, and our ability to make an impact genuinely depends on us raising these funds. In other words, what you are doing really matters.

Let’s do this!  

Totally unrelated, I just want to thank everyone for all the fun and clever ratings in last week’s Medium Cool.  That  made my night.

Open thread.

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21Comments

  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    I love this Lady Justice.  Lady Justice is not only blind, but she is also every color, and she’s happy.

    She is most definitely not a white Karen. :-)

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    I forgot to do the math!

    When we reach $25,000, that will be $55k.  Cue lowtechcyclist checking my math. :-)

    $25k + $15k + $15k = $55k

    At roughly $1,000 per school, they can reach a boatload of kids with that money!

    Remember, when you get them voting early, the young pups tend to be voters for life.

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: If we called it After Dark on a fundraising post, people might think we are raising funds for hookers and blow.

    Hookers and blow will be next week when we do the site fundraiser. :-)

  14. 14.

    Coyoteville

    Well, during this “lull”,  I donated another $55.

    Now to read John’s post.

    Coyoteville

  17. 17.

    Old School

    @WaterGirl:

    Hookers and blow will be next week when we do the site fundraiser. :-)

    We’ll probably have to use other terms just in case Joelle checks in.

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    Thank you all!   I wasn’t sure what I would find this morning after Cole’s post went up.

    Holy shit, we are at $19,000 – which means we are really at $20,000 (because one of our Angels sent in a check).

    That means we have met our double-external matches!

    For the final $5,000, we have no external matches and no Angel matches, but I’m sure we can still do it. :-

    edit: changing the goal on the thermometer to account for the $1k check the Civics Center already has in hand.

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