Early voting in Virginia starts in 3 days!
Can we raise $3,000 for Kimberly Pope Adams by then?
Because our funds are most valuable if they receive them by then.
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It would also be great to raise the funds for Virgil Thornton, but if you can only afford to give to one of them, please consider donating to Good Kim so we can get her over the top this time. She lost by fewer than 50 votes last time!
We have an anonymous Balloon Juice Angel who will match up to $20 per person for each candidate, up to a total of $250.
Just look around you and notice which states are protecting their people right now by passing laws and ensuring their people have access to vaccines, etc. Those are states with Democratic trifectas.
With our help, Virginia can be one of those states!
I thought it was 2025, but it’s apparently 1984
WaterGirl
As always, to be matched please tell us about your donation in the comments or by email to WaterGirl.
NeenerNeener
Early voting starts in 3 days? I haven’t gotten a mail in ballot yet, damn. I don’t want to have to depend on my MAGA brother to get me to my polling place since I have limited mobility right now.
frosty
$20 from me. I’ve been off the blog since reading about Steven Miller just before bed. Ugh. Thanks for the puppies and the otters!
Browsed the post titles. I think I’ll go do something more uplifting for awhile. Like paying bills! Balancing the checkbook! Emptying the dishwasher and doing the dishes!
ETA: Time to quit procrastinating and get my Postcards4VA out the door, too.
Wapiti
$25 to Kim, $25 to Virgil.
WaterGirl
@frosty: Thanks, frosty, for the 20 bucks and the postcards!
H.E.Wolf
Three cheers for the anonymous angel!
Here’s the campaign website for Good Kim.
kimberlypopeadams.com/
H.E.Wolf
And here’s the campaign website for Virgil Thornton.
virgilthorntonsr.com/
Matt McIrvin
In for $50 for both.
WaterGirl
@H.E.Wolf: We have to fight the fight for the people who aren’t here anymore, and can no longer fight for their country. And for the people who will come after us.
What a terrible thing it will be if we squander this democracy.
H.E.Wolf
It’s a joy and a privilege!
We won’t. We will be good conservationists, and restorationists. And we’ll have lots of help, whether it makes the news headlines or not.
I’m thinking just now of all of the Four Directions workers in VA, reaching out to the Native American voters in the state….
Badluckgremlin
In for $50.
pat
In for $25. Thanks Angel!!
Booger
@H.E.Wolf: Now if we could just do some outreach to the many naive American voters in Virginia. There are so many of them!
WaterGirl
@H.E.Wolf: Good reminder for me to call Bret again. It’s been a month since we talked and I would love an update.
WaterGirl
Thanks to all you BJ peeps who are donating!
Definitely not as sexy as some of the stuff we support, but the plodding along is just as important. So thank you!
H.E.Wolf
@Booger:
Hee hee. Very true! I suppose we’re all naive, sometime or other in our lives. (Wellll… that could be just me.)
The good news is that Native American voters are Democratic voters, at rates well above 90%. So it’s an excellent use of time and energy to get out their votes.
H.E.Wolf
“Shéer plód makes plough down sillion shine” – good ol’ Gerard Manley Hopkins, with an image of the plow shining as – with the effort of the farmer – it carves life-giving furrows in the field.
That’s us. Our plodding work makes democracy shine bright.
H.E.Wolf
Please let us know if/when you have news. Bret usually has at least one good story to tell, too. :)
H.E.Wolf
And now it’s back to shéer plód for me, for another hour or so. Data entry is always there to be done, just like laundry and car maintenance. I’m 600 entries into a 7,200-entry list….
ewrunning
In for another $20. Also, just yesterday I received 200 postcards to send to Virginia swing voters. As a former 17-year resident and voter in VA I’m determined to do my part. Thanks, @WaterGirl for continuing to push us on this.
WaterGirl
@ewrunning: Thank you!
stinger
$25 each to Good Kim and Virgil. If matched, great; if not, no worries — thanks to our angel in any case!
Percysowner
In for $20
mvr
OK, just gave $25 to KPA. Thanks for pushing this to our attention. And thanks to the matcher.
Another Scott
Donated to Adams and Thornton.
Thanks.
Forward!!
Best wishes,
Scott.
Joy in FL
$25 for Good Kim and $15 for Virgil were just donated by me.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
I dropped $25 in each of the VA candidates on the sidebar’s ActBlue accounts yesterday, & just added $50 to this “thermometer” today. I seem to have a little more disposable cash since I had my knee replaced and haven’t been doing many fun things this summer. Please split between them. ;-)
WaterGirl
Thank you all so much!!!