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Good News Roundup for Friday, August 18, 2023: What if We Could Work Together [1]
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Date: 2023-08-18
Welcome 🌻 to Friday’s Roundup of Good News!
One thing President Biden has done is talk about bipartisanship. Like many here, I scoffed at the idea. I’m still not keen on some of our fellow citizens and what they did or are doing.
But Biden has done accomplished so much more than I expected. So much more than I thought was possible.
What if Biden is right? Biden has shown, over and over, that he is smarter than the GOP. Biden has shown, over and over, that he’s smarter than Putin. What if — gasp! — Biden is even smarter than me?
Slowly I have been realizing how much the media is divides us. Even MSNBC, which I believe is generally telling the truth, focuses on the worst of the GOP behavior, which is true, but it is not the complete truth (it’s impossible to tell the complete truth, because there isn’t time). Their stories make me feel as if division is inevitable. But what if it is not?
My reading group is now reading The Persuaders (Anand Giridharadas). The book talks about reaching out to people, finding commonalities. The members of this reading group are extremely liberal, but all of us have had encounters with people who are not. Many of these far-right folk, when you act with them one on one, are really nice. They step up in emergencies. And, although some may be impossible to reach, others are not. A doctor in my reading group was talking to some of his neighbors who were staunchly antivax, but, after a few conversations with them, later learned they got vaccinated. Possibly due to his influence.
There’s a quote in The Persuaders that I want to share: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
So, when we can, let’s emulate President Biden and work to make people feel better about themselves, especially when they take steps toward truth and love. Because one of the hardest things for people to do is to step away from their tribes.
I know, with all the indictments (I’m enjoying them) and the threats, this may not be the best moment to try, but at least put a pin in these ideas.
In the meantime, come on in, my friends, and see what the good guys are doing.
Regular Scheduled Programming
No one here is naïve; we are aware of the many who are fighting to destroy our country. Some of us expected it: the cheating, the lying, the chaos, and yes, even the attempts to cling to power despite the clear will of the people. But we are here to read the efforts and the positive results of those (including us and our fellow gnus) who are working so hard to save our country from those very bad people. We are furious with them for what they are doing and we are letting them know. Remember:
💙 There are more of us than there are of them.
💛 They are terrified when we organize. THERE IS LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE TERRIFIED!
💔 They want us to be demoralized. The best way to keep up your spirits is to fight. So, take the time to recharge your batteries, but find ways to contribute to the well-being of our country and our world.
🗽 Biden as President ! 🗽
Biden, Harris and their administration have been hard at work. Here are the last week’s posts at the White House briefing room.
👎 Out with the Bad, In with the Good 👍
👍 🏠 LA Mayor Karen Bass and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge working together to house the homeless Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Until she won election as mayor of Los Angeles last November, Karen Bass was a member of Congress, representing California’s 37th district and serving for two years as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. And until Joe Biden tapped her in 2021 to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge was also a member of Congress, representing Ohio’s 11th district, and also chairing the Black Caucus from 2013 to 2015. Turns out having a good working relationship can lead to getting pretty great things done, since this week, Mayor Bass announced that she and Secretary Fudge had reached an agreement to streamline getting unhoused people in Los Angeles out of shelters and other temporary housing and into permanent housing quickly, without having to jump through bureaucratic hoops that sometimes left usable housing empty for months while applicants struggled to complete paperwork. The idea is pretty simple: Get people into housing quickly and if their paperwork isn’t finished, then great, have a social worker help them finish it. Los Angeles is one of four cities that signed a memorandum of understanding with the White House and HUD to speed up the process.
It’s such a great idea! Whenever I have to deal with the government to get something done, it can be such a challenge, and I wonder how those with fewer advantages manage. Well, often they don’t.
👍 ☀️ UK installs record number of solar panels and heat pumps in first six months 2023 Cristen Hemingway Jaynes EcoWatch
In the first half of 2023, households in the UK installed a record number of solar panels and heat pumps, according to MCS, the official standards body of the renewable technologies industry. Installations for the two green energy sources were up 62 percent from the previous year, with an average of more than 17,000 households installing solar panels every month, reported Energy Live News and The Guardian. Battery technology installations have grown each month, with more than 1,000 batteries installed in UK businesses and homes so far this year.
👎 Russian ruble is in trouble. I wish this would impact the GOP more (I suspect some of them have been getting Russian money) but the oligarchs have already moved many, many billions to foreign accounts.
x Despite all the manipulation of the Russian currency, the ruble is falling. And the real value is far worse than this chart can show.
The joke is entirely on you, Russians. Your oligarchical leadership swims in luxury, vaporizes your armies and your future in lost wars and… pic.twitter.com/IFpGBdpy6M — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) August 14, 2023
💣 Republicans: Party of Crimes and Chaos 💣
We know it’s not just tRump. Many Rs are complicit Simon Rosenberg Hopium Chronicles
I think the central question now that Trump has been indicted is how many other Republicans were part of this illegal conspiracy to overturn the election, and how many of them will get prosecuted in the coming years. The repeated use of “conspiracy” in the initial charges must have sent shock waves through Republican circles on Tuesday as it meant that all of a sudden dozens, perhaps hundreds, of leading Republicans here in Washington and across the US, now had potential legal exposure in this emerging case. We know related charges have already been brought in Michigan, and more are likely to be brought in Georgia. Recall that in January 6th Committee testimony, the RNC Chair Romney McDaniel admitted, on camera, that she and the RNC played a role in this conspiracy to commit perhaps the most serious crime one can commit in a democracy - the overturning of an election. We know the DOJ has already successfully prosecuted over 1,000 people for their role in the effort to overturn the election. The next 100-200 charged could be prominent Republicans across the US and in battleground states. For the effort to overturn the election was backed by the Republican Party itself, and Republican leaders in Washington (Lindsay Graham, etc) and across the US. This is serious stuff.
An aide for George Santos indicted for defrauding donors Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post
NEW YORK — An aide for Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was indicted in federal court on charges of defrauding donors while impersonating the then chief of staff for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) two years ago during a push by Santos, then a candidate, to win his district. Prosecutors unsealed wire fraud and identity theft charges Wednesday against Samuel Miele, 27, in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, alleging that he solicited donations using his fake identity from more than a dozen potential contributors. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and was released on a $150,000 bond. The case follows an indictment filed against Santos in the same federal court district, though in a different courthouse, also for defrauding contributors.
🚚 💙 Democrats Deliver 💙 🚚
The Inflation Reduction Act, one year later John Podesta, MSNBC News
Today [August 16], the most significant climate and clean energy legislation in history — the Inflation Reduction Act — turns one year old. And America has a lot to celebrate. For decades, scientists and advocates have called on Washington to lead on climate. Meanwhile, the world has gotten hotter and Americans are coping with the consequences of this summer’s extreme weather — heat, smoke, fires and floods. We’ve watched in horror as Maui experienced the deadliest U.S. fire in over a century. But thanks to President Biden, Vice President Harris and Democrats in Congress, the U.S. is leading again by making the largest investment in clean energy and climate action in world history. How did that happen? We stopped asking the question of what do we need to shut down to tackle the climate crisis, and started asking what do we need to build — from wind turbines and solar panels to electric vehicles and battery factories, to new industries like green hydrogen and low-carbon steel. And we made sure these new industries are built here in America, by American workers. One year in, the law is working — putting President Biden’s ambitious climate goals within reach, sparking a clean-energy boom and creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs. According to a new report from the Department of Energy released Wednesday, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, by 2030 the U.S. could be generating 80% of its electricity from clean sources. We’re on track to meet or exceed President Biden’s goal of making half of new car sales electric in the same time frame. And thanks to these laws, we’re on a path to achieve President Biden’s goal of cutting our overall carbon pollution in half by 2030.
Statement from President Biden on student debt White House Briefing Room
On Day One of my Administration, I promised to fight for hardworking families and to fix problems in the student loan system that have been failing borrowers for too long. I’m proud that my Administration is delivering on that promise and has already approved over $116 billion in debt cancellation for 3.4 million Americans – no matter how many lawsuits, challenges, or roadblocks Republican elected officials or special interests put in our way. When I came into office, hundreds of thousands of borrowers weren’t accurately getting credit for student loan payments that should have delivered them forgiveness under Income-Driven Repayment plans or were placed into forbearance by loan servicers in violation of Department of Education rules. Under these plans, if a borrower makes 20 or 25 years’ worth of payments, they get the remaining balances of their loans forgiven. But because of errors and administrative failures of the student loan system that started long before I took office, over 804,000 borrowers never got the credit they earned, and never saw the forgiveness they were promised – even after making payments for decades. I was determined to right this wrong, and today, because of actions my Administration took, these 804,000 borrowers who have been in repayment for over 20 years will start to see their student debt cancelled. Over 614,000 of them will have all of their remaining federal student loan debt cancelled once this action is complete. Today’s actions come on top of all we’ve been able to achieve for students and student loan borrowers in the past few years. This includes: achieving the largest increases in Pell Grants in over a decade to help families who earn less than roughly $60,000 a year; fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program so that borrowers who go into public service get the debt relief they’re entitled to under the law; and creating the most generous Income-Driven Repayment plan in history, called SAVE. Borrowers can go to studentaid.gov to apply. And, we’re not done. As I announced earlier this summer in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on our student debt relief plan, we will continue to pursue an alternative path to deliver student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible as quickly as possible. We will use every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need to reach their dreams. ### ⚡️ Someone at DailyKos has had their debt forgiven, and it’s making such a difference Kids getting a free lunch — at least in some of the blue states Greg Iaccurci, CNBC Some states are reestablishing a federal pandemic-era policy that offered free school meals to all kids, and most of them are doing so on a permanent basis. ✂️ Nine states have passed legislation to bring back free school meals for all, according to Food Research & Action Center data. Seven of them — California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont — have made the policy permanent, according to FRAC. Nevada did so on a temporary basis for the 2023-24 school year. The Massachusetts Legislature passed a budget bill Monday that would permanently fund a universal free-meal program. Gov. Maura Healey is expected to sign the measure into law.
And it looks like we can add Pennsylvania to the list:
x Good News Alert:
Pennsylvania has just announced it will provide free breakfast to all schoolchildren, regardless of their family's income.
The program will start this year, and will provide breakfast to more than 1 million kids.
Read more on Goodable:
https://t.co/7F3Dyzol5o pic.twitter.com/ymGbRyMq2B — Goodable (@Goodable) August 15, 2023
All but Vermont have blue governors, so we’re counting this as Ds delivering.
💜 Unity? 💜
(🎩 T) President Biden and SOS Blinken — building alliances to last David Ignatius, Washington Post
On the day when the leading Republican presidential candidate was indicted for the fourth time, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was trying to explain some of the pillars of U.S. foreign policy that are meant to endure, no matter what. Blinken’s description of U.S. diplomacy during an interview on Monday might strike some people as whistling in the dark. But to me, it’s more like an anchor to windward. Who knows what political tempests lie ahead? But at least this administration is trying to foster partnerships and norms of behavior — in dealing with China, Russia and Ukraine, as well as new challenges such as artificial intelligence — that are broadly based and, hopefully, sustainable. Blinken began by describing the trilateral summit that President Biden will host with the leaders of Japan and South Korea this weekend at Camp David. Given past enmity between Tokyo and Seoul, this three-way alliance is a small miracle. It’s not an Asian NATO, Blinken said. But it provides a baseline of U.S. nuclear deterrence against threats from North Korea and China — so that Tokyo and Seoul don’t have to build their own bombs.
With all the news, it’s hard to give attention to Ukraine, but it’s still happening. Thanks, Sweden.
x ⚡️The 🇸🇪Swedish government has approved the thirteenth package of military support for 🇺🇦Ukraine.
🛡 The new package will include spare parts and ammunition for already transferred equipment, Stridsfordon 90 BMP and Stridsvagn 122 tanks. The new package will also include trucks… pic.twitter.com/RoZU1fbAkj — 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) August 15, 2023
Reading / not reading together:
x "Library kids are going to save the world."
Maybe give yourself a minute...
https://t.co/Tv0CBJbcJX — Goodable (@Goodable) August 16, 2023
📥 Actions You Can Take 📤
Tax-exempt organization complaint referrals. 13909. You can fill this out for the NRA and lots of other organizations. How about if some of us white folk go into some of the MAGA churches and video record what they’re saying?
Voting rights. This may be the biggest issue threatening our democracy right now. Besides contacting your representatives at the state and federal level to do the right thing (depending on who they are), you can support and contact these organizations:
ACLU — American Civil Liberties Union
Democracy Docket — founded by Marc Elias, so important in fighting the challenges after the last election.
Fair Fight — founded by Stacey Abrams
🌱Grass roots. Biden and Harris can do the top-down stuff, but we have to support from the bottom. I don’t know how to deprogram 75 million people, but some things have been written about, such as deep canvassing, and lots of people are talking about this. If you know someone (who did not storm the Capitol), then see if you can be pleasant. Instead of trying to reason with them (logic is obviously not their strong point) distract them with something else. We need to remove the sources of lies and to take down the temperature. If we get more of the Rs to wear masks and to get vaccinated and to vote for Ds, the country will be a better place. We need to coax some of them out of the rabbit holes and diffuse the anger and the crazy.
🏃 Run for something. If you want to run for something, but have no idea what to do, these people will help you. They also like money and volunteers to help those people who are running, so even if you’re not in a position to stand for office, you can help. Note: they are especially planning to target the 57 Rs in local governments who participated in the insurrection.
👎 Defund the seditionists. Defund the seditionists. This is a list with companies that sometimes have donated to the seditionists. The list is long. You will recognize many of the corporations, and you probably have a relationship with some — either you are a customer, a shareholder, or maybe even an employee. Contact them and compliment or complain, but let them know you are watching. Forward it to others.
🔎 Want to check out what’s going on with campaign contributions? Check out this diary. 👀
🐍 Schadenfreude 😈
Roger Stone is videoed working on the conspiracy! You know they all documented themselves because they expected their plot to succeed (and it got way too close). But it’s this vanity that is getting some of them in serious trouble. And apparently Stone panicked, and panicked some more, when tRump did not give him a second pardon (the panicking is not in this segment):
Really long sentences being sought for some. GOOD.
What we’re seeing with these court cases are deterrents.
x NEW: DoJ seeking 33 years for Tarrio and Biggs. Sure y’all don’t wanna cooperate?
https://t.co/JTuLBdLVJn — Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) August 18, 2023
Lots of time for tRump in the courts, and not just the criminal cases. This one is civil:
x #Trump's legal team just filed a Motion to Stay our civil proceedings due to his criminal case. We will be opposing this obvious delay tactic.
https://t.co/oIfUDmYEBB — Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) August 14, 2023
tRump’s swings at the Manhattan DA may have made the case stronger Jose Pagliery, The Daily Beast
Donald Trump’s attempts this summer to drag his porn star-hush money case away from New York’s state courts and once again hide behind his presidential credentials has given Manhattan prosecutors a little-noticed ace in their pocket—one they can now use to bolster their case. For months, critics of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.’s case have called it weak because the case criminally charges Trump with faking business records—a lowly misdemeanor only bumped up to a felony on a technicality. Except that Trump’s ploy to move the case to federal court gave a judge there the opportunity to take the first swing. And he used that opportunity to make it clear that the case against Trump is far more serious than it otherwise seems—and that the burden for proving that Trump’s alleged falsification of business records are felonies is low.
An Oathkeeper gets an 8-year time out
x OathKeepers Jan 6 defendant Jessica Watkins is now serving 8-year prison sentence at federal correctional facility in Oklahoma City
Watkins was found guilty of obstruction of official proceeding, which is same charge Trump faces in Special Counsel case
https://t.co/9FCjW6qoVZ — Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 16, 2023
So many crimes, so little time… disbarment hearings for John Eastman to continue; it turns out getting charged in Georgia isn’t an acceptable excuse:
x UPDATE: State bar authorities in California say John EASTMAN's disbarment proceedings should continue next week even though he's been charged in Georgia.
He already waived his Fifth Amendment privilege by starting to testify in June, they say.
https://t.co/ODiU0kFT3a pic.twitter.com/7zqtv9D4jH — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 16, 2023
📣 Let’s Honor Truth ☀️️
This week we have to honor Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (and her team), who indicted tRump and 18 co-conspirators, using Georgia’s powerul and potentially punishing RICO statute.
I found the charges so satisfying, because it shows a much more complete story, especially the pressure on public officials (and by public officials) Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
The indictment — handed down by a grand jury of 23 ordinary Americans — offers far more granular detail than did the Aug. 1 federal indictment on charges of election interference, sweeps in other actors and offers the potential for a televised jury trial and a verdict out of reach of a presidential pardon. Certain facts, though previously known, take on new importance under Georgia law. For example, the false verification Trump signed on Dec. 31, 2020, as part of a lawsuit he filed in Georgia anchors the charge for filing false documents. Likewise, Trump’s letter months after the election, in September 2021, demanding that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger start a “decertifying” process, relates to the charge of soliciting an official to violate his oath (though it apparently is of little importance in Smith’s federal charges). The number of calls, emails and other communications among the co-conspirators is breathtaking.
I love how she can use many actions that were not technically illegal but were all part of a corrupt scheme.
I love how she goes after the enablers, such as corrupt, evil people such as Giuliani who have done so much harm over the years. And the weak forgers who signed their names as fake electors.
I have read (but not completely digested, IANAL) the indictment. She knows that repetition is good, repetition is good, because over and over the indictment repeats that Donald J Trump lost. It starts with: “Defendant Donald John Trump lost the United States presidential election held on
November 3, 2020. One of the states he lost was Georgia,” And then, many times within the document: “despite the fact that DONALD JOHN TRUMP lost the November 3, 2020, presidential election in” and then adds the state.
The pressure, we know, is not over. It’s currently on DA Willis and on her team. Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News
Ms Willis, a Democrat, cited a recent email in which she was subject to racist and sexist language and told she will fail. She said that the letter was "pretty typical" of correspondence she has received. There have also been threatening phone calls to her office that were similar in nature, she said.
So we must honor Willis and her team, not just for telling the truth, but doing it in dangerous circumstances.
We also must honor Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss. They helped protect democracy when we had a dangerous pandemic. Not only were they lied about and harassed and threatened, but they were pressured into “confessing” that they had stuffed the ballot box. If they had yielded to this pressure, we might be in an autocracy today.
I hope Giuliani rots in a Georgia prison.
I am not alone (the photo is Shaye Moss):
x Why you read Wonkette:
"There are many reasons I want to see Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani die in prison, and Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss are at the top of the list."
— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897)
https://t.co/38hucjGw2c — Doktor Zoom (@DoktorZoom) August 16, 2023
You can also read about the harassment here Hunter Walker Talking Points Memo
🌹 Let’s Celebrate Love ❤️
Taking care of each other.
x Maui just experienced one of the deadliest wildfires in US history, leaving thousands of families displaced.
Guess who immediately showed up to help?
Chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen.
They're providing thousands of meals a day to first responders and families in need. pic.twitter.com/4c0GBbUA1N — Goodable (@Goodable) August 15, 2023
And it’s not just Chef Andres. Chefs feeding people in Maui Kelly McCarthy Good Morning America
Without taking a beat, the culinary world sprang into action to help survivors on Maui in the wake of the deadly wildfires that tore through the historic harbor town of Old Lahaina, and with it, lives, businesses and homes. As restaurant owners, chefs, food truck operators, suppliers, farmers and others asses the damage from the fifth-deadliest wildland fire in U.S. history that displaced thousands, they have quickly tapped into what comes as second nature in hospitality: serving others. Local food nonprofits, culinary programs and restaurants have pooled their resources to continually prepare food and distribute meals to those in need.
Feeding people everywhere she goes Good News Network
Economists told CNN recently that Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is becoming such a massive phenomenon that it’s having demonstrable impacts on the US economy at large, but it’s not only stadium venues, record labels, and ticket vendors benefiting. Everywhere she goes, Swift is making big donations to US food banks allowing them to feed hundreds of thousands of needy Americans. The Eras Tour kicked off in Arizona, where she presented a hefty check to the Arizona Food Bank Network big enough to fill tractor-trailers with 40,000 pounds of fresh produce, and reinforce benefit programs for children who rely on school meals and seniors who rely on food stamps.
📎 Odds & Ends 📎
Random acts of kindness can help your own mental health Andy Corbley Good News Network
Humans are hardwired to feel good when performing acts of kindness towards others, an imperative trait in any animal that evolves to live and hunt in social groups. This is such a truism that performing random acts of kindness for other people was more effective in reducing symptoms of depression than specifically planning activities for the sake of enjoyment, a new study found. The study sought to test methods of cognitive behavioral therapy, a non-pharmaceutical treatment for depression and anxiety that’s proven to work through confronting patterns of thought and behavior that lead to depressive or anxious thoughts, and consciously moving away from them by retraining one’s brain. The methods included random acts of kindness, such as buying a stranger’s coffee at Starbucks or baking cookies for the mailman, as well as planning fun activities twice a week and “cognitive reappraisal,” which coaches people with depression or anxiety to record triggering thoughts, and actively contemplate what would make the resulting stress diminish.
Cool roofs to cool off cities Linnea Harris, EcoWatch
Since its launch in 2009, New York’s CoolRoofs project has provided paid training and work experience to New Yorkers to cover more than 10 million square feet of rooftops with a reflective covering in an effort to combat the urban heat island effect. The coating used has a high solar reflectivity — the degree to which the roof reflects visible infrared and ultraviolet rays — and infrared emissivity, which means its ability to release absorbed heat. On an average summer day in New York, black asphalt rooftops can reach 190ºF, which is 90ºF more than the surrounding air. As a part of the city’s goal to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, the project works to keep buildings cool and reduce the need for air conditioning. Some of these cool rooftops can reduce internal building temperature by 30%. The city estimates that for every 2,500 square feet of reflective roofs, NYC’s overall carbon emissions can be reduced by one ton. No-cost installations are available for non-profits, low-income housing, schools, hospitals, and other organizations.
Los Angeles is painting its streets, and Colombia is putting more green spaces into cities. All these actions can help cool down urban areas.
We love reading and we love Dolly Parton:
x Good News Alert:
The state of Kansas just declared today "Imagination Library Day."
It comes after the state announced that Dolly Parton's free book program is now available statewide.
Every child is eligible to receive one free book per month until their fifth birthday. pic.twitter.com/MbmrDrGqgF — Goodable (@Goodable) August 15, 2023
🐦 I do a lot of other writing. A recent offering: Hunters of the Feather, a story about a thinker-linker crow who wants to save birdkind from extinction, and sequels, Scavengers of Mind and the brand-new Familiars of the Flock (They’re really good! They’re really cheap! Buy and review or rate positively! And Hunters is also available on Audible!) Other stories, based on Jane Austen novels — including a new one for lovers of Pride & Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet’s Advice to Young Ladies — and others on Greek mythology, can be found here. All titles are available through Kindle Unlimited, but I only get paid if you turn the pages.
💙 What You Can Do to Rescue Democracy 💙
It turns out that participation in democracy is not just an every-four-years event but requires active participation, like, whenever you can find time.
Current projects:
Look in the comments for Progressive Muse’s report on Postcards to Voters
And some other ideas:
You can relax and recharge.
You can join protests and freeway blog.
You can help register new voters.
You can smile.
You can say something nice to friend or a stranger.
You can get out the vote for special elections.
You can reach out to upset Republicans. We need to win some back.
You can share your ideas below.
🌻
💙 “Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, demonization have long torn us apart. The battle is perennial, and victory is never assured.” 💙
President Joseph R. Biden
🌹 🌹 🌹
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