GOTV. GOTV. GOTFV! Special August 9 "What's in your wallsafe?" Edition

****Includes Key Messaging to share and updated Omaha Steve Official DU Donation Links ****

LATEST MESSAGING NOT FROM DNC.
• CLEAN AIR
• FAIR SHARE
• PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY
• AND MEDICARE
• BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS
• JOBS, NOT MOBS
• STRONG AND FREE WOMEN -- THAT'S OUR POSITION
• NOBODY WANTS AN INQUISITION
• PROTECT THE LBGTQ
• THERE'S ONE OR TWO THAT MATTER TO YOU

NEW!
INDIVISIBLE UNPACKED
Strategic messaging guidance for countering Republican talking points.
https://givenoground.org/resources/indivisible-unpacked/
Resources: https://givenoground.org/resources/

Abortion
Conservative activists have spent almost 50 years focused on one goal above all others: overturning Roe v. Wade, and making forced birth the law of the land. To achieve that goal, they’ve waged a decades-long campaign to pack the federal judiciary with hundreds of far-right extremist judges. READ MORE
https://givenoground.org/resources/indivisible-unpacked/abortion/

Gas Prices
If you’ve had to fill up your gas tank in recent months, you know the price of gas is substantial right now, to say the least. With energy experts warning that the upward trend may continue through summer, Indivisible is going in-depth on the cost of oil. READ MORE
https://givenoground.org/resources/indivisible-unpacked/gas-prices/

The GOP’s “Grooming” Obsession
Last year, the Republican operatives made critical race theory into their go-to bogeyman in order to push their agenda into our schools. Now, we’re seeing an increase in perverted homophobic and anti-trans smears being deployed by the right in a similar pattern. READ MORE
https://givenoground.org/resources/indivisible-unpacked/the-gops-grooming-obsession/


Reposting for visibility, as requested.
Please reply with any additions or updates.

LATEST from eridani
Hand written postcards improve voter turnout

I'm doing 200 to voters in AZ. You pay postage--forever postcard stamps are available in rolls. They wouldn't get mailed until October 28th, so you have plenty of time to write them gradually

www.turnoutpac.org/postcards
[email protected]


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GOTV as if your life and the lives of many others depend on it
BECAUSE THEY DO

Donating to DNC is always effective, but there's always more to do. Here is a list of what I've found. Adding to it as I find actionable items.

What to DO about Losing Roe? Actually, there's PLENTY! (an update)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216884613
calimary hits a 5-run home run.

🇺🇸 I FOUND THIS ON DU. 🇺🇸
Cheezoholic writes: I'm busting my ass, doing everything in my power to replace (R)Todd Young with (D) Thomas McDermott Jr. in the US senate. Indiana.
Home page: https://www.gomcdermott.com/
ActBlue: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tommcdermott?commit=Contribute

VERY VERY LATEST!
Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors
Protect Elections from thuggery.
DU post by mahatmakanejeeves
https://democraticunderground.com/10142905218
Politico article: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/democrats-recruiting-push-local-election-officers-00025733

A Democratic candidate recruiting group is pitching donors on an ambitious three-year program to find, train and support 5,000 candidates for local offices in charge of election administration, a sprawling national effort intended to fight subversion of future election results.

The program would recruit candidates in 35 states for everything from county probate judges in Alabama to county clerks in Kansas and county election board members in Pennsylvania — all offices that handle elections and will be on voters’ ballots between now and 2024.

RUN FOR SOMETHING:
https://runforsomething.net/
SIGN UP, AND RUN!
https://wherecanirun.org/

FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS
After a year of assaults on American voting rights, the next steps are clear: end the filibuster and enact federal voting rights legislation that protects voters, no matter what state they live in.
https://naacp.org/campaigns/civil-rights-scorecard

VERY LATEST!
(updated June 20, 2022)
Omaha Steve has an updated list of all current ActBlue DU links for donations,
https://democraticunderground.com/100217022674
Includes Ukraine!
(see below for the first five I collected)

OTHER LISTS!
CrispyQ has assembled a great list here:
https://democraticunderground.com/100216548509

LATEST
Progressive Turnout Project is the largest voter contact organization in the country, specifically dedicated to mobilizing the Democratic Party and defending democracy.
Our mission: rally Democrats to vote.
https://www.turnoutpac.org/
From Wednesdays.


I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT Rev. Senator Warnock!
Read the letter that Omaha Steve got from Senator Warnock. (GA)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216555367
AND KEEP THE SENATE BLUE AND TRUE
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforwarnock (Pinback's DU for Warnock site)
Senator Warnock's official campaign site:
https://warnockforgeorgia.com/

NEW OFFICIAL Democratic Underground for Beto O'Rourke Governor Texas 2022
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4beto
(There are other Beto links below, FYI)

The DU has a new Stacey Abrams for Governor of GA ActBlue donation link!
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforstaceyabrams

https://democraticunderground.com/100216519360
Carol Blood will be facing a hardline conservative for Governor of Nebraska.
Donate to Carol here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforblood
Here is her site: https://www.electcarolblood.com/

UPDATED!
OFFICIAL DU ActBlue for Tim Ryan US Senate from Ohio
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/demsrule86forryan
OFFICIAL Democratic Underground for Ohio Senate 2022
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duohiosenate22
Tim's page: https://timforoh.com/

NEW!
Courtesy of Tommymac
#GOTV2022 Resources:
https://runforsomething.net/
https://www.rockthevote.org/
https://swingleft.org/
https://events.democrats.org/
https://www.democratsabroad.org/voting_news
https://www.padems.com/
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/
https://vademocrats.org/
https://www.georgiademocrat.org/take-action/
https://www.floridadems.org/get-involved/
https://www.ncdp.org/resources/
Awesome.

NEW!
https://democraticunderground.com/100216468060
If you haven't attended any DNC organizing or training sessions, you're missing out!!!
And we need EVERYBODY. I just got done with a Social Media Ambassador training. They have AWESOME tools to use on social media.
Thank you, CousinIT!



NEW!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/9/2084766/-To-elect-a-progressive-majority-we-need-to-flip-North-Carolina-s-open-Senate-seat
Want to end the filibuster? Then help this fantastic Senate candidate beat the GOP
Progressives have two goals when it comes to the Senate this year: preserving our current majority, and making sure our next majority supports reforming the filibuster. Fortunately, this year’s race in North Carolina gives us the chance to do both, which is why Daily Kos is proud to endorse former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in her bid to flip this open seat from the GOP.
ActBlue link
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorses2022beasley?refcode=20220309fpdn1foot

NEW!
https://democrats.org/act/?permalink=volunteer-to-protect-democratic-majorities
Volunteer To Protect Democratic Majorities (DNC)
DNC sent this list of items you can sign up to do. (I pasted a copy of it at the bottom of this post)

NEW!
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/6/2083529/-Wasting-90-million-or-investing-90-thousand-How-to-win-in-every-corner-of-the-country
How to win in every corner of the country.

So we came up with a three-pronged strategy:

1) All Politics Are Local: ... it requires local control and a local touch on messaging and campaign infrastructure to truly be successful.

2) Training: We wanted to find grassroots activists and volunteers, to give them as much knowledge and experience as we could.

3) Unconventional campaigning: We knew we couldn’t win a toe-to-toe fight, so we had to take every weakness and make it a strength.

NEW!
https://betoorourke.com/
Beto For Texas

https://act.betoorourke.com/signup/bft-volunteer/
Volunteer

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bft-website
Donate via ActBlue

https://democraticunderground.com/100216417431
10 Things You Can Do To Defend Democracy
Source: https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/blog/2022/02/28/10-things-you-can-do-to-defend-democracy/
General, but good.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/19/2081124/-Democrats-can-win-in-November-but-all-of-us-need-to-roll-up-our-sleeves-to-help-kick-some-GOP-butt
Democrats can win in November, but all of us need to roll up our sleeves to help kick some GOP butt

https://postcardstovoters.org

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216345614
Don't just complain, do something. Help GOTV!

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216311744
We're Not Going To Win If We Keep Saying We're Losing

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216219159
President Joe has me Fired up. I'm ready to get off my arse and GOTV for 2022 right now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215975225
Doom posting is voter suppression.


ITEMS YOU CAN SIGN UP TO DO FROM DNC

How would you like to volunteer? (Check all that apply)
Become a social ambassador
Make calls
Host an event
Organize friends
Send texts
Organize in your community

• I am a Spanish speaker (Y/N)

If you'd like to organize around a specific community, select all that apply:
Black
Latino
AAPI
Native American
Women
LGBTQIA+
Youth
Disability
Rural
Small Business
Climate
Seniors
Veterans
Other

Guy Kawasaki, an early Apple employee, wrote an article entitled: Don't Kvetch, Kick Butt
I approve of his message.