Jess, seeing your happy face on your videos from Mecklenberg County is such a treat for your legion of admirers. Thanks for the frequent posts! And gosh, Robert Hubbell and Jill Bickett at the same party--how fun!
You said you "could weep with pride." Many of us weep with pride because we know YOU.
Thanks for this great info, Jessica! Just finished a 90 min phone bank with the AZ Dems this morning! Going to try for another shift this afternoon and this evening. On first shift I connected with 17 voters!! Let’s do this!
On my way to Reno to cure ballots door to door. Spent Fri, Sat, Sun canvassing in CA central valley - got unregistered voters to commit to same day registration, got a woman who tore up her ballot to go down and get another one, got a non citize, ,n who is the president of the 500 member Nepalese Community Association , all committed to Harris, to tell them all.the importance of voting down ballot, ballot cured by phone in AZ, texting with Movement Labs - so inspired! Yes we got this , one vote at a time! Community!!
Also, yesterday, I finally went to canvass (in Central Valley for Adam Gray). I figured, I had done phone and text banking and didn't die and I should up my game at this very critical moment. I was, indeed, nervous but I'm happy to report that my friend and I knocked on 40 doors and nobody yelled at us! We had some lovely conversations and I feel sure that we convinced at least a couple of people to vote for Adam. Many had already voted, but after we talked to one couple who'd already voted about what a great candidate Adam was, they asked to take some literature to a party they were about to attend so they could inform their friends too! I have felt an afterglow of optimism since. Now I'm off to sign up for a ballot cure phone bank. Thank you, Jessica for all you do!!
You are a true shero Jessica. I squeezed in 30 minutes for EVP between work and kids and just made my last donation for the cycle to Donuts and Democracy. Wow! How inspiring they are, I'm so glad I could end with this one.
Based on the inspiring positive momentum and America for all message Kamala Harris has infused in her campaign, I'm confident she will win the popular vote and the EC while Trump increasingly looks like a train wreck heading for the dust bin of history. My week of positive calls in N. Carolina reinforced that belief. As many analytics guys are pointing out, early voting trends look favorable for us but the effort to understand by how much is quite foggy.
Winning BIG today and Weds is WAR I and we'll win. The larger the margin in the popular vote the better.
However, we all need to brace for WAR II. Trump and MAGA's response to a second loss may be loud, legalistic and potentially violent. What individual citizens or the totality of the grassroots movement can do to fight WAR II is not clear to me.
For starters, I'm thankful that Joe Biden will be POTUS until Jan 20 and commander in chief of our military should we need it.
I'm also thankful the DOJ works under a Democratic administration this time around.
After that, we must be prepared to stand up for our 250 year democracy and our tradition of free and fair elections. It's been a long battle. Getting our grievance driven fellow MAGA Americans to return to our democratic heritage is the next battle we must win.
We got this. I m 84 and have been going to rallies and sending $ and sending postcards all my life. This year I am a first time poll observer
Jess, seeing your happy face on your videos from Mecklenberg County is such a treat for your legion of admirers. Thanks for the frequent posts! And gosh, Robert Hubbell and Jill Bickett at the same party--how fun!
You said you "could weep with pride." Many of us weep with pride because we know YOU.
Thanks for this great info, Jessica! Just finished a 90 min phone bank with the AZ Dems this morning! Going to try for another shift this afternoon and this evening. On first shift I connected with 17 voters!! Let’s do this!
On my way to Reno to cure ballots door to door. Spent Fri, Sat, Sun canvassing in CA central valley - got unregistered voters to commit to same day registration, got a woman who tore up her ballot to go down and get another one, got a non citize, ,n who is the president of the 500 member Nepalese Community Association , all committed to Harris, to tell them all.the importance of voting down ballot, ballot cured by phone in AZ, texting with Movement Labs - so inspired! Yes we got this , one vote at a time! Community!!
Wow! One person can do all this? You rock!
Also, yesterday, I finally went to canvass (in Central Valley for Adam Gray). I figured, I had done phone and text banking and didn't die and I should up my game at this very critical moment. I was, indeed, nervous but I'm happy to report that my friend and I knocked on 40 doors and nobody yelled at us! We had some lovely conversations and I feel sure that we convinced at least a couple of people to vote for Adam. Many had already voted, but after we talked to one couple who'd already voted about what a great candidate Adam was, they asked to take some literature to a party they were about to attend so they could inform their friends too! I have felt an afterglow of optimism since. Now I'm off to sign up for a ballot cure phone bank. Thank you, Jessica for all you do!!
I am SO happy to see you mention Donuts + Democracy!! I know Heather and what she and her daughter are doing is amazing. They are right up there with you and Robert Hubbell in terms of tirelessness in their activism. I also recommend joining their Substack> https://open.substack.com/pub/democratsdeliver/p/donutsdemocracy-all-gas-no-brakes?r=bibvq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks. I will sign up for their Substack. I just donated at Jess's suggestion. Easy and what a great idea!
You are a true shero Jessica. I squeezed in 30 minutes for EVP between work and kids and just made my last donation for the cycle to Donuts and Democracy. Wow! How inspiring they are, I'm so glad I could end with this one.
TWO WARS TO WIN:
Based on the inspiring positive momentum and America for all message Kamala Harris has infused in her campaign, I'm confident she will win the popular vote and the EC while Trump increasingly looks like a train wreck heading for the dust bin of history. My week of positive calls in N. Carolina reinforced that belief. As many analytics guys are pointing out, early voting trends look favorable for us but the effort to understand by how much is quite foggy.
Winning BIG today and Weds is WAR I and we'll win. The larger the margin in the popular vote the better.
However, we all need to brace for WAR II. Trump and MAGA's response to a second loss may be loud, legalistic and potentially violent. What individual citizens or the totality of the grassroots movement can do to fight WAR II is not clear to me.
For starters, I'm thankful that Joe Biden will be POTUS until Jan 20 and commander in chief of our military should we need it.
I'm also thankful the DOJ works under a Democratic administration this time around.
After that, we must be prepared to stand up for our 250 year democracy and our tradition of free and fair elections. It's been a long battle. Getting our grievance driven fellow MAGA Americans to return to our democratic heritage is the next battle we must win.
I’m trying to donate for the donuts for students, but I don’t use Venmo and I can’t figure out how to donate to them. Thanks!
Thank you so much Jessica!!!🩵🍩🗳️🩵🍩🗳️🩵🍩🗳️🙌🙌🙌⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Build on these lessons for 2026. Kamala will win and we will have elections again, 26 28. Love, Doc
You’re my hero, Jessica.