Chop Wood, Carry Water 12/20

Mid-week mini-edition!

This is a joke, of course, but I had to share.

Hi, all, and happy Wednesday!

I’m happily ensconced in my mom’s house in Rockland County, NY, sleeping in, playing with my nieces and nephews, and eating gobs of Christmas cookies.

This is just a brief post, then, to deliver a couple of items I felt shouldn’t wait. The first one, especially, will serve you well over the holiday week.

Also, WOW in Colorado, huh? I’ve never expected the courts to save us from Donald Trump, and still don’t—I think only Joyce Vance’s proposed “overwhelming defeat” at the ballot box will do that. Even so, yesterday’s news was momentous, satisfying, and important; I think it merits celebrating. If you want a good explication of the ruling, by the way, I highly recommend this Law Dork piece. As always, Geidner brings the goods.

Sending love and strength, all. Rest up! We’ll need you next year!

Spread the Word! 📣

I just received this document from the folks at the Biden-Harris administration, and I think it’s one of the clearest and most comprehensive lists I’ve seen of Biden’s key accomplishments since becoming President. The next time someone asks you “so what exactly has Joe Biden done?” you could start by sharing it. Or just rattling off some of the many amazing things you learned from it.

The folks at Building Back Better came up with some cute graphics to go with the list. They are downloadable here, here, and here.

Write Postcards! ✍🏼

Michele from Small Deeds Done sent a great recap of all the postcarding campaigns Activate America is running right now. Find one you like and hop on board, please!

New York: Tom Suozzi is the NY Democrat running for George Santos’s seat – he held it for 6 years before he left to run for governor. Activate America will be alerting voters to this “pop-up”  election and boosting name recognition. Cards need to be mailed as you complete them and by Feb. 3 at the latest.

Arizona: Support Gallego for Senate and share Democratic accomplishments on cutting prescription drug costs! Democrats passed a cap on insulin costs for seniors covered by Medicare and lowered costs of other prescription drugs. While 83% of Americans support this policy, only 29% know it happened. Write to infrequent Democratic voters to make sure they know Ruben Gallego helped lower the costs of prescriptions and will continue to fight for better health care in the US Senate. Please mail these postcards within 3 weeks of receiving the materials.

Reproductive rights – California: Reach out to pro-choice voters who have not voted in recent elections to make sure they know that abortion rights are in danger everywhere when Republicans control Congress. Top priorities in California: the seats held by Republican Congressmen David Valadao (CA-22), Ken Calvert (CA-41) and Mike Garcia (CA-27). These are seats we can flip to help take back Congress in 2024. Please mail postcards as you complete them, and within 3 weeks of receiving the materials.

Nevada: Re-elect Senator Rosen! Write to Democratic leaning independent voters under 50 years old to make sure they know that Senator Rosen has brought well paying jobs and clean tech industry to Nevada. Reaching out early to these voters, who often are not contacted by other campaigns, not only will help us hold the Senate but can also get them to the polls to support Democrats up and down the ticket. Please mail postcards as you complete them, and within 3 weeks of receiving the materials.

Go here to pick a campaign and request addresses!

Get Smart! 📚

The Environmental Voter Project has two Zoom briefings coming up that sound fascinating! Save the date. EVP’s briefings are always data-laden, clear, and inspiring.

Briefing & Panel Discussion: Organizing Older Climate Voters
Thursday, Jan. 4, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Briefing: The Year Ahead — Mobilizing Environmental Voters in 2024
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 8pm ET / 5pm PT

OK, all. More at some point soon. Have a great day!

Jess