Jess - There might have been something in the water yesterday because while I did not do a expletive-laden TikTok, I did comment on Simon Rosenberg’s newsletter pushing back a bit on his use of the survey of 67% of US adults wanting Biden to step down. I am including my comment here for you to see because I think I was coming from the same place of frustration with the white men’s assessment of we are going to lose that you were. I am so tired of men getting to forecast the end of the world while we women are in the background doing the work of GOTV and holding up the sky, so to speak. It also resonated with others members of the hopium community. Sorry for the length but I think it provides a bit of context while I work up to the last section where I mention women are used to being disregarded by the establishment as it blithely goes on discounting women thoughts and feelings.
Simon - Did I miss something?
At the beginning of your message today you point to the 538 forecast this morning has Biden at 277. Yet, later on, near the bottom of the newsletter you point to the poll about Biden stepping aside or continue his campaign with 67% US adults recommending he step aside. This poll seems disingenuous based on what you've been telling us about polling for a couple of reasons.
1. 67 % of US adults is not the same thing as 67% of registered voters, nor actual voters. We've never had 67% of US voters turn out in ANY election that I am aware of, so why highlight this?
2. I wonder if the followup question sb, but given a race between Biden and Trump, who are you going to vote for?
I'm pretty sure that the majority of the women who participated in the poll would have told the pollster, they would vote for Biden, old or not. WE know we are 2nd class citizens in this country post Dobbs and there is NOTHING, NOTHING in the RNC platform, Project 47 or Project 2025 that will DO ANYTHING but continue to negatively impact and take away more of our rights and freedoms should Trump return to the White House. There was actually 42k on the zoom call, with more folks turned away due to demand on the call sponsored by Red, Wine, & Blue with Heather Cox Richardson on Tuesday. Given that the "resistance" is 90% women, who are highly engaged, and wanting to know more about the Project 2025 ideas, (see above), I think allies such as yourself are discounting/overlooking the deep fear and rage women are feeling at the betrayal this country has dealt us over the last 9 years. I know not all women are "Riden with Biden" I've been having discussions within my women friend groups about this very issue. But I know, while some want Biden to step aside, in the end, they will vote for Biden regardless because women have to think about their reproductive health nearly every day and we KNOW the Trump/Vance ticket are not going to be supporting any legislation that will restore our reproductive rights and will be all in on supporting and passing even more legislation to further control OUR bodies and remove our autonomy to make decisions about how we navigate our lives!
You may not pick this up in polls because we are too busy writing the postcards, the letters, making the phone calls and text banking to answer a call from an unknown number. I know you will point out that this is not backed up by any hard data, but since time immemorial we've (women) been overlooked and disregarded by the establishment because we are not in the streets, we've kids and aging parents to take care of, after all, AND we have to finish writing the next batch of postcards to send out to the battleground states to be either answering calls from unknown callers or marching in the streets.
We put our heads down and work, just as you've been advocating here in the Hopieum community.
Dear Kellidee Little, we were talking about this concern at old farts luncheon today, old white men, and our projection, not unanimous, was Biden wins, pick up 30 seats in the House and 3 in the Senate. the reason was WOMEN. you better not let us down. All my money is in cash, no stocks or gold any more, and if Trump destroys our currency and Social Security, my 90s are going to be miserable apart from just being old and congenital peripheral neuropathy and diabetes and coronary artery disease. Meanwhile, I can still learn about quarks and QCD and Quarks being held together by alpha s and that the mass of atoms is because of the constant of glucon that is trillions as times as powerful as gravity or magnetism. This is the mass in E=mc2.
I have been pissed at Simon since he jumped on the “Biden needs to step aside bullshit” right after the debate. I’ve lost a lot of respect for him. Thanks for this fantastic comment and articulating my exact feelings.
And Jess your TikTok ☄️. I put it on my Facebook page, for what it’s worth. But I rarely post there so I doubt anybody will see it—and the algorithms.
I have not yet read Simon's post from yesterday and now I think I may be glad I didn't! I usually do get "hopium" from his newsletters but like you said, I've got postcards to write! I'm not wasting that time reading yet another email if it doesn't help my mental health.
Along the same lines of us (women) always being discounted - I'm also getting tired of the "please, women, save us! women will save us! women will save democracy!" type of dribble I keep seeing from (usually) male commenters on Threads, etc. (Same goes to those saying "Black women will save us!", which I've noticed also includes a lot of white women.)
WE ARE F*CKING SAVING OURSELVES, men!! How about YOU help save women's rights and democracy too, you useless whiners! We can't do EVERYTHING, for chrissakes!!
~Just ranting - no offense to the actual allies who ARE doing the work :-) ~
Did Simon respond? I went back to that column but couldn't find your comment. I'm thinking of unsubscribing from Hopium too. I don't believe polls, but I like some of the other content. But I could find that content elsewhere. I read more of Simon's opinions and think he's using bs polls to justify Biden stepping down. That's not very "hopium" anyway. Urg!
You nailed it. I particularly like that you point out that we are too busy doing the work to answer phone calls or take the surveys that end by requests for donations.
Thank you, Kellidee! I’ve been disappointed in Simon since he jumped on the Parkinson’s diagnosing bandwagon ,since apologized/retracted, but the damage was done…..out to his 50k+ subscribers.
Why is everyone else so stupidly negative! They call it realistic but no one knows the future! And if everyone gives up then it's a self fulfilling prophecy. I'm not giving up. I'm going to work harder than ever to get the word out! And thank you for all that you do! You're a goddess!
You go, girl! I have had it as well! These so-called pundits are the reason why the polls are where they are. They need to shut up. My husband attends a men's group and all the men (except my H ) are the white men you're talking to. I'm going to ask my H to send that video to every man in his men's group. And if he won't, I will. I have the distribution list.
I am appalled that Congressional Democrats are asking Biden to resign. They have NO IDEA how much support he has among voters. They are jeopardizing our ability to retain the presidency!
They do not seem to understand that it is 1000 times MORE IMPORTANT for Biden to be re-elected. He can pass the presidency on to Harris once he wins.
The misguided actions of Congressional Democrats are infuriating!
At this point, this election IS NOT ABOUT BIDEN. It is about HOLDING ON TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY. IT IS ABOUT SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY!
FORMER REPUBLICANS and many other voters who are disgusted with Trump and the Republican Party are planning to vote for BIDEN! That is an IDEAL SITUATION and increases Biden’s chance to WIN!!
Republicans are supporting a criminal and a pathological liar who does not believe in democracy, much less understand how a democracy is supposed to work!
Yet Democrats cannot just come together and support a person who has done an outstanding job as president. Unbelievable!
Once Biden wins he can easily pass the Presidency to Harris and WE STILL RETAIN THE PRESIDENCY!
PLEASE!! Can someone convince Congressional Democrats to solidly unite behind Biden so we can won and hold onto the Presidency!!
This is the only URGENT AND IMPERATIVE GOAL AT THIS POINT!! Help Biden get re-elected!!!
Please Democrats, take a page from Republicans who are in lockstep and COMPLETELY UNITED in their support of a criminal!
Thank you for the link to the TikTok rant. You got me fired up and I called Adam Schiff's office and let him have it. I referenced the TikTok in case my message wasn't clear enough. I told him women are gonna win this. If the incumbent negative Nellymen doomsdayers haven't gotten on board we'll come after them next election.
I called Schiff, Pelosi, Schumer and Booker (since he was waffling on TV). But now we have to call Raskin who just sent a letter asking Biden to step down.
I love, love, love your"white man" YouTube video. It is spot on! Dems sometimes seem to be shooting themselves in the feet, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. As you so saltily said, we are going to support the Dem candidate, whoever that shall be, to STOP the felon American Hitler and his cult from ripping our democracy away from us. These "white men"need not say anything. They need to stfu and let We The People rally behind our candidate and I believe that will be Joe Biden. I support Biden/Harris and hope the DNC will get their act together and stand in solidarity with the will of the people.
Along the lines of "I will support WHOMEVER the candidate is", in my family, I am the only one of my siblings who votes democrat. My 99-year-old father, who also has never voted democrat and voted for Trump twice, told me the other day, that he would vote for Mickey Mouse or a shoe before he ever voted for Trump again. So since the door was open, I asked him who he will be voting for, he said Biden if he's still in it and if he drops out, whoever replaces him. I'll take that as a win. Now to get to work on his down ballot votes.
I tell everyone we’re still adjusting. The big island only has about 250K people but they all drive a lot. I’ve been shuttling the grandkids around and will continue to do so as we wait for our little house to be done. Hopefully that will be soon!
Keep fighting the good fight in CA. I am relegated to using my phone a lot to do my activism since I’m still new here. But I’m still having an impact!
Hey all, there may be some really ugly undercurrents in the push by some of these Dems to push Biden out. Here is an interview with the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. Roland S. Martin is a voice in Black politics and always has incredible guests and insights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNsVxjsLBs
Thank you for this link. I agree that there is a lot of anti-Black rhetoric in the calls to remove Biden, which could easily lead to removing Kamala Harris as well. This is also evident when people who want to replace Biden suggest anyone but Kamala.
Also, this is a great no-nonsense and inspiring discussion about the presidential election.
All of this just reeks of bernie-bro antics all over again. I am convinced it is russian/chinese interference and some of those in our own party are either complicit or just backstabbing opportunists. The convention must be a real snoozefest if the media is still beating this drum, and I am really tired of it and have unfollowed and blocked so many people it’s ludicrous!
Biden is losing in every battleground state and 4 blue wall states. Forget external polls...every internal poll shows the Democrats will lose the House and Senate if Biden stays top of ticket.
A massive change is needed to avoid a bloodbath that democracy cannot survive.
Those speaking out and those speaking to Biden are putting democracy before loyalty.
No, those speaking out are exercising their right to free speech. ALSO, as I said in my video, I DON'T CARE WHO THE CANDIDATE IS we are going to have to win regardless. Our lives are at stake. period.
I don't really know where the information that Biden is wildly unpopular is coming from. I only see it in comments. Polls don't actually reflect that idea.
You are still great. Looking at your videos. Call out all--don't limit calling out to 'white men'. I know a disproportionate number of volunteers are women--everywhere in society, including in campaigns. Still, don't inadvertently let others off the hook. I know I was one male among 11 people yesterday doing postcards.. On the other hand, I love your passion.
I do recognize people are discouraged and frustrated. They can still write postcards and do other stuff, while being frustrated.
Yes I don't want the men who ARE doing the work to feel singled out. I'm not talking to them. I'm talking really to people like Schiff, Clooney, and especially the guys at the Bulwark, who two days ago had a headline that said something like "Trump is going to win. Let's just accept it." I unsubscribed and told them why.
I started to read the Bulwark piece and decided to delete.Like you have stated,I don’t want anyone telling me that my vote is going to be for naught.That is total bs a couple of months out.I know from personal experience NOT to listen to what the polls are saying.We in Ohio won our special election last August on reproductive rights to be on our ballot after everyone said we were doomed.Not so then and not so now too.
I like the Bulwark, but I’ve been avoiding it as well. We are all aware of how high the stakes are and we don’t need negativity. We need inspiration and I’m getting lots of that from the comments in this group. For all the bad press Joe Biden gets, listening to him talk directly about his vision for America is inspiring and uplifting as well. More of that and less bed wetting.
Yes, yes, yes. Working together or writing postcards solo is energizing. Sitting on the sidelines is not. We’re all in this together and that is something Joe Biden understands. We don’t nya supreme leader. We need to
You are great. I have an idea on using each of the 'squares ' of topics shown in your email. Each square is a week's worth of posts. Each bulleted point is a daily post.. Post daily, like the old Burma Shave signs.
Watched your TikTok video - awesome! This old white male is >so< appreciative of what you do every day. You give us actionable things, meaningful homework, ways to make a difference. Please keep it up, you are an unbelievable inspiration.
I agree Jess. I have family and friends all of a sudden calling me in a panic and asking me how they get postcards and where they should donate. It's been crickets for 8 years! hahaha We've got some back up crew coming on board so hang in there, all!
Jess - There might have been something in the water yesterday because while I did not do a expletive-laden TikTok, I did comment on Simon Rosenberg’s newsletter pushing back a bit on his use of the survey of 67% of US adults wanting Biden to step down. I am including my comment here for you to see because I think I was coming from the same place of frustration with the white men’s assessment of we are going to lose that you were. I am so tired of men getting to forecast the end of the world while we women are in the background doing the work of GOTV and holding up the sky, so to speak. It also resonated with others members of the hopium community. Sorry for the length but I think it provides a bit of context while I work up to the last section where I mention women are used to being disregarded by the establishment as it blithely goes on discounting women thoughts and feelings.
Simon - Did I miss something?
At the beginning of your message today you point to the 538 forecast this morning has Biden at 277. Yet, later on, near the bottom of the newsletter you point to the poll about Biden stepping aside or continue his campaign with 67% US adults recommending he step aside. This poll seems disingenuous based on what you've been telling us about polling for a couple of reasons.
1. 67 % of US adults is not the same thing as 67% of registered voters, nor actual voters. We've never had 67% of US voters turn out in ANY election that I am aware of, so why highlight this?
2. I wonder if the followup question sb, but given a race between Biden and Trump, who are you going to vote for?
I'm pretty sure that the majority of the women who participated in the poll would have told the pollster, they would vote for Biden, old or not. WE know we are 2nd class citizens in this country post Dobbs and there is NOTHING, NOTHING in the RNC platform, Project 47 or Project 2025 that will DO ANYTHING but continue to negatively impact and take away more of our rights and freedoms should Trump return to the White House. There was actually 42k on the zoom call, with more folks turned away due to demand on the call sponsored by Red, Wine, & Blue with Heather Cox Richardson on Tuesday. Given that the "resistance" is 90% women, who are highly engaged, and wanting to know more about the Project 2025 ideas, (see above), I think allies such as yourself are discounting/overlooking the deep fear and rage women are feeling at the betrayal this country has dealt us over the last 9 years. I know not all women are "Riden with Biden" I've been having discussions within my women friend groups about this very issue. But I know, while some want Biden to step aside, in the end, they will vote for Biden regardless because women have to think about their reproductive health nearly every day and we KNOW the Trump/Vance ticket are not going to be supporting any legislation that will restore our reproductive rights and will be all in on supporting and passing even more legislation to further control OUR bodies and remove our autonomy to make decisions about how we navigate our lives!
You may not pick this up in polls because we are too busy writing the postcards, the letters, making the phone calls and text banking to answer a call from an unknown number. I know you will point out that this is not backed up by any hard data, but since time immemorial we've (women) been overlooked and disregarded by the establishment because we are not in the streets, we've kids and aging parents to take care of, after all, AND we have to finish writing the next batch of postcards to send out to the battleground states to be either answering calls from unknown callers or marching in the streets.
We put our heads down and work, just as you've been advocating here in the Hopieum community.
Best regards,
Kellidee Little, CA
This comment is f🔥🔥🔥
Love your video !!!!!
It needed to be said !!!
Oh my good heavens
this is such a caring thoughtful amazing account of women’s lives I’ve read in a hundred years. True True and Truth. Thank you, bless you
Kellidee, My tears are full of Joy.
Well said, Kellidee!
You da bomb!💣
Dear Kellidee Little, we were talking about this concern at old farts luncheon today, old white men, and our projection, not unanimous, was Biden wins, pick up 30 seats in the House and 3 in the Senate. the reason was WOMEN. you better not let us down. All my money is in cash, no stocks or gold any more, and if Trump destroys our currency and Social Security, my 90s are going to be miserable apart from just being old and congenital peripheral neuropathy and diabetes and coronary artery disease. Meanwhile, I can still learn about quarks and QCD and Quarks being held together by alpha s and that the mass of atoms is because of the constant of glucon that is trillions as times as powerful as gravity or magnetism. This is the mass in E=mc2.
I ignore my phone when they ask for a poll answer. Pedal to the medal.
I have been pissed at Simon since he jumped on the “Biden needs to step aside bullshit” right after the debate. I’ve lost a lot of respect for him. Thanks for this fantastic comment and articulating my exact feelings.
And Jess your TikTok ☄️. I put it on my Facebook page, for what it’s worth. But I rarely post there so I doubt anybody will see it—and the algorithms.
hot damn, girl!!! YESSSSS!!!!! All. Of. This.
I have not yet read Simon's post from yesterday and now I think I may be glad I didn't! I usually do get "hopium" from his newsletters but like you said, I've got postcards to write! I'm not wasting that time reading yet another email if it doesn't help my mental health.
Along the same lines of us (women) always being discounted - I'm also getting tired of the "please, women, save us! women will save us! women will save democracy!" type of dribble I keep seeing from (usually) male commenters on Threads, etc. (Same goes to those saying "Black women will save us!", which I've noticed also includes a lot of white women.)
WE ARE F*CKING SAVING OURSELVES, men!! How about YOU help save women's rights and democracy too, you useless whiners! We can't do EVERYTHING, for chrissakes!!
~Just ranting - no offense to the actual allies who ARE doing the work :-) ~
Did Simon respond? I went back to that column but couldn't find your comment. I'm thinking of unsubscribing from Hopium too. I don't believe polls, but I like some of the other content. But I could find that content elsewhere. I read more of Simon's opinions and think he's using bs polls to justify Biden stepping down. That's not very "hopium" anyway. Urg!
Bravo!
You nailed it. I particularly like that you point out that we are too busy doing the work to answer phone calls or take the surveys that end by requests for donations.
You folks are amazing!! I love your determination and love of democracy!!
Sending love and best wishes to all of you. Rock On !!
Thank you, Kellidee! I’ve been disappointed in Simon since he jumped on the Parkinson’s diagnosing bandwagon ,since apologized/retracted, but the damage was done…..out to his 50k+ subscribers.
Why is everyone else so stupidly negative! They call it realistic but no one knows the future! And if everyone gives up then it's a self fulfilling prophecy. I'm not giving up. I'm going to work harder than ever to get the word out! And thank you for all that you do! You're a goddess!
You go, girl! I have had it as well! These so-called pundits are the reason why the polls are where they are. They need to shut up. My husband attends a men's group and all the men (except my H ) are the white men you're talking to. I'm going to ask my H to send that video to every man in his men's group. And if he won't, I will. I have the distribution list.
HAHAHHA hoo boy. Lotta guys are going to hate me. (:
He sent it and the responses have been defensive and pejorative. It got them where it hurts!
Good for you.
I am appalled that Congressional Democrats are asking Biden to resign. They have NO IDEA how much support he has among voters. They are jeopardizing our ability to retain the presidency!
They do not seem to understand that it is 1000 times MORE IMPORTANT for Biden to be re-elected. He can pass the presidency on to Harris once he wins.
The misguided actions of Congressional Democrats are infuriating!
At this point, this election IS NOT ABOUT BIDEN. It is about HOLDING ON TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY. IT IS ABOUT SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY!
FORMER REPUBLICANS and many other voters who are disgusted with Trump and the Republican Party are planning to vote for BIDEN! That is an IDEAL SITUATION and increases Biden’s chance to WIN!!
Republicans are supporting a criminal and a pathological liar who does not believe in democracy, much less understand how a democracy is supposed to work!
Yet Democrats cannot just come together and support a person who has done an outstanding job as president. Unbelievable!
Once Biden wins he can easily pass the Presidency to Harris and WE STILL RETAIN THE PRESIDENCY!
PLEASE!! Can someone convince Congressional Democrats to solidly unite behind Biden so we can won and hold onto the Presidency!!
This is the only URGENT AND IMPERATIVE GOAL AT THIS POINT!! Help Biden get re-elected!!!
Please Democrats, take a page from Republicans who are in lockstep and COMPLETELY UNITED in their support of a criminal!
Come together and help Biden win!
Lucy, you expressed my thoughts perfectly. So glad to know that someone is thinking the same way that I am.
Thank you Lucy for covering all the important points.
Thank you.
Thank you for the link to the TikTok rant. You got me fired up and I called Adam Schiff's office and let him have it. I referenced the TikTok in case my message wasn't clear enough. I told him women are gonna win this. If the incumbent negative Nellymen doomsdayers haven't gotten on board we'll come after them next election.
I called Schiff, Pelosi, Schumer and Booker (since he was waffling on TV). But now we have to call Raskin who just sent a letter asking Biden to step down.
Has anyone offered up the replacement ticket? If Harris isn’t at the top of it, you will never, ever get a black woman to vote for Dems again.
I love, love, love your"white man" YouTube video. It is spot on! Dems sometimes seem to be shooting themselves in the feet, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. As you so saltily said, we are going to support the Dem candidate, whoever that shall be, to STOP the felon American Hitler and his cult from ripping our democracy away from us. These "white men"need not say anything. They need to stfu and let We The People rally behind our candidate and I believe that will be Joe Biden. I support Biden/Harris and hope the DNC will get their act together and stand in solidarity with the will of the people.
I will support WHOMEVER the candidate is. I hope it's Biden, but I just want us to stop arguing and pick someone, TBH.
Along the lines of "I will support WHOMEVER the candidate is", in my family, I am the only one of my siblings who votes democrat. My 99-year-old father, who also has never voted democrat and voted for Trump twice, told me the other day, that he would vote for Mickey Mouse or a shoe before he ever voted for Trump again. So since the door was open, I asked him who he will be voting for, he said Biden if he's still in it and if he drops out, whoever replaces him. I'll take that as a win. Now to get to work on his down ballot votes.
Me too.
Jess,
Thanks for the uplift. I can usually count on you for that. Already sent copies to Sen. Padilla and Congressmember Waters.
I also appreciate the template to send to the Dodgers organization. Keep them coming!
Whooo!
Hello in Hawaii, Paula! Hope all is well in Paradise!
I tell everyone we’re still adjusting. The big island only has about 250K people but they all drive a lot. I’ve been shuttling the grandkids around and will continue to do so as we wait for our little house to be done. Hopefully that will be soon!
Keep fighting the good fight in CA. I am relegated to using my phone a lot to do my activism since I’m still new here. But I’m still having an impact!
Hey all, there may be some really ugly undercurrents in the push by some of these Dems to push Biden out. Here is an interview with the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. Roland S. Martin is a voice in Black politics and always has incredible guests and insights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNsVxjsLBs
Thank you for this link. I agree that there is a lot of anti-Black rhetoric in the calls to remove Biden, which could easily lead to removing Kamala Harris as well. This is also evident when people who want to replace Biden suggest anyone but Kamala.
Also, this is a great no-nonsense and inspiring discussion about the presidential election.
If they remove Biden and don't nominate Kamala we're screwed.
All of this just reeks of bernie-bro antics all over again. I am convinced it is russian/chinese interference and some of those in our own party are either complicit or just backstabbing opportunists. The convention must be a real snoozefest if the media is still beating this drum, and I am really tired of it and have unfollowed and blocked so many people it’s ludicrous!
Yep! This feels like the Bernie bros bull$h!t all over again! 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you! I am so tired of it…
Thank-you for this link! I so needed to hear from people 100% committed to Biden. Rep. Beatty is my new hero!!!
What are internal polls?
Who has access to them?
I’m so confused. Don’t trust the polls. Only trust these polls. Now trust the polls. CNN is untrustworthy. Trust CNN.
Not you, Jess. Or Robert or Heather.
The MAGAts must be lapping this up.
Wow!! You go. Girlfriend!!!
I read that Shumer & Jeffries have tried to get Pres Biden to step down. Do you know if that's true? It just feels so wrong.
A lot of that is unnamed sources, but shame on any “dem” that is pushing him out, especially in light of this: https://x.com/bobcesca_go/status/1813596462665924778?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
I called Senator Schumer (202-224-6542) and Congressman Schiff (202-225-4176) and voiced my displeasure.
👏👏
I just wrote to Schumer and asked him to please stop!!!! We need Joe, and if not Joe then who?? I'm not hearing that these white men have any plan B.
I did the same thing. And I agree, they're not thinking things through.
Biden is losing in every battleground state and 4 blue wall states. Forget external polls...every internal poll shows the Democrats will lose the House and Senate if Biden stays top of ticket.
A massive change is needed to avoid a bloodbath that democracy cannot survive.
Those speaking out and those speaking to Biden are putting democracy before loyalty.
No, those speaking out are exercising their right to free speech. ALSO, as I said in my video, I DON'T CARE WHO THE CANDIDATE IS we are going to have to win regardless. Our lives are at stake. period.
YES WE WILL SUPPORT OUR DEM CANDIDATE AND WE WILL WIN.
I don't really know where the information that Biden is wildly unpopular is coming from. I only see it in comments. Polls don't actually reflect that idea.
As a matter of fact, I only see it in comments specifically posted by you. Very interesting.
You got links?
Ok I say this every time I read your newsletters but Yes, yes, yes! We can do this. And that’s amazing about your HCR event with 2400!!’ 🩵🩵🩵
You are still great. Looking at your videos. Call out all--don't limit calling out to 'white men'. I know a disproportionate number of volunteers are women--everywhere in society, including in campaigns. Still, don't inadvertently let others off the hook. I know I was one male among 11 people yesterday doing postcards.. On the other hand, I love your passion.
I do recognize people are discouraged and frustrated. They can still write postcards and do other stuff, while being frustrated.
Yes I don't want the men who ARE doing the work to feel singled out. I'm not talking to them. I'm talking really to people like Schiff, Clooney, and especially the guys at the Bulwark, who two days ago had a headline that said something like "Trump is going to win. Let's just accept it." I unsubscribed and told them why.
I started to read the Bulwark piece and decided to delete.Like you have stated,I don’t want anyone telling me that my vote is going to be for naught.That is total bs a couple of months out.I know from personal experience NOT to listen to what the polls are saying.We in Ohio won our special election last August on reproductive rights to be on our ballot after everyone said we were doomed.Not so then and not so now too.
I like the Bulwark, but I’ve been avoiding it as well. We are all aware of how high the stakes are and we don’t need negativity. We need inspiration and I’m getting lots of that from the comments in this group. For all the bad press Joe Biden gets, listening to him talk directly about his vision for America is inspiring and uplifting as well. More of that and less bed wetting.
I unsubscribed from the Bulwark too! It’s awful. I want it off my feed!
Good men don't get offended. They know who they are.
Yes, yes, yes. Working together or writing postcards solo is energizing. Sitting on the sidelines is not. We’re all in this together and that is something Joe Biden understands. We don’t nya supreme leader. We need to
That should beee do not need a supreme leader. We need to support one another and win this one for democracy.
You are great. I have an idea on using each of the 'squares ' of topics shown in your email. Each square is a week's worth of posts. Each bulleted point is a daily post.. Post daily, like the old Burma Shave signs.
Good idea!
Yes, good idea.
Thanks Jess! And FWIW: https://x.com/bobcesca_go/status/1813596462665924778?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
I saw that! Wild!
Thank-you for posting this link.
You’re welcome!
Watched your TikTok video - awesome! This old white male is >so< appreciative of what you do every day. You give us actionable things, meaningful homework, ways to make a difference. Please keep it up, you are an unbelievable inspiration.
I agree Jess. I have family and friends all of a sudden calling me in a panic and asking me how they get postcards and where they should donate. It's been crickets for 8 years! hahaha We've got some back up crew coming on board so hang in there, all!