Chop Wood, Carry Water 8/10

Hi, all, and happy Wednesday!

I apologize for the lateness and brevity of this email—I’m at the Halifax airport getting ready to fly back to the states; the morning was spent enjoying every last second I could with my family. I’ve kept the below actions simple and brief—there’ll be a normal newsletter again tomorrow.

Above please find my final Nova Scotia picture—this one from a tiny town I’m dearly fond of called Blue Rocks.

I will miss all of the Maritimes enchantment, but we have a very busy three months coming up, so it’ll be good to get home restored, replenished, and ready to work.

I look forward to doing the latter with you at my side.

Call Your Senators (find yours here)

Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.

I’m calling because I’m very concerned that the Inspectors General that Trump appointed to oversee the DoD and DHS failed to report their departments’ involvement in what we now know was a coup attempt. Now we know they did even worse by allowing crucial records to be destroyed. Please demand that President Biden immediately replace Joseph Cuffari as DHS IG and expedite the confirmation of Robert Storch as DoD IG. Thanks. [H/T and more info]

Extra Credit ✅

Send this letter to President Biden via Resistbot or through the White House comment form. (If using Resistbot you can text SIGN PODGWA to 50409 to send without editing.) [H/T and more info]

The violent invasion of our Capitol building on January 6, 2021 could not have succeeded without the assistance of Trump appointees at DoD, DHS, and the Secret Service. And now, as the January 6th Special Committee investigation extends to the cover-up of the coup plotting, we’ve learned that two Trump-appointed Inspectors General were central to that effort: DHS IG Cuffari and DoD’s Acting IG O’Donnell. There was reason enough to replace both of them in February 2021, and more than enough to do it now. We ask you to immediately appoint new Acting IGs for DoD and DHS, while working with the Senate to confirm permanent appointees with professional integrity and no political agenda.

Get Smart! 📚

I am offering two more Activism 101 workshops in August— the next one is tomorrow! These workshops are one hour and free, and will teach you lots of easy ways to get involved and help win elections. With the midterms coming up there’s no better time to brush up on your skills! Please consider registering for one below. (Email me back if you’d like a fuller course description.)

Thursday, August 11th 5PM PT / 8 PM ET Register here.

Sunday, August 28th 10 AM PT / 1PM ET Register here.

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OK, you did it again! You helped save democracy! You’re amazing.

Talk tomorrow.

Jess