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Kate's avatar

Thank you Jess! Truly lighting up the darkness ❤️‍🩹

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Jess Craven's avatar

Glad it helped. ❤️

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SAH Vashon's avatar

Cheers for freeing the Klamath River🤗❤️🤗❤️! Next free river should be the Snake❤️❤️❤️!

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Jess Craven's avatar

YES!

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JustRaven's avatar

Thank you, Jessica, for these notes of brightness during these dark times.

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Jess Craven's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Out Raged's avatar

Excellent news and accomplishments! Thanks as always Jessica!

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Jess Craven's avatar

Welcome as always!

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Mim Eisenberg (NYer now in GA)'s avatar

Thanks for your continued positivity, Jess, and for the list of things to be thankful for.

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Jess Craven's avatar

Sure thing, Mim. Thank YOU for being here!

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Jason's avatar

Great stuff! The Wisconsin legislature backing down from impeachment (for now) is a big deal.

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Jess Craven's avatar

I agree. I really do believe that the outcry scared them off.

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Carole Ferguson's avatar

I am helping a group of Kitchen Table postcard writers do weekly postcards for various causes and candidates. We did over 1,000 cards in four weeks. What is the best group to get addreses from for Senatorial candidates? We need a little over 300 addresses a week. I need to get the addresses in one day to be made into packets for each writer to pick up, and the number I request will vary according to what folks have signed up to do. I want to support: Senators Rose, Tester, Baldwin and Brown. I have not found the right way to reach the right person in these campaigns. Suggestions?

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Margaret's avatar

I am looking for ways to support Baldwin, in particular. Any suggestions?

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Jess Craven's avatar

As in Tammy?

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Margaret's avatar

Yes, Tammy Baldwin the Democratic Senator for Wisconsin. She is considered very vulnerable and is under right-wing attack.

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Jess Craven's avatar

I’d say sign up to volunteer with WisDems. They’re amazing.

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Margaret's avatar

Thanks!

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Jess Craven's avatar

Sure. And re-electing Baldwin is going to be their top priority going into 2024. I don’t recommend volunteering with them lightly. The Wisconsin Democratic Party is the strongest and best-run state Dem party in the country (Michigan’s is also phenomenal). Their organization is top-shelf. You’ll be well-used and well-led.

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Jess Craven's avatar

The only organization I know of that has done Senate postcardIng fairly consistently is Activate America, but right now the only Senate campaign they’re working on is Ruben Gallego in Arizona. Other than that most organizations that do postcarding do it for races further down the ballot. And of course there are loads of those organizations if you want to work on something other than Senate races.

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Swampmallow's avatar

New here. So incredibly nice to see some positive news! Thanks

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Jess Craven's avatar

Welcome to the team and so glad you enjoyed!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Dang....California is tearing it up!! Yay for our governor! Thanks, Jess, for all of the positive info and for the book recommendation. If you haven’t read Heather Cox Richardson’s book, “Democracy Awakening”, please get it from you library or indie-book store. It’s a heart pounder!

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Jess Craven's avatar

Will do!

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Sarah O'Neill's avatar

Great list. I needed that. Thank you.

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Ethel's avatar

Thank you for the good news! I, too, loved Still Life.

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Jess Craven's avatar

I think that was in last week's, no?

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Jess Craven's avatar

But it bears repeating!

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Jason's avatar

Thanks for sharing this! State and local elections have been dominated be Republicans for decades and now we’re finally gaining serious ground.

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Jess Craven's avatar

I agree. Very heartening

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SAH Vashon's avatar

🤗🤗

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