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For my extra generous subscribers.

From “Beneath the Birdfeeder” by Carla Rhodes

Hi, all!

Because I love you all so much, I’m making an exception and sending this first “Extra! Extra!” of 2022 out to all of my subscribers, free and paid. Enjoy some good information and lots of positivity! (Next week it’ll go back to paid subscribers only. 🥰)

Happy New Year to ALL of you!

Jess

Read This 📖

Six reasons to Be Hopeful About the 2022 Midterms. Yes!

How the Media’s Addiction to Bad News Hurts Dems by Dan Pfieffer. Contrary to the title, there’s more than bad news in this piece. It also offers—be still my heart—solutions!

The truth About Corporate Contributions to Republican Objectors since January 6. (If you’re not already subscribing to “Popular Info” I can’t recommend it highly enough. You can do so here.

Abortion Rights Are Under Attack. Here Are 7 Local Reproductive Rights Orgs You Can Support. Mostly I’m just awe inspired by what these folks are doing on a shoestring budget, and thought you might be, too.

Celebrate This! 🎉

Between all phone banks, text banks, and in-person voter registration drives (including the one I did with some of you), Defend Democracy volunteers contacted over 800,000 people on Thursday, far exceeding their most wild-eyed hopes. It went so well that they've decided to do a day like that every month.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Marjorie Taylor Greene—and her lies—are off of twitter!

Biden is quietly erasing one of Trump’s cruelest policies.

A new analysis by Oxford University predicts that the world will be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2045 based on economic factors alone.

With the turn of the new year, new bipartisan legislation went into effect that protects people from unexpected medical bills.

Canada will provide $31.5 billion (USD) in compensation to First Nations children who were removed from their families and placed into the welfare system.

Oregon passed the 100% Clean Energy Bill this year ensuring that they will have 100% clean energy for everyone in the state by 2040. This is the most aggressive timeline that has been passed into law by any state in the US.

Tucson is planting a million trees to combat climate change.

All three of Ahmaud Arbery's killers were sentenced to life in prison.

Watch This! 👀