@ThePlumLineGS@leedrutman And pairs that with a crucial, if still somewhat hopeful observation: "ambitious and deep structural democratic reform has now become an absolutely central component of any future Democratic Party agenda."
@ThePlumLineGS@leedrutman I say hopeful because frankly, we don't think we have quite the level of consensus within the Democratic party that's needed yet.
Sure, most folks are for *some* reforms - but we believe that an ambitious, day-one democracy reform agenda is do-or-die. Not everyone agrees.
@ThePlumLineGS@leedrutman Anyways, read it. It pulls together the trends that are causing democracy to break down, and the case for why Democrats MUST respond with structural reform in 2021.
And remember, this won't happen unless voters demand it - which is why we launched savedemocracy.org
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Anyone who’s responding to college kids peacefully protesting by deploying hundreds of militarized cops or threatening to send in the national guard is escalating the situation and making EVERYONE, Jewish kids included, less safe. 1/
We have to hold that two things are happening. Antisemitism is on the rise. AND there’s a deliberate attempt to conflate critiques of Israel with antisemitism. 2/
Anyone who’s conflating legitimate critiques of Israel’s conduct with antisemitism, or suggesting that american Jews are united behind the Netanyahu government’s actions, is weaponizing antisemitism for their own purposes and making all of us less safe in the process. 3/
Folks, I never ask this. But I need you to retweet:
We need to reach every Ohioan who cares about reproductive freedom.
We've got a super-effective new voter contact tool and we need to get it an as many volunteers' hands as possible between now and Nov 7th.
Here's the deal 1/
Back in 2022, we tested a simple voter contact idea: ask volunteers to reach out to their own neighbors to encourage them to vote.
It was a simple setup:
1) you give us your address 2) we give you a list of turnout targets (ie, people who agree with us but don't always turn out to vote), and a simple script 3) you go knock those doors and have a friendly conversation reminding your neighbors to vote.
Some weekend reflections on who Washington works for, from a former congressional staffer. 1/
During the Great Recession, I answered phones for a progressive Member of Congress representing a red district in Virginia. Our district had been hit really hard. In some areas unemployment was 20%.
We'd get calls every day from people who were desperate for help - they were underwater on their mortgages or on the verge of foreclosure, their unemployment was running out, they were sick and uninsured.
What we need right now is an avalanche of calls, directed specifically at vulnerable/flippable Republican Senators. If you don't live in a target state with one of those Senators, you might think there's nothing you can do.
BUT WAIT.
What you CAN do is call progressive constituents in those target states and connect THEM directly with their Senators. We make it super easy with our Hubdialer tool: