There is a lot of noise to get through when deciding which #PresidentialCandidates to vote for. Polls make primaries feel like a horse race.
Analyst @RachelBitecofer reminds us that our electorate is more moderate than many of our candidates. #DemCast#WPCM
1/13
Polls get attention. Are you also paying attention to endorsements? Polls measure the general population while endorsements from newspaper editorial boards & unions affect voter turnout. Those from individuals? Not so much.
A new form of meddling has emerged: R’s registering and voting as Democrats to vote for candidates who are least ideologically aligned with the electorate.
Good intelligence repeatedly sounds the alarm that Putin is still working to influence our elections.
We are in a war. Knowledge & voter turnout are our weapons. Learn about the candidates. Care about how they ideologically align with the electorate. Talk to neighbors. Keep the focus on beating Trump & recognizing Russia’s hand.
The rest of this thread has tweets that are their own short threads with highlights from the #NewHampshire debates. Read to learn. We create one of these threads about every week, #WPCM Weekly Presidential Candidate Moment. #DemCast publishes them.
6/13
Filtering the air we breathe is potentially life-saving, because #COVIDisAirborne
Portable air filters reduce Covid aerosols. Large 20”x20” #corsirosenthalbox filters are inexpensive DIY for classrooms & offices. Bedrooms & desks benefit from 10”x10”
Watch the first minute of this video from the place this clip starts and think about the air you breathe & who else you share that air with. #COVIDisAirborne
For a deeper look into this idea that #CovidIsAirborne and that’s why it is so transmissible, read this article and be sure to follow:
Minnesota is often chilly, but the courts cast a terrible frost over elections. Ballots received after Nov 3 may not be counted. Minnesotans are accustomed to hostile conditions, so let’s get those votes cast! #MeetChaosWithAction #VoteBlue2020
This is hard:
-Resisting the GOP's broad swaths of damage;
-Feeling isolated and afraid about their damage to democracy;
-Russia's covert propaganda attacks
-Being isolated by COVID
I'm trying to compartmentalize & focus, going to rooms in my mind to be productive. Here's how:
These mind-rooms include politics, environment, home, gardens, health, relationships and a few others.
Inside each mind-room are the resources I have:
time, money, stuff I own, talents.
It's not crazy. Really. I'll show you.
Let's go into the politics room:
In the politics room, I have $$. Each week I donate at least $10 to help someone or something. Today I'll buy stamps to send letters with a SSE in them to support the Post Office.
This room has time, too, to spend as needed on emails, texts, phone banking. It adds up over time.
This morning I reviewed my calendar & journal. It has made me angry. Not just irritated but 🤬🤬🤬 livid angry at people who treat politics like a game. Politics is life, and lives are literally the price when not taken seriously.
I started following COVID19 on Jan 25. By mid-Feb I had started stocking up on essentials & sharing a spreadsheet to encourage others to also stock up.
I began researching and writing a booklet for friends began late Feb. That booklet was distributed starting the first week of March.
Candidates are interviewing for a job. While contentious moments at the debates stress us, they show how candidates fare under pressure. Watch for non-verbals.
This #WPCM thread will help you discern differences between Dem candidates by looking at the last debate 1/10
We would be remiss not to address Russia whose goal is to splinter our country, now dividing Democrats against Dems. Remember that what unites is is greater than what divides us.