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NEW: As Protesters Flood Streets, A Surge of Money Flows to Democrats, Bail Funds and Progressive Charities

Sunday was the *single biggest day* on ActBlue in all of 2020 — topping Super Tuesday, debate nights, Biden's revival in S.C.
nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…
ActBlue processed $19 million on Sunday. A spokesperson said half went to charities.

Compare to 4/30, when site processed $9.5 million — huge bump. nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…
The sums of money being given are pretty staggering.

The popular Minnesota Freedom Fund — you've probably seen people posting the receipts — had raised $20 million by Saturday. In its 2018 tax return, total donations had been $110k.

nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…
Another GoFundMe in Los Angeles jumped from $1,600 raised on Saturday to $860,000.

“Watching the numbers climb was surreal,” says organizer.

The group wasn't exclusively focused on bail funds but went viral anyway. nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…
Just a sample of $$$ in a matter of days:

ActBlue: $40 million
MN Freedom Fund: $20m
George Floyd family memorial GoFundMe: $7m
Lake Street Council: $2.25m
Chicago Community Bond Fund: $1.6m
LA People's City Council Fund: $900k

nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…
By the way, the donation rush on ActBlue has continued into today, when the 1st of a month is one of the sloower days.

$8.5 million so far.

(May 1 was $4.3 million and April 1 was $3.5 million in 24 hours, for comparison purposes)
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Folks, this Bernie Sanders campaign ad with Barack Obama ad is gonna be a talker

Airing in FLORIDA now
As I wrote in our post-Super Tuesday takeaways: "For Mr. Sanders, the urgent task of halting Mr. Biden’s momentum begins now" — and it looks like it begins with a political bear-hug of Obama nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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NEW: My story on how Elizabeth Warren wound up as the candidate of (mostly) white, college-educated elites:

•In IA, she won only the most educated county
•In NH, she ~tied Tulsi among non-college
•In NV, post-grads & Twitter users were best demos

nytimes.com/2020/03/03/us/…
What was really interesting in reporting this story is how both Warren's allies AND her rivals have been surprised at how little traction Warren's truly compelling personal story has had.

Voters just don't know about her up-from-bootstraps OK days.
nytimes.com/2020/03/03/us/…
The thing is, Warren does talk about her story at her events. Her stump is built around it.

But there is a *huge* delta between that and what voters actually know about her, or think they know about her.

One reason: Oklahoma stuff was absent most ads. nytimes.com/2020/03/03/us/…
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NEWS w/ @AsteadWesley: A new Warren memo outlines her rivals’ flaws and her path to Super Tuesday and beyond

Lots of details, delegate projections and new swipes at opponents nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/…
@AsteadWesley The memo, going out to supporters this afternoon, runs nearly 2,000 words.

It foresees a “three-way race” with Biden and Sanders — even as Buttigieg topped her in IA and looks likely to again in NH.
nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/…
@AsteadWesley NEW: Warren memo projects delegate thresholds in all 165 Super Tuesday congressional seats. Here is who they see above 15% threshold, by CD:

Sanders 98% of CDs
Biden: 96%
Warren: 65%
Bloomberg: 15%
Buttigieg: 6%
Klobuchar: 5% (only MN)

w/ @AsteadWesley
nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/…
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