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Aug 19, 2020 16 tweets 2 min read Read on X
I'm just totally delighted by this roll call.
Montana crushed it
New Hampshire: strong tie game
Yes, New Mexico with the shout-out to tribal sovereignty!
North Carolina: words, unminced
Go @IBEW!
Hearing multiple indigenous languages during the roll call of the states is a beautiful reminder that this land has always been multilingual, and always will be
PA brings it home—literally, to Joe's actual childhood house.
I wish to eat the calamari on the screen
It's South Carolina's next senator, @harrisonjaime! secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harr…
America, we are seeing and hearing ourselves, and it's astonishing and great #DemConvention #DemConvention2020
The Democratic Party has delegates from all 57 states and territories. And we're going to elect leaders that remember all 57.
WISCONSIN!
Mandela Barnes, @TheOtherMandela, the first Black Lt Gov in our state's history and a progressive champion, here to cast Wisconsin's electoral college votes. So grateful for your leadership, Mandela!
Folks, we've got a nominee.
That is the most adorable "congrats on being nominated for president" party of all time

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Apr 30
Trump's in Wisconsin on May Day tomorrow—an international day celebrating workers and union organizing. Which is almost offensively ironic. 1/
Wisconsin has always been at the front lines of the fight for unions and working people, from the Bay View Massacre in 1886 to the first comprehensive public sector union law in 1959.
wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Articl…
Health care. Pensions. The 8-hour workday. Overtime. Weekends.

If you like these things? Thank a union.

Thank a union organizer in Wisconsin.

But don’t thank Trump.
Read 25 tweets
Apr 26
Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. 1/
Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor” and you don’t “engage in hard labor.”
upnorthnewswi.com/2024/03/25/hov…
A single parent? You lack “morals and ethics.”
19thnews.org/2024/03/eric-h…
Read 13 tweets
Feb 20
NEW: California GOP rich guy Eric Hovde is running for Senate… against @TammyBaldwin in Wisconsin.

He’s being sent to Wisconsin from Orange County by Mitch McConnell and the megadonors in Washington to help pass a national abortion ban.

RT to help spread the word!
Why are the Republicans sending a California megamillionaire to Wisconsin?

It’s simple. They need someone who will put them, and their rich and powerful friends, FIRST while putting middle-class Wisconsinites LAST.

Eric Hovde is their #1 guy.
Just how luxurious is Eric Hovde’s California life?

🌴 He owns a $7M mansion in Laguna Beach.
🏅 He’s been named one of Orange County’s most influential people. Three times.
🏦 He runs a West Coast bank that does *next to nothing* in Wisconsin. California megamillionaire Eric Hovde's house in Laguna Beach is circled in red.
Read 7 tweets
Dec 31, 2023
END OF YEAR DEADLINE: Democracy or dictatorship? Trump’s threat likely comes down to a handful of votes in a handful of states—and maybe even JUST Wisconsin. Help @WisDems roar in ‘24: Chip in to help us reach our goal of 124 donations by midnight:
secure.actblue.com/donate/deceoy_…
If you’re freaking out about polls, do two things.

First, take a breath. Polling this early doesn’t predict much. It just tells us we have work to do.

Second, channel your anxiety into actually helping raise $ and volunteer in the places that will decide the outcome.
Biden could’ve lost 8 million votes across CA, NY, and IL and still won each state & beaten Trump.

But if Biden had lost 42,921 votes in WI, AZ, and GA, Trump would have won in 2020.
Read 29 tweets
Nov 30, 2023
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Tomorrow, Wisconsin candidates for local offices begin gathering signatures to get on the ballot for April elections. Their races will decide who administers the Nov 24 elections. MAGA is coming. Chip in to help WisDems stop them: secure.actblue.com/donate/noveom_…
Wisconsin elections are administered hyper-locally—by 1850 municipal clerks, who are in turn chosen by mayors and city councils. County judges make quick decisions about disputes. Hundreds of these officials will be up for election this spring.
These are the kinds of low-profile contests that often fly completely under the radar. Most go uncontested. But after Trump lost, Steve Bannon and the ultra-MAGA crowd realized they might be able to swing elections by taking over the machinery of democracy.
Read 16 tweets
Nov 16, 2023
The Poller Coaster: Sometimes, you’re up. Sometimes, you’re down.

And at the end of the day, those climbs and drops don’t always tell you all that much about where you’re going to wind up.

Tough polling. Strong elections. What gives, and what does it tell us about 2024?

1/
Before last week’s elections, Dems nationwide read with horror new polls: A New York Times/Siena battleground survey had President Biden lagging Trump in 5 of the 6 most critical swing states, while a CNN poll put Trump ahead 49%-45% nationally.
nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/…
The one swing state that seems to be an exception is Wisconsin, where Biden led Trump in both the Times survey and a Wednesday release from the highly-regarded Marquette University Law School poll.
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