"Kindness, respect, empathy, and civility": @GovEvers knows it when he sees it, because he lives it.
"Holy mackerel, folks. Let's get to work."
Four years ago, Scott Walker—a failed presidential candidate—was governor of Wisconsin, determined to suppress the vote. Today, we've got a pro-democracy governor in Wisconsin. This fall, we WILL vote. And we're going to win.
Love seeing @KamalaHarris backstage! Make your plan to vote, folks.
Honestly, it's disgraceful that the major broadcast networks are only carrying one hour from each night's two-hour program.
Watching @Emma4Change, sitting next to my eight-year-old son, who has had to do active shooter drills at two successive schools and came with me to the March For Our Lives. Has never forgotten it. Neither will I.
This is wrenching. Real.
What an extraordinary movement that made this moment possible.
A sea of tragedy.
Untold thousands of people turning pain into hope.
Did you know Joe Biden introduced one of the first climate bills in Congress—in 1986? I didn't either. Now we both do. Pretty great.
"When Donald Trump thinks about climate change, the only word he can muster is 'hoax.' When I think about climate change, the word I think of is 'jobs.'" – @JoeBiden
"...union jobs. Like mine." Great moment.
Seymour, Wisconsin wants climate justice. Farmers can be part of the climate solution. A powerful voice to hear.
Youth climate activists on TV: "Are you ready to vote for @JoeBiden? Are you ready to solve the climate crisis?"
The asthmatic eight-year-old aspiring climate activist leaning his head on my shoulder right now: "We're ready."
"The only way to be certain of the future is to make it ourselves." – @billieeilish
Shout-out to the @OutagamieCoDems, who knocked on tons of doors and signed up tons of Democratic volunteers in Seymour, Wisconsin in 2019—setting set the stage for a blue 2020.
"Every day that passes, you deport more moms and dads, taking them away from kids like me."
"We can never say it often or loudly enough: immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America. It's not something to take for granted. It's something to cherish, and to fight for." – @BarackObama
If you're wondering "who is singing," the answer is:
As the chair of the @WisDems, I'd be remiss if I didn't invite you to chip in to help tip the tipping-point state towards justice. So I'm going to continue this thread in replies to this tweet:
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…
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.
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.
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.
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?
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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.
I first knew Ady, starting in 2013, as a dear friend, dreamer, and fellow organizer.
Later, he was shattered by his ALS diagnosis. And then he figured out how to turn it into fuel for social change—and found transcendent, electrifying purpose.
Throughout, he was hilarious.
When we first met, he was dreaming up a campaign to try to affect monetary policy. As far as he or anyone else knew, nobody had tried to use direct action to affect Federal Reserve policy. At @CPDAction, he launched the Fed Up campaign—with huge results. politico.com/magazine/polit…