📣 Fundraising update: We’re just $370,000 away from raising $2 MILLION to elect Dems and flip seats up & down the ballot! 1/
Usually I start with my #FlipTheSenate page or state legislative pages...this time, I want to give a shout-out to some OAKLAND COUNTY, MI races! (especially Karen McDonald for Prosecutor and Kelly Dillaha for Commissioner District 12!) 2/ secure.actblue.com/donate/blueoak…
Speaking of which, if you happen to live in Oakland County and want a high-quality #BidenHarris lawn sign, donate $25 to @OaklandDems...if you live in my neck of the woods I might even deliver it personally! 3/ secure.actblue.com/donate/ocdpbid…
📣 JUST ADDED: KANSAS! That's right, by popular demand, I've added 2 dozen of the most competitive KS state house races! I'm still tweaking this list so there may be a few changes, but if you want Medicaid expansion, donate today! 16/ #DemCast#DemCastKSsecure.actblue.com/donate/bluewav…
This year has reminded us how vitally important GOVERNORS (#COVID19 response), ATTORNEYS GENERAL (defending the #ACA) and SECRETARIES OF STATE (protecting voting rights & election integrity) are! Donate to elect #MoreDemExecs today! 17/ #DemCastsecure.actblue.com/donate/gov_ag_…
OK, onto the CONGRESSIONAL races: Democrats flipped the U.S. House in 2018. Now we have to make sure to KEEP control of it! These are the 40 most vulnerable House Dems; donate today to #KeepTheHouseBlue: 18/ #DemCastsecure.actblue.com/donate/keepthe…
We flipped 40 U.S. House seats in 2018, but left dozens more on the table, coming up just a few hundred votes short in some cases! Donate to these swing district races to #ExpandTheBlueHouse today! 19/ #DemCastsecure.actblue.com/donate/expandt…
There are dozens more House races which are a much tougher grind, but with the right candidates, a lot of luck and your support (financial or otherwise), we could pull off a few surprises! Donate to help Dems #CompeteEverywhere today! 20/ #DemCastsecure.actblue.com/donate/compete…
P.S. Aside from the normal ActBlue processing fees, 100% of these donations go to the candidates themselves. If you happen to feel like supporting my work in ACA/healthcare policy data analysis & advocacy, you can do so here, thank you! /END acasignups.net/donate
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🧵 People have asked me why I started an organized project to raise money *directly* for Democratic candidates up & down the ballot when there's already so many other organizations out there doing this. There's a couple of reasons. 1/
The first is that most of the existing organizations/PACs/etc seem to (in my view) *either* focus ONLY on the true swing districts *or* they raise money for races which are clearly unwinnable without being up front about how long the odds in those races are. 2/
I try to walk the line between these--for district-level races I cast my net wider than most "tossup only!" advocates, but not absurdly wide; for statewide races I *do* include deep red states but also make it absolutely clear that those races are *very* long shots. 3/
A little fun Die Hard trivia for those who don’t know:
The first Die Hard was based on a 1979 novel called Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. In the novel McClain’s character was named Joe Leland. This was a sequel to a 1966 novel by Thorp called The Detective. 1/
The Detective had been made into a film starring Frank Sinatra as Joe Leland in 1968.
This means Bruce Willis plays the same character as Frank Sinatra.
In fact, the studio was contractually required to offer the role to Sinatra if he wanted it. Sinatra was 73 at the time.
As for the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (title since changed to “Die Hard”), it follows most of the same storyline and characters, but with a few VERY important differences…
How does the @nytimes know that these are actual federal officials who actually signed it if they did so “anonymously?”
Does that mean the Times is redacting their names? Or does it just say “signed, 400 officials” at the bottom of the letter?
@nytimes I’m not being snarky here—I can’t read the original NY Times article without a subscription; do they clarify how they verified that these 400 people actually are federal officials and that they did in fact sign off on the letter in it?
1. DON'T DELAY; #GETCOVERED BY *DECEMBER 15th* IF POSSIBLE!
#ACA Open Enrollment officially runs from 11/01/23 - 1/16/24, but if you want your coverage to start in JANUARY you only have until December 15th in most states!
Here's a table of the deadlines & when coverage starts for every state +DC (some may be extended at the last minute):