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
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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.
Election security is the first step if election integrity is to be maintained. From Russian hacking & gerrymandering to DFL-only support for legislation, it’s obvious that all must support this cornerstone of democracy.
Candidate views on election security in threads
1/11 #WPCM
Isn’t election security a problem of the past?
Not according to an intel report that warns that the Russians are still at it. Yet the GOP says this is an attempt by Dems to seek an advantage.
"Russia's cyber operations have been successful...”
2/11
Iowa’s Caucuses relied on the internet, not a best practice. Fortunately, they also had paper back ups, a vital best practice. How’s the integrity of elections in your state compare with the nation? Check this map at Vox. #WPCM#DemCast
3/11 vox.com/the-big-idea/2…
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.
Franklin Graham is in a dither over JLo & gets unmercifully ratioed for his hypocrisy in the comments 😂
Of course he’s only crying crocodile tears to create talking points for Fox. He knows Fox viewers won’t hear the #RestOfTheStory They are cut off from context.
Franklin Graham’s tweet makes it obvious that this is a performance.
Fox has effectively isolated a swath of Americans from the #RestOfTheStory.
Fox viewers won’t ever hear the reminders of Melania’s nude photos or any of the rest of the ratio. 🙄 #DemCast
2/6
Fox reports are true only 17% of the time, but it’s false, mostly false or Pants-on-Fire 55% of the time (Politifact). Because Fox viewers never get the #RestOfTheStory they lack context to judge what’s fact.
The impeachment counsel & GOP senators relied on that. #Demcast
3/6