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20 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it—if only we are brave enough to be it. – @TheAmandaGorman, whom I am now enthusiastically following on Twitter Image
In the time it took me to make this screenshot, @TheAmandaGorman's follower count rocketed up past 160k Image
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Up to 788k followers. A delightful thread running through the day.
At exactly midnight Eastern time, checked @TheAmandaGorman’s profile and found that a million people are now following her on Twitter. A lovely way to end a wonderful day. Image

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22 Jan
POLL: 55% of Wisconsinites think Ron Johnson should resign.

52% say he should be expelled from the Senate.

60% say he should be replaced.

Ron Johnson betrayed his oath to the Constitution. Wisconsinites want accountability.

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dataforprogress.org/blog/2021/1/19…
For the last week, Wisconsinites in every region of the state have seen this TV ad from the @WisDems calling on Ron Johnson to resign from the United States Senate.

This ad was funded by grassroots supporters who know Johnson shouldn’t be Wisconsin’s Senator.
The poll, conducted by @dataforprogress for @MoveOn, asked voters if they think Senator Johnson should resign. 18% of Republicans said yes. So did 56% of independents and 92% of Democrats.

Those are jaw-dropping numbers. Image
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16 Jan
Real accountability means owning what you do, not just what you say.

Rep. Mike Gallagher claims “President Trump has lost my support — permanently.”

But he voted to shield him from impeachment. So we’re holding Gallagher accountable, with this TV ad running statewide in WI:
Gallagher has voted with Trump 86.7% of the time. He voted against impeaching Trump despite obvious high crimes and misdemeanors—twice. He’s seeking media attention for criticizing Trump, but when it counts, Mike Gallagher has Trump’s back.
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As a profile in political courage, Rep. Gallagher is right up there with Betsy DeVos. After 3 years & 50 weeks on Team Trump, she resigned from the Cabinet after the insurrection, instead of pushing for the 25th. Gallagher shakes his head about Trump—and votes to protect him.
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15 Jan
Want to feel old? The @TheWebbyAwards are celebrating their 25th year. The Webby anniversary theme is “overwrite tomorrow”—to spur thinking on what in our society we need to overwrite. Here’s one thing: let’s stop overwriting political infrastructure, and build long-term instead.
Campaigns and viral moments come and go. Institutions and people endure. So over these next 25 years, let’s invest in institutions and people. Let’s invest in institutions and people who can lift up and energize campaigns, undergird movements, and shape moments.
The cultures and business models of our institutions shape the outcomes they produce and the the people they touch. And the values and mindsets of the people within them shape our institutions. Let’s focus on those.
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18 Dec 20
This year, we beat Trump. On November 9, 2022, we fight to beat *Trumpism.* And ground zero will be the battle for the office that served, in the last decade, as the proxy: Wisconsin’s governorship.

Become a monthly supporter & help reelect Tony Evers: wisdems.org/evers
The Trump era began in 2010 in Wisconsin with Scott Walker’s election. The lawlessness. The reckless disregard for democracy. The all-base-all-the-time provocation, relentless and intentional division, the sheer destruction.

The GOP here wants to bring it all back.
In a sense, the Trump era began to end right here in 2018—when Tony Evers beat Scott Walker, and began the hard work of restoring the soul of Wisconsin. Tony Evers is a fundamentally decent and kind human being. That, plus a massive voter uprising, won the day. Kinda like 2020.
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14 Dec 20
BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled against Trump's attempt to steal the election w/ a 4-3 margin.

We might not have won this case if we hadn’t defeated the Trump-backed Supreme Court judge in April.

Help us continue to organize year-round: wisdems.org/2021
Thank you to Justices Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Ann Walsh Bradley, and Brian Hagedorn for doing the right thing by your oaths to defend our Constitution!
Read the ruling.
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10 Dec 20
THREAD: 2020 showed how the long-term survival of American democracy depends on Wisconsin.

The next two years—crucial, history-shaping Gov & Senate races, redistricting, more—require a party fighting year-round. Be a part of it. Become a monthly donor: wisdems.org/2021
We beat Trump here by 20,682 votes. The 4th time, out of the last 6 races, where the presidential margin has been under 1%. (No other state’s done this more than twice.) We won by starting early, building relationships, working flat out, year-round. We can’t lose that lesson.
Now, we’re in deep debrief mode, listening to local candidates & county parties, drawing lessons from the data and our staff & volunteers who’ve been on the front lines.

One thing that’s crystal clear: now is not the time to demobilize. This fight will only ramp up.
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