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As things are more likely to fall back to the states and local government, make sure yours is willing to fight for their rights. Don’t give in to despair. Grieving is natural, but don’t let it consume you completely. When you build back up that energy, put your fury into change
Power tends to flow upwards in the party over time. The local leaders tend to be flow into higher and higher office, so lets make the party's pool of people as progressive as we can
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Some helpful links:
Run for Something, a group that supports progressives running for any downballot positions. They've helped elect around a thousand progressive into office
State Party Chairs have a good chunk of the votes, yes. Along with the vice chair and a mixture of others. I am assuming you are from Texas in which case, while the Texas democratic party chair will step down, it's after the DNC chair elections. You can also reach out to the Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Shay Wyrick-Cathey ([email protected])
Also consider running yourself too for those local down ballot races and or encouraging progressives you know to do the same!
If you're a US citizen living abroad, there's the Democrats Abroad party chair to reach out to, there are also various US territory chairs too (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, DC, etc.)
Reading more about DNC chair elections, the state party's vice chair usually also votes for chair too (among others). For Texas, that's Shay Wyrick-Cathey ([email protected])
For what it's worth it looks like his comments about trans people are what produced a large push to get the Texas Democratic party chair to step down. He said he was stepping down the day after he gave an apology
[email protected] or also [email protected] seemed to be listed on various California Democratic Party documents for him
If anyone else is having any issues finding the contact emails, reply to me with a state and I can try to help you find it!
Then make sure to tell the people actually voting for the chair to give the pushback they need to see that's a mistake. Change is only going to come when we speak up
It's not voted on directly, you are going to want to talk to your state's party chair to try to convince them vote on the type of chair like you would a congress person on a vote for something. In the body of the post, you can find how to find your state's party chair
Here's the table copied over:
State | Chair | | | State | Chair |
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Alabama | Randy Kelley | | | Montana | Robyn Driscoll |
Alaska | Mike Wenstrup | | | Nebraska | Jane Kleeb |
American Samoa | Patrick Ti'a Reid[15] | | | Nevada | Daniele Monroe-Moreno |
Arizona | Yolanda Bejarano | | | New Hampshire | Raymond Buckley |
Arkansas | Grant Tennille | | | New Jersey | LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. |
California | Rusty Hicks | | | New Mexico | Jessica Velasquez |
Colorado | Shad Murib | | | New York | Jay Jacobs |
Connecticut | Nancy DiNardo | | | North Carolina | Anderson Clayton |
Delaware | Elizabeth D. Maron | | | North Dakota | Adam Goldwyn |
District of Columbia | Charles Wilson | | | Ohio | Liz Walters |
Florida | Nikki Fried | | | Oklahoma | Alicia Andrews |
Georgia | Nikema Williams | | | Oregon | Rosa Colquitt |
Guam | Anthony Babauta[16] | | | Pennsylvania | Sharif Street |
Hawaii | Derek Turbin | | | Puerto Rico | Charles Rodriguez |
Idaho | Lauren Necochea[17] | | | Rhode Island | Liz Beretta-Perik |
Illinois | Elizabeth Hernandez | | | South Carolina | Christale Spain |
Indiana | Mike Schmuhl | | | South Dakota | Shane Merrill |
Iowa | Rita Hart | | | Tennessee | Hendrell Remus |
Kansas | Jeanna Repass | | | Texas | Gilberto Hinojosa |
Kentucky | Colmon Elridge | | | U.S. Virgin Islands | Carol M. Burke[18] |
Louisiana | Randal Gaines | | | Utah | Diane Lewis |
Maine | Bev Uhlenhake | | | Vermont | David Glidden |
Maryland | Ken Ulman | | | Virginia | Susan Swecker |
Massachusetts | Steve Kerrigan | | | Washington | Shasti Conrad |
Michigan | Lavora Barnes | | | West Virginia | Mike Pushkin |
Minnesota | Ken Martin | | | Wisconsin | Ben Wikler |
Mississippi | Cheikh Taylor | | | Wyoming | Joe Barbuto |
Missouri | Russ Carnahan | | | Democrats Abroad | Martha McDevitt-Pugh |
No, no it made your other comment funnier
It's probably a reference to when Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple by accident
The Onion explaining a more serious reason why they bought Info Wars
(They did really buy Info Wars)
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https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law3ikwies22
Yes, they did really buy Info Wars. Here's a serious site talking about it:
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/14/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion
There are now more than 14.5 million users total on the platform.
That's assuming that all Trump supporters vote down ballot. I've been reading that a non-negligable percentage of Trump voters just voted for president and left down ballot races blank. Considering Trump only won the swing states by tiny percentages, a small percentage of Trump voters leaving blank the rest is easily enough to sway it
For instance, if we look at Wisconsin senate, we see that Tammy Baldwin has almost exactly the same number of votes as Harris (only a couple hundred more), but Eric Hovde shows less substantially votes than Trump got
Results with ~99% reported:
Donald Trump: 1,697,769
Kamala Harris: 1,668,082
(And about 40k for third party)
Vs senate
Tammy Baldwin: 1,668,545 [+436 from Harris]
Eric Hovde: 1,641,181 [-56,615 from Trump]
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best is now
Separate from the Dems, but The Lincoln Project did run some ads aimed literally just at Trump to make him angry at his campaign staff. Here's one example that ran on Fox News during the hours that Trump was most likely to watch it. The Trump campaign ended up sending a cease and desist over it
We have avoided some of the worst case this election. Down ballot dems have done a lot better than for president and that's going to matter to keep them from being able to do anything without infighting fears. We could've been looking at a 57-43 senate should the swing states not have largely split their votes between senate and president. Instead we're likely looking at a 53-47 or 52-48 senate.* The house could've also been worse too.
In state legislatures, dems did fairly well all things considered. State legislatures are the place that resistance to Trump is most likely to really be effective. We've managed to keep a lot of state legislature seats and even flip some in other areas. For instance, we broke up North Carolina's republican super majority for instance which means the Democratic governor-elect can have effective vetos. We kept the 1 seat majority in the PA state house in a funny way of having two seats flipped in opposite directions and canceling each other out
*The Associated Press has called PA for McCormick, but Decision Desk actually thinks that Casey has a ~66% chance of winning still and neither campaign has conceded. McCormick is saying he thinks the call was incorrect and thinks things will could actually flip with the last 100,000 or so votes left to count and or may go to recount
EDIT: and to add on for further context, Decision Desk is usually some of the first to call any race - to the point where some people say their calls are premature. The AP usually calls races after Decision Desk. The AP usually is much more slow on their calls which is why this situation is so strange where the AP has called it but Decision Desk hasn't and thinks it actually has 2/3 odds of going the opposite way that the AP called it
They will probably at least slow themselves down at minimum, though and that will matter. Their majority is already narrow and there are good odds of cutting into that majority further or potentially even flipping the house if we're very lucky. They had house speakership fights for a while in 2022 with a narrow majority
They are already having some signs of potential infighting in the senate where some Republicans are trying to claim McConnell is holding a "coup" against trump by having earlier senate leader elections (McConnel is not running for senate majority leader so it's a bit more competitive)
It saw some big growth after Brazil banned twitter and network effects make platform changes take longer
Network effects matter a lot for social media. You need people on a platform for people to use it
Every erosion of a platform's users will matter. Platforms often die by a thoudand cuts. It doesn't have to be a single death blow
Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.
Do not give up the fight. Make every little issue a drawn out fight so they cannot move on to the next thing
Despair and hopelessness are what they want you to have. They want you to let them take it away without any resistance. Don't give in
At the federal level, drag out everything and block everything you can. Their margins in the house, should it be called in their favor, will be extremely narrow. Let them in fight and flame against each other. Use every procedural rule to slow stuff down. Filibuster everything. Even if a specific issue is a losing fight, make them have to fight it so they cannot move on to something else. Republicans have used these tricks to block progress for a long time, time to flip it back on them
At the state level, we can much have more room to push back. A lot of what they are likely to pull is pushing things back into the states. Codify everything at state levels. Ensrhine our rights into state constitutions. A lot of federal operations rely on state government cooperating behind the scenes. Without it, a lot more can be slowed way down or made much more difficult
Outside the government, we still have power as individuals. Organize unions, protests, etc
Most people actually voted in favor of the florida abortion ammendment. The threshold is just unusually higher (60%) than most states. It was close to 60% but just a little shy at around 57%
With a different national environment with just a bit higher dem turnout, it probably would've passed
Do not give into the fear and despair that Trump wants you to have. Fight anywhere and everywhere
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We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community and resolve – so we may resist the storm
Never give in to the despair they want you to have. Fight against regression, and fight for progress. If they want to take our rights, make it a fight at every level
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To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important.
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As things are more likely to fall back to the states, make sure your state is willing to fight for their rights
Don't give in to despair. Grieving is natrual, but don't let it consume you completely. When you build back up that energy, put your fury into change
If you live in the states on the map below* with same-day voter registration, you can still vote even if you haven't yet registered to vote! (*early voting has ended in NC and NY)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22122373
> https://www.rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/same-day-voter-registration/ > > map from: > https://www.axios.com/2024/10/31/voter-registration-election-day-2024 > > --- > > Another note that New York is currently even weirder having only allowed same day voter registration on a single day of early voting rather than the entire period unlike North Carolina
If you live in the states on the map below* with same-day voter registration, you can still vote today if you haven't yet registered to vote! *except the state which only allow it during early voting
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22122373
> https://www.rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/same-day-voter-registration/ > > map from: > https://www.axios.com/2024/10/31/voter-registration-election-day-2024 > > --- > > Another note that New York is currently even weirder having only allowed same day voter registration on a single day of early voting rather than the entire period unlike North Carolina
Today is election day! Polls close in NC at 7:30pm. Make sure to bring your ID when you vote. Find your polling location at the linked site
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22170124
Today is election day! Georgia polls close at 7pm. If you are in line by 7pm, you can cast your vote. Make sure to bring your ID when you go vote. Find your polling place at the linked site
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22170816
Today is election day! Georgia polls close at 7pm. If you are in line by 7pm, you can cast your vote. Make sure to bring your ID when you go vote. Find your polling place at the linked site
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22170816
Today is election day! Georgia polls close at 7pm. If you are in line by 7pm, you can cast your vote. Make sure to bring your ID when you go vote. Find your polling place at the linked site
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22170816
Not registered to vote in Michigan? You can register when you vote today today via same-day registration! This is only offered at your city clerk's office rather than at polls unlike other states
Source: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Project/Websites/sos/Resources/Partners-in-Democracy/Elections_SameDayVoter.pdf
Haven't registered to vote yet? In Wisconsin, you can register at the poll on Election Day today
Wisconsin is one of the 21 states with same-day voter registration.