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Heads up:   there are SEVERAL state primaries in the month of August.  If you live in TN, your state primary is 8/1/24.  If you live in KS, MI, MO, or WA, your state  primaries are 8/6/24,  If you live in HI, your state primary is 8/10/24.  If you live in CT, MN, VT, or WI, you have state primaries on 8/13/24.  Finally, if you live in AK, FL, or WY your state primaries are on 8/20/24.    Please plan to vote in the Democratic primaries in your state.  And to help you pick the best candidate, load the address you are registered at at the Blue Voter Guide website.  This website provides you all Democratic candidates running down to county levels AND the PROGRESSIVE and other organizations endorsing them.   In the 11/5 General Election, Dem leaning non-partisans will be provided for school board and judges.

www.bluevoterguide.org

From Bernie: this is definitely a concern of many people, myself included. Please this last weekend, do what you can to get out the Blue vote! https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/videos/5497319113718370

Indivisible has a tool called Neighbor to Neighbor. When you put in your address, you are provided the names and addresses of 5 people near you who vote Democrat. This program is available in the IL-14 Congressional District and in the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, WA, and WI. I used it and it was great to meet some sane neighbors and give them voting information.
Get your list of neighbors here: https://indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/neighbor_to_neighbor

Please pass this along to family, friends and others you know in these states who vote progressive:

If you want to vote Progressive in the August Democratic primaries, the Political Revolution has posted nationally endorsed Progressive candidates for states which have primaries through August 23rd. These candidates are endorsed by Our Rev, Brand New Congress, Democratic Socialist of America, Justice Democrats, Progressive Change Campaign, and/or The Political Revolution. Primary candidates are posted for the following upcoming primaries: AK, AZ, CT, FL, HI, KS, MI, MN, MO, TN, VT, WA, WI, and WY, with NY being posted now. Find the candidates in your state at: [https://political-revolution.com/campaigns/]

The two contenders in the Dem primary for congress here are Alyse Galvin and Dimitri Shein. Both are outsiders who are coming to politics for the first time. I want to start a discussion about who we should be backing.

Alyse Galvin is an independent running the the democratic primary. She has a background in education. She lines up with progressives well on issues like education, refuses to take corporate PAC money, supports Net Neutrality and wants to improve Alaska's internet connectivity, supports investing greatly in infrastructure. However, she also falls short of endorsing Medicare for all and she supports "responsible oil and gas production." She supports partial development of ANWR for oil and gas production if done responsibly and in ways which bring more revenue in to Alaska. Alyse Galvin is more progressive on some issues, and less on others. Also, from reading her statements she seems like someone who will be more willing to compromise and get things done, and less likely to hold out and draw a line in the sand. But that's just my own impression.

Her website: https://www.alyse4alaska.com/

And here is a recent interview with her

Dimitri Shein is a vocal progressive. His platform is primarily based on medicare for all and he also supports pretty much all the "traditional" progressive values.

His website: http://dimitriforcongress.com/

A January interview with Shein

Anyway: who should we support in the primary? Don Young usually wins the general election in a landslide, but he rarely has a decent opponent. Trump only won AK by 14 points in 2016. So with the right candidate and climate, we might be able to flip this congressional seat. I find myself agreeing with Dimitri Shein more on issues, but I think Alyse Galvin would probably do better in the general election.

What do you think?

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Start contacting them

https://www.socialseer.com/resources/us-senator-twitter-accounts/

All senator twitter accounts

https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

all phone numbers

Start putting pressure on some of the republicans, and especially the senators on the fence! The people have to get involved or else.

Dont be afraid of having to call them or tweet to them more than once. thats the whole idea behind pressuring: constant nagging

that man's credentials, no matter how good they may be, pale to the fact that he will

criminalize net neutrality

overturn roe vs wade

allow for unchecked presidential power

support nsa surveillance

It's Nay or Never

it wont hurt to try

Who else is excited about the news that Joe Miller is running as a libertarian? That gives Ray Metcalf a huge boost if they can split the vote.