In fairness, the group talking about this (Run for something) has existed since 2017 and elected about a thousand progressives in local and state government. They haven't been idle before this, just seems like there's more people interested now
We need everyone we can get now to fight back. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today
After you vote, you can also volunteer to phone bank for last minute get out the vote calls!
They already killed it for Supreme Court nominees when it suited them. If they really wanted something they'd kill it for that
By 2017, roles had reversed — Republicans held the majority in the Senate, and President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office.
After Senate Democrats, now in the minority, filibustered the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch — Trump's first nominee to the Supreme Court — McConnell engineered his own "nuclear option."
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-48 to reduce the vote threshold for confirming nominees to the Supreme Court from 60 to 51, per The New York Times.
Note that Harris has called for eliminating the Filibuster should dems get a trifecta
Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5123955/kamala-harris-abortion-roe-v-wade-filibuster
We can do a bit better than just hope, there is still time to volunteer to help get out the vote today and tomorrow on election day!
Huh, turns out the Republican earlier BS claims of stolen valor for Tim Walz were just talking about the wrong Tim all along
There are also still opportunities to volunteer in person and online - including on election day!
Unfortunately they put tougher requirements on the types of accepted IDs, yes. This especially impact Native American voters in North Dakota
Native Americans continue to fight discriminatory voter ID laws in North Dakota
I mean Biden has already started the process for rescheduling weed to schedule 3 for medical legalization. Process is long but it's at the tail end with the final hearing in December. It's not too hard to see Harris just using the same process but asking for full descheduling rather than asking them for schedule 3. Or if Dems get a trifecta, she could also try to get congress to legalize directly in law (faster than the executive branch only action)
It is really funny how they're both named Tim and look a lot like each other
And to clarify this is a literal projected image
Understand that when your goal is blocking things, you somstimes do things you know will almost certainly fail. Republicans have used this playbook for ages to block the Democratic party
Make them get tied up in as many pointless tasks to distract them from their other goals. Sometimes you'll even occasionally win a long shot challange