9/14/2020 - Overstimulated by media and only 50 days to go
Friends,
I read a ton every morning - multiple newspapers, newsletters, a little twitter roundup, etc. Why I subject myself to this I do not know, but I do. This morning's Axios am newsletter brought it all together for me in a way that disparate news stories spread across different media types generally don't. 6 months since we declared a national emergency due to covid (at least 6-8 weeks too late, and then way, way too little, even still). Gen Z's willingness to make sacrifices to be able to live more freely while doing so safely (see, they're not that bad, after all). Biden's putting teeth into policies around climate change. Trump trashing Bob Woodward after giving him more than enough ammunition to make him look like the egomaniacal, pathological, narcissistic, dangerous human that he is. The kabuki theater around the ByteDance / TikTok US operations sale, with Trump handing his pals Larry Ellison and Safra Catz of Oracle the golden ticket. Trump's fear of losing due to the likelihood of being brought up on multiple charges the minute he's not shielded by Presidential immunity. And, of course, the Trump rally in Nevada held in violation of state rules and against the express desires of the Governor. Every. Day. It. Just. Gets. Worse. Rinse, repeat.
So give. Give time, money, energy, whatever you've got. 50 days, friends. 50 days til we either reclaim democracy or go down a neofascist rathole from which it will take generations to climb out of (absent revolution, of course).
TO JOIN WEDNESDAY'S CONVERSATION WITH KAMALA HARRIS,GIVE HERE.
TO JUST GIVE, JUST BECAUSE, WE ALL NEED TO GIVE,GIVE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN SWING STATES (MI, PA, FL, WI, ETC.) WHO YOU THINK MIGHT BE WILLING TO HOST A ZOOM PARTY TO GET OUT THE VOTE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.
50. MORE. DAYS. LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!!!
In solidarity,
Roger