Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't trump still owe this money even as president because it's a state civil case? He can only rid himself of federal crimes, I believe. Of course, should trump ever again darken our White House, the rule of law will not exist.
"In the long run, he’d like to see Democrats pushing a one-state solution with equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis. But for now, Abusalah says, there’s nothing Biden can do to earn his vote back. At this point, he figures, the only way that Democrats will learn not to take Arab American votes for granted — as they have, in his view — is for Biden to lose, even if that means a second Trump presidency."
While I appreciate all the good news that you share we need to address this directly. It doesn't seem that just assuming they will vote for Biden in November when the stark differences continue is a sufficient strategy. Even with the moves that Biden is making in his approach to the war this might be deeper than that. The margin of victory for Biden in Michigan in 2020 was ~150,000 votes. The Listen to Michigan campaign was hoping for 10k votes in our primary last month- they got 100k.
I'd like your thinking on how to approach this and to talk about it.
Hey Simon! Where's your Hopium Chronicles merch? A friend who I turned on to HC says she'd happily wear a "Hopium Addict" t-shirt. Part of the proceeds could help fund critical races maybe?
With the caveat that I don't put a ton of stock in approval polls (https://www.weekendreading.net/p/dont-panic-about-bidens-approval), I want to share a little extra evidence of Biden's upswing lately. American Research Group published their March approval numbers for Biden today: 46% approve, 50% disapprove. This is up from 43%/51% in February and 40%/54% in January. All told, an improvement in net approval of 10% over the last couple months! Always nice to see.
I wrote two days ago to my senators and congressman about the Israeli Hamas issue. The very next day I heard back from Sen. Blumenthal who is extremely concerned about Gaza. He does support Israel, but in a defensive posture only. Apparently money is going for an additional iron dome and missiles for the domes. Something I support. I did notice he said nothing about Bibi, but I think he is unwilling to get ahead of the President on this issue.
As far as Michigan goes, I would like to remind them about the Muslim ban. I really wouldn't be too concerned about them voting for Trump. They might be staying home. We should be prepared to fight for North Carolina.
I've ordered my postcards. When should we be prepared to write postcards for our candidates? I thought I would start, just not mail yet.
Wish I could come today to listen to Rep. Ruben Gallegos, the future senator from AZ, for whom I’ve already written many postcards (through Activate America)! But I had already signed up for another Zoom at exactly that time with the future congressman from CA-41, Will Rollins—an amazing D candidate who almost won there in 2022. Looking forward to watching the replay.
I keep having this recurring dream that the media (the whole universe communicating news) refused to report any information, discussion or pictures of DJT. for a whole week. After this respite from his infectious, venal assault on our society, we all realize the value of the Amish practice of "shunning". Then I awaken to DJT all the time, every where I turn and I want to go back to dreamland.
Simon- do you have a tally of how much the Hopium community has raised for all candidates so far over the last year? Because we are donating MONEY and I feel like we may soon be approaching (or perhaps we have already achieved) $500k total donations. Amazing!
Just finished watching Ruben Gallego! Such a decent human being and great candidate for Arizona. He knows his constituents and their concerns/issues well.
I’m hoping you’ll make this shareable. People need to see the kind of intelligence and compassion he brings to the table. I’d vote for him if I could!
My “tribe” contributed to him this month and we’re primed and ready to do more!
About that supposed swing of African American voters to Trump . . . Nearly 200,000 Black voters cast a ballot in Georgia's March 12 presidential primary, and 95% requested a Democratic ballot. “Turnout is the bigger concern, not persuasion and conversion”, said Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of the Black Voters Matter Fund
I’ve been thinking a lot about Donald’s increasingly extreme behavior and language. Why is he getting more extreme in a time when classical politics would say you need to veer back to center? He’s not stupid.
One theory I have is that he’s trying to awaken an even more extreme part of the base. Is there a bloc of voters to the right of his 2016 coalition that’s larger and until now uninvolved? He pulled this off successfully in 2016 when he attracted people from outside the then-known left, “independent “ and right voters.
I am not trying to be a Debbie Doubter.... but Simon I hope the WH and Biden HQ are aware of the latest antics of Cleta Mitchell laying the seeds to contest large numbers of voters ballots in 2024.
And Marc Elias is ringing the alarm that RNC is being turned into a judge shopping litigation machine to poke holes in swing state voting manuals and voter laws, essentially finding scraps of legal footing to literally rig 2024. Tfg is toooo desperate.
Is turnout and enormous popular vote our only weapon against this attack? Back to postcards now...... thanks everyone still working.....
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't trump still owe this money even as president because it's a state civil case? He can only rid himself of federal crimes, I believe. Of course, should trump ever again darken our White House, the rule of law will not exist.
Simon- I live in Michigan and am concerned about what is happening in the Arab American community. This WaPo article is on the front page of today's Ann Arbor News: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/07/he-campaigned-biden-michigan-now-hes-working-defeat-him/
This is from that article:
"In the long run, he’d like to see Democrats pushing a one-state solution with equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis. But for now, Abusalah says, there’s nothing Biden can do to earn his vote back. At this point, he figures, the only way that Democrats will learn not to take Arab American votes for granted — as they have, in his view — is for Biden to lose, even if that means a second Trump presidency."
While I appreciate all the good news that you share we need to address this directly. It doesn't seem that just assuming they will vote for Biden in November when the stark differences continue is a sufficient strategy. Even with the moves that Biden is making in his approach to the war this might be deeper than that. The margin of victory for Biden in Michigan in 2020 was ~150,000 votes. The Listen to Michigan campaign was hoping for 10k votes in our primary last month- they got 100k.
I'd like your thinking on how to approach this and to talk about it.
Hey Simon! Where's your Hopium Chronicles merch? A friend who I turned on to HC says she'd happily wear a "Hopium Addict" t-shirt. Part of the proceeds could help fund critical races maybe?
Encouraging news from of all places ... Idaho?!?
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpepper/p/running-everywherein-idaho?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
With the caveat that I don't put a ton of stock in approval polls (https://www.weekendreading.net/p/dont-panic-about-bidens-approval), I want to share a little extra evidence of Biden's upswing lately. American Research Group published their March approval numbers for Biden today: 46% approve, 50% disapprove. This is up from 43%/51% in February and 40%/54% in January. All told, an improvement in net approval of 10% over the last couple months! Always nice to see.
I wrote two days ago to my senators and congressman about the Israeli Hamas issue. The very next day I heard back from Sen. Blumenthal who is extremely concerned about Gaza. He does support Israel, but in a defensive posture only. Apparently money is going for an additional iron dome and missiles for the domes. Something I support. I did notice he said nothing about Bibi, but I think he is unwilling to get ahead of the President on this issue.
As far as Michigan goes, I would like to remind them about the Muslim ban. I really wouldn't be too concerned about them voting for Trump. They might be staying home. We should be prepared to fight for North Carolina.
I've ordered my postcards. When should we be prepared to write postcards for our candidates? I thought I would start, just not mail yet.
Wish I could come today to listen to Rep. Ruben Gallegos, the future senator from AZ, for whom I’ve already written many postcards (through Activate America)! But I had already signed up for another Zoom at exactly that time with the future congressman from CA-41, Will Rollins—an amazing D candidate who almost won there in 2022. Looking forward to watching the replay.
I keep having this recurring dream that the media (the whole universe communicating news) refused to report any information, discussion or pictures of DJT. for a whole week. After this respite from his infectious, venal assault on our society, we all realize the value of the Amish practice of "shunning". Then I awaken to DJT all the time, every where I turn and I want to go back to dreamland.
Simon- do you have a tally of how much the Hopium community has raised for all candidates so far over the last year? Because we are donating MONEY and I feel like we may soon be approaching (or perhaps we have already achieved) $500k total donations. Amazing!
I’ve had a hard morning at work and this little dose of Hopium has brightened my lunch time.
Thank you! Great Zoom meeting with Ruben!
Simon,
Just finished watching Ruben Gallego! Such a decent human being and great candidate for Arizona. He knows his constituents and their concerns/issues well.
I’m hoping you’ll make this shareable. People need to see the kind of intelligence and compassion he brings to the table. I’d vote for him if I could!
My “tribe” contributed to him this month and we’re primed and ready to do more!
💪💙
About that supposed swing of African American voters to Trump . . . Nearly 200,000 Black voters cast a ballot in Georgia's March 12 presidential primary, and 95% requested a Democratic ballot. “Turnout is the bigger concern, not persuasion and conversion”, said Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of the Black Voters Matter Fund
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-primary-does-not-show-increase-in-african-american-support-for-trump/MI5SZEWQMBCZ7MQSQ5VWBTA2G4/?utm_cohort=evening_campaign_1-evening_cohort_1-aee4fc57871cf5cc34d4182e4f7b18c959ed39e752d6046d427a85cace201b1f&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EveningRead&utm_content=9366372
I’ve been thinking a lot about Donald’s increasingly extreme behavior and language. Why is he getting more extreme in a time when classical politics would say you need to veer back to center? He’s not stupid.
One theory I have is that he’s trying to awaken an even more extreme part of the base. Is there a bloc of voters to the right of his 2016 coalition that’s larger and until now uninvolved? He pulled this off successfully in 2016 when he attracted people from outside the then-known left, “independent “ and right voters.
I am not trying to be a Debbie Doubter.... but Simon I hope the WH and Biden HQ are aware of the latest antics of Cleta Mitchell laying the seeds to contest large numbers of voters ballots in 2024.
https://open.substack.com/pub/documented/p/meet-michigans-conspiracy-driven?r=2bffub&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
https://youtu.be/QmmyeZATFms?si=5AZQKbn4hXyhqPZd
And Marc Elias is ringing the alarm that RNC is being turned into a judge shopping litigation machine to poke holes in swing state voting manuals and voter laws, essentially finding scraps of legal footing to literally rig 2024. Tfg is toooo desperate.
Is turnout and enormous popular vote our only weapon against this attack? Back to postcards now...... thanks everyone still working.....