It's No Kings Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A time for joy, for celebration of this great country, of being in community with others........
Morning all. Today is day of celebration. No Kings events have already begun here in the US and around the world……..
Madison, New Jersey this morning….
London, England…..
Wilmington, Delaware…..
Sydney, Australia…..
Our friends at Stand Up For Science have a live, accessible, streaming protest starting at 130pm EDT today. It includes many terrific speakers including House Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Learn more and register here.
Send photos from your events to community@hopiumchronicles.com, and let’s use today’s chat for self-reports and links to social images from your events. I have left it open for all members of the community to use today, not just paid subscribers……..
Go get ‘em proud, plucky patriots! Make your democracy proud today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharing a few things from our work this week if you need to scratch your Hopium itch:
and, if you want to dive into our campaigns and message work……
Let’s Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopium’s Winning The House Campaign (2026) - $403,500 raised, $400,000 goal (new stretch goal) - Donate to all twelve of our endorsed House challengers with one click | Enjoy our new conversations with Christina Bohannan (IA-01), Mayor Paige Cognetti (PA-08), Jo Mendoza (AZ-06), and Janelle Stelson (PA-10) | Learn more about the eight candidates we just added to our campaign here.
Huge shout-out to the team at FridayAction. Our event Wednesday has now raised $94,100 for our House candidates - amazing, amazing stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With FridayAction’s help we’ve hit our $400,000 goal for the quarter - great work everyone!
James Talarico For Texas - $35,900 raised, $100,000 - Donate | Volunteer and Learn More | Watch my recent interview with Rep. Talarico
Mary Peltola For Alaska Senate - $54,700 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer and Learn More | Watch my new interview with Mary Peltola
Winning Ohio - $85,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Our new campaign splits contributions evenly among Sherrod Brown, the Acton/Pepper ticket, and the Ohio Democratic Party. Donate today and help us turn this critical 2026 battleground blue!
Roy Cooper for NC Senate (2026) - $91,900 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Enjoy my conversation with Gov. Cooper
Jon Ossoff GA Senate (2026) - $147,000 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Enjoy my inspiring conversation with Senator Ossoff
Hopium’s Audacious Expansion Fund - $425,000 raised, $500,000 goal (new stretch goal) - Join our campaign to expand our map by investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas, and catch interviews with 5 intrepid state party chairs leading us into battle this year.
Many thanks to two generous Hopium community members who have audaciously donated $10,000 to each of our five state parties.
Advocate For The Hopium Agenda/Pass Resolutions Of Condemnation In Your Community/Sign Up For No Kings on March 28th
There are a few more ways to go to work in the coming days - call your leaders and advocate for elements of our working, ever evolving Hopium Agenda; bring resolutions that condemn our Mad King and lets facts be spoken to a candid world to your state or local government; sign up for a No Kings event and watch my new interview with Indivisible’s Ezra Levin, a driving force behind No Kings.
Here’s our working Hopium Post-Iran Disaster Agenda:
Work To End This New Gulf War, And Trump’s Global Imperial Ambitions
Make Clear We Support Ukraine and Europe, Not Russia
Roll Back The New, Illegal Tariffs
Rescind The Trump Tax Cuts, Claw Back The Extra ICE Funding
Make The US A Clean Energy Superpower, Fight For True Energy Independence, And Lower Energy Prices For The American People
Keep Fighting To Rein In ICE, End Mass Deportation
End the War on Science, Health and Public Health
Make Clear To American Farmers That We Want To End The War, Repeal The Tariffs, Find Legal Pathways For Farm Workers, And Make Health Care And Energy More Affordable
This week our calls should clearly focus on reining in the illegal war in the Middle East and ICE here at home, and rescinding the tariffs that are doing so much damage to our economy.
Keep working hard all. We have a country to save and an election to win, together! - Simon
Sunny but chilly and windy today in Knoxville. The day is not perfect as democracy is not perfect. As I head to our No Kings rally, I think about the Ukrainians who fight for democracy despite bitter cold. And the Minnesotans, who fight for democracy despite the bitter cold. Their courage and commitment should inspire us all!!
Just posted on my Moms Demand channel, the Moms will be out in the red shirts spreading the Democracy Doesn't Work at Gunpoint message - text ICE to 64433 to join us!
Will be in Springsteen's hometown of Freehold and will share the photos. It's a beautiful, brisk day here in Central NJ. So excited!