Joe Biden Is A Good President Who Had A Bad Night. Donald Trump Is A Very Bad Man, A Compulsive Liar and Would Be A Very, Very Bad President

We have three more days to make June count, and cannot let up

Happy Friday all. I watched the debate with the Biden-Harris National Finance Council last night in Atlanta, and got to meet and take some selfies with many passionate members of the Hopium community from around the country. For me that was a real highlight from last night. Here’s me and my old friend Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the Biden-Harris campaign manager at the event.

Joe Biden did not have a good night last night. But a few things remain true as we dust ourselves off this morning:

Joe Biden is a good President. The country is better off. We have a very strong case for re-election

The Democratic Party is strong, winning elections across the country, raising tons of money, blessed with a very strong farm team and building the most powerful political machine we’ve ever seen

And they still have Trump - rapist, fraudster, traitor, felon - who was so manifestly unfit, so full of lies, so extreme and dangerous, so, how do we say it? - batshit crazy - last night that it remains hard to believe many hours later.

Watch Governor Newsom remind us of how much better off we are today due to Joe Biden:

I am traveling today and have several television appearances so this will be a shorter than usual post. We had a tough night last night but we cannot for one second lose sight of the central truth of this election - Donald Trump is a very bad man and would make a terrible, terrible President, and we just have to win. Winning got a little harder last night, and we will have to do more than we were planning to have the election we all want to have (this sentence was added after publication).

The other truth is that Sunday is the last day of June and the last day of the second quarter. Our candidates will be judged by how much money they raise by midnight Sunday night and one way to channel your worry and disappointment right now is by donating, volunteering and doing the work of helping us win this November.

Our Making June Count campaign has brought in more than $725,000 this month for our candidates and state parties. Many of you have also been canvassing, writing postcards, phonebanking and more in June. We are a community of doers here at Hopium. We do more, worry less, and man if there ever was a time to do more these next three days are it.

So let’s get to work folks. We need to have a strong final three days of the quarter. We can rest and talk on Monday. Learn more about the “Check and Checkmate” strategy driving our June campaign and recommendations. Watch our new interviews with Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb, Janelle Bynum (OR-5), George Whitesides (CA-27), Kirsten Engel (AZ-06) and Andrei Cherny (AZ-01). You can find ways to donate. volunteer and make June count here:

• Biden-Harris - $457,000 today, $450,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More

  Watch my favorite Biden-Harris Ad “Flag.” Yes, we’ve blown past our ambitious $400,000 goal, and our new one of $450,000 too - thank you all!

• Winning The House - $382,000 today, $400,000 goal - yes!!!!! - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More. We’ve blown past our $300,000 goal and are now shooting for $400,000 - great work everyone!

• Arizona/Ruben Gallego - $220,000 today, $300,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More - Watch my interview with Ruben Gallego

• North Carolina - $269,000 today, $300,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More - Watch my interview with NC Dem Chair Anderson Clayton

• Nebraska/Blue Dot -$76,000 today, $100,000 goal- Donate | Volunteer | Learn More - Watch my interview with NE Dem Chair Jane Kleeb

Thank you all! Our community of proud patriots and information warriors just keeps bringing it day after day after day. So inspired by your passion, grit, determination and willingness to leave it all out there on the playing field for this great country. As we discuss in the new With Dems presentation, when democracy calls Democrats answer, and that is what all of you are doing now - answering democracy’s call, powerfully!

10% Off Annual Hopium Membership in June - As a token of my gratitude for all that you are doing, I’m now offering a 10% discount on annual paid subscriptions for new subscribers through the end of the month. Click on this link to subscribe today. On that link you can also purchase gift or group subscriptions for others you’d like bring into the Hopium community. If you signed up as a paid subscriber in the first half of last year and want to make sure your paid subscription is current and up to date check be sure to visit here.

My stretch goal is to get to 10,000 paid subscribers by June 30th. We are within range of hitting that target as we are now almost at 9,800! These funds will put Hopium in a financial place to close out this election strong.

Simon and Tom Bonier Back Together Tomorrow in Tyson’s Corner, With The Great Jessica Craven Too! - I’ll be speaking in person at Network NOVA’s 8th Annual Women’s Summit this weekend in Tyson’s Corner, VA with my buddy Tom Bonier and the inspiring Jessica Craven. Hope to see DC area Hopium folks there. Use promo code “Hopium” to get a 15% discount. More info, register today!

This will be the first time Tom and I have been together in person in quite a while - come join us!

Keep working hard all. As I often say, there will be good days and bad days. Just need to keep our heads down now and go out and win this election, together. To borrow from the Women’s Summit this weekend - “It’s Up To Us.”

With much love and gratitude - Simon