Ways You Can Make A Difference
Let’s Get To Work People!!!
Here at Hopium we like to do. Here we are proud, plucky, patriots but we are also put your head down, grind it out, get shit done doers. Trump and Republicans have stumbled, and given us a big opportunity now to tell our story and win back power. While are there so many things people can do to advance our cause I am partial to two sets of activities - support our candidates and party committees, and call/contact your elected officials every day. So what follows is our recommendations to make your time and money are being put to the highest and best use in this critical election cycle…
9/25/25 - Here are our current campaigns and projects. Let’s get to work everyone!!!
Support Our November, 2025 Candidates
Election Day 2025 is just two months away and early vote starts in Virginia on September 19th. The 2025 election is in the home stretch and please make sure you are doing your part.
Mikie Sherrill NJ Gov (2025) - $250,000 goal, $83k raised - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Watch my new interview with Rep. Sherrill
Abigail Spanberger VA Gov (2025) - $250,000 goal, $197k raised - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Watch my interview with Abigail Spanberger
Support Yes On 50 (CA) - $50,000 goal - Donate | Learn more, volunteer
Support Our 2026 Candidates
Roy Cooper for NC Senate (2026) - $250,000 goal, $38,000 raised- Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Watch my interviews with Gov. Cooper and NC Dem Chair Anderson Clayton
Jon Ossoff GA Senate (2026) - $250,000 goal, $73k raised - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer
Hopium House 7 (2026) - $250,000 goal, $205k raised - Donate | Learn More, Volunteer | Watch My Interviews With Our Intrepid Incumbents
Support Our Audacious Expansion Fund (2026-2032)
Hopium's Audacious Expansion Fund - Investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas - $250,000 goal, $37,000 raised - Donate To All Five State Parties | Watch my interviews with Iowa Chair Rita Hart, Texas Chair Kendall Scudder, Florida Chair Nikki Fried | Links to be able support each party individually will be up soon | Also catch our interviews with DNC Chair Ken Martin and Vice Chair Jane Kleeb
Our updated fundraising goals are now for the end of the year, December 31st, except for the 2025 races, which are now for Election Day, 2025.
For more on Hopium’s approach to elections check out our big recommendations to the family coming out of the 2024 elections; learn about the the many important wins we had together last cycle; and read my latest thinking on where we are and the path forward for the Hopium community.
Stand Up Partisan Voter Registration Campaigns In Your Community
Another way to help us win election is by helping our state and local parties stand up new partisan voter registration drives. In the presentation he made to our community recently Tom Bonier made a persuasive case that Democrats must once again make partisan voter registration a national priority. State and local Democratic Parties are in the planning stages to take this on. Members of our community should consider contacting their state and local parties and offer to help stand up these vital efforts in the coming months.
For more on what the DNC and state and local parties are intending to do this election cycle watch my recent interviews with DNC Chair Ken Martin and ASDC President Jane Kleeb.
Other Ways You Can Help Us Win The Fall
Contact Your Senators And House Member, Daily
Demand Congress Acts Upon Our Four-Part Agenda - We need to be loud people, very, very loud and make the case for our our emerging four part agenda. Demand that Congress
Roll back Trump’s terrible tariffs
Block the expansion of ICE and the use of the military on our streets including DC
End Trump’s war on science, higher education and our public health and demand the removal of madman Robert Kennedy from HHS
Stand with Ukraine and block Trump’s selling out of the West to Putin
1 - Roll Back Trump’s Terrible Tariffs - Congress simply must take back its tariff authority that Trump has illegally and unconstitutional seized and dangerously abused; and at the very least they must stop what will be Trump’s ruinous new tariff increases slated to start on August 1st. Trump’s economic plan has failed, and we need to find a better way forward.
2 - Block the expansion of ICE and the use of the military on our streets including DC - We must do more here, and I will be working to put together a strategy for us in the coming weeks. In the meantime watch my recent discussions with David Leopold Joe Garcia, Leon Krauze and Senator Chris Van Hollen for more.
3 - End Trump’s war on science, higher education and our public health and demand the removal of madman Robert Kennedy from HHS - Staff at 3 of the most important US science agencies - NIH, EPA and NASA - have now courageously filed letters of discontent against their leadership. Learn more and sign your name to support these remarkable initiatives, and do you part to fight to main America’s global scientific leadership!
For more watch my interviews with Colette Delawalla, Executive Director of the advocacy organization Stand Up For Science; and Dr. Michael Mann, a world leading climate scientist, and author of the forthcoming book, Science Under Siege.
4 - Stand with Ukraine and block Trump’s selling out of the West to Putin
Bring “Resolutions Of Condemnation” To Your Community
Inspired by the tactics of our Founders learn about how Hopium members are advancing “Resolutions of Condemnation” in their communities across the country and consider bringing this initiative to your state, country or city/town. Remarkably, members of this community are now advancing 81 resolutions projects in 22 states + DC.
Our newly updated Resolutions page includes a new chat for folks to report in on their progress or seek counsel from those interested in launching a resolutions project in their community. This is one way to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented abandonment of our Constitutional order.
Grow Hopium And This Wonderful Community Of Proud, Plucky, Patriots
We’ve set a goal of trying to grow the Hopium community from the 152,000 we are now to 175,000 by the end of 2025. Do what you can to encourage your friends, family and colleagues to become a summer subscriber to Hopium, free or paid. If each current paid subscriber brings in just one new subscriber this summer we will hit our goal.
To encourage the growth of our community annual paid subscriptions are 10% off through the end of the year. Use that link to buy gift or group subscriptions, and join our new referral rewards program too.
Finally, Please Self-Report
your activities to our daily paid subscriber chat. These reports help inspire all of us to do more and fight harder! Been impressive to see how many of you remain involved in local, in person protests of all kinds in your communities. Keep it up!!!
Keep working hard all. Proud to be in this fight with all of you, and a fight it surely is - Simon