Supporting Hopium, Our Candidates, And Our State Parties This Holiday Season
So many ways to strengthen our democracy and spread holiday cheer!!!!!!!!!
Morning all. As the holiday shopping and giving season is now upon us I hope you will consider making Hopium, our candidates, and our state parties part of your year end giving strategy. There are many ways to make a difference this holiday season:
Supporting Hopium
I’ve extended the 10% Trump tariff discount for an annual Hopium subscription through the end of the year. So just $45 gets you a full year paid subscription for all of 2026!
Also consider giving discounted Hopium subscriptions as a holiday gift. It is another way to spread holiday cheer!
Supporting Our Candidates And Party Committees
Winning December With Behn and Higgins
Rep. Aftyn Behn For Congress (Dec 2 special election) - $46,000 raised, $50,000 goal (new stretch goal!!!!) - Donate | Learn More and Volunteer | Enjoy my conversation with Aftyn Behn | Amazing work all!!!!!!
Eileen Higgins For Mayor Of Miami (Dec 9 run off) - $25,000 goal | Donate | Learn More and Volunteer | Enjoy my our conversation with Eileen Higgins
Winning The Midterms - Support Our 2026 Candidates
Roy Cooper for NC Senate (2026) - $54k raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Enjoy my conversation with Gov. Cooper
Jon Ossoff GA Senate (2026) - $98k raised, $250,000 goal, - Donate | Learn More | Volunteer | Enjoy my inspiring conversation with Senator Ossoff
Hopium Winning The House Campaign (2026) - $24,000 raised, $50,000 goal - Donate to all four endorsed House challengers with one click | Learn More | Enjoy our new conversations with Christina Bohannan (IA-01) and Jo Mendoza (AZ-06) | Interviews with Paige Cognetti (PA-08) and Janelle Stelson (PA-10) coming soon
Hopium House 7 - Our Top House Incumbents Running For Re-election (2026) - $244k raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn More, Volunteer | Watch My Interviews With Our Intrepid Incumbents | Keeping these newly elected Members in Congress is the first step in winning the House in 2026
Expanding The Senate and Electoral College Maps (2026-2032)
Hopium’s Audacious Expansion Fund - $211,000 raised, $250,000 goal - Join our new campaign to expand our map by investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas | Donate to all five state parties in a single contribution | Enjoy my conversations with Alaska Chair Eric Croft, Florida Chair Nikki Fried, Iowa Chair Rita Hart and Texas Chair Kendall Scudder | Many thanks to two generous Hopium community members who have audaciously donated $10,000 to each of our five state parties!
We also have ongoing, lower burn campaigns to support the new DNC and the North Carolina Democratic Party. Watch my wonderful interviews with Ken Martin, Jane Kleeb and Anderson Clayton for more.
We had a great November, 2025 election and need to keep working it people!
So a big thank you to the proud, plucky patriots of this remarkable community for all that you do for Hopium, our candidates and state parties, and all the other ways you go to work for your country each and every day.
Let’s make December and this upcoming holiday season one that leaves our movement and our democracy stronger, much stronger - Simon
Donated to Higgins, Behn and Audacious Expansion Fund.
Good morning, all! Just spent a couple hours on my weekly VoteRiders ID assistance shift. So many folks in need of simple things like ID and birth certificate, but states like TX, GA & FL make it very difficult. We do our best to help, and it's some of the best work I've done as a volunteer. You can sign up at VoteRiders.org!
Just donated to Higgins and already given to Behn- feeling good about our chances on both! Orange man went off on Gov. Prizker yesterday, who gave it right back to him and asked for his MRI results. More of this, please!
Dr. Ben-Ghiat live on her weekly Lucid chat at 1 pm today, please tune in if you can.
Keep going!