When I was a kid, my parents made it clear that claiming that I should be doing what "everybody" else was doing was not an argument I was going to win. If Dems claim to have certain values, doing illegal or immoral things because the Republican'ts are doing them is not a tenable justification. We need to work harder at registering voters…
When I was a kid, my parents made it clear that claiming that I should be doing what "everybody" else was doing was not an argument I was going to win. If Dems claim to have certain values, doing illegal or immoral things because the Republican'ts are doing them is not a tenable justification. We need to work harder at registering voters, at rebutting challenges at the polls (the ACLU, if I'm remembering correctly, will help with that), and at living our values.
The most effective youth organization at registering voters according to Forbes Magazine (no liberal bastion) is terrifically effective Harvard students at www.turnup.us/ so please-- please--click on that link, see what they are doing, and make a generous contribution! Our democracy depends on youth mobilization on reproductive rights against the real, very real, threat that a nationwide ban would quickly become law in January 25! So please help them make sure it doesn’t happen and your contribution is entirely tax deductible as Turnup is a nonpartisan 501c3 organization! Thank you!! Really important!!!
Sorry Dan that I have to repeat it but I figure different folks see it each time and it makes a difference if I can get it shown at the start of the night’s thread like tonight; so many geographical audiences and time zones for Helen’s commentary, isn’t there?
I would like to point out that Harvard isn't the only university students to be organizing and mobilizing for the 2024 election. Students at Michigan State and the University of Michigan along with students at Wayne State Universities have joined hands (a miracle in itself) to push for gun safety legislation and action on climate change . These student bodies were the deciding margin in flipping the State Blue. Bridge Magazine did a voter by by precinct anylisis and at every county in and around all the campuses in Michigan the color was overwhelmingly Blue. It was a real joy for me to see that interactive map broken down by precinct! And the actual number of votes cast and for Whom!
Good info here! I recall recently hearing a blurb that some right wing high profile person (not sure who?) put it “right out there” that they (the right) needs to focus on colleges and college aged voters to keep them from voting. Clearly unconstitutional.
Hi, Because of a voter enishitive and Voter referendum, while getting the Conditional Independent District Commission into the State Constitution, we also developed and passed a Constitutional Amendment for very broad voting rights here in Michigan. Not only can't the extreme Right wing use their tricks in drawing districts, but they also can't target any known voting suppression tools either. We covered everything and everybody! Our new legislature made possible by these changes have now added non discrimination laws for LGBTQ folks and women who seek abortions. Apparently that is the latest challenge the Republicans are working on. Letting women who use their company's healthcare policies for abortion procedures are being fired by Right Wing companies CEOs and those using their Insurance policies from religious based Colleges. Also Physicians are now protected from prosecution for performing the service to out of state patients. We actually had the law signed, sealed and delivered before New York State!
Oh Ira; apologies are 'not' necessary to me, nor others on this community of good intent and conscience. I wholeheartedly support your repeating that particular link and advocating it, especially as I feel and hope that HCR agrees that the missions of this community revolve around 'education' of facts in evidence, and wholesome-for-our-nation - conclusions derived to defend our democracy from an educated position of truth and facts in evidence. Now, all that said I say post away to your hearts content unless HCR advise otherwise Ira. *Or perhaps, those that agree with my previous statement of encouragement, all consider asking our Dr. Dynamo to post a link + brief explainer to this non-partisan vote encouragement initiative at or alongside the header or body of her letters - LTAA, thereby perhaps saving Ira (you) the effort of re-posting. I shall do so, and kindly encourage others so persuaded to reach out to her also.
Certainly would be outstanding if HCR would endorse our nonpartisan effort, but I don't expect a journalist, and an esteemed one at that, could or would do so! But thanks for your endorsement, Dan. What is so significant about tens of millions of potential voters' political choices right now is the absolute failure of the mass media to realize and to frequently comment on the extraordinary shift which is going on with respect to reproductive health? This issue has transformed in the last two years from a policy issue of broad interest to a deep and resilient personal issue for tens of millions of potential voters--wherever-- who are aged 18 to 25 both female and male; women aged 25 to 35 or 40; and recent polling has identified a significant group of conservative women aged 35 to 44 who live in suburbs relatively near cities who are worried about the reproductive health possibilities of their daughters! These three groupings can AND WILL decide the elections for President, significantly important House and Senate races, and local races of all sorts!
Therefore, a brilliant and highly effective group of Harvard students: please go to and evaluate www.turnup.us ! They are using advanced NONPARTISAN social media messages (both paid and unpaid), as well as hosts of volunteers, to deliver the message (1) only in key "competitive" congressional districts and states; (2) to register and then to (3) TURNOUT millions of potential voters in these three age groupings. Of course there are other nonpartisan, proven college and nationwide organizations like Planned Parenthood, ACLU, League of Women Voters, etc. which perform these tasks excellently. I will caution you, however, that there are "scams"--many of them--on the internet which sound good but collect your money without doing much of anything. Please be careful!
Finally, the path forward will not be easy; billions will be spent by opponents; misinformation will abound; nay-sayers are and will be vocal; but multi-millions of well intentioned voters throughout this troubled Nation will cast their ballots for candidates who are pledged to protect reproductive health (and trans as well); effective gun control and gun safety; and finally--in the midst of heat--a majority of the public (and certainly younger voters) will recognize and vote to really support OUR DESPERATE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE!
Sorry for taking so long to deliver this message. If you think it is worthy, please donate to www.turnup.us and pass this message along to friends and family and, if you desire, please copy parts of message and pass it on as well to others, and please mention it to most politicians who really think that most money spent on politics must be spent on TV (which these multi-millions of young voters don't watch)! Thanks for listening!
It can't be said too often, Ira! Repeat, repeat, repeat. This is not getting enough press.
As I have said frequently, if Gen Z and Y will represent about 45% of the potential voters, getting them registered and motivated is not only a strategy. It's THE strategy that if not employed will lead us to further fascism. McConnell is a corrupt fascist and so are six Extreme Court justices. We CAN'T lose the Senate.
Thanks BC; every donation helps as we have a big job coming up; please pass along your comment with a link to www.turnup.us to your friends and family.
This is a fantastic link. Thanks for sharing it Ira. I’ll check it out further. Bring disabled and on a very tight budget, donating a large sum is impossible for me, but I’ll do what I can to help these young people get their jobs done.
When you first noted www.turnup.us, I prominently added a link to our list at defendyourvotingrights.org of groups supporting voter registration and the exercise of the unfettered right to vote. Thanks to the devoted efforts of such orgs and talented journalists like HCR, our site narrates, by daily headlines and excerpts, the rise and long free fall of 54+ Trump enablers. And especially the heroic efforts of the many to recover and renew our precious democratic Republic and global leadership. To see these Enablers, play a version of Blackjack, demonstrating that voter suppression and election manipulation are exactly like a rigged Card Game.
1. Challenging voters is not illegal. 2. republicans realize disproportionate voice on the biggest issues because they play hardball better than Dems, e.g. reproductive rights. Our values, and rights, are being stripped away by these sociopaths. This is the game in front of us. Dems must play to win, or we will forfeit away those values.
When I was a kid, my parents made it clear that claiming that I should be doing what "everybody" else was doing was not an argument I was going to win. If Dems claim to have certain values, doing illegal or immoral things because the Republican'ts are doing them is not a tenable justification. We need to work harder at registering voters, at rebutting challenges at the polls (the ACLU, if I'm remembering correctly, will help with that), and at living our values.
The most effective youth organization at registering voters according to Forbes Magazine (no liberal bastion) is terrifically effective Harvard students at www.turnup.us/ so please-- please--click on that link, see what they are doing, and make a generous contribution! Our democracy depends on youth mobilization on reproductive rights against the real, very real, threat that a nationwide ban would quickly become law in January 25! So please help them make sure it doesn’t happen and your contribution is entirely tax deductible as Turnup is a nonpartisan 501c3 organization! Thank you!! Really important!!!
Thank you for repeatedly advocating this Ira.
Sorry Dan that I have to repeat it but I figure different folks see it each time and it makes a difference if I can get it shown at the start of the night’s thread like tonight; so many geographical audiences and time zones for Helen’s commentary, isn’t there?
I would like to point out that Harvard isn't the only university students to be organizing and mobilizing for the 2024 election. Students at Michigan State and the University of Michigan along with students at Wayne State Universities have joined hands (a miracle in itself) to push for gun safety legislation and action on climate change . These student bodies were the deciding margin in flipping the State Blue. Bridge Magazine did a voter by by precinct anylisis and at every county in and around all the campuses in Michigan the color was overwhelmingly Blue. It was a real joy for me to see that interactive map broken down by precinct! And the actual number of votes cast and for Whom!
Good info here! I recall recently hearing a blurb that some right wing high profile person (not sure who?) put it “right out there” that they (the right) needs to focus on colleges and college aged voters to keep them from voting. Clearly unconstitutional.
Hi, Because of a voter enishitive and Voter referendum, while getting the Conditional Independent District Commission into the State Constitution, we also developed and passed a Constitutional Amendment for very broad voting rights here in Michigan. Not only can't the extreme Right wing use their tricks in drawing districts, but they also can't target any known voting suppression tools either. We covered everything and everybody! Our new legislature made possible by these changes have now added non discrimination laws for LGBTQ folks and women who seek abortions. Apparently that is the latest challenge the Republicans are working on. Letting women who use their company's healthcare policies for abortion procedures are being fired by Right Wing companies CEOs and those using their Insurance policies from religious based Colleges. Also Physicians are now protected from prosecution for performing the service to out of state patients. We actually had the law signed, sealed and delivered before New York State!
Thanks Louise; they did and will do a great job! counting on all hands on deck!!
This is a vital repetition , Ira. We all need something concrete to do or all is lost. You're providing it.
Thank you for the repetition Ira! It worked! 🙂
Oh Ira; apologies are 'not' necessary to me, nor others on this community of good intent and conscience. I wholeheartedly support your repeating that particular link and advocating it, especially as I feel and hope that HCR agrees that the missions of this community revolve around 'education' of facts in evidence, and wholesome-for-our-nation - conclusions derived to defend our democracy from an educated position of truth and facts in evidence. Now, all that said I say post away to your hearts content unless HCR advise otherwise Ira. *Or perhaps, those that agree with my previous statement of encouragement, all consider asking our Dr. Dynamo to post a link + brief explainer to this non-partisan vote encouragement initiative at or alongside the header or body of her letters - LTAA, thereby perhaps saving Ira (you) the effort of re-posting. I shall do so, and kindly encourage others so persuaded to reach out to her also.
Certainly would be outstanding if HCR would endorse our nonpartisan effort, but I don't expect a journalist, and an esteemed one at that, could or would do so! But thanks for your endorsement, Dan. What is so significant about tens of millions of potential voters' political choices right now is the absolute failure of the mass media to realize and to frequently comment on the extraordinary shift which is going on with respect to reproductive health? This issue has transformed in the last two years from a policy issue of broad interest to a deep and resilient personal issue for tens of millions of potential voters--wherever-- who are aged 18 to 25 both female and male; women aged 25 to 35 or 40; and recent polling has identified a significant group of conservative women aged 35 to 44 who live in suburbs relatively near cities who are worried about the reproductive health possibilities of their daughters! These three groupings can AND WILL decide the elections for President, significantly important House and Senate races, and local races of all sorts!
Therefore, a brilliant and highly effective group of Harvard students: please go to and evaluate www.turnup.us ! They are using advanced NONPARTISAN social media messages (both paid and unpaid), as well as hosts of volunteers, to deliver the message (1) only in key "competitive" congressional districts and states; (2) to register and then to (3) TURNOUT millions of potential voters in these three age groupings. Of course there are other nonpartisan, proven college and nationwide organizations like Planned Parenthood, ACLU, League of Women Voters, etc. which perform these tasks excellently. I will caution you, however, that there are "scams"--many of them--on the internet which sound good but collect your money without doing much of anything. Please be careful!
Finally, the path forward will not be easy; billions will be spent by opponents; misinformation will abound; nay-sayers are and will be vocal; but multi-millions of well intentioned voters throughout this troubled Nation will cast their ballots for candidates who are pledged to protect reproductive health (and trans as well); effective gun control and gun safety; and finally--in the midst of heat--a majority of the public (and certainly younger voters) will recognize and vote to really support OUR DESPERATE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE!
Sorry for taking so long to deliver this message. If you think it is worthy, please donate to www.turnup.us and pass this message along to friends and family and, if you desire, please copy parts of message and pass it on as well to others, and please mention it to most politicians who really think that most money spent on politics must be spent on TV (which these multi-millions of young voters don't watch)! Thanks for listening!
It can't be said too often, Ira! Repeat, repeat, repeat. This is not getting enough press.
As I have said frequently, if Gen Z and Y will represent about 45% of the potential voters, getting them registered and motivated is not only a strategy. It's THE strategy that if not employed will lead us to further fascism. McConnell is a corrupt fascist and so are six Extreme Court justices. We CAN'T lose the Senate.
Absolutely Bill thanks
I just made a small donation. I think this is a fantastic way to get the issues to younger people. Thank you for sharing. I will also share the link.
Thanks BC; every donation helps as we have a big job coming up; please pass along your comment with a link to www.turnup.us to your friends and family.
I just contributed and I urge anyone who is able to do so. Our youth are our future.
Terrific Nancy; thanks for the plug too
I am donating. Thanks for tip. Did not see beforr. Repeat. Repeat repeat
This is a fantastic link. Thanks for sharing it Ira. I’ll check it out further. Bring disabled and on a very tight budget, donating a large sum is impossible for me, but I’ll do what I can to help these young people get their jobs done.
When you first noted www.turnup.us, I prominently added a link to our list at defendyourvotingrights.org of groups supporting voter registration and the exercise of the unfettered right to vote. Thanks to the devoted efforts of such orgs and talented journalists like HCR, our site narrates, by daily headlines and excerpts, the rise and long free fall of 54+ Trump enablers. And especially the heroic efforts of the many to recover and renew our precious democratic Republic and global leadership. To see these Enablers, play a version of Blackjack, demonstrating that voter suppression and election manipulation are exactly like a rigged Card Game.
IRA posted turnup.us not .com.
thanks - got it right on defendyourvotingrights.org
You can change it in your post by clicking on the 3 dots to the right of Reply, then Edit....
Thanks Tom
Much appreciated, Ira!! Thank you
1. Challenging voters is not illegal. 2. republicans realize disproportionate voice on the biggest issues because they play hardball better than Dems, e.g. reproductive rights. Our values, and rights, are being stripped away by these sociopaths. This is the game in front of us. Dems must play to win, or we will forfeit away those values.