Weekly Check in Nov 12

[tassosss]

As seems to be the case on three-day weekends for me, the check-in post is a day late. Apologies for that. It's been a rollercoaster of a week with the Democrats taking the House and a lot of down-ballot races and the firing of Attorney General Sessions imperiling the Mueller investigation. It's a good reminder that we still have two more years under this regime and we're still going to have to fight every step of the way.

Thank you to everyone who voted in the election. Thank you to everyone who contributed in big ways and small to campaigns across the country. Thank you to all our overseas friends who've supported us throughout with information and encouragement. Never give up, never surrender.

Starting with...

Georgia and Florida Recounts
Volunteer TODAY to help with the Georgia and Florida Recounts

Election Results Roundup
Community members experiences voting!
Election Results discussion
#GrabYourBallot Update: 42% Win Rate

Sessions Firing/Protest Whitaker
Call script for Congress to protest Whitaker's appointment

Other Actions
Links on Voting Rights Movement
Donate to Honor Dr. Blasley as an Educator
Boycotting Fox: Call To Boycott Companies That Advertise On Fox, We Got A List and Petition

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others who live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

We also have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM redbird, who is our tag guru. Both tanaqui and I are very grateful for the help.

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #20708 This week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

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This Week I

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called my one senator
5 (50.0%)

called my other senator
5 (50.0%)

called my representative
4 (40.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (40.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
7 (70.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
3 (30.0%)

participated in phone/online training
2 (20.0%)

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went to a protest
7 (41.2%)

signed up for alerts
1 (5.9%)

worked for a campaign
4 (23.5%)

VOTED!
10 (58.8%)

took care of myself
11 (64.7%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (5.9%)

did something else
8 (47.1%)

committed to action in the coming week
7 (41.2%)

Comments

GA senator, protesters arrested today for peaceful CountEveryVote protest

[jjhunter]

Via Southerners On New Ground (SONG): Breaking: Georgians Arrested at the Capitol for #CountEveryVote

Today, hundreds of Georgia residents gathered at the State Capitol Building to demand that the Secretary of State and Board of Elections count every vote -- inducing thousands of provisional and absentee ballots that have yet to be counted -- before certifying the Governor’s elections results. Because of this action many of our people have been arrested.

We are calling for our Southern kin to donate to release our people!
Donate here: bit.ly/GA-BailFund18

See also Maya T. Prabhu @ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia state senator, protesters arrested at Capitol while demanding ‘every vote count’