9-26-2022 Newsletter

 

JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HEARING Wednesday, September 28, at 10 a.m. PT As of the weekend, the topic and witnesses haven’t been announced for this televised hearing. Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson suggested this could be the final hearing before the Committee releases their interim report.

SOUTH COUNTY CANDIDATES FORUM Wednesday, September 28 at 7 pm Seaside City Hall, 989 Broadway All 11 candidates running for office in Seaside and Gearhart are invited. Hosted by Seaside AAUW and the Seaside Signal.

Kick off election season at COIN's exciting event with Leah Greenberg, Indivisible co-founder and co-director. Register for the rally here.

YARD SIGNS Show your support for these excellent candidates with yard signs: Tina Kotek, Melissa Busch, Logan Laity, and Ron Wyden. Contact info@clatsopdems.org with your location and the signs you'd like.    VOTER REGISTRATION CHANGES The deadline to change your registration with a new name, address, or other vital info is Tuesday, October 18. Without current information, you won’t receive your voter information booklet or your ballot. Contact the Clatsop Elections Office for details at 503-325-8605.

POLITICS ON THE PENINSULA Two very different candidates in southwest Washington are highlighted in Saturday's New York Times. The article features candidates for Congressional District Three, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and far-right Christian white supremacist Republican Joe Kent. If you can't access the link, contact incoregon@gmail.com for a copy of the article.

INCO's All In for the Midterms Thursday, October 13  •  6:30 - 8 pm  •  via Zoom Q & A with candidates  First-hand stories of how to Get Out the Vote for democracy Hosted by INCO's South County Community Group Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com for the Zoom link. All INCO members are invited! We'd love to see you!

HOW TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES, ELECTIONS, AND VOTING Readers of Robert Hubble's newsletter suggest these activities to promote progressive issues and candidates. You might find something you want to do, too.

WHICH BUTTON DO YOU WANT? Your button will remind Americans to vote for candidates and political parties supporting women as equal people under the law and their protecting reproductive rights. Thanks to INCO activist and leader Bebe Michel for designing and making these stellar buttons! Thanks to a generous donor for covering mailing costs. Please send your request -specify which button - and mailing address to  incoregon@gmail.com.

Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post, September 25, 2022

SAVE THE DATES Thursday, October 13 - INCO's All In for the Midterms, via Zoom. 6:30-8 pm, for all INCO members. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Tuesday, October 18 --- AAUW Candidates Forum, 7 pm, Astoria High School, with candidates for Warrenton City Commission and Astoria City Council

INCO ENDORSEMENTS INCO endorses these candidates because they align with our values, defend democracy, and oppose authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. INCO does not endorse candidates for city office.    Governor:  Tina Kotek* State Senate: Melissa Busch State Representative: Logan Laity US Senate: Ron Wyden* US Representative: Suzanne Bonamici* *Also endorsed by COIN (Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network). As a statewide alliance of 40+ groups, COIN only endorses federal and statewide candidates. Check out COIN's side-by-side comparisons of Kotek and Betsy Johnson regarding their actions and statements about climate, guns, reproductive health, housing, families, democracy, and ethics.

WRITE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY Get out the vote for pro-democracy candidates.  For free postcards, stamps, or information, contact incoregon@gmail.com. WRITE TO VOTERS • Postcards To Voters:  Handwritten postcards sent to Democrats to get out the vote. PTV provides scripts. Sign up at the website or at join@TonyTheDemocrat.org.  • Vote Forward:  You print prepared letters to voters and add a few sentences. All letters get mailed in October. • Postcards To Swing States:  Progressive Turnout Project provides the postcards, scripts and addresses to rally Democrats to vote. WRITE AN LTE Write a Letter to the Editor (LTE) - Write a few sentences or more, up to 250 words. Send to editor@dailyastorian.com, along with your name, address, and phone. WRITE TO YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS How will your Members of Congress know what you want if you don't tell them? Send a postcard, write an email through their websites. Even better - call and speak to a Congressional staffer, or leave a message. Here's contact information for Senators Wyden and Merkley, Congresswoman Bonamici, and for other elected officials..

HAPPENINGS  Thursday, October 13 - INCO South County Community Group hosts INCO's All In for the Midterms, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Thursday, October 13 - INCO-Warrenton Community Group meeting. INCO's All In for the Midterms, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Hosted by INCO South County Community Group. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Thursday, October 13 - INCO Astoria/North County Community Group meeting. INCO's All In for the Midterms, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Hosted by INCO South County Community Group. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Every Friday - INCO Write to Voters (WTV), via Zoom, 3-4 pm. Informal chat while we write letters and postcards to voters. Contact incoregon@gmail.com to get the Zoom link if you haven't previously attended.

INSIGHTS "This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: The freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: Any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual." - John Steinbeck

Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter       September 26, 2022

9-19-2022 Newsletter

 

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BUTTON FOR YOU Your button will remind Americans to vote for candidates and political parties supporting reproductive rights for women. Thanks to INCO activist and leader Bebe Michel for designing and making these stellar buttons!   If you'd like this new free ROE YOUR VOTE button, send your request and mailing address to  incoregon@gmail.com

COIN endorses Tina Kotek for governor. Find out why with COIN's side-by-side comparisons of Kotek and Betsy Johnson regarding their actions and statements about climate, guns, reproductive health, housing, families, democracy, and ethics.

INCO ENDORSEMENTS INCO endorsed these candidates because they align with our values, defend democracy, and oppose authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. INCO does not endorse candidates for city office.    Governor:  Tina Kotek State Senate: Melissa Busch State Representative: Logan Laity US Senate: Ron Wyden US Representative: Suzanne Bonamici   YARD SIGNS Show your support with yard signs for these excellent candidates: Tina Kotek, Melissa Busch, and Ron Wyden. Signs for Logan Laity coming soon. Contact info@clatsopdems.org with your location and the requested signs.    VOTER REGISTRATION CHANGES Last day to change your registration with a new name, address, or other vital info is Tuesday, October 18. Without current information, you won’t receive your voter information booklet or your ballot. Contact the Clatsop Elections Office for details at 503-325-8605.

Kick off election season with at COIN's exciting event with Leah Greenberg, Indivisible co-founder and co-director. Register for the rally here.

STEP-BY-STEP TO DISRUPT DISINFORMATION

SAVE THE DATES Wednesday, September 28 - - Candidates Forum, 7 pm, Seaside City Hall, 989 Broadway. All 11 candidates running for office in Seaside and Gearhart are invited. Hosted by Seaside AAUW and the Seaside Signal. Thursday, October 13 - INCO's All In for the Midterms, via Zoom. 6:30-8 pm, for all INCO members. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Tuesday, October 18 --- AAUW Candidates Forum, 7 pm, Astoria High School, with candidates for Warrenton City Commission and Astoria City Council

INVESTIGATIONS In case you've lost track of the numerous investigations into Trump and his accomplices, check out the very long list of them (on YouTube) recited by Sean Hannity, his confidant and Fox News person. Musical accompaniment provided by The Lincoln Project.

SAVE THE DATE!  ALL INCO MEMBERS ARE INVITED!  INCO's All-In-for-the-Midterms Thursday, October 13  •  6:30 - 8 pm  •  via Zoom Hosted by INCO's South County Community Group Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

WRITE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY Get out the vote for pro-democracy candidates.  For free postcards, stamps, or information, contact incoregon@gmail.com. WRITE TO VOTERS • Postcards To Voters:  Handwritten postcards sent to Democrats to get out the vote. PTV provides scripts. Sign up at the website or at join@TonyTheDemocrat.org.  • Vote Forward:  You print prepared letters to voters and add a few sentences. All letters get mailed in October. • Postcards To Swing States:  Progressive Turnout Project provides the postcards, scripts and addresses to rally Democrats to vote. WRITE AN LTE Write a Letter to the Editor (LTE) - Write a few sentences or more, up to 250 words. Send to editor@dailyastorian.com, along with your name, address, and phone. WRITE TO YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS How will your Members of Congress know what you want if you don't tell them? Send a postcard, write an email through their websites. Even better - call and speak to a Congressional staffer, or leave a message. Here's contact information for Senators Wyden and Merkley, Congresswoman Bonamici, and for other elected officials..

HAPPENINGS  INCO South County Community Group hosts INCO's All-In-For-The-Midterms -Thursday, October 13, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  INCO-Warrenton Community Group meeting. INCO's All-In-For-The-Midterms - -Thursday, October 13, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Hosted by INCO South County Community Group. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  INCO Astoria/North County Community Group meeting. INCO's All-In-For-The-Midterms - Thursday, October 13, 6:30-8 pm, via Zoom. Hosted by INCO South County Community Group. Contact Bebe at littlebylittle4change@gmail.com for the Zoom link.   Every Friday - INCO Write to Voters (WTV), via Zoom, 3-4 pm. Informal chat while we write letters and postcards to voters. Contact incoregon@gmail.com to get the Zoom link if you haven't previously attended.

INSIGHTS “Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky.  They are people who say, ‘This is my community, and it’s my responsibility to make it better.’”      -- Oregon Governor Tom McCall

Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter       September 19, 2022