5-13-24 Newsletter

 

BIDENS Bidens, this sturdy flowering plant, is not on your ballot, but President Biden is. Remember to vote to re-elect President Biden. YOUR VOTE MATTERS Ballots are due or must be postmarked by Tuesday, May 21, at 8 pm. Voters decide who spends our taxes, protects our elections, and enforces the law. Mark your ballot for Oregon's Treasurer, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. District 2 voters can vote for Clatsop County Commissioner.   DROP BOX: You can take your ballot to a drop box - locations listed here. MAIL: If you mail your ballot -no postage stamp needed - make sure you put your completed ballot in the mail by May 15 because all local mail now is shipped to Portland for postmarking. If you haven't received your ballot or need a replacement, call the Clatsop County Elections Office, 503-325-8605‬. Or go to 820 Exchange, Ste 220, Astoria. NOW! ELECTION NIGHT WATCH PARTY The Clatsop Democrats invite you to their no-host Election Night Watch Party Tuesday, May 21 •  Starts at 6, Hop & Vine closes at 9 Hop & Vine Bottle Shop and Tap Room 220 S Columbia St., Seaside next to the Times Theater in downtown, lots of street parking on a Tuesday night INCO ENDORSES TESSA SCHELLER FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2  WHO ARE THEY? Find out about the candidates who want your vote! •Voters Information Pamphlet, from the Clatsop County Elections office •COINversations  Recorded in April. COIN is Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network • AAUW's Candidates Forum, recorded by KMUN "Politics is the way we care for each other. We vote; therefore we are." -- Lucian K. Truscott IV INDIVISIBLE WILL MATCH YOUR DONATION TO INCO If we raise $500, Indivisible will give us another $500!  Please help us support campaigns, postcarding, and other activities. Donate to INCO now, and your donation will be matched by Indivisible up to $500!   Please help INCO Get Out the Vote and defend democracy this election year. Donate ONLY through this form to double the impact of your donation!  THIS EVENT IS AT 5 PM PACIFIC TIME.  REGISTER HERE. Anat, a friend and coalition partner of Indivisible, is one of the best sources of education on messaging in the ecosystem. Anat is principal and founder at ASO Communications and in this session, she’ll be giving us expert guidance on “mobisuasion” -- the art of mobilization and persuasion. Learn how to navigate messaging around hot-button topics and specific issues from one of the best in the biz. TRUMP 2.0 AND PROJECT 2025 A Roadmap to American Tyranny Check out the alarming Time magazine cover story and interview with Trump. Many Americans have no idea that Trump, the GOP, and Project 2025 want to dismantle, then destroy, our democracy. • Trump endorses the GOP's Project 2025 , as do the right-wing funders and promoters of this plan for an American dictatorship. Among their goals: Destroy independent news coverage, stack the courts, arrest dissenters, establish concentration camps; weaponize the Justice Department to engage in revenge politics, prohibit contraception, marriage equality, and other health and sexuality measures. They want a real life 1984, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale, just like the actual authoritarian regimes around the world, including Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, Syria, and others.  • Another Substack newsletter about Project 2025 is How to Tell Your Friends About Project 2025. Basic Q&As show that many Americans are already suffering under Republican-led laws from Project 2025. WRITE TO VOTERS Gather with like-minded Indivisibles to help elect pro-democracy candidates. TUESDAYS  •  3 - 4:30 pm WineKraft, 77 11th Street, Astoria On the RiverWalk, just inside the east end of the building, up the ramp on your left No purchase necessary. WEDNESDAYS  •  3 - 4:30 pm Geneia's home in Seaside Please contact geneiajam60@gmail.com for details.   INCO provides postcards, scripts, pens, stamps, and Wite-Out. We'll help you get started if you're new to writing voters.   Research shows that voters love the colorful, personalized, handwritten postcards written by volunteers across the country. Your postcards help win elections!  INCO INSIGHTS “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” -- Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and ethicist Indivisible defends democracy by opposing authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. 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