8-5-24 Newsletter

 

-- photo by Sara Stathas, Washington Post, July 25, 2024 "Democracies need to be challenged, unlike dictatorships that fear broad challenge because it may cause them to buckle. Challenge in democracies is also rebirth." -- Roger Cohen, New York Times, 2016 MORE STAMPS NEEDED TO PERSUADE VOTERS “I will say for the millionth time: People are persuadable. People change their minds all the time. Too many of us write others off, when in fact there is so much evidence that public opinion is malleable, with this much change possible even within a mere week. Never stop pushing.” -- Anand Giridharadas, American political analyst  Our postcards persuade people to vote - and to vote for Democrats.    Please help INCO buy more stamps! INCO postcarders have donated money and stamps, and they'd like your donations, too. Postcard postage stamps cost 56¢ each, so your donation matters.   * INCO WEBSITE: Please donate via INCO's website here * CHECK: Or mail your check payable to INCO to: INCO c/o Eric Halperin PO Box 2864 Gearhart 97138   * VIA USPS: You can also order postcard stamps through the US Postal Service and have them sent to: Laurie Caplan 766 Lexington Avenue Astoria, OR 97103  WRITE TO VOTERS TUESDAYS, 3 - 4:30 pm   WineKraft, east end of Pier 11 Mall, 77 11th Street, Astoria  No purchase necessary.   Invite a friend to come with you! INCO provides postcards, scripts, pens, stamps, Wite-Out, and good cheer. POSTCARDS IN THE PARK Saturday, August 10, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Cartwright Park, 1942 South Franklin Street, Seaside, OR 97138                             Hosted by MoveOn.org and INCO activist Beeb Ashcroft These postcards are to key 'surge voters,' who could sway results in their states or districts. Your cards will remind them of the stakes and why their vote can make the difference on issues they care about, such as reproductive rights, climate change, health care, and more. These occasional voters are mostly 18-42 years old and tend to be motivated by issues and the threat Trump and MAGA pose to our freedoms.   Beeb says, "All materials will be provided, including postage - no experience needed, Beeb will walk everyone through the simple process with clear instructions. This is a kid-friendly event, so bring your family - we'll have an art station where kids can decorate postcards, too. Beverages will be provided. This event is wheelchair accessible."  You can RSVP by emailing beebashcroft@gmail.com or using this RSVP linkon MoveOn.org.  Get directions to Cartwright Park on Google Maps here. Sign up here for Postcards to Swing States to write to voters at your convenience. These splendid activists walked with INCO in 2017's Astoria Regatta parade. PARADE WITH CLATSOP DEMOCRATS Clatsop Democrats invite you to walk with them in the Astoria Regatta Grand Land Parade  Saturday, August 10  •  noon to 1 pm If you'd like to show your red-white-and blue with the Clatsop Dems, please contact the Dems' Events Chair, Charles Withers, 540-309-2646 to get the meet-up time and place. "THE WIND IS AT OUR BACKS" "It’s crucial now that Democrats retain the cohesiveness we have exhibited over this past week and continue to row together toward the common goal. We are enjoying a gloriously rare moment of consensus, the wind is at our backs, and it feels nice to finally exhale.  "This race is likely still going to be close. But given the energy we have seen, we might also win big and rout them utterly. We can’t and shouldn’t rule that out. "In the spirit of the Olympics, it’s a heads down, eyes up race now, all the way to the finish line." -- Jay Kuo, The Status Quo, July 29, 2024 GRASS ROOTS MUSCLE MEMORY "The networks of women [supporting Hillary Clinton in 2016], the organizations they created, the entry into politics of a new generation of women politicians and the muscle memory for grass-roots activity remain, now invigorated by the Harris campaign. A GOP ticket even more misogynistic, repressive and hateful than its 2016 version has lit a fire under these women." -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, July 29, 2024  PROJECT 2025: THE GOP'S ANTI-DEMOCRACY BLUEPRINT OUR BODIES, OUR LIVES • "….At times, the 2025 Project sounds downright Orwellian:   "'The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.' "If they delete the words, do they imagine abortion and gender issues will vanish?" --Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 7-29-24  • “Control over female bodies in the name of population growth is a throughline of authoritarianism, as are persecutions of LGBTQ+ individuals."  -- historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat LEARN MORE ABOUT PROJECT 2025 • NEW: People for the American Way shows the impact on veterans, voters, people who use libraries, people with children, Earth, and more. • "Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West," in High Country News, July 19, 2024 • Sign up for Joyce Vance's Substack newsletter for in-depth explanations of Project 2025. • Watch Heather Cox Richardson explain Project 2025 in this Red Wine & Blue video. • Find a topic that interests you in the Project 2025  table of contents.  • The 920-page Project 2025 document is here.  • The July 22nd New Yorker magazine and online, "Inside the Trump Plan for 2025" FUN AND TRUE STUFF From Never-Trump Republican George Conway: * Trump says Kamala Harris is a DEI hire. Conway says Trump is DEI: Deranged, Egomaniacal, and Incompetent. * Trump purposely mispronounces Harris's first name. Conway suggests we call Donald "Don-old." Thom Hartman says Trump's DEI hire is Don, Eric, and Ivanka.  INCO INSIGHTS "When nothing is sure, everything is possible." -- Margaret Drabble, English author 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. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter  August 5, 2024 Website Email Facebook Copyright © 2024 INDIVISIBLE North Coast Oregon, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or signed up at a community group meeting. 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