9-2-24 Newsletter

 

In appreciation to all who work. We each have a role in serving our community, supporting our neighbors, and building for generations to come. Respect is due. * To volunteer for the official Harris-Walz campaign sign up here. * Volunteer through the Action Network - sign up here. * Mobilize and People for the American Way offer many volunteer opportunities. *Connect with the Clatsop Democrats here. YARD SIGNS AND BUMPER STICKER Clatsop Democrats has online ordering for Harris-Walz bumper sticker and yard signs with stakes. Order online by credit card, and one of their volunteers from around the county will be in touch with you to deliver your stuff. Since this is local delivery only, you will need to enter your address before it will allow you to add items to your cart. Register and submit a question for for this statewide Zoom COINversation here. LOCAL CANDIDATES ON NOVEMBER'S BALLOT Check that your voter registration is updated with your correct name and address at www.vote.org by October 15. Local races have been won/lost by as few as 3 votes. YOUR VOTE MATTERS - ON THE ENTIRE BALLOT! ASTORIA CITY COUNCIL • Ward 2: Andrea Mazzarella • Ward 4: Vance Lump, Lisa Morley, Miriam Rose WARRENTON CITY COMMISSION • Position 1: City Commissioner Gerald Poe, Brandon T. Williams • Position 2: City Commissioner Jess Sollaccio, Darlene Warren • Position 3: City Commissioner Tom Dyer, Melissa Cochran-Spivey GEARHART CITY COUNCIL • Mayor: Mayor Kerry Smith, Robert Morey • Position 2: Paulina Cockrum, David Savinar • Position 4: City Councilor Sharon Kloepfer, Patricia Roberts SEASIDE CITY COUNCIL • At large Ward 1 and Ward 2: City Councilor Randy Frank, Heidi Hoffman • Ward 3: Mark Hopman, Seamus McVey • Ward 4: City Councilor David Posalski, Meagan Hughes CANNON BEACH CITY COUNCIL • Two at large seats: Mike Bates, Deanna Hammond, Erik Ostrander SOUTH SLOPE START-UP Want to write to voters? INCO activist and postcarder Julia Hesse is starting a weekly group to write postcards to voters at her home on Astoria's south slope. She plans to select a time that works for most. Another time on Tuesday? Another day? Please let her know if you're interested. Julia says, "I'll respond to any who email me at hesse.julia@gmail.com." MOVIE MOTIVATORS Need more inspiration? These films are based on true stories and real people who fought the good fight and won. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN -- Watergate, investigative reporting  TRUMBO -- McCarthyism, Hollywood blacklist ERIN BROCKOVICH - PG&E's cover-up of toxic water in California GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - Joe McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow, free press SPOTLIGHT - sexual predators in the Catholic Church ENDGAME - overturning apartheid in South Africa  INVICTUS - soccer and inclusiveness in post-apartheid South Africa "The elephant in the room these days is that most Republicans, along with many pundits, are pretending that Trump is a normal presidential candidate. They are ignoring his mental lapses, calls for authoritarianism, grifting, lack of grasp on any sort of policy, and criminality, even as he has hollowed out the once grand Republican Party and threatens American democracy itself." -- Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, August 27, 2024 I was a staunch Joe Biden supporter and was upset at the pressure for him to drop his candidacy. But when he did, and I listened to Kamala Harris, I realized that she was bringing the country something nobody else could in the same way: joy and hope. And I realized that I was very hungry for something positive in our politics, and the direction our country has taken. If I was that hungry for positivity, certainly the rest of the country was, too. And we can see it in the way people have responded to such a great candidate. Kamala Harris is able to show the world exactly how small trump really is, just by being herself. I, for one, am grateful to see hope and joy in politics. We've never needed it more. -- Susan Stone, Reader's Comment, Lucid on Substack, August 28, 2024 HELP INCO BUY STAMPS TO WRITE VOTERS We're writing hundreds of postcards to voters each week. Please contribute what you can -- stamps or cash - so INCO can afford to mail them.  * THANK YOU * to recent donors!   * 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.   PROJECT 2025: THE GOP'S ANTI-DEMOCRACY BLUEPRINT These are a few of the 25 parts of Project 2025 highlighted by Indivisible: Trump’s Project 2025 would ban medication abortion, effectively ending access to abortion for millions of Americans.  The plan says that any books, movies, and TV shows that include LGBTQ+ content or characters are pornographic. Project 2025 gives states the right to ignore overtime, minimum wage, and child labor laws. It would end all student loan forgiveness programs, including for public service, and some folks would see their loan payments double. Project 2025 eliminates laws that protect against racial discrimination in housing, the labor market, and schools, ending protections that have been in place for decades. LEARN MORE ABOUT PROJECT 2025 • NEW,  FROM INDIVISIBLE:  - Project 2025 Explained -- An in-depth analysis of the MAGA playbook - 25 Things to Know About Project 2025 -- A quick list of 25 extreme things MAGA Republicans have planned with Project 2025 - Talking About Project 2025 -- Key messaging strategies for educating voters about Project 2025 and ensuring they understand the stakes • A BBC summary of Project 2025 • A CBS News summary of Project 2025 •  Scroll down for the ACLU's summary of Project 2025 • Sign up for Joyce Vance's Substack newsletter for in-depth explanations of Project 2025. • The 920-page Project 2025 document is here. Find a topic that interests you in the Project 2025  table of contents.   STUDENTS CAN VOTE FROM ABROAD Hundreds of thousands of young Americans study abroad every year. They want to vote—and now especially—but the vast majority don’t know how the process works. The easiest way to both register to vote and request an overseas absentee ballot is students.votefromabroad.org.   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. POSTCARDING AT HOME Channel your wish for election victories into writing to voters from home. Sign up for the postcard campaigns you want.   These groups usually have campaigns available that do not give tight deadlines for writing and mailing postcards: Commit to Democracy: https://www.commit2democracy.com/sign_up Activate America: https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards Markers for Democracy: https://postcards.markersfordemocracy.org/ Blue Wave Postcard Movement: https://shop.bluewavepostcards.org Postcards to Voters: www.postcardstovoters.org has a 3-day turnaround for its postcard campaigns.  FUN STUFF INCO INSIGHTS "The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer." -- Fridtjof Nansen, winner, Nobel Peace Prize 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  September 2, 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. Our mailing address is: *|766 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103:HTML|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.