Category Archives: Activism

The Vote is In! America Loves Voting-by-Mail!

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

Georgia voters —from both parties— have fallen madly-in-love with voting by mail, with a record 943,000 absentee ballots (Sunday’s count) for today’s primary. The final number will undoubtedly be higher. The PA primary was a week ago, but the votes … Continue reading →

Posted in Get Out The Vote, voting | 4 Comments

Vote Like Your Life Depends On It, Part Infinity

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

I am really glad to read about a drive for early voting. Axios morning email thingie: Forces behind a “Vote Early Day 2020” initiative are launching a paid media campaign this week to get companies to encourage people to seek … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Get Out The Vote, voting | 3 Comments

New US Postmaster General Named

Posted on May 8, 2020 by

Louis DeJoy was confirmed by the Postal Service’s board of governors. As we all know, Lord Damp Nut wants to stick it to the USPS because he hates self-made richest-person-in-the-world Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, and Amazon uses the USPS  … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bastards, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Rat Bastards, Save the USPS | 7 Comments

Mailing It In

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

The city of Milwaukee, WI passed a law to mail absentee-ballot applications with prepaid postage to all 300,000 registered voters there. Republican legislatures are holding-up statewide mail-in ballots, so state’s states with Democratic cities are leading the charge. This is how … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Get Out The Vote, voting | 8 Comments

The Maths Prove: Mail-in Voting Works!

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

Our pals at Electoral Vote did the maths (emphasis mine): Joe Biden won Saturday’s Kansas primary even though no voters showed up at the polls to vote for him. How did he pull this off? Did the DNC pull some … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Get Out The Vote, voting | 3 Comments

Saving The USPS

Posted on April 26, 2020 by

Over at Digby’s place, Tom Sullivan has a post up that includes a simple, direct action that we can all take to help save our pals at the USPS: “Anyway, here’s one problem you might solve starting tomorrow. RuralOrganizing.org sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | 3 Comments

It’s Called Activism for a Reason

Posted on April 19, 2020 by

(The day has come. I’ve feared this day might arrive and did all I could to avoid it, but here we are. I’m sure there is a component of our community that is rolling their eyes ears, and joints right … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Coronavirus, snark | Tagged | 15 Comments

Activism Alert: Mail-only Ballots NOW!

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

The Electoral Vote bloggers tell us that: On Monday, Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo (D) announced that she plans to postpone the state’s primary elections, pushing them from April 28 to June 2. This makes Rhode Island’s primary the ninth … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Activism, voting | 8 Comments

Report: New Sublet In Stable Jenius’ Head

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

I hope that everyone living rent-free inside Comrade Stupid’s melon can make room for Mike Bloomberg, who looks to be moving into the penthouse: Mini Mike Bloomberg is spending a lot of money on False Advertising. I was the person … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Michael Bloomberg | 16 Comments

More, Please

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

This gives me some hope and it seems so simple: the town of Sandusky, Ohio, is making Election Day a paid holiday, and it is costing that city nothing to do it. They are swapping it for Columbus Day, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Get Out The Vote | 8 Comments