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Scott Dworkin's avatar

Happy Friday, everyone. If today’s edition made you angry, here’s where to put it. Four letters, about a minute each:

Impeach Pete Hegseth. More than 230 people killed in boat strikes, and the only legal cover is a secret memo.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-impeach-pete-hegseth/

Tell Congress to start drafting articles of impeachment against Trump. His Treasury lifted the sanctions, and $700,000 landed the same day.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-begin-drafting-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump/

Keep a Trump donor’s private road out of Yosemite.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trumps-yosemite-giveaway

Ban Flock’s license plate cameras.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-ban-flock-mass-surveillance-cameras/

Sam Jones's avatar

This is the final stretch, and I am glad you are still here. Twenty-five days. We do not get through them without each other. I could not have made it this far without you. Let’s finish strong.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Twenty-five days, Sam. Having this community united and working in lockstep every single day is how we make it across the finish line. Let's finish strong together!

Joan Makurat's avatar

If ever you wondered how a civilized group of people like the pre WWII Germans could go Nazi. just look around. At least they had the excuse of limited experience with democracy, WHAT EXCUSE DO WE HAVE? The US has never lived up to its' ideals, but what is happening now is beyond belief.

We have a chance to redeem ourselves on Nov 3, I surely hope we grab that chance with both hands.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Joan, your historical comparison is a sobering reminder that democracy requires active, vigilant defense. November 3rd is our chance to seize that opportunity with both hands and restore constitutional principles!

Ms Jonington's avatar

If they do not work for him, whose ads are they buying with the money he says he raised? He does not get to have it both ways.

Wis's avatar

The problem is, trump believes he gets to have it, period. No matter what “it” is. He’s a mob boss.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Operating with that mob-boss mentality is exactly why structural guardrails and strict campaign finance enforcement are mandatory, Wis. The rule of law has to apply to everyone.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

That is the ultimate contradiction, Ms. Jonington. Claiming distance while simultaneously spending the coordinated funds is classic bad-faith maneuvering. They do not get to have it both ways, and the voters see right through it.

Wis's avatar

There is no way, if the republicans win, that the election was fair. I sound like I’m using trump’s illogical and self-servingly convenient argument, but the country HATES him and what republicans have supported and enabled him to do. I’m looking at the polls, the evidence and listening to people “on the ground”. It’s beyond obvious that he’s pulling out all stops to rig this election.

We need a blue wave to wash that bastard (at least his fetid swamp) out of our government, people!! VOTE!! ✊👏💪✌️🤝🫶🏻

Scott Dworkin's avatar

High turnout breaks voter suppression models, Wis. Making our collective margin of victory too massive to manipulate or challenge is the objective. Vote!

Sheryl L. Search's avatar

I voted for Troy Jackson and blue down the entire ballot here in Maine. Our voting process is secure. I am a registered voter and did not have to show my ID, just give my full legal name and address.

Thanks for keeping hope alive, Scott!

Mike Hammer's avatar

Voted today for Troy as well.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Thank you for getting your vote locked in for Troy as well, Mike! Solid work in Maine.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Backing Troy Jackson and voting straight blue down the ticket in Maine is great news, Sheryl! Clean, secure, accessible voting is the bedrock of our democracy.

Wis's avatar

My God, the corruption is so extreme, whatever trump is threatening before midterms is not just worrisome, I’m wondering if I need to stock up and move my bed to the basement.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

The sheer volume of threats and legal overreach is alarming, Wis. Keeping our focus on community organizing, early voting, and ballot security is how we counter that intimidation.

Kristen Tikkanen's avatar

25 more days of DonOld's panic and scrambled brain! Plus the ketchup cleanup after losing "his" precious Peace prize AGAIN! Natalie must be pretty exhausted from keeping the toddler occupied.

No doubt it is all out disruption time, mail votes being sent out and returned now. Voting so important now, to tell the regime their control is going, going, gone!

Got my vote dropped off, and to celebrate I have Hillary's mug "NASTY WOMEN VOTE" out and in use through election day!

Good trouble, Scott and team, AND all of us! Let them know we mean it!

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Banking your ballot early and keeping that determined energy high is fantastic, Kristen! 25 days out, every vote dropped in a secure box cements our collective power.

Dianne Salyer's avatar

Great reporting! We need to get rid of these horrible goons doing all kinds of illegal things. It’s amazing how many goons get connected with Russia. Jack Smith is right about those connections.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Following the money and documenting foreign interference has always been essential, Dianne. Jack Smith and independent investigators keeping those facts on the record is invaluable.

Kathy's avatar

Amy Acton for Ohio Governor! I just donated part of my $90 government bribe to her campaign. 🇺🇸 Still waiting for my absentee ballot to arrive. Early voting is looking good in my Ohio county! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Donating to Dr. Amy Acton and keeping tabs on early voting in Ohio is high-impact grassroots action, Kathy! Turning frustration into campaign support drives real change.

Patti Scott's avatar

I can’t speculate about anything right now. I just read that Hegseth is promoting a live firing squad so we all can watch! Please send that letter to impeach him or we all become evil goons

Scott Dworkin's avatar

The rhetoric coming out of the Defense Department leadership is horrifying and unlawful, Patti. Demanding immediate congressional hearings and impeachment for unconstitutional actions is why sending those letters matters so much.

Murray Smart's avatar

Every day more and more and more examples of the Rampant Wide Spread Massive Corruption from the Regime of DonOLD Hump - because he will Screw anybody. NOW we hear that there is a Heritage Foundation Memo telling Republicans to NOT recognize the results of the coming elections! Does that mean if any Republican wins anywhere that we can just ignore that too....... Remember it is the Heritage Foundation headed by Kevin Roberts that brought America PROJECT 2025 which is being used EVERY DAY to CUT and GUT the American government. And it is being directed from the inside by one of the authors of PROJECT 2025 - Russell Vought - who Hump hinted has something in store for the upcoming elections. Corruption everywhere you look........ A massive Voters turnout is what is needed to bury these America HATERS and hold them ALL accountable. VOTE!!! like your life and future depended on it......because it does........

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Murray, circulating directives to reject election outcomes shows sheer desperation from the authors of Project 2025. Overwhelming, undeniable turnout at the polls is the only way to crush those schemes and hold every official accountable to the Constitution!

Nicole E's avatar

Pretty much the whole cabinet are arsonists. Torching their institutions for profit and firing the inspectors who could stop them seems like a textbook definition.

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Nicole, firing inspectors general and gutting ethical guardrails while handing contracts to cronies is the textbook definition of institutional arson. Reinstalling strong oversight is job one.

Charles R Church's avatar

Keep at it, Scott. You're doing great! Charles Church

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Thank you so much for the steady encouragement, Charles! We will keep pushing forward every single day.

Patti Campbell's avatar

Impeach Pete Kegs-breath - he is a bloodthirsty murderer! All those poor fishermen, all those innocent school children, American citizens murdered in the street, our brave military personnel who died because of the corrupt maga regime's illegal war and those wounded who the evil regime did not give immediate medical aid. How many more people must die before the warmongering killer's taste for blood is satiated?

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Launching unauthorized military strikes without congressional authorization and operating behind secret legal memos violates the War Powers Resolution, Patti. Pete Hegseth must face a recorded impeachment vote in the House!

Sharon Wright's avatar

impeach them all...convict and jail; them all...

Scott Dworkin's avatar

Constitutional oversight through impeachment, conviction, and criminal prosecution for lawbreaking is the correct remedy, Sharon.