September 12, 2021 / Newsletter 241 |
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HELP US FIGHT JIM CROW 2.0!
Your donations help us in the fight for all eligible voters to be able to cast their votes & have them counted.
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September Meeting of Hall County Dems
Monday, September 20th
Gainesville Civic Center
Doors open at 6:00 pm; meeting begins at 6:30
Speakers include candidates for Mayor of Gainesville Devin Pandy and Sam Couvillon
PLEASE WEAR A MASK regardless of vaccination status, in an abundance of caution against the Delta variant of COVID19.
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Rabun County Democrats Blue BBQ
When: Sat, Oct 30, 4:00-8:00 pm
Where: The Gatehouse at Parker Ranch, Clayton
Click the image for details.
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Georgia 9th District Democratic Women's Network will be coordinating ride shares for the Atlanta March for Reproductive Justice, part of a nationwide march to support women's health.
Click the image to see march information on Facebook.
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YOU MAY NOW REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS!
Due to the new GOP voting laws, you’ll need include your Georgia Driver’s License or State-issued ID number on the application. If you don’t have either of those, you’ll have to send a photocopy of your ID with your application.
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MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE EARLY
Early voting for the Nov 2 elections is taking place October 12 - October 29 including two Saturdays, October 16 and October 23. Early voting hours are 9 am to 5 pm.
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Deadline to register to vote in November 2 election is OCTOBER 4TH. |
North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble on Apple Podcasts
The North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble podcast covers democratic politics in the North GA area, the 9th Congressional District, and across the state of Georgia. The podcast comprises a Q&A/Interview format with various democratic politicos ...
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Sign up to canvass for Devin Pandy's mayoral campaign: |
Phone Bank for Municipal Elections!! · Democratic Party...
On November 2nd, Georgians in many municipalities across the State will head to the polls for local elections. These local races are crucial to guaranteeing that elected officials across the state are Democrats committed to justice, jobs and...
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www.mobilize.us
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ENTER YOUR COMMENTS TO THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE
The GA Legislature is collecting citizen comments about redistricting. Click the link to add your comments so that those calling for fairness and transparency overwhelm any others.
If you haven’t already mailed your Fair District postcards, please do so ASAP.
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Weekly Thoughts from the Chair:
The Rise of the American Gestapo
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All anti-abortionists are zealots, intellectually dishonest, and deceivers. Pro-lifers demand the right to inflict their distorted and perverted ideas on us. Pro-lifers are almost universally pro death penalty. Whatever it is that Pro-lifers cherish – it isn’t life.
Consider that Tucker Carlson, Fox commentator, and the amoralist’s poster child, recently abandoned his pro death penalty stance only when confronted with the aforesaid contradiction. Tucker and Senator Lindsey Graham are trying to see which can be more consistently disingenuous – so who knows what, if anything, either actually believes.
And the un-aborted children? The would-be controllers of reproductive rights flee when it’s time to support and raise said children. Ask the pro-lifer how many unwanted children he or she has adopted. As far as pro-lifers are concerned, an unwanted, yet actually born child, is absolutely someone else’s responsibility, problem, and expense.
There is no Biblical support for Pro-lifers. There is a great deal in the Old Testament that demonstrates that Yahweh was unconcerned with the unborn – and pregnant women. God, as revealed in the New Testament, is equally unhelpful to pro-lifers.
Life began on this planet about 3.7 billion years ago. Human life appeared around about six million years ago. The continuum of life for 3.7 billion years is unbroken. Life does not start and stop like a carnival ride. Undeveloped sperm or eggs are present and alive when each of us is born. Conception is merely the conjunction of already living things.
Pro-life zealots smugly demand: “When does life begin?” It’s a trick question. The factual answer is: life began about 3.7 billion years ago – not magically at conception or when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The Bible accepts that individual human life commences at the first breath after birth. Pro-lifers have apoplexy when confronted with these simple but indisputable facts.
What do Pro-lifers want? Control. Republicans are pro life only because they want control. They are the would-be elites – the givers of law and rules. Republicans wrap themselves in the trappings of patriotism, spout grandiose bromides about freedom, and election integrity, and the heart beat of the unborn. Republicans would have us believe they embody the American patriotic spirit. They do not. Even Antifa activists denounce Republicans as fascists. Republicans will, if they can, release an American Gestapo to enforce their radical ideas on us all. It’s happening right now – with the Texas heart beat law and the Gestapo enforcement agents it creates.
We must rise up against those who would steal our democracy. Evil prevails if we do nothing. We have to take action, vote, and be heard – like our very lives depend on it – because they do! We cannot let American Democracy end with a primal scream of anguish as the hobnail boot of the would-be Republican Supreme Rulers crush the life out of our democracy.
Mike
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Hull Mayor Paul Walton Announces Candidacy for Georgia's 9th Congressional District Seat |
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At the 9th District Democratic Leadership meeting held on September 11 at UNG-Gainesville, Mayor Paul Walton of Hull announced he is running for the Democratic nomination for the US House in Georgia's 9th Congressional District. In his announcement, he said he felt called to run to "make a greater positive impact on more people."
He is committed to addressing issues of national importance: "Medicaid Expansion, Climate Change, Ending Qualified Immunity, Expanding and Protecting Voting Rights and Women's. Rights."
Also addressing the meeting were Melita Easters, Executive Director & Founding Chair of GeorgiaWIN, Sarah Todd and Justin Pitts of the DPG. The special guest speaker was Saira Draper, who gave a presentation on the new voting laws in Georgia, their potential impact, and the best ways to counteract the Georgia GOP's intentions to tamp down the rise in Democratic voting in Georgia. Initiatives include continuing efforts to register voters, providing assistance to those who need to obtain ID in order to vote, and voters on the shorter timeframes for early voting, especially during runoffs.
The bottom line is that for some people, voting is going to be that much harder, with more hoops to jump through to obtain an absentee (vote by mail) ballot and to drop off that ballot. No longer will you be able to drive through the Hall County Admin building to drop off your vote after hours. All drop boxes will be accessible ONLY during early voting hours and ONLY inside early voting locations. That's why we encourage everyone to make a plan to vote early if you are able. Under the Blue To Do section, we've included a link to the county elections website with all the information about absentee and early voting for the November 2 municipal elections.
Learn about the process now through voting in your local elections. Not only will it help making your voice heard at the local level, it will also familiarize you with the new processes so that come 2022, when the governorship, a Congressional seat, and a US Senate seat are on the line, you will be ready to TURN GEORGIA BLUE!
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New Documents Show Just How Crazy the Georgia Recount...
Back in January 2021, as then-President Donald Trump was calling on Georgia election officials to "find 11,780 votes," new documents show that the secretary of state's office in Georgia was in full crisis mode. There were death threats...
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www.thedailybeast.com
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Georgia DA Investigates Trump's Call to 'Find' Votes
A local criminal investigation into then-President Donald Trump's attempt to meddle with Georgia's 2020 election recount is inching forward, as Fulton County investigators have interviewed elections officials and received documents from the...
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www.thedailybeast.com
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State & Local News (Some links may require a subscription)
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2020 Was Tough But Georgia Election Officials Say Future ...
When hundreds of local elections officials gathered in a sunny island conference room in Georgia last week, there was a pause for prayer and reflection on a year like no other.
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www.npr.org
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A college town divided: Liberal Athens split into...
The Georgia Legislature divided the college town of Athens into different political districts a decade ago, a redistricting effort that gave the liberal area six Republican legislators and one Democratic legislator. Athens, home of the University ...
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www.ajc.com
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Sens. Ossoff, Warnock, Cortez Masto Introduce Historic...
Sen. Ossoff joined by Sens. Rev. Warnock and Cortez Masto in introducing bill to build public transportation serving affordable housing and low-income communities Sen. Ossoff pushing for inclusion of "Public Transportation Expansion Act" in...
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www.ossoff.senate.gov
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Bookman: Threats against nurses, school boards rage on...
In a press conference at the state Capitol this week, Georgia's public health commissioner condemned a campaign of bullying, intimidation and threats directed at health care workers attempting to improve the state's abysmal vaccination record...
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georgiarecorder.com
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National News (Some links may require a subscription)
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Republican threats to Biden's vaccine mandates unlikely...
Nearly two dozen Republican governors, as well as the GOP itself, have vowed to file lawsuits or take other actions to block President Joe Biden's newly announced vaccination mandates - but legal experts say they'll have a hard time successfully...
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www.nbcnews.com
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A Strategy of Confusion
Don't be fooled by the Supreme Court's veil of proceduralism on its Texas abortion decision. About the author: Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics. On the verge of a landmark victory by judicial fiat, the...
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www.theatlantic.com
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New Poll Shows California Voters Want to Keep Gov. Gavin ...
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. With just a handful of days before voting closes in California, Gov.
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www.motherjones.com
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Opinion | A dangerous trend among GOP candidates shows...
So is this really how it's going to be? Are more and more Republican candidates across our great land going to treat it as a requirement that they cast any and all election losses as dubious or illegitimate by definition? We're now seeing...
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www.washingtonpost.com
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