With two days left in 2017, I want to repost a couple of threads from traveling to a bunch of Congressional districts, that show why your favorite parody bookmarking account went full loco fundraising for this overwhelming, pivotal election ahead.
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Here's a drive through the Very Large Array in New Mexico on my way to drop a check in
@Mad_Hildebrandt's mailbox. Mad had been running on pure grit in an open district; I thought we should see what it would be like if she ran on pure grit and some money.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/931004371785175040 …
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Here's canvassing with two volunteers for Greg Edwards, one of whom works two jobs and skipped a night's sleep to knock doors for the first time for his pastor, because he thinks this is important.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/942952520770621440 …
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Most importantly, there are interviews with each candidate I met, that give you a picture of who they are as people, and why they are fighting so hard in these forgotten districts. https://techsolidarity.org/resources.html
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The support the tech community has shown for these people has already exceeded my wildest hopes. Let's send them into the New Year as fortified as possible with the resources they'll need to win, because we badly need them to win!https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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