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Don't miss tonight's It Needs To Be Said with Leela Strong of @civicyouth.bsky.social at 8 pm ET. This important conversation will give you an edge in understanding young voters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/reminder-i...
[REMINDER] It Needs To Be Said - The Youth Electorate is the Key to Victory in 2026
Leela Strong analyzes the data so we can gain the trust and vote of young people
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September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Don't miss tonight's It Needs To Be Said with Leela Strong of @civicyouth.bsky.social at 8 pm ET. This important conversation will give you an edge in understanding young voters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/reminder-i...
The goal of flipping key state legislatures from red to blue is within our grasp. We just need to be laser focused and leverage our resources especially on social media. Read our article by 31st Street Swing Left.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The goal of flipping key state legislatures from red to blue is within our grasp. We just need to be laser focused and leverage our resources especially on social media. Read our article by 31st Street Swing Left.
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/aiming-to-...?
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Don't miss It Needs To Be Said on Substack Live with Erin Miller of @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social tonight at 8 pm ET. Learn about the best strategies in postcarding and why design and messaging makes a difference.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Don't miss It Needs To Be Said on Substack Live with Erin Miller of @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social tonight at 8 pm ET. Learn about the best strategies in postcarding and why design and messaging makes a difference.
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/it-needs-to-be-said-with-erin-miller
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Join us Sept 15th at 8pm EST/5pm PST for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social LIVE recording of their It Needs to Be Said podcast. We're excited to be talking about postcards, strategies, and avoiding circular firing squads! Please join us live if you can, or watch the recording after from their substack.
It Needs To Be Said with Erin Miller
On postcards as a vehicle for a message delivered with cartoon
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September 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Join us Sept 15th at 8pm EST/5pm PST for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social LIVE recording of their It Needs to Be Said podcast. We're excited to be talking about postcards, strategies, and avoiding circular firing squads! Please join us live if you can, or watch the recording after from their substack.
Writing a letter to the editor or elected rep. has power. When we write letters it helps win elections and save democracy. In our latest article learn about
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Write to Win project and how to join Writing Wednesdays. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/writing-le...
@womenforward.bsky.social
Write to Win project and how to join Writing Wednesdays. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/writing-le...
September 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Writing a letter to the editor or elected rep. has power. When we write letters it helps win elections and save democracy. In our latest article learn about
@womenforward.bsky.social
Write to Win project and how to join Writing Wednesdays. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/writing-le...
@womenforward.bsky.social
Write to Win project and how to join Writing Wednesdays. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/writing-le...
If you missed It Needs To Be Said on Thursday, watch the recording! @everystateblue.bsky.social's Michele Hornish and @everystatebluemo.bsky.social's Jess Piper provided hope from deep red districts, and why knocking on every door matters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/democrats-...
September 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
If you missed It Needs To Be Said on Thursday, watch the recording! @everystateblue.bsky.social's Michele Hornish and @everystatebluemo.bsky.social's Jess Piper provided hope from deep red districts, and why knocking on every door matters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Twenty-five years ago America was attacked by terrorists and it feels like yesterday. We will never forget.
September 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Twenty-five years ago America was attacked by terrorists and it feels like yesterday. We will never forget.
Together, we can stop the destruction of our iconic spaces in DC. Grassroots groups are fighting back against the building of Trump's vanity arch. Learn how you can protest to oppose this project.
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September 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Together, we can stop the destruction of our iconic spaces in DC. Grassroots groups are fighting back against the building of Trump's vanity arch. Learn how you can protest to oppose this project.
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/block-that...
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/block-that...
In 2026, Democrats are running everywhere, including very red districts. Tune in to It Needs To Be Said on Thurs. 9/10 at 8 pm ET, to hear from Michele Hornish, @everystateblue.bsky.social, and Jess Piper, @everystatebluemo.bsky.social.
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It Needs To Be Said with Jess Piper and Michele Hornish
Democrats are running everywhere this cycle. Meet the people supporting them.
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September 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In 2026, Democrats are running everywhere, including very red districts. Tune in to It Needs To Be Said on Thurs. 9/10 at 8 pm ET, to hear from Michele Hornish, @everystateblue.bsky.social, and Jess Piper, @everystatebluemo.bsky.social.
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Read our latest article about how local Bucks County, PA activist, Gary Goldman, used @simonwdc.bsky.social Simon Rosenberg's Hopium Resolutions Project to fight for democracy. A proposed resolution can engage elected reps. and exercise our free speech.
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I Enlisted in the Hopium Resolutions Project to Fight for Democracy
Words and more words. These words are meant to strengthen resolve.
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September 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Read our latest article about how local Bucks County, PA activist, Gary Goldman, used @simonwdc.bsky.social Simon Rosenberg's Hopium Resolutions Project to fight for democracy. A proposed resolution can engage elected reps. and exercise our free speech.
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If you missed our conversation last night with Anthony Flaccavento, Co-Founder and Director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI), watch the recording. It was a fascinating discussion about rural voters and the tools RUBI offers to reach them. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/anthony-fl...
Anthony Flaccavento RUBI
A recording from Susan Wagner's live video
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September 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
If you missed our conversation last night with Anthony Flaccavento, Co-Founder and Director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI), watch the recording. It was a fascinating discussion about rural voters and the tools RUBI offers to reach them. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/anthony-fl...
Democrats long-term electoral success is through rural communities. Join us tonight at 8 pm ET for our Substack Live It Needs To Be Said with Anthony Flaccavento, co-founder and Director, Rural Urban Bridge Initiative.
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[Reminder] It Needs To Be Said with Anthony Flaccavento
Democrats long-term electoral success is through rural communities
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September 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Democrats long-term electoral success is through rural communities. Join us tonight at 8 pm ET for our Substack Live It Needs To Be Said with Anthony Flaccavento, co-founder and Director, Rural Urban Bridge Initiative.
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Read our latest article about @oregonizers.org about social media and digital organizing. Don't Leave Digital Behind: Lessons from Oregon: It’s Lively, It’s Colorful. It’s the Oregonizers Transformation of the Democratic Digital Game >> grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/finding-yo...
Don't Lead Digital Behind: Lessons from Oregon
It’s Lively, It’s Colorful. It’s the Oregonizers Transformation of the Democratic Digital Game
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September 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Read our latest article about @oregonizers.org about social media and digital organizing. Don't Leave Digital Behind: Lessons from Oregon: It’s Lively, It’s Colorful. It’s the Oregonizers Transformation of the Democratic Digital Game >> grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/finding-yo...
A dozen volunteers started in December. By July, Citizens Bank had ended all lending to ICE prison operators after 140 protests in 17 states and $380M in withdrawals. "The bank called it a business decision. We know better." The full playbook: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/how-we-dei...
Activists Pressure Citizens Bank and Win the Day
A fine target for pressure, Citizens Bank and its contracts with ICE
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August 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A dozen volunteers started in December. By July, Citizens Bank had ended all lending to ICE prison operators after 140 protests in 17 states and $380M in withdrawals. "The bank called it a business decision. We know better." The full playbook: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/how-we-dei...
"Silence about how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression." Susan Wagner on the quiet reception of Adam Bonica's fundraising investigation, and the grassroots volunteers investigating scam PACs anyway: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/silence-is...
Silence Is Not Golden
SCAM-SPAM-THANK YOU, MA’M IS VERY UNHEALTHY FOR THE MOVEMENT
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August 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"Silence about how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression." Susan Wagner on the quiet reception of Adam Bonica's fundraising investigation, and the grassroots volunteers investigating scam PACs anyway: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/silence-is...
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Thank you to Susan Wagner and the @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social for having me on their podcast IT NEEDS TO BE SAID last night. You can watch the video here.
Conversation with Robert Edwards
A recording from Susan Wagner's live video
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August 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Thank you to Susan Wagner and the @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social for having me on their podcast IT NEEDS TO BE SAID last night. You can watch the video here.
America's largest swing county is run by an election denier. Its defense: thousands of neighbors from both parties who count votes in plain view, and it's hiring for 2026. Paid, trained, open to any AZ voter. Be the transparency: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/the-man-co...
The Man Counting the Votes in Maricopa County Doesn’t Believe in Them
How a MAGA outsider got inside
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August 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
America's largest swing county is run by an election denier. Its defense: thousands of neighbors from both parties who count votes in plain view, and it's hiring for 2026. Paid, trained, open to any AZ voter. Be the transparency: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/the-man-co...
In Mohave County AZ, written off as hopelessly red, Rural Rising grew 9 precinct committee members to 80+ and 20 volunteers to 100+ by starting with conversations, not platforms. Diane McMahan on the model the DNC calls replicable: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/rural-rising
Nobody Expected It to Work: Rebuilding Trust in Mohave County
Rebuilding trust in deep red rural communities, one conversation at a time
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August 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM
In Mohave County AZ, written off as hopelessly red, Rural Rising grew 9 precinct committee members to 80+ and 20 volunteers to 100+ by starting with conversations, not platforms. Diane McMahan on the model the DNC calls replicable: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/rural-rising
"It's not just about turnout. It's about building a community that will elect Democrats." Five county chairs, five states, red to blue, on year-round organizing: listen at the doors, staff the soup kitchen, keep the lights on at HQ: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/building-c...
Building Communities that Elect Democrats
Five county party chairs explain how they do it
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August 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
"It's not just about turnout. It's about building a community that will elect Democrats." Five county chairs, five states, red to blue, on year-round organizing: listen at the doors, staff the soup kitchen, keep the lights on at HQ: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/building-c...
"The activism vs. self-care dichotomy is a lie we've been sold to keep us burnt out, isolated, and politically weak." Therapist Dr. Robert Ortega on organizing for the long haul, ahead of tomorrow's It Needs to Be Said (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/sustainabl...
Activism for the Long Haul
Recognizing Burnout and Practicing Self-Care
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August 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"The activism vs. self-care dichotomy is a lie we've been sold to keep us burnt out, isolated, and politically weak." Therapist Dr. Robert Ortega on organizing for the long haul, ahead of tomorrow's It Needs to Be Said (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/sustainabl...
Red makes you stop. Red makes you read. Factocracy's truthful, edgy yard signs are free to download, about $3.50 in bulk, and spreading through rural Virginia. "Like having a visibility brigade in your yard": grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/signs-for-...
Signs for Troubled Times
Factocracy puts Truth front and center
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August 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Red makes you stop. Red makes you read. Factocracy's truthful, edgy yard signs are free to download, about $3.50 in bulk, and spreading through rural Virginia. "Like having a visibility brigade in your yard": grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/signs-for-...
Few living Americans know state terror as firsthand as Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Robert Edwards profiles his fifty-year pursuit of the truth, ahead of Thursday's live conversation (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/witness-to...
August 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Few living Americans know state terror as firsthand as Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Robert Edwards profiles his fifty-year pursuit of the truth, ahead of Thursday's live conversation (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/witness-to...
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A piece I wrote for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social about Michael Meeropol, ahead of his appearance on the Grassroots’ podcast “It Needs To Be Said” later this week.
Witness to a Witch Hunt
Michael Meeropol and the fascism that lingers
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August 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A piece I wrote for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social about Michael Meeropol, ahead of his appearance on the Grassroots’ podcast “It Needs To Be Said” later this week.
Voter ID confusion keeps eligible voters home. VoteRiders fights back with free, nonpartisan ID help in every state. Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer join Martha Merson on It Needs to Be Said, plus how to volunteer: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/live-with-...
Live with VoteRiders Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer, hosted by Martha Merson
Thank you Connector friends for tuning into my live video with Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer! To learn more about volunteer opportunities with VoteRiders, check out their website https://voteriders.o...
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July 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Voter ID confusion keeps eligible voters home. VoteRiders fights back with free, nonpartisan ID help in every state. Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer join Martha Merson on It Needs to Be Said, plus how to volunteer: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/live-with-...
Winning the House in November may be the easy part. Keeping it in 2028 means winning state legislatures now: 22 seats in NH, 7 in WI, 3 in PA. Susan Labandibar on the post-Callais map fight, with a state-by-state plan for grassroots groups: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/keeping-th...
Keeping the House
With a blue wave building, Democrats are set to regain control of the House this November. But keeping the House in 2028 will require working on key state legislative races starting now.
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July 31, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Winning the House in November may be the easy part. Keeping it in 2028 means winning state legislatures now: 22 seats in NH, 7 in WI, 3 in PA. Susan Labandibar on the post-Callais map fight, with a state-by-state plan for grassroots groups: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/keeping-th...