Thread by @Lady_Star_Gem

"We got it wrong in 2016
We can get it right in 2018
There’s a far side to this American disgrace, a way to contain the damage
it’s utterly straightforward, entirely effective
It’s called VOTING
From now til Nov 6, we must stay fanatically focused on that"
nytimes.com/2018/07/20/opi…

▪Register voters
▪Turn voters out
▪Direct $ to the right candidates
▪Donate time in the right places

#GOTV
#FlipItBlue

"The moral of Helsinki freak show, NATO tragicomedy, kids in cages at border, isn’t just that tRump lacks any discernible conscience, real regard for this country, mature appreciation of history & our exalted part in it.
This next election matters, immeasurably."

— @FrankBruni

"There’s no hyperbole in frequent assertion:
Is the most important midterm in a generation
Those of us rightly appalled by this "POTUS" must devote as much energy to givin Dems control of at least 1 chamber of Congress
ability to restrain him as to finding methods for mockin him"

"A blimp in a diaper is a hoot
A legislature with its foot on his throat is an insurance policy
We can’t lose sight of that, in all our fury, feelings of helplessness, we sometimes do
Too many people spend too much of themselves on the shouting & save too little for the plotting"

"tRump does his best to leave us morally wiped out
He’s a steamroller
If we hang in there we don’t have to be flattened
My plea isn’t partisan 1 nor am I romanticizin Dem Party with problems galore
I’m recognizing when comes to babysittin "POTUS" Republican party is a lost cause"

"Sure congressional Republicans discovered few stray vertebrae of backbone past few days
There was some scowling from McConnell, faint mewling from Ryan

tRump could put babushka on Statue of Liberty, those 2 would find a way to look to the side, pronounce her prettier than ever"

"They read polls
79% Republicans approve tRump sycophantic performance at news conference with Putin
85% deem investigation of Russia intrusion into our elections a distraction
They bear less & less resemblance to followers of coherent ideology more & more to members of a cult"

"Word cult gaining currency in our political discourse for excellent reason
That's what a big-enough #BlueWave would do
Once loyal Republicans who can't abide him, columnist George Will is 1 prominent example, have gone from chastising Republicans to cheerleading for Democrats"

"Some Republicans urging Americans to support Dems Nov 6

I’m anxious, partly my nature, partly the stakes, partly fact tRump prevailed over deep disgust with him before
I don’t believe, nor see any evidence, more Americans wanted him as our president than wanted Hillary Clinton"

"Roughly 40% of Americans who were eligible to vote didn’t
Clinton was much preferred by youngest voters ages 18 to 29
Fewer than 1 in 2 of them cast a ballot

tRump won presidency because of about 78,000 ballots in 3 states

A nation’s direction can hinge on a margin that small"

"Every vote counts
Every voter counts

Democratic Party & Democrat-allied groups as @swingleft @IndivisibleTeam are using MobilizeAmerica software, other sophisticated digital tools to send that message, recruit volunteers, channel them toward where they’ll make most difference"

"Dem Congressional Campaign Committee: toolbox.dccc.org/take-action/

Allows visitor to plug in his/her address
Locate nearest House districts up for grabs
Learn how to help Dem candidates there
It doesn’t just solicit donations
It lists phone-bank shifts that aren’t fully staffed"

“We’re basically arming people
Livin outside swing district doesn’t mean you don’t have role in takin back House
Phone calls, mail may be tedious than fashionin cheeky social-media posts circulate among friends preach to choir
may be more impactful"

—Dan Sena @dccc executive dir

"Few days ago @MichelleObama announced her main contribution to the midterms will be building voter turnout
She understands there’s lots of speechifying already, it takes us only so far
Numbers decide our fate & tRump’s,
Some of those numbers look good"

Follow➡️ @WhenWeAllVote

"In 2nd quarter of 2018, about 55 Dem candidates for the House raised more $ than Republican incumbents they’re challenging.

Not all primaries this year have yielded the kind of turnout Dems had hoped for.

A few suggested Republicans’ engagement is every bit as strong as Dems"

"We do have some concerns Sena said
It’s time after this wretched, stupefying past week to allay them
Does our discipline rise to level of our anger?
Does our will?
A large-enough showing by voters opposed to tRump would overcome forces of gerrymandering, overwhelm Koch brothers"

"The fight may not be fair, its outcome isn’t foreordained
There’s a chance here, an excellent 1, to establish a check on 'POTUS' worst impulses & limit the harm he’s doing.
We have to seize it."

"We can’t count on Mueller, cause we don’t know what he’ll ultimately report or whether after perfervid campaign to discredit him, it will stick to tRump.
Elections do stick.
Ask @HillaryClinton
To blunt Trump’s attack on our Democracy, we have to use our Democracy."

"We can restore faith in it by showing faith in it.
For all its corruptions & imperfections, it still gives us a power, through our ballots, that exceeds even the most power-hungry president’s."

— @FrankBruni

Read excellent article by Bruni

*I added some info, links & visuals