Oct 26, 2022
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October 28th Friday 4pm to 6pm Eastern Time — Phonebank with Indivisible for U.S. Senate Candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. RSVP here!
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October 30th Sunday 2pm to 5pm Eeastern Time — Phonebank with Swing Left for Christy Smith for California's 27th Congressional District. She lost last time around by only 333 votes! RSVP here!
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November 7th Monday 4pm to 6pm Eastern Time — Phonebank with Indivisible for U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood in Illinois. RSVP here!
The
2022 midterms are coming soon, but we at Gaslit Nation are still
dealing with the unresolved business of 2016! That includes Brexit,
which has produced yet another
wanker in the revolving door
prime minister shambles that has been going on for the last six
years. We share our doubts that a guy worth more than King Charles
has the interests of the common man in mind and extend our sympathy
to our British listeners.
Back
in the states, the midterms are heating up – and “heating up”, in
modern American parlance, means new coup plots are being hatched,
new insurrectionists are volunteering to be vote counters, and new
upstanding citizens are being threatened with death or prison for
the crime of…voting. And what is Merrick Garland, who vowed to
protect the elections, doing about it? As usual, nothing! His free
pass to the January 6 attackers have left us wary of more
post-election violence to come, and the admin’s refusal to protect
voting rights leaves us concerned about the ability of our fellow
Americans to cast their ballot. That said, we encourage you to
vote! We are disillusioned but yes we are voting, and we are having
several GOTV events and get-togethers this week.
Then
special guests drop by Gaslit Nation: Chloe Maxmin, a state senator
in Maine, the youngest woman ever elected, in 2018, to Maine's
House of Representatives, and her campaign manager Canyon Woodward.
Together, Maxmin and Woodward are the authors of
Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild
Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It.
They walk us through their
battle-hardened lessons on winning in a rural conservative
district, and how to build progressive infrastructure in rural
America to protect our democracy election cycle after election
cycle. Join their community work at
DirtRoadRevival.com.
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level or higher, we continue to answer questions from our listeners
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freedom, and the fight to carry on in tough times. We will likely
be doing extra bonus episodes in the weeks following the midterms,
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so! Our regular weekly episode is and will always be free, and that
is because of listeners like you. We know these are tough economic
times, and we are feeling the pinch as well, so we are particularly
grateful for your support!