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Team Unity Uses Geo-Targeting to Mobilize Black Voters In Georgia
Fight fire with fire. Republicans use mapping to gerrymander with scientific precision so they can cling to power. Grassroots groups should use the same mapping tools...
Disinformation Detours: Fast Fixes for Election Interference And Robocalls
Think of election interference as traffic accidents that interrupt voting. Election interference can happen anywhere at any time, just like traffic accidents. Election interference take different...
MAGA Republicans block access to IVF: Map of devastated women and IVF clinics
"Republican Senator blocks bill that would protect access to IVF nationwide" Religious extremists on the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos could be considered children...
Vote Smart, Vote Safe: 8 Resources to Protect Democracy
Voters gonna to vote! Whatever our color, background or zip code, most of us believe that voters pick our leaders -- our leaders do not get...
Who criminalized IVF? Check this map.
125 House Republicans including Speaker Mike Johnson back a ‘life at conception’ bill without any IVF exception. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are "unborn children."...
Doctors’ Advice: PROTECT IVF and your RIGHT TO PARENT
MAGA Christian extremists ban IVF denying women and couples the RIGHT TO PARENT. Alabama's Assault on IVF Is Even Worse Than It Sounds - The SlateRepublicans...
From Debt to Delight: Mapping Biden’s Student Loan Relief
President Biden Cancels Student Debt for more than 150,000 Student Loan Borrowers The Biden-Harris Administration has now approved nearly $138 billion in student debt cancellation for almost...
Mission Possible: Improve Voter Turnout
Why rob banks? Because that's where the money is! Notorious American bank robber Willie Sutton explained that he stole from banks: “Because that's where the money...
Key 2024 Races Map
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead DemCast...
Catholic Hospitals Criminalize Women’s Reproductive Healthcare
"Black woman charged with a felony after miscarrying" - NBC Brittany Watts was arrested for having a miscarriage in Ohio. The ‘abuse of a corpse’ charges...
Help America Vote: POWER THE POLLS
January 30 is Help America Vote Day! Sign up to be a poll worker to help ensure that elections this November are safe, secure, and accessible....
MAGA Cruelty Map: Where Abortions Are Banned And Mothers Denied Food To Feed Their Babies
Changes to WIC Benefits Would Cut Food Access for Millions of Parents - Civil Eats MAGA Republicans ban abortions, deny food aid to mothers to feed their...
How AI Generates Fake Robocalls For Voter Suppression
"Fake Robocall Impersonates Joe Biden To Urge Dems Not To Vote In New Hampshire Primary" How can AI impersonate other people's voices? How can AI be...
Abortion Stories From Casualties In The Republican War on Women
"Woman Forced to Leave Texas to End Dangerous Pregnancy" Dr. Austin Dennard, an OB-GYN and a mother of three from Texas, says she became pregnant with...
Supreme Court To Help ABORTION BOUNTY HUNTERS Track Down Women
First they overturned Roe. Now the Supreme Court is set to overturn the Chevron Doctrine to make it easier for Abortion Bounty Hunters to track down...
Map Of Election Deniers Running For Office
"Heads, I won... Tails, the election was rigged. I'll deny the election results and stage an insurrection to overturn the results..." "These politicians denied democracy on...
Republican HYPOCRISY, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS Follows Iowa Mass Shooting On School Opening Day
Mass shooter kills 1, and injures 5 others on the first day after winter break at Iowa High School - NBC "Our prayers are with the...
Mapping The Impact of Biden’s $35 Insulin Price Caps
"Jan 1, 2024: Insulin $35 cap price now in effect, lowering costs for many Americans with diabetes" - USA Today How many Americans will President Biden's...
How MAGA Republicans weaponize hunger to force poor children to work
Elections have consequences: You may have to send your kids to bed hungry. What's behind the Iowa MAGA Republican decision to refuse Federal aid meant to...
Housing Hijacked: Follow the money behind billionaire made housing crisis
Hedge funds buy up homes making buying or renting a home unaffordable for hard working Americans. Disabled vets forced to live on the streets. Supreme Court...
Republicans turn women into WALKING COFFINS
A Country of "Walking Coffins" Kate Cox is leaving Texas to get an abortion. But what if there was no place to go? - Jessica Valenti...
Insider’s Guide To Spreading Disinformation
Struggling to find new ways to mislead people? Worried a pesky reporter will expose you? Use this INSIDER'S GUIDE adapted from research by Dr. Rand Waltzman,...
Mississippi Voter Suppression Playbook
A football 'set play' is plan of action to score. See how the Mississippi Voter Suppression playbook robs the poor to pay the rich. "Reeves misspent...
Follow The Dirty Tricks Behind Republican Abortion Ban In North Carolina
Turncoat behind North Carolina abortion ban that denies 10 million women their freedom to choose. "Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to...
What are your chances of being arrested for an abortion? Check this map.
What's the connection being poor, arrested for an abortion and living in a Republican led state? This StoryMap summarizes a few of the main points of...
Rob the poor to pay the rich: Follow the missing $70 million in Mississippi welfare scandal
Robin Hood robbed the rich to help the poor. Mississippi Republicans do the opposite: They rob the poor to pay their multimillionaire friends. "The nation's poorest...
Virginia, Vote for Reproductive Rights: Don’t Fall For Republican Dirty Tricks
Virginia Republicans resort to dirty tricks and lies to overcome the backlash to their abortion ban plans. Voter suppression. Purging voters. Closing polling locations. Slander and...
24 shootings. 33 Americans killed in one day! Vote to END GUN VIOLENCE MADNESS.
24 shootings on Oct 25th 2023 killed 33 people and injured 66 more. Gun violence incidents are on the rise. In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were...
Follow the dark money behind Georgia’s Six Week Abortion Ban
Don't Be Next, Virginia! Learn from Georgia's Six Week Abortion Ban. Georgia Supreme Court upholds six-week abortion ban. Justice John J. Ellington dissented with the Supreme...
How DEMOCRACY dies when violence kills the RULE OF LAW
A judge is killed in his own driveway. Judges, politicians, poll workers threatened with violence... Welcome to the MAGA style of politics. Take a look at...
New restrictions on Viagra announced
What would happen if pale, male, stale Republicans had to follow the same laws they impose on women? What would abortion restrictions applied to Viagra for...
Republican ABORTION BAN Playbook: Now as free app & podcast in both English and Spanish!
Banning abortions while claiming to be against bans at the same time is called 'DoubleSpeak'. Republicans are using DoubleSpeak word games to hide their plans to...
Grassroots organizing on TikTok
Think outside the box to find the next generation of voters on Tik Tok. Distill Social is a Michigan grassroots group that organizes on social media....
From TikTok to Virginia: The $2M Connection Fueling Youngkin’s Abortion Ban
Youngkin flip flops over Chinese national security threat after getting $2 million donation from TikTok investor. More money to fund Youngkin's campaign for an abortion ban...
How To Use DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS To Run Smarter Campaigns
Savvy marketers use Demographic Analysis to find and persuade customers to buy their products. Demographics is a fast, affordable technique works just as well in political...
Virginia Handmaid’s Tale
Men takeover control of women's bodies in the HandMaid's Tale How close are Republican led states to the Handmaid's Tale? What could happen in Virginia? Compare...
Scandal Ridden Supreme Court Justices To Determine Women’s Rights
Ban abortion pills? Abortions for rape victims? Let domestic abusers get guns? Ban no-fault divorces? Who decides what freedoms American girls and women keep and which...
How WHITE Billionaires Have Rigged The System Against BLACK and HISPANIC women
Two white Trump appointed justices stop investments invest in Black women startups What gives? Why make it harder for Black women entrepreneurs than it already is?...
Mapping 90 GOP Hostage Takers and their Scheme To Shut Down America
Ninety MAGA Republicans tried to take American hostage and force a shutdown unless their ransom demands were met. Who are the hostage takers? Which districts do...
Campaigning on a budget? Use AI to stream your message Loud and Clear!
How do you reach and persuade more people on a tight budget? Use free AI apps to create, translate and stream your message! Rachel Levy is...
MAGA Circus Shuts Down The Government To Keep Trump Out Of Jail: What will it cost you?
The MAGA Circus follows their cult leader's orders and shuts down the government. What will it cost you? "Trump Tells Republicans to Shut Down the Government...
Sisters Lead Sisters Vote: Mapping The Black Women Who Ran For Office in 2022
Meet the inspiring Black women who stepped up to lead, empowering their communities and driving change. Sisters Lead Sisters Vote (SLSV) interactive map showcases the incredible...
Protect Your Medicaid
Millions of Americans are being purged from Medicaid. Many don't even know they've been cut! Nearly 5 million Medicaid recipients have lost coverage because they were...
Ken Paxton acquitted: Follow the money and threats behind the ruling
Anything goes when you have a gerrymandered legislature that puts MAGA Republicans above the law. "Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman whom he later...
How to find and mobilize rural voters with yard signs
How do you find and mobilize your rural supporters? Start with a yard sign. Many organizers struggle with building support in rural communities because it's hard...
Driving Change: AI enables RIDES TO THE POLLS for low income voters
Why is it hardest for Americans in need to vote? Voter suppression. MAGA Republicans make it harder for low income families, the rural, seniors, the disabled...
Virginia Election Info: Your Way, Your Say!
There's a LOT at stake in the upcoming Virginia election. Virginians deserve to know how the election will make their lives better or worse, and make...
Impeaching Justice: Wisconsin GOP tries to cling to its gerrymandered seats
Cheeseheads gone bad: Republican scheme to rule forever, regardless of how people vote. Wisconsin Republicans are considering nullifying the recent election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz to...
Corporate Empire Strikes Back At #StopCopCity Resistance
“A Political Prosecution: 61 Cop City Opponents Hit with RICO Charges by Georgia’s Republican AG" Georgia is intensifying its crackdown against opponents of Cop City, with the state’s...
Dialing for Democracy: Phonebank to Defend Reproductive Rights in Virginia
Reproductive rights are on the ballot in Virginia in November 2023. Virginia Republican Governor Youngkin is pushing for 15 week abortion ban. Other Virginia Republicans are...
Virginia Votes: The App That Puts Democracy in Your Hands
Improve voter turnout by making it easier for voters to get the information they need. Voters face many hurdles to voting in Virginia: fewer polling locations,...
Visualizing Justice: Free Visual Database to Track Georgia’s RICO Indictments and Surrenders
Organized crime is meant to be confusing. That's why pros use software to analyze RICO cases. Use this free visual database from Democracy Labs to track...
From Protests to the Polls: Tennessee’s Rising Gun Violence Demands Political Change
The truth will set you free. John 8:32 The truth also helps understand Tennessee's gun violence epidemic. Where and when did the shootings take place? How...
American Taliban Bans Abortion Pills
"Extremist Federalist Society Judges Restrict Critical Abortion Pill" How did we get here, when a small group of religious extremists can deny millions of women their...
Lost in Kansas – Freedom of Speech
Kansas police raid office of the Marion County Record newspaper and seize its computers... Wait! Doesn't such press intimidation normally happen in dictatorships? Sorry, Dorothy. This is the...
Vote To Stop Cop City: Atlanta’s Fight Against Corporate Control
Cop City is a $90 million dollar, 381 acre police militarization center. The Stop Cop City Referendum Campaign has launched a ballot referendum to let the...
Byte Back: Fight Republican Voter Suppression with better technology
Voter suppression makes it harder for people to find out where, when and how to vote. Fight back with technology. Republican voter suppression dirty tricks:Reduce the...
Racist Voter Suppression: Virginia Republican Scheme Explainer
Politicians choose their voters and suppress voters who don't support them. That's voter suppression. That's not how it's supposed to be. Voters in a democracy choose...
Follow the money and people behind RFK Jr.
What's behind a campaign? Follow the money, people and their real agenda! RFK Jr.’s Campaign Coffer Is Getting Stuffed to the Brim by GOP Donors. Of...
MAGA Republicans Launch Culture War on G.I. Jane
MAGA Republicans want women to fight and die for America, but deny them access to basic healthcare. Republicans loaded up the annual defense policy bill with...
Ohio August Special Election Determines Abortion Rights. VOTE!
Ohio Moves Closer to Ballot Issue That Would Protect Abortion Rights - NYT But Republicans are trying to change their own rules in order to enforce...
Fed up with partisan judges? Make sure you a valid VOTER ID! (Podcast)
How did the Supreme Court get so politicized? Mitch McConnell denied Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee a confirmation hearing for over a year. McConnell said the...
Strategic Rural Organizing
Rural communities have enormous electoral potential once organized. What criteria should be used to choose the counties with the most potential? Which counties could impact Senate,...
How much do DREAMERS contribute to America?
Dreamers are Americans. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program allows young people to live and work in the only country they’ve called home. Since...
HEALTH HAZARD: Hypocrites who ban books but not guns in schools
What kills more students? Guns or books? Why is it then that dark money groups want to ban books but not guns? Are they really concerned...
How Harlan Crow profits from Clarence Thomas’ vote to gut the Clean Water Act
"The Supreme Court just gutted the Clean Water Act" - Washington Post "Under the court’s new view, pollution requires a permit only if it is discharged...
North Carolina MAP OF SHAME
"North Carolina Republicans ram through ABORTION BAN as crowds chant 'Shame! Shame! Shame!" - HuffPo "The 12-week ban and its additional restrictions concerning medication abortion are...
National Women’s Political Caucus Virginia: Endorsed Candidates
How do you mobilize broad support for a slate of candidates? Showcase dozens of candidates for both State House and Senate? Let voters find details on...
Follow the money behind CNN pandering to fascists
"Trump makes a fool of CNN" - Today's Edition Newsletter "Donald Trump played CNN for a fool at its televised town hall... he steamrolled Collins with...
AI converts Biden-Harris campaign video into Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese
Biden-Harris announce 2024 reelection campaign The Biden-Harris campaign video is inspiring, but it's only in English. To make it easier for the millions of Americans who...
Where will the Republican scheme to cut veterans benefits hurt the most? Check this map.
Republicans want to cut Veteran benefits by 22%. This is how Republicans say thank you to those who served our country. - Reddit President’s Biden's Budget plan to...
Campaign planning after redistricting in Virginia goes better with Smart Maps
Political districts shuffled by redistricting? Plan your campaign better with a Smart Map. Andrea Miller is the founder of Center of Common Ground, a Coke drinker...
Why right media billionaires smearing Sohn?
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Why do chief security officers leave jobs so often?
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How to get tax advantages from residential mortgages considered as “heaven”
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How far must women go for an abortion after Republicans ban Mifepristone? Check this map.
Trump appointed "Federal judge bans abortion pill: What the ruling means for women across the country." - ABC Kacsmaryk's issuing of a nationwide injunction on mifepristone...
How fascists silence critics
Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest - BBC Hundreds of protesters have flooded the State Capitol since a school shooting. The 27 March attack...
STOP REPUBLICAN APARTHEID
"Mississippi Legislature Passes Bill Creating Unelected Court in Jackson" - Democracy Docket "MS House Bill 1020 would allow court personnel, including judges and prosecuting attorneys, to be...
Heather Booth podcast on organizing for women’s rights & the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election
Image: Wikipedia Heather Booth podcasts the need to organize to bring about change based on a lifetime of activism for women's rights and social justice. Heather...
Republicans take healthcare for servicewomen hostage: Map of military installations affected
Republicans threaten to deny healthcare for American servicewomen they would have die to protect the country. Tommy Tuberville Won't Promote Hundreds of Military Members Because He's...
Disabled vets disenfranchised
How do Republicans ask Americans to die for the country, but deny veterans their freedom to vote? "Wisconsin Supreme Court outlaws ballot drop boxes for elections....
Phonebank for abortion rights at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Image credit: Roy Lichtenstein The Wisconsin Supreme Court race could decide abortion rights and 2024 rules in key battleground. Susan Pfeiffer, veteran phone phonebank organizer explains...
Republicans kidnap justice
Trump appointee in single-judge federal district in Texas could bar nationwide access to the abortifacient mifepristone. - AP How did we get here where an ultra-right...
Postcards get out the Black vote for key Wisconsin Supreme Court election
Surprise! Many people don't have a computer nor cell phone. Don't watch TV... How do you get them to vote? Center for Common Ground (CCG) is...
Top ten reasons why billionaires shouldn’t have to pay their fair share of taxes
President Biden proposes billionaires pay their "fair share". - MSNBC The howls of protest from Republicans to protect their wealthy donors have started. Use this infographic...
Remembering Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause Leader and lifelong democracy advocate
Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause President, passed away in March 2023. Karen was a fearless, persistent advocate for a better democracy. She spent her entire life...
Lost your freedoms? Thank these Republicans who packed the Supreme Court with extremists.
"Republicans have hijacked the US supreme court." - The Guardian "The court’s hard-right majority has neither popular support for its agenda nor institutional legitimacy. It is...
How fascists rig elections
Hungarian Viktor Orbán has become a hero for the American right. - Rolling Stone Orbán has made Hungary a laboratory for the conversion of a liberal democracy...
Voicebots make it easy to arrange rides to the polls
Voicebots make it easy and affordable for even small campaigns to arrange rides to the polls. Grassroots campaigns struggle to compete with better funded rivals. How...
DeSantis pushes for concealed firearms without permits or training. Check Florida gun violence map.
"DeSantis pushes Florida lawmakers to pass permitless carry law in 2023" - WFLA St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway, opposes permitless carry and worry that more...
Police killings of 2,700 Black Americans mapped
"Tyre Nichols Cried in Anguish. Memphis Officers Kept Hitting." - NY Times Was this a random event? How does it fit into the larger pattern of...
Google helps Republicans prosecute women who have abortions: How to protect your privacy and fight back!
How does Google help Republicans prosecute women who have abortions? What can you do to push back? Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With...
Want a side of chicken with your fracking? Follow the dark money endangering your health and the environment.
Oil is green energy? Gas companies can frack on public lands? Stuffed in legislation about chickens? There's something going on when a weird bill is signed...
Warriors for gun safety
Golden State Warriors Visit Biden White House. - HuffPo Steve Kerr, Head Coach of the Warriors said he participated in a roundtable on gun violence with...
Track what your elected reps are doing and call them out
Would you tolerate an employee whose salary you pay, but works against you? It's no different with politicians. It's no different with politicians who get paid...
Follow the George Santos money trail
Kevin McCarthy overlooks Santos' lies to seat him in Congress. “A person who misrepresented themselves as speaking on behalf of a candidate in order to raise...
Voter suppression through racist prison policies
Republican's racist prison policies prevent even those not convicted of a crime from voting. Illinois conservatives are fighting to keep CASH BAIL, a policy that frees...
Leave no American voter behind
Millions of Americans can't vote because of a prior conviction despite having served their sentence! Did you know that 5.2 million Americans are disenfranchised? 2.3% of...
Georgia election result mapped by turnout, race, poverty, healthcare and more
The people have spoken... Senator Warnock "... a vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children. It is...
How do election recount rules apply to close races?
A few close midterm races will determine which party will control Congress. What rules apply? When does a recount take place? Who requests it? Who pays...
Mapping Republican attempts to trash votes. Count every vote!
"Republicans are engaged in an aggressive effort to invalidate ballots in key states from legal voters." We mapped just a few of the dozens of lawsuits...
Blue Wave Advisory
"Women are already showing up in large numbers, and they’re going to show up in masse to vote driving a blue Democratic tsunami.” - Michael Moore...
Bot helps absentee ballot voters find signature witnesses
Imagine you're old, disabled or live in a rural area. You want to vote to protect Medicare. Your state requires two witnesses to vote by absentee...
Homer’s Voting Guide
How do you describe Democratic accomplishments? Duh! Ask Homer. Democrats have delivered for working Americans despite Republican roadblocks for their rich donors. How do you describe...
Judicial races will determine abortion rights
Judicial elections in five states will determine access to abortion, voting rights and gerrymandering. Hotly contested supreme court elections in Illinois, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina and...
Alabama rising
Election turnout improves when candidates reflect their voters. Democratic Alabama candidates reflect their electorate. How do you make it easy for voters to learn about the...
Mapping the plot to steal the Presidency
Follow Trump's plot to steal the Presidency with the help of MAGA Republican accomplices. The story of what caused the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol...
North Carolina mass shooting: Follow the money blocking gun safety reform.
A 15-year-old fatally shot five people and wounded others in Raleigh, N.C. - WaPo. Vote to end gun violence. The Raleigh shooting was the latest in...
Who’s blocking marijuana legalization? Follow the money.
President Biden issues pardons and takes first steps to decriminalize marijuana. Biden pardoned thousands of people with federal convictions of marijuana possession and encouraged governors to take...
How Alabama Republicans rig voting maps to cling to office
Want to make sure can't get voted out of office? Rig voting district maps to make your critics' votes powerless. See how Alabama Republicans gerrymander so...
Supreme Court Conflicts Of Interest: Follow the Money
Six unelected officials with hidden conflicts of interest and beholden to billionaires should not be able to strip Americans of their freedoms. Who funded the campaigns...
Republican ABORTION FLIP FLOP awards
Republican Flip Flop awards recognize hypocrisy in banning abortions and then flipping to fool voters. This level of acting is rarely seen outside movies, so it...
Ten best voting information websites
Finding information on where, when and how to vote isn't easy. Details are scattered across different websites. Sometimes it's hard to find answers to your specific...
Arrange rides to the polls for seniors with ALEXA-like system
Fight Republican voter suppression that prevents seniors from voting to protect their Social Security. Imagine you rely on Social Security and Medicare and worried about Republican...
Arizona Republicans pass strict ABORTION BAN taking state back to 1864
Arizona judge upholds century-old abortion ban that could sentence abortion providers to prison. - ABC Republican appointed Arizona judge approves return to 19th century near-total ban...
Voter Suppression Academy Award nominations
The Academy Awards recognizes creativity in films. The Voter Suppression Academy* awards recognizes Republican dirty tricks to prevent Americans voting. "It's high time our voter suppression...
BLACK VOTERS MATTER Bus Tour Gets Out The Vote
Black Voters Matter's bus tour engages Black voters, faith-based leaders and HBCU students to get out the vote. A good campaign such as a bus tour,...
ABORTION BAN Tops Roberts’ Supreme Court Hit Parade
"Chief Justice John Roberts defends the legitimacy of the Supreme Court" - MSN Really? Decide for yourself based on these extreme rulings by Roberts' Supreme Court....
Mapping the key races for Democrats to Hold the House
Democracy is on the ballot. Which races will determine if Democrats will Hold The House? Who are the candidates? How can you support them? How can...
Don’t fall for STRONGMAN playing the VICTIM CARD
Authoritarians pose as persecuted individuals to justify their violence and crimes. Trump has built his appeal by casting himself and his supporters as political outsiders and...
Grassroots innovation finds unregistered voters
"Arkansas was the worst state for voter registration and election participation in 2020". Get Loud Arkansas innovates to change that. Get Loud Arkansas (GLA) uses data...
Teachers deserve better
The GOP war on education has created a teacher shortage. Republicans slash teachers' wages and public school funding. Issue educational gag orders that politicize education. Block...
Mapping GOP handouts for the rich vs President Biden’s Student loan relief plan
Republicans who got PPP handouts and lobbied for tax cuts for their billionaire donors, now criticize relief for the needy with student loans. We mapped the...
Support Democracy: Power the Polls on Election Day
Democracy isn't a spectator sport. Help staff your local polling place as a poll worker. Our democracy depends on ordinary people who make sure every election...
Republicans ambush veterans’ benefits: Mapping the casualties
"Stab vets in the back Senators...there are real people who face tragic consequences for their fuckery” - Jon Stewart "In an eleventh-hour act of cowardice, Republicans...
Scorched by the heatwave? Thank these Senators.
"Unrelenting, coast-to-coast heat wave scorches America" - USA Today Republicans deny climate change while Americans bake in heatwaves. A GOP-packed Supreme Court cripples the Environmental Protection...
Republicans deregulate nursing homes to pay back their donors. Sorry grandma.
"Florida’s Republican politicians are shielding their campaign donors from liability while chipping away at safety standards for elderly residents." - Read Sludge Where are these nursing...
What Expected Supreme Court Rulings Mean For You
Women enslaved to make babies. Women have lost all their rights and are forced into sexual servitude in Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale. Commanders and...
HIGH INSULIN PRICES devastate communities
Why does insulin cost eight times more in America than Canada? Follow the money from Big Pharma to Republican Senators keeping drug prices high with their...
Koch Rigged Supreme Court Rules For Oil Companies
Follow the money to see how oil tycoons rig the courts to get the laws they want. Millions in dark money to get ultra-right wing lawyers...
GOP filibuster kills gun safety bills as children die in mass shootings
In 2022, there have been 206 mass shootings as of May 25th, killing 236 Americans and injuring 888. Mass shootings seem to occur so frequently that...
Supreme Court approves political bribes. Follow the money to see how this will change your life.
“The politician is happy; the donors are happy. The only loser is the public.” - Justice Elena Kagan "Republican-appointed justices struck down limits on candidates who...
Classifying Abortion as Murder: Taker vs Giver States
Louisiana is about to Charge Women Who Get Abortions With Murder. Minority Rule: How TAKER states exploit GIVER State generosity to persecute women Louisiana also ranks...
The Future of Roe V. Wade: Women’s Choice Election 2022
The Republican-stacked Supreme Court poised to trash Roe v. Wade. EVERY non-voting woman and man who supports Reproductive Choice MUST know that we are: "JUST. 2....
Florida crime scene: DeSantis murders Black voters’ rights
‘Democracy in Florida isn't functioning.’ Governor’s rigged maps rob Black voters of power. - The Guardian Check the crime scene for yourself with this map to...
Fight the Republican scheme to block seniors, disabled and struggling families without internet access from voting
Voting shouldn't be a privilege only for those with internet connectivity. How do Republicans make it hard for people without internet access to vote? Deny voting...
America has oligarchs too. They’re called billionaires.
Oligarchs are very wealthy businessmen with a lot of political influence. American oligarchs (billionaires) dodge paying their fair share of taxes. This reduces funding for Child...
Fight voter suppression: Canvass smarter to register more voters and increase turnout.
Canvass smarter to register more voters and increase voter turnout to counter Republican voter suppression. How can organizers: Canvass people from the voter file or any...
Supreme Court approves Alabama Republican racially gerrymandered maps. See how such crooked maps are drawn.
No taxation without representation. Republicans propose to tax all Alabamians, but deny Black voters fair representation. How did that work out for the British? The U.S....
Mapping the Trump-Endorsed 2022 Candidates
Trump endorses Republican candidates in 2022 ready to overturn election results to prove their loyalty to him. "Kari Lake, Trump's pick for Arizona governor, said the...
DACA Dreamers make great canvassers
DACA students believe in the American dream. These Dreamers advocate for fair political representation - and they make great canvassers. Elected officials should reflect the demographics...
Super Bowl Satire: Republicans rig football rules to ensure a win
How would football be played after Republicans rig the rules with voter suppression-like tactics? Check this satire. Football is a game of strength, skill and strategy....
Automated voice assistants help seniors and the disabled get to vote
Seniors and the disabled find it harder to vote as Republicans eliminate voting by mail and ballot drop boxes. This solution was designed for Center For...
Backlash to Republican voter suppression set to music
Nina Simone recorded Backlash in 1967. Fifty five years later, it captures the public disgust of racist Republican voter suppression. What is the Freedom to Vote...
Leaked GOP Voter Suppression Playbook (Satire)
Don't have enough votes to get elected? Don't worry. A new satirical guide shows how to win by cheating: Suppress your opponent's voters. The guide illustrates...
Grassroots canvassing innovations increase voter participation
Democracy works best when everyone's voice is heard - not just a loud minority. How can grassroots groups locate unregistered voters to increase voter participation? How...
Democracy Centers: Deep canvassing basecamps.
Change can’t come from outside. It can only happen from within. "People want to know what they can do to create the change they want to...
How to geo-target women denied control over their bodies to vote
Women denied control over their own bodies and forced by Republicans to have babies even if they are raped, have a strong reason to vote. How...
Plan campaigns for redistricted seats better with data rich maps
Campaigns have to adapt their plans after redistricting. Good technology makes it fast, simple and affordable. What are the demographics of the new district? Age, income,...
Republicans push taxation without representation
Republicans push taxation without representation but still want to collect taxes. That didn't work well for British royalty. The British enriched themselves off American colonies without...
Voter suppression crime scene
Keep it simple. This QR Code packs dozens of Republican voter suppression bills and encourages readers to call their senator to demand they support the John...
Republicans mess with Texas district maps to cling to power
Republicans propose a gerrymandered Texas district map that gives them 24 of 38 U.S. House seats despite only getting 53% of votes last November. This racial...
Republicans drag America into the Dark Ages on Women’s Reproductive Health
Republicans deny women reproductive healthcare, putting America behind China, Cuba and Iran. How have other countries moved ahead on women's healthcare while America moves backwards? How...
Ohio Republican 2021 Redistricting Maps are Absurd. Take a Look.
"Ohio Republicans have proposed new district maps that give them a larger share of seats despite rules against partisan gerrymandering." - Cleveland.com Understand the Republican scheme...
How to find your ‘Community Of Interest’ to draw a redistricting map
Make sure you're fairly represented when political districts are redrawn in 2021. You only get this chance every ten years after the census is completed, so...
Gerrymandering. Georgia style.
Georgia voter suppression includes gerrymandering and hostile takeovers of county election boards. NAACP Atlanta mobilizes resistance against racist voter suppression. NAACP makes it easier for people...
Infobots help the needy find food banks and clinics while building contact lists at the same time
The digital divide hurts the poor by making it harder for them to find the resources they desperately need. VoterPAC uses an innovative approach to help...
NAACP Atlanta organizes against Georgia Republicans’ hostile State takeover of County election boards
NAACP Atlanta mobilizes Georgians to contact their Republican senators to demand they stop their hostile take over of Fulton county elections. Georgia Republican lawmakers are mounting...
Fair Districts Ohio fights gerrymandering
Public officials crush democracy by drawing legislative district maps to benefit their political party. Fair Districts Ohio organizes citizens to fight this gerrymandering. Ohio voters passed...
MailBots fight voter suppression by helping the disabled and seniors find voting info
Making access to voting information harder disenfranchises the elderly, disabled, less educated and those with limited internet access. This Jim Crow-style voter suppression is especially hard...
Wanted: Unregistered Voters
Use data analytics and behavioral targeting to find unregistered voters. It's easier and cheaper than you think. VoterPAC aims to register, rally, and empower the rising...
Ohio volunteers fight Jim Crow online voter suppression
"Check your voting status online". Too bad if you don't have internet access. You might just lose your right to vote. Meet Jim Crow online voter...
Precision canvassing
Companies increase sales by picking store locations with demographic analysis. Use the same approach to decide where to canvas. Center for Common Ground (CCG) is a...
Let vets vote
New Republican voter suppression bills deny disabled vets their right to vote. How can politicians ask Americans to die for democracy, but then deny them their...
Signs of voter suppression
Infographics help understand the dozens of Republican voter suppression schemes. The human brain is a lazy muscle. It skips things that require effort with too much...
Olympic Gold Medal for voter suppression goes to …
If there were an Olympic contest for voter suppression, who would win? We have three contenders. The Republican Party creating new laws to deny Americans their...
A better way to find and canvas unregistered voters
Find potentially unregistered voters - faster, easier and with less money using better technology and new data sources. Registering every eligible voter is critical with the...
American prison labor camps
The $80 billion prison industry enriches the powerful while exploiting and disenfranchising the poor. Prisons can force inmates to work for little or no wage per...
Reaching the politically invisible voter
Millions of Americans entitled to vote aren't in the Voter File. They're invisible to most campaigns. Voter files collect voter registration information (which is a matter...
Indivisible Michigan fights Republican voter suppression with relational organizing
'Michigan GOP plans “shocking” scheme to ram through voting restrictions' - Salon "Republicans state legislators in Michigan have already introduced 39 bills that restrict citizens’ voting...
How the Florida Key Dems located eight thousand unregistered voters
"Seek and ye shall find" - Mathew 7:7 Philip Dodderidge is the Vice-Chair Florida Keys Democrats and searching for unregistered voters in the Florida Keys. He...
Why isn’t cannabis legalized?
You can be arrested for possessing even a small amount of marijuana in many states. Imprisoned. Forced to work for slave labor and denied your right...
Fight rural hospital closures with Medicaid expansion
Republican led states reject Federal healthcare funding. Rural hospitals are closed denying poor, rural and communities or color the medical care they so desperately need. Where...
Grassroots canvassing made free and simple
Grassroots groups canvas to register voters and fight voter suppression. "The GOP’s 2022 Strategy: Voter Suppression or Bust. After failing to suppress enough Black votes to steal...
Republican voter suppression targets the visually disabled. Voicebots inform and mobilize them.
Republicans suppress disabled voters in order to kill the ACA. Republicans have tried to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over 70 times. Republicans aim to...
Abused? Arrested? Imprisoned? Ten apps to help the poor cope with a justice system that favors the rich.
The rich post bail, or lawyer up and go free. The poor are imprisoned for minor offenses, cannot pay bail, end up in jail and stripped...
Speak truth to power, but first practice your lines.
There are few chances to speak truth to power. Make the most of them. Help your supporters make the most of their turn in the spotlight...
Republicans slash unemployment benefits. Where will the suffering be worst?
Republican cruelty to the poor to please their corporate donors has no limits. Republican Governors play politics and slash unemployment benefits to sabotage the recovery brought...
Lawyers, cartoonists and musicians fight for democracy with their special superpowers
From each according to his ability... In the fight to protect American democracy, different groups give as only they can. Here are three wonderful groups to...
Yard sign activism for fair redistricting
Ohio voters show their support for fair redistricting maps and opposition to gerrymandering with Fair District yard signs. Voters should choose their legislators - not legislators...
Build double opt-in contact lists the smart way
When they go low by denying internet access to suppress voters, go high with free internet hotspots to help voters and build contact lists at the...
Fight the connectivity poll tax that disenfranchises poor voters
Connectivity is a poll tax that stifles voters in Black, Brown, indigenous and rural communities who cannot afford to get online. "Poll taxes were essentially a...
Republican voter suppression targets disabled vets for Memorial Day
Republicans are making it harder for disabled vets to vote - just in time for Memorial Day! Millions of veterans live in Texas, Florida, Georgia and...
Lost your right to vote? Thank ALEC.
ALEC drafts bills without regular democratic review and gets them passed into law by Republican legislatures. ALEC thrives on corporate donations. "Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State...
Leave no voter behind
The price of voting has gone up! Republican voter suppression schemes are making it more costly to vote. And soon it may only be the rich...
Meet the Republicans voting against the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
The COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act fights the surge in crimes against Asians. Yet 63 Republicans voted against the bill. Which districts and what do they represent?...
Use WhatsApp from your laptop to reach more Latino voters
"47% of Hispanic adults are on WhatsApp - over twice as much as the general public. Latinos are expected to make up 13.3 percent of all...
Find unregistered voters with precision mapping
Fight voter suppression by leaving no eligible voter behind with easy-to-use precision mapping apps. Find areas likely to have unregistered voters with the same precision mapping...
Looking for unregistered voters? Use SMART MAPPING.
Businesses pick the best location for stores with Smart Mapping. The same technology also works to find unregistered voters. Most maps just show locations on a...
For The People and George Floyd Act featured in Editorial Cartoons
For The People Act protects voting rights needed for common sense gun safety measures and police reform. These editorial cartoons highlight the importance of passing the George Floyd...
Protect your voting power during redistricting. Draw Community Of Interest maps.
How redistricting draws boundaries often determines who gets elected. Redistricting can split a community leaving people without a representative who feels responsible for their concerns. How...
Explaining voter suppression? Use an infographic.
Visual storytelling is fast, friendly and powerful. Use infographics to help more people understand vital issues - such as new schemes to make it harder to...
Canvassing for H.R. 1 over Facetime
How do you bring the personal appeal of in-person canvassing online? How can volunteers be more persuasive with a good script? Use FaceTime with an onscreen...
The ultimate voter registration machine
How can remote, under-served communities get reliable information? How can advocacy groups promote voter registration and COVID vaccinations? And build opt-in contact lists at the same...
Jim Crow. Cat-In-The-Hat. COVID Stimulus Bill. The week’s top political cartoons.
‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’: Outrage over Georgia’s new bills to restrict voting access. Bills would reduce weekend voting , end automatic registration, and...
For The People. Mapping how H.R. 1 fights voter suppression.
"We the People deserve a responsive, accountable government that gives us all a stronger voice and puts our needs ahead of special interests. Congress must pass...
Organizing resistance against Republican State Senators’ scheme to suppress Georgia voters
"Georgia Republicans have proposed a fresh round of measures to increase voter suppression and limit participation. Hiding under the guise of making sure “legal” votes count, Republican lawmakers want to eliminate...
Trumpland? Meet the Republicans and their corporate donors trying to overturn election results.
"Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory ... to defy the unambiguous results of the...
Make sure every vote is counted. Take photos of poll tapes at voting centers after the polls have closed.
Smartphone cameras are weapons against voter suppression. Take photos of poll tapes at voting centers after the polls have closed to help preserve election integrity. Taking...
Looking for your Georgia run-off voting location? Call, text or use this app.
Lack of information should not prevent people from voting nor in reporting obstacles they encounter. Reclaim Our Vote and NAACP Atlanta teamed with DemLabs to provide...
Redistricting: What to know now
Redistricting has been hijacked. Partisanship has increased. Political districts are supposed to be revised to to reflect population changes but instead they're being manipulated. Politicians in...
Mark Hamill phone banks to fight voter suppression in Georgia
How can volunteers be organized remotely to help others vote? How can celebrities support a cause? How can phone banks be energized with video streaming? How...
Voting early or using a drop box to vote in Georgia? Find your closest location with just two clicks.
You're about to vote early. Where's the closest location in your county? When is it open? How do you get there? Vote Georgia makes it easy...
We’re texting in the name of the Lord
The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but it's pretty clear his flock at the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta are fired up. Volunteers in the...
See Something, Say Something. Georgia.
Voter suppression has evolved. The systems used to track and respond to it need to keep pace. How can voters be empowered to report incidents of...
GOTV Concerts organizes virtual concerts featuring Georgia musicians to get out the vote
Music can move people to action, but with COVID raging, online performances have replaced large concerts. Virtual events are tailored to local audiences. Turnout increases as...
Innovating to get-out-the-vote in Georgia
Reclaim Our Vote and NAACP Atlanta will text over a million Georgia voters in December to get out the vote. Their innovative campaign provides voters with...
How to design smart route plans for canvassing, campaigns and non-profits.
How do you stretch limited time, money and workers to reach the most people? The problem comes in different forms: canvassing, delivering campaign supplies or giving...
Trust but verify. Take photos of poll tapes to make sure vote counts add up correctly.
"Photograph poll tapes at the polling place on election night and check the vote totals against the official vote totals to catch erroneous election results." -...
