Join Wheezy the Inhaler & the Fossil Free Dinosaurs tomorrow!

Lorelei -- We're on the verge of something remarkable. If Washington become the first state to put a price on climate pollution, it will inspire activists around the country, and have ripple impacts on national climate politics that could be felt for years. But first: we need to win this thing. Shockingly, only 13% of voters under thirty have cast their ballots so far ― and so we are taking the Yes on 1631 road show to the UW campus this Monday and Tuesday. Can you join us? We'll be canvassing at Red Square, in the center of UW, with Wheezy the Inhaler and the Fossil Free Dinosaurs all day Monday and Tuesday. There will be song, dance, and free t-shirts, beanies, and cliff bars for everyone who has voted. Can you join us at UW to get out the vote on campus? Even though voter turnout is at record highs for this time in the election, more than 50% of people in Washington have still not voted. Now is the most important time to volunteer for the campaign. If you can't make it to UW, then there are events happening all over the state, all day on Monday and Tuesday. Can you join one near you? Over 6,000 volunteers have had nearly 400,000 one-on-one conversations with voters, knocking on almost 175,000 doors and making 375,000 phone calls. That's incredible. But we still need to do more to ensure that we overcome the deep pockets of the oil industry. Can you help ensure that we beat Big Oil and sign up for one final volunteer shift? Then, when it's all done, we hope that you'll join us at the Yes on 1631 election-night party at the Arctic Club in downtown Seattle. You can RSVP here. It will be a well-earned fun evening with many of the leaders who helped to write the policy, and many of the thousands of volunteers who have worked so hard to get us this far. We hope you can join us. But first: two days left. Let's do this. Alec -=-=- 350Seattle.org · 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112, United States This email was sent to loriwantsrss@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails or to update your email preferences, click here. You can also keep up with 350 Seattle on Twitter or Facebook. Donations always appreciated and put to good use.

Midterms: Outspent 40-1

I hope you'll kick in and help even the odds nationwide.

Dear Lorelei,

A few notes from the road — I've been spending a long series of days crisscrossing the country trying to do what I can to back candidates and ballot measures that offer some hope of coping with our climate crisis.

With just a few days left till the midterm elections, that's meant California, Washington, Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nebraska, and Massachusetts -- and this last weekend will be key for many races around the country.

Which is why I hope you'll help the effort. Everywhere I go I find two things: people eager to make a difference and oil companies determined to drown our voices in a tide of oil money. In Colorado, for instance, news reports show the oil companies outspending activists 40-1.

This pattern is playing out around the country, which is why I hope you'll continue your activism and kick in to help even the odds nationwide. Will you make a gift to help elect climate champions up and down the ballot next week?

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Elections are not the only politics that matter — as you know, we engage day in and day out in the nitty gritty work of pushing for change. But in even-numbered autumns, we have enormous leverage at the ballot box, and we need to use it.

A number of these races are close. Including those that will decide the fate of large fossil fuel projects, like Keystone XL.

So make sure that everyone you know is voting, and if you have a few dollars to help us make a last-minute push to knock on doors and text likely voters, we'll put it to good use.

With thanks,

Bill

P.S. Want to volunteer this last weekend? Here's how you can do that.

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Learn from Larry Hogan

Charlie Baker is cruising to reelection in Massachusetts.    Some of that has to do with the fact that he's facing a weak nominee in Jay Gonzalez, who seems to be running a somewhat poor campaign. But the fact that the gubernatorial race didn't draw a stronger Democratic nominee is itself a sign of Baker's strength — after all, it's not as if Massachusetts is lacking for Democratic Party elected officials with ambition. They just all took a dive.    Meanwhile, down in Maryland, the Democrats actually do have a strong nominee in the form of Ben Jealous. Jealous is a solid public speaker with deep ties to the state and credibility in both the African-American community and Bernieworld. And he's in line to get crushed.    Not really, I think, through any particular fault of his own. It's just that most Maryland voters are happy with Larry Hogan. The Massachusetts Dems who took a dive and didn't challenge Baker are being chickenshit, but Jealous's struggles mostly show that chickenshit was the right instinct.    A striking thing about this is I don't think Baker and Hogan are enormous political geniuses or anything. They distance themselves from President Trump in a cursory way (these are blue states, after all) and stake out moderate-ish positions on culture war issues — but there's no Larry Hogan agenda to transform Maryland. And if there were, it wouldn't work because the legislature is in solidly Democratic hands; much the same is true in Massachusetts. Vaguely moderate Republican governors plus entrenched Democratic legislative majorities just means status quo governance.  So you say you (mostly don't) want a revolution The wild popularity and political success of blue-state governors who don't really do anything particularly interesting (one could arguably put Democrat Andrew Cuomo in this boat, too) is, in my view, a big challenge to the left view of American politics.    If voters in solidly blue states like Massachusetts and Maryland were genuinely eager to shift to an equilibrium with higher taxes and significantly more generous social services, they could get that fairly easily. Jealous, in particular, has the most serious and well-considered version of a Medicare-for-all plan that I've seen. But it seems pretty clear that the voters mostly don't want that.   They don't like Trump (he got 34% in Maryland and 33% in Massachusetts), and they send tons of Democrats to Congress to fight Trump, and they keep their legislatures in Democratic Party hands, and they clearly don't want Republicans to actually enact a governing agenda, but they're perfectly happy to just see basic competent management of state government with no big policy changes.    Which isn't to say that Democrats will never get to govern in these states again. Baker and Hogan both managed to initially win during very bad electoral cycles for Democrats and then establish strong personal brands.   When they're not on the ballot again, Republicans will struggle to replicate their success. Had Anthony Brown narrowly defeated Hogan in 2014 rather than narrowly losing to him, I bet he'd be cruising to reelection right now and considered a possible 2020 presidential contender.      But the question is what Democrats can do when they achieve a trifecta in a blue state. For an answer to that, it's instructive to look at Vermont, where yet another GOP governor is cruising to reelection in a very blue state. The difference with Phil Scott is he didn't sneak in during the 2014 midterms. He won in 2016, which was a fine national political climate for Democrats. (Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, and Democrats gained seats in both the House and Senate while winning the governor's mansion in North Carolina.)    The reason he won was that Vermont Democrats decided to try to put their majorities to good use and create a state-level Medicare-for-all plan. And it turned out that when you try to make public services much more generous, you need to make taxes a lot higher. There was a huge public backlash, the plan didn't pass, and a very blue state elected a Republican governor.   Elsewhere in blue America, Washington has a constitutional ban on an income tax that the state's Democratic Party is afraid to challenge and California has a constitutional supermajority requirement for tax increases that the state's Democratic Party is afraid to challenge. In New York, an endless series of weird hijinks keep giving Republicans control of the state Senate, and Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois all seem mired in endless budget crises. I don't really know too much about Hawaii and Oregon, though — maybe there's some good news there! Tweet of the day The ever-shifting race line There are a lot of ways to look at the specific dynamics in play, but as Gene Denby says, changing demographics will alter the nature of conservative identity politics appeals (white Catholics were long ago incorporated into a more generic "white Christian" mainstream), but it's folly to think they'll just go away.  Listen Up Weeds podcast on the mostly fake border crisis Defense correspondent Alex Ward joins Dara Lind and me to talk about what's involved in sending troops to the border.    Get it here.  Some Good Reads My top five links: Coal plants are shutting down at record levels.  Canada is inviting more immigrants.  Historical data on control of state legislatures. Jennifer's Body is actually good.

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After the election, what next? Join us Wednesday to find out.

Lorelei -- Whatever happens on Tuesday, we know there's work to be done in the fight for a stable climate, and that our work is best done in community. So we hope you'll join us on Wednesday, November 7th, for our monthly general meeting. Remember that our potluck dinner now starts at 6:30pm. Sign up to bring a dish if you can! (And please bring your own water bottle, mug and plate if you're able, though we'll have spares on hand.) During dinner, we'll have a chance to learn about the next big fossil fuel fight for our region: fracked gas. While the industry has spent millions of dollars to convince us otherwise, we know that gas is dirty, dangerous, and driving climate chaos. In the last few years, we've seen dozens of proposals for massive fracked gas pipelines and facilities, like Tacoma LNG and the Kalama methanol refinery. It's time to get the dirty truth out about fracked gas - join us to learn about gas myths, what's ahead in the fights against fracked gas, and how you can get involved.   After dinner, stick around to learn more about our current campaigns, upcoming events, and ways to take action throughout the month. Here's all the details: What: 350 Seattle General Meeting When: Wednesday, November 7th. Doors open at 5:30; new volunteer orientation is at 5:45; the meeting and dinner are at 6:30 Where: University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave. NE Looking for an easy way to support the climate movement? Join our volunteer crew for these meetings! Contact meg@350seattle.org to help out. -=-=- 350Seattle.org · 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112, United States This email was sent to loriwantsrss@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails or to update your email preferences, click here. You can also keep up with 350 Seattle on Twitter or Facebook. Donations always appreciated and put to good use.

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Intertwined roots, shared resolve

Dear Lorelei -- After this election season, let's come together, enjoy each other's company, reflect on our intertwined roots, and strengthen our resolve. On Friday, November 16th, please join us at Intertwined — a community gathering and fundraiser for 350 Seattle, held at the Centilia Cultural Center on Beacon Hill. With your ticket you'll get a full dinner, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverages. We'll have a cash bar, silent auction, and a short program. There will be dancing into the night, as well as a tea room if you're feeling more like quiet conversation! Tickets for adults are only $25 if you buy in advance (they'll be $35 at the door). Kids are $10.  Blocks of 5 tickets are $100 - bring your friends! Looking forward to partying with you on November 16! The Intertwined Planning Team   Thanks to Intertwined sponsors: Corrie Yackulic Law, Sun Path Electric, Two Sisters Ecotextiles, Earline Alston, Heather Elder Art, Clean Air Lawn Care, Rainforest Action Network, Plant People NW, Cloud Mountain Retreat Center. -=-=- 350Seattle.org · 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112, United States This email was sent to loriwantsrss@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails or to update your email preferences, click here. You can also keep up with 350 Seattle on Twitter or Facebook. Donations always appreciated and put to good use.

Your post-election regret insurance plan

Yes, this is another election email. But I wouldn't add to the clutter if this weren't really important.

Lorelei,

Let me guess: you definitely already know Election Day is on Tuesday, because your inbox is overflowing with emails about it. I get it. And yes, this is another election email. But I wouldn't add to the clutter if this weren't really important.

Because here's the thing: this weekend is The Last Weekend. Maybe you've been thinking about volunteering, but (understandably) have been too busy to make time to talk to voters. Maybe you've been watching headlines about the too-close-to-call odds for next Tuesday with growing concern.

Whatever you're thinking, this is your last chance to make sure that — whatever happens — you don't wake up Wednesday morning wishing you'd done more to make a difference.   

Can you spend even one hour this weekend talking to voters in the flippable district closest to Kent? Find a shift that works for you here and sign up. It's now or never.

Earlier this fall, the world's foremost body of climate science experts released a terrifying report with a clear message: if we want to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis, world leaders need to take bold action within the next decade. And I'll be blunt: as long as Republicans are still in charge of both houses of Congress, we won't see that kind of ambitious federal climate action any time soon.

Meanwhile, Trump and his enablers in Congress are ramping up their attacks on immigrants, queer folks, people of color, women, and too many more of us.

The news has been bleak — but here's what's giving me hope: if enough of us take action, we can take our democracy back, and elect leaders who will listen to our demands for a safe climate and justice for all of us.

But we need to put in the work to make that happen, and this is our last chance. Sign up for a volunteer shift near Kent on The Last Weekend here.

No matter what happens on Tuesday, I have faith in our communities and our movements — I know we'll keep fighting against violence, climate denial, and hate and for the just world we all deserve.

But right now, we have a real chance to take back power and make that fight a lot easier — so don't throw it away.

See you out there next weekend,

Jenny

PS: If knocking doors to talk to voters isn't in the cards for you, there's still a lot you can do to help in these last few crucial days: you can sign up here to make calls or text voters in key districts from the comfort of your home. And no matter what, don't forget to vote — text LOCATE to 83224 to find your polling place.

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