Nevada-Bound to Kick Trump to the Curb
Fascism's banging at our door. Here's your invitation to avoid regret on November 6.
After Sunday’s shocking fascist-fest at Madison Square Garden, I'm going to Las Vegas to knock doors for the Harris-Walz campaign.
For generations millions of us wondered what we’d do if facing down Nazis. Well, this is the closest we’ve ever been to that scary hypothetical. Let’s keep it that way and wake up on November 6 knowing we gave it our all.
That’s why I’m getting my behind to Nevada while there’s still time. I hope you’ll figure out something to do, too.
Fortunately, we have a spectacularly-run campaign with ample opportunities to help in swing states all over the country:
LA folks: Fill out this form* and we can overlap in Las Vegas. There are many other buses going as well, some of which might come with free hotels (click here for one of many options).
Non-LA People: Swing Left has all kinds of options to get you to swing states. There are lots of opportunities with free buses to NV from the Bay Area, as well as from all over the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic to PA. Click here for PA*.
Despite being a total extrovert and a former field director on a campaign, I absolutely hate door knocking and phone banking. It feels awkward, like I’m violating people’s personal space and time.
Yet we know that face-to-face contact is the most effective way to GOTV! Besides an awkward conversation > Trump accessing nuclear codes again.
For all of you balancing work and caregiving responsibilities, I know what I'm asking is a heavy lift. For those who can step up if given flexibility, no problem: there's tons you can do from and near home!
Knock for Democracy Phone Banks (big shout out to my friend Adam Dworkin, who is co-leading most of the upcoming phone banks!)
Swing Left, Grassroots Democrats HQ, and NRDC Action Fund will direct you to multiple phone/text banks and canvassing to nearby swing districts.
Big shout out to my friend Yasmin Radjy, Swing Left’s E.D. who just canvassed with Adam Brody of Nobody Wants This and the OC.
Whatever the Harris-Walz campaign suggests you do.
Anything else I shared last week.
LA, NYC, the Bay Area, Portland, Chicago, DC, and Boston are very close to swing districts (not just swing states), which means you can have a HUGE impact by canvassing without an overnight trip!
If you're still not sure what's best for you, email me and I'll be your GOTV concierge!
Remember: Politics is not entertainment. It touches every aspect of our lives whether we like it or not. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, how white your skin is, how politically active you are or aren’t, or how biologically male, Christian, straight, and/or cisgender you are: Trump/MAGA will harm us and the people we love.
I’m regularly getting anxious small talk of “Is your bunker ready?”, “Which country will you flee to?”, and “Who do you think is going to win?” It drives me crazy.
When I ask what they’re doing about it, I get silence.
(To be clear, I’m talking about people who I know have the ability to set aside 30 minutes to GOTV.)
I want to know: What the hell are you doing to defeat Trump? It’s time to put up or shut up.
Don’t just take my word for it. Below is a dispatch from PA from my dear friend Ami Fields-Meyer, who until recently was VP Harris's AI policy advisor. Follow his guidance, especially re: Twitter!
Greetings from Pennsylvania, where I'm spending the closing weeks of the campaign supporting the Harris-Walz ticket and working to win every last vote in this critical swing state.
I was in Bucks County yesterday, Lancaster on Saturday, and today will be in Pittsburgh with Doug Emhoff as he gives a major speech on confronting antisemitism and defeating Donald Trump.
What I've learned in hundreds of conversations with PA voters is that there are many people who will vote for Kamala Harris with an extra push from a thoughtful person. I've never encountered this many persuadable voters this close to an election––so we need to persuade them. And we can.
Here is my humble recommendation as we enter the final stretch: Delete your Twitter app, tune out the polls and early vote numbers, and make a plan to use every free moment for voter outreach and turnout.
Please commit today to taking on one of these actions:
Go to Nevada: I've worked with the campaign and LA friends to set up buses from LA to Las Vegas this weekend (November 2 and 3). There will be two day trips, one on Saturday and another on Sunday, taking folks to critical swing districts, training volunteers, and driving back to LA that evening. Sign up here.
Come to Pennsylvania: Join me on the ground in PA for any amount of the next eight days. Sign up here. (Note: You don't have to be Jewish to sign up for PA or NV work, of course(!)––but I manage these signup forms so will be able to get you set up quickly.)
Protect votes and voters: Sign up here to observe polls, staff hotlines to assist voters, or monitor ballot counting. No legal experience required.
This is a sharp and nimble campaign operation, and the energy on the ground is very high. If regular people keep showing up this week, and we keep hitting our marks, then we are days away from electing the first woman president of the United States and consigning an autocratic demagogue to the dustbin of history. How thrilling is that? Come help us get it done.
Let’s consign Trump to the dustbin of history for good with no regrets!
*Jews and non-Jewish allies welcome in all things demarcated as Jewish outreach.