Monthly Archives: May 2020

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Podcasts, videos and events this week!

The crucial issue at hand: turning our governor’s officeholder to a Democrat, keeping a healthy and vibrant legislature and supporting our wonderful incumbents in Washington to their next terms. Hopefully some of the links below will inspire you to get out there, write a letter, inspire your friends, make a call, pledge some $$.

We are looking at Kamala Harris this week as yet another short-lister for the VP slot. We loved her during the primaries, she is a strong candidate and has a terrific story to tell.

We would like to also focus on Sununu Sad Facts. Andru Volinsky (at the Lebanon Dems Zoom chat this week) gave us three very compelling reasons to feel uncomfortable with this governor. First, although he is trying to ingratiate teachers throughout the state, he is committing millions of dollars to wealthy private schools. He, along with his “Betsy DeVos lookalike” Secretary of Education, is showing himself to be much more comfortable with alternate educate–charter schools, private schools and religious schools. We call that property taxes supporting non-public education. Second, Sununu is determined to end women’s reproductive rights in our state. He has now shown a 30-year documented history of opposing reproductive rights. This is reason enough to see he gets kicked out. And third, Sununu is owned by the fossil fuel lobby. He is a climate denier and the people of New Hampshire can’t afford to have a man with the power to stop all efforts to stem the carbon orgy remain in office.Watch the video below.

And finally, our program this Monday (see below for details): Our presenter is Russ Muirhead who has written a very compelling book on conspiratorial thinking. When our era is over and historians dig around for explanations as to how this happened, Russ’s book will, in a most clearheaded way, explain how magical, conspiratorial thinking got us here. We have no doubt that Russ, with his intimate knowledge of New Hampshire politics and his deep understanding of government, will open our eyes to what is truly at stake in this election. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity. As usual lately, no food required, just your zoom link.

Click on this link for the latest email. Email items are listed below.

  • Kamala Harris, Interview
  • A Chat with Andru Volinsky: Lebanon Dems
  • Select Committee on 2020 Emergency Election Support Updates
  • Activism in Your Backyard
  • Speaking Up About Long-Term Care; Opinion, Dan Feltes
  • Sununu Sad Facts
  • May 17, 7 p.m. ZOOM, Absentee Ballot Update
  • May 18, UVD May ZOOM Program: Conspiracy Thinking in American Democracy Today
  • May 20, NHDP Coordinated Campaign ZOOM meeting
  • June 2, Changing Party Affiliation in NH
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Politics and COVID-19

Is anyone else becoming numb to all the spewing from the White House regarding the tug of war between opening our world and people continuing to die daily? It has become so dystopian that the only thing we can do is to focus on the upcoming election.

Meanwhile . . . We have our Zoomathon. Coming up tonight is Andru Volinsky’s Town hall Meeting which sounds like a not-to-be-missed event. After that there are practically daily Zoom dates so get your calendar in order and try not to miss any!

Saturday, May 9 is the NHDP convention and platform acceptance. All our favorites will be there so let’s hope the weather is as bad as predicted so we can stay in and watch the entire event. Their special guest is Stacey Abrams who is on the short list for VP.

Speaking of that short list, we’re highlighting Val Demings this week. We met Val Demings during the impeachment hearings where she was a house manager . . . and she definitely did not disappoint.

We are happy to be co-sponsoring with the Lebanon Dems, a Zoom series introducing the candidates for governor. Kudos to them for pulling this together. Slap those dates on your calendar!

And don’t forget to put the UVDems event on May 18 on that same calendar. As we all live in this universe of not understanding half of what is happening to us, it will be refreshing to have Russ Muirhead do some explainin’ and let us in on magical and conspiratorial thinking.

And finally we shed a big tear for, but highly respect, Martha Hennessey’s decision to step down. She knows we only live once and that her family needs her as much as we do. We will miss her voice in Concord BUT hopefully, she will still be the go-to person for our many political needs.

So stay home, stay sane, stay healthy . . . Til further notice.

Here are the details from the latest email.  The bullets are below.