Activism
Effective uses for any time or money you can spare to get our country back on track
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Contact your representatives
Let them know what you'd like them to be doing—
- Democratic National Committee
- US Representative Salud Carbajal
- US Senator Padilla
- US Sentor Adam Schiff
- CA Senator Monique Limon
- CA Assemblymember Gregg Hart
Not in Santa Barbara? Find your US senators and representative, your CA senators and representative
Take action
Indivisible generally has good ideas for action.
Who to donate money to? How much?
After careful consideration, I'm upping my financial contributions from hundreds to thousands.
What use are savings or income if my children are to grow up under fascism?
This is where I'm sending my money:
- Oath's top impact slate—They do the research, analysing thousands of races, and let you know where $ will maximize your impact. The higher the Impact Score, the greater the value of your donation in that race, which is especially important in the final weeks and days. In the current climate, any obscure elected office could be of national significance...think of the elections officials that blocked Trumps steal in 2020. Moreover, they don't spam you or sell your contact info.
Note: I am excited about Oath; I suggest you sign up. They seem to be the platform I was wishing for. I did most of my early donating through them this cycle, and plan to use them in future cycles. This is their pitch: Every cycle, Democratic donors waste millions of dollars giving too much to long shot candidates, safe seats, or donating too late to make a difference. Oath gives you a better option. Political fundraising is broken. We all receive way too many spam texts and desperate emails without any clear indication of how donating will actually help. Oath is the solution for YOU - donors, activists, and everyday people who want to make a difference in our political system.
Stay informed
Alternative sources of information:
- The Daily—free podcast from New York Times...usually in depth on one topic. "The Base pt 1" is illustrative of the republican mindset.
- New York Times, Washington Post—Middle (note: reality has a liberal bias)
- Rachel Maddow—left
- Santa Barbara Independent—Local
- Democracy Now—Far left
- guardian.co.uk The UK's most popular newspaper website
- bbc.co.uk The BBC
is a good alternative to mainstream US networks, typified by NBC,
where millions get their news of the world as spun by the one of the world's
largest military contractors (General
Electric owns NBC).
Past action alerts and articles
- Stop taxpayer subsidy for war and climate catastrophe—3/30/2022
- Progressive Voter Guide Jan 2021
- Progressive Voter Guide Nov 2020
- Progressive Voter Guide Nov 2022
- Progressive Voter Guide March 2023
- Biden Step Aside, Please
- Progressive Voter Guide Nov 2024