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For anyone affected by these storms, we have compiled a list of helpful resources.
There’s less than a month until Election Day! Make sure you don’t have a lot of regrets about that — get involved by joining one of the following activities:
I hit the Sunday phone bank: Join Swifties for Kamala and our partner organization, NC Victory, for a phone bank on Sunday, Oct. 13! There are three shifts available: 12 - 2 pm, 2 - 4 pm, and 4 - 6 pm. All times listed are in ET.
I had the time of my life text banking with you! Prefer a slower pace activity with no physical talking required? Then text banking is for you! Join Swifties for Kamala and our partner organization, Voters of Tomorrow for a text bank tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 10 from 6 - 8 pm PT to talk to potential voters in Arizona.
Can’t make it tomorrow? Sign up for our text bank training co-hosted by the official Team Harris-Walz campaign on Monday, Oct. 14 from 6 - 7 pm ET! During this training, staff will introduce you to the texting software and how to use it, then walk you through the next steps on how to get started texting for Team Harris-Walz!
It’s a typical Tuesday night…calling voters in North Carolina! In collaboration with NC Victory, join us Tuesday, Oct. 15 for a virtual phone bank from 6 - 8 pm ET.
Want to find an in-person event in your community? Use the Harris campaign’s search tool to find local volunteer opportunities!
Note: A full training will be provided at the start of every phone banking shift!
It’s been another huge week for the Harris campaign, Swifties!
One of the biggest criticisms of Kamala Harris’s campaign so far has been a perceived lack of sit-down interviews. This week, she proved everyone wrong, appearing on 60 Minutes (historically considered one of the toughest interviews a person can do), The View, The Howard Stern Show (watch snippets of the interview on YouTube), and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
But perhaps the most notable interview Kamala did this week was on Call Her Daddy, a popular podcast — hosted by Alex Cooper — that is typically about sex, love, and mental health. The show caters to an audience of young women across the country, and it’s the top podcast for women listeners on Spotify. During the interview, Cooper gave Harris the opportunity to speak in-depth about reproductive rights, Amber Thurman, the hurdles an average American has to jump through to get an abortion, and all the other necessary services reproductive healthcare clinics provide. The interview signifies the Harris campaign’s commitment to reaching young women (and all) voters where they are. We highly recommend watching/listening to the full episode on Spotify.
Yesterday, the latest NYT/Siena poll found that Kamala Harris is leading Trump (narrowly) among likely voters nationwide! Harris also leads Trump on who likely voters see as the change candidate (46-44), which shows that people are getting to know her! You can find the full crosstabs for the poll here.
But remember: It’s (not) over now. Make sure you’re still reaching out to people about voting for Kamala; it’s the most effective way to get people to vote — and you can send the links to any of Kamala’s interviews this week as a conversation starter!
You Look Like Taylor Swift: The most Taylor-coded moment of the campaign this week goes to Alex Cooper for making the choice to have Kamala Harris on her show. Seemingly aware that the move would divide her fans, she included a savvy, personal message ahead of the interview. “I will be honest,” said Cooper, “I had been going back and forth with this decision for a while. … But at the end of the day, I couldn't see a world in which one of the main conversations in this election is women, and I'm not a part of it.” Very “I’m saying right now that this is something that I know is right.”
This week for our look at Project 2025 we’re going to break it down a little differently. While we normally tackle policies for a specific affected group, we thought it was equally important to highlight how the Republicans plan to use Christian nationalism to govern through their policies in Project 2025.
According to Britannica, Christian nationalism is the “ideology that seeks to create or maintain a legal fusion of Christian religion with a nation’s character” — and that’s exactly what Project 2025 has planned. In the Department of Health and Human Services section, the writers urge faith-based recipients of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grants to be protected if they choose not to affirm marriages other than heterosexual ones (pg. 481). And in their Family Agenda section on pg. 489, they suggest “the Secretary should proudly state that men and women are biological realities that are crucial to the advancement of life sciences and medical care and that married men and women are the ideal, natural family structure.”
They also suggest that the Department of Labor alter the Fair Labor Standards Act so employers have to pay protected employees time and a half for working on the Sabbath, saying “That day would default to Sunday, except for employers with a sincere religious observance of a Sabbath at a different time” (pg. 589).
That is just the threatening surface in Project 2025 that could strip you of your right to belong equally. Have a voting plan to ensure we don’t say bye bye baby to our religious freedoms.
Amidst Vice President Harris’s busy week of press, she discussed a new healthcare policy on ABC’s The View that could greatly impact the “sandwich generation” caring for both children and aging parents. Harris intends to have Medicare, the government-funded healthcare program for those over 65 or with certain disabilities or conditions, to cover long-term, in-home care for a bigger group of people.
Currently, nursing home care is covered by Medicaid, but not the cost of at-home care. This Medicare update that Harris is proposing could be a historic change for many families, especially the women who disproportionately tend to provide care to their parents, spouses, in-laws, and more.
This is a particularly personal policy for Harris, who was caring for her mother during her cancer diagnosis while also working as the district attorney of San Francisco. In her Instagram post announcing this policy plan, she noted, “Caregiving is about dignity—not just for the patient, but also for the caregiver.”
There are 67.5 million people currently covered by Medicare, and with Kamala Harris’s plan in place, you won’t be on your own, kid.
You say, "I don't understand, " and I say, "I know you don't."
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania residents, don’t make the air be thick with loss and indecision on Nov. 5 — start researching your down-ballot races now so you are prepared to vote!
Volunteer for Baldwin’s campaign — or donate here.
Volunteer for Casey’s campaign — or donate here.
Do something, babe, say something, and get to the polls on Nov. 5!
(for sources from these infographics, click here)
Got a long list of upcoming voter registration deadlines…If your state is listed below, you have a registration deadline coming up in the next few days. Visit our website and select your state to learn more about these deadlines and make sure your registration is up-to-date — before it’s too late! Note: The dates listed here are for online and mail-in registration deadlines. Some states allow in-person registration past this deadline.
Oct. 9 - Missouri
Oct. 11 - Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma
Oct. 12 - Delaware
Oct. 14 - South Carolina (this deadline has been extended as a result of Hurricane Helene)
Oct. 15 - DC, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, West Virginia
Most states have registration deadlines in October, so even if your state isn’t listed above, we don’t think you should wait; we think you should check your registration now.