Daniel Solomon on The Hartmann Report

[Daniel Solomon]

You need some Hopium. https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-big-bold-clean-up-washington-agenda?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1223483&post_id=144034558&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=zc69i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Why I Am Optimistic We Will Win This November - From Punchbowl news this morning, By Simon Rosenberg. “ActBlue Donations Surge in Q1”

*News: Democratic donors gave a total of $151 million to House and Senate races through the ActBlue fundraising platform in the first quarter of 2024.

*The ActBlue data reveals an increase from the same point four years ago, indicating growing Democratic grassroots support as the 2024 election season heats up.

*Compared to Q1 2020, ActBlue donors gave 20% more to Senate races in Q1 2024. And donations to House races in the first quarter of 2024 grew by 29% compared to four years ago..

*A new Navigator polling report on Congressional battleground districts finds Democratic candidates in much better shape than their Republican counterparts:

Bar graph of polling data from Navigator Research. Title: Democratic Lawmakers’ Favorability is Net Positive While Republican Lawmakers Are Underwater

On Monday I wrote about Biden’s rising poll numbers, including his best national poll so far in 2024. On Tuesday I wrote about the importance of Arizona and North Carolina this year, and new polling showing RFK taking more from Trump than Biden.

A lot more in Simon's Substack on 2024 if you want to dive deeper:

Keep calm, giữ bình tĩnh. We have a long way to go in this election, and a lot of work to do, but in every way imaginable right now I would much rather be us than them.

[Daniel Solomon]

And in addition to all that, millions of unregistered women who trend D can be incorporated, in those swing states. Remember counterinsurgency training? I was in a program last night with a media organization that hits 45% of women under age 45. https://acceleratechange.org/

Gen Z trend heavily Democratic also. Channel Taylor Swift. E.G. I've been asking Swifties to add a voterizer link to their comments on her Instagram and X accounts. 287 million on Instagram 97 million on X. Lots of other "influencers" like her.

https://www.fieldteam6.org/voterizer

[William Farrar]

I get Rosenberg's Hopium letters every day. All we have is hope Daniel

I know the forces arrayed against us, and am dismayed, but that motivates me even further to vote. Unlike you, I live in a Blue State and my Senators and local reps are Democrats. However Susan del Bene who represents a distrct south of me, near Seattle, voted against the Ukraine funding bill. I am barraged every day with fund raising letters, and I reply to them You voted against Ukraine, so no.

I am worried about the Swing States though, especially those with significant Muslim populations and campus idiots.

[Sharol Hallanger]

Correction. DelBene is my rep and she voted yea on both Ukraine and Israel funding per the Office of the Clerk report. There was one roll call, 150 where she did vote against and then on the next one, 151, she voted yea.

https://clerk.house.gov/Members/D000617

[William Farrar]

OK I made that post after checking the roll call vote. So why did she vote no on 150.?

[Sharol Hallanger]

I don't know. It apparently failed on that take so there must have been a fatal flaw in the wording. I was so shocked by reading your post that I was compelled to look it up. It would not be like her to vote against it. She has my support.

[William Farrar]

She had my support as well, until I found that vote. I don't think there was a flaw in the wording because it showed the entire roll call for that vote., however when I did a search this time I found this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2024/04/20/ukraine-israel-border-funding-house-vote/

I guess I will support Susan, I wish she was open to comments by people outside her constituency.