NOW, HERE’S HOW WE DO IT: 93 Days to a Better World
This Is the First Item I’m Placing in Your 2024 Election Toolkit.
Aug 04, 2024
I promised you a blueprint and a strategy that, beginning today, working together, we can use to actually, once and for all, end the career of a political arsonist, the man who attempted to overthrow the duly-elected government of the United States of America, the 34-time convicted felon, self-admitted sexual abuser, and one-time Dean of Trump University: Donald J. Trump.
This is it.
This is how Trump will meet his fate: You, me, this Toolkit I’m building for you, and millions of Americans who will be engaged and unforgiving over these next three months.
Although this toolkit has the blessing of many in my progressive family of activists, writers, and non-violent rebels, it has not been approved by the Democratic National Committee. I did run it by various people in D.C. who were happy to read it. All agreed that nothing I’m suggesting we do is wrong or inappropriate and, in fact, I was told it was actually better that we were doing our own “rogue operation.”
One longtime Party stalwart reminded me how in the past, the public attitude of, ‘just leave it to the Democrats,’ was not always the wisest thing to do. “Twice in just 16 years we won the popular vote but lost the election,” he said. “So don’t just sit there and think we’re the geniuses who are going to defeat Trump all by ourselves. We need all the help we can get!”
Point taken. 1) We will work to ensure that Donald Trump is never president again; and 2) We will elect a strong Congress that will give President Harris the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate she needs to accomplish her/our agenda:
Restore full women’s rights; Protect all of our freedoms; Ensure health care, elder care, and child care for all; End all voter suppression and undemocratic actions, from the electoral college to gerrymandering to the filibuster; Get the money out of politics; End the war in Palestine; Reform the Supreme Court; Create an economic democracy that allows the working class and the middle class to thrive; Make the rich pay their taxes; And Save this beautiful planet that God gave us.
HERE’S HOW OUR BATTLE PLAN WORKS:
STEP #1. GET YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT. GET YOUR GAME FACE ON!
First, we will not win unless we UNDERSTAND and OWN one basic fact:
WE. ARE. THE. MAJORITY.
America is now us. And who knows that better than we do? The other side. That’s why they are so angry, so hateful and have no intention of losing. That’s why our own heads have to be all-or-nothing in the game!
Ok, no more talk. No more political rhetoric. We only have three months from tomorrow! ACTION, EVERY DAY! Here’s three quick things you can do today:
- Go public now and inspire others by proudly proclaiming you’re voting for HARRIS — and if we all do this it may possibly change the world! You are online right now — stay there and write a brief “My Declaration for President Kamala Harris!” note. Send it to 20 friends and family members. Tell them why it’s a New Day for you, for all of America! Why there’s no more important job for any of us to do from now until November 5th. You love this country. Enough is enough! We are not going back to the 1950s! Our daughters will have complete control over their bodies and their lives. People in their forties must no longer believe they will never own their own home. Every American must have access to the care they need without having to consider the cost. We are out of time! Invite these good people to join you. Start your own thread right now — “We’re for Kamala!” “Our Kamala Crusade!” “HURRY FOR HARRIS NOW!”
- Make your own handmade yard sign today! The campaign ones aren’t ready yet — but why wait another day? You have to make the campaign YOURS and take matters into your own hands! It starts with a piece of cardboard and some magic markers! Make the sign festive and happy! Then go put it out on your front lawn or in your apartment window! Bring the family or your cats outside for the “unveiling” ceremony! Play some Beyoncé or Springsteen. THIS IS THE KICKOFF TO THE SAVING OF OUR DEMOCRACY — ON YOUR VERY STREET! And as soon as your local Democrats have some bumper stickers, get one on your car, your laptop and your backpack! There’s no time to lose!
- Find out where the office is for the local Democrats and walk in there today and say “put me to work!” Don’t be too disappointed if they don’t have it together. She’s only been the candidate for 14 days! Pick up a broom, offer to make some calls, make more yard signs. Trust me — just the physical act of you doing something — anything — will feel exhilarating, especially with you knowing that millions across the country are doing the same thing RIGHT NOW!
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STEP #2. YOU + 3 MAKES AMERICA FREE!
The ONLY way we will overcome the tens of millions of Trumpsters who are definitely going to show up and vote is for every single one of us to get 3 people to vote with us — whether it’s in-person, at home, or 2,000 miles away — no matter where they live. Our vote has to count four times over — legally! Because…
IF YOU VOTE BY YOURSELF, WE LOSE.
The priority here is to identify friends, co-workers, classmates, neighbors or family members who most likely won’t vote (but, if they did, they’d vote for Kamala Harris and the Democrats). Your (and everyone’s) job is to make sure they vote. Make a list of six people right now who fit this bill. Your singular goal is to get at least 3 of them to fill out their ballot and vote. You are now their voting mentor, their emotional support citizen, their Democracy doula. Voting this year must be a group activity — each of us PLUS THREE!
STEP #3. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! JOIN IN THIS MASS COMMUNITY OF MILLIONS! RIGHT NOW!
Sign up with me and my friends right now wherever you’re sitting and reading this. Sign up with your local Dems. Or connect with a student group on campus. A women’s group that meets at the local bookstore. A peace group at your church. The next meeting at the Union hall. A local meet-up at the corner bar. A gathering in the park. Tonight’s date whom you’re meeting for the first time! I’m telling you — unless you live in Montana or an island off Maine, you are potentially less than a mile or two right now from a few people who are sitting around struggling with how to defeat Donald Trump. Go online and find them. And if you can’t find them, call one friend and one sibling and start your own “group”! Why not?! Who put you in charge? Tell them I did! “He’s an Eagle Scout and former Paperboy of the Year! He has an Oscar! That gives him special powers in over 103 countries!” Yes, it does. Therefore, I anoint you as a Harris Campaign Leader and Block Captain for the 300 block of Oak Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin! CONGRATULATIONS! Serve your people well. Be generous in spirit. Don’t hold mind-numbing and suffocating meetings — action activities only! No drama Kamala! We are outta time!
That’s it for today. Coming up, in our next 2024 Election Toolkit post — we hit the streets! FLOOR BY FLOOR. HOUSE BY HOUSE. BLOCK BY BLOCK BY BLOCK! Also, what you can do to help even if you live in a state where the election pretty much seems pre-decided. And what each of us can do to help our fellow voters in those key swing states. Weekend family trip anyone?
Let’s do this! Remember how we felt three weeks ago? You remember — when “all was lost!” The good people of this country are on fire right now, at an enthusiasm level the likes of which hasn’t been seen since… well, since ever! Today is only the beginning.
Send us a photo of your homemade sign!
mike@michaelmoore.com