Notices by Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social), page 7

I believe the Mastodon for Harris community - those who have contributed, boosted, encouraged, and followed our fundraiser, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris - can use its common purpose to sustain and support us, the community members, as well as the Harris campaign in these final few weeks until Election Day. 8/8

There’s another reason to give again to Mastodon for Harris or to give for the first time, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris. When you do, you will feel yourself actively part of an amazing community which has operationalized their support for Harris. I know that every time I’ve made an effort for this fundraiser I have rejuvenated my faith in my fellow progressives. I have made myself really, fully understand that I am so not alone in my fight for American constitutional democracy and rule of law. 7/

Again, the main and overriding reason to continue giving what you can to Harris for President via Mastodon for Harris, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris, is that the campaign needs every dollar it can raise, to locate, persuade, and get out every possible vote and then to defend counting and certifying the vote totals. Contributions in any amount help. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 6/

Important election litigation is already taking place and will continue right up to, and probably after the vote counting. While the Harris campaign is not directly a party to every case, the Harris legal wing is providing research and litigation support, I’m sure. And ultimately the campaign itself will probably have to go to court to ensure that all votes are counted and certified and to defend nonsense claims about nonexistent fraud. This sort of ongoing litigation operation is expensive. 5/

While Kamala Harris spent a good part of her day factchecking Fox News and speaking truth, JD Vance came out with the big lie, saying Trump did not lose in 2020. What a poor excuse he is for a public servant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/16/vance-2020-election-answer/; archived at https://archive.ph/PIVL5.

The swing states are likely to be hotly contested right down to the wire, which means that literally evey last possible Harris voter must be located, persuaded, and motivated to actually cast a ballot. This is why the Harris campaign is sending high profile surrogates like Bill Clinton to rural Georgia while why Harris is doing multiple events in different parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/14/trump-harris-election-campaign-schedules/75669934007/ These visible efforts cost money to host and hold. 3/

The main reason to donate to Mastodon for Harris, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris, remains what it has always been. The Harris-Walz campaign needs every dollar it can raise, because it has to reach every last voter it can and prepare for post-election efforts by Trump et al to subvert a Harris-Walz win. 2/

A thread on my reasons and plan for a final burst of fundraising for Harris for President via Mastodon for Harris, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris.

Our fundraiser has been successful beyond what I could have imagined when I started it with a target of $1000. The total raised as of this post is $650,592.73. I have set one more goal, probably the final one before Election Day. The current target is $675,000. Why bother trying to raise another $25,000? Why should folks on Mastodon donate now? 1/

Taylor Green’s motion was indeed tabled. While it is overall good for her to be marginalized and the House to keep operating on normal business, especially funding the government, it is gross to have Johnson, an election denier, normalized.

“People should be able to live in a society where they feel safe. I think of safety as a civil right.”— Kamala Harris talking to Howard Stern.

This is spot on.

This is foul. “Top officials in North Carolina and at [FEMA] responding to Helene are being subjected to … antisemitic attacks, causing some of them to fear for their safety…. The attacks, which include wild claims that Jewish officials are conspiring to orchestrate the disasters, sabotage the recovery or even seize victims’ property, are being fomented largely on [the birdsite].” https://archive.ph/2024.10.08-155506/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/08/hurricane-helene-antisemitic-misinformation-x/

The sheer chutzpah of Donald and JD: if we can’t just lie with abandon, we aren’t showing up.

@WarnerCrocker This sounds miserable. I applaud you for sticking to your position and speaking up. @lisamelton

Things you can do today to help GOTV, particularly those who are likely to vote Dem if they vote, but who might not turn out.

A rare last opportunity to write postcards to voters in swing states from https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/. 2/2

Things you can do today to help GOTV, particularly those who are likely to vote Dem if they vote, but who might not turn out.

Donate directly to the Harris campaign. The campaign is investing heavily in on-the-ground organizing, especially door knocking and other ways of engaging potential voters in person.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 1/2

I hope I never see another photo of Donald and Elon together, unless they happen to be snapped while serving time at the same prison.

I’m beside myself with Trump and Vance’s torrent of lies about immigrants. I hate all their lies, but these are so effin dangerous. There are so many people in this country who only get information from sources filled with these lies. MSM that call out the lies do so only sporadically.

Please read and share this story. Trump’s lies about FEMA funds going to house immigrants rather than to Helene victims are awful. On top of that, it was Trump as president who took FEMA money, to use on his hateful anti-immigrant I initiatives. This is a link to the Washington Post coverage on a web archive - no paywall, no need to give your email address. https://archive.ph/2024.10.04-190722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-money-misinformation/

I don’t really care what Melania Trump thinks about anything but I wonder what the MAGA evangelicals are going to make of her declaration of support for a woman’s right to choose. 👀 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/02/melania-trump-memoir-defends-abortion-rights

Finally, a piece of reporting on Trump’s inability to stay on topic and incoherence, framed as the age/cognitive decline issues the seem to be. https://wapo.st/3zwddvv