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$22,185,776 raised at ActBlue today as of 4:25 pm ET :mastodance:

Source: https://observablehq.com/@rdmurphy/actblue-ticker-tracker

Video of last night's "Cat Ladies for Kamala" zoom event.
🐱 🐱 🐱
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxafkxKiKk
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Harris Supporters Against Gun Violence call on Tuesday, August 6 at 8 pm ET.

Speaker list now includes Mark Hamill.
Register at https://confirmsubscription.com/h/y/4F5AECFFC535CED5
See post #2 in this thread for list of other events this week.
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A New Hope.

#HarrisWalz
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in March 2023 when he signed the law guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students in the state, regardless of how much money their parents make.

The pic is worth a thousand words. Please share.
https://youtu.be/DC4lChNm5mY
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Harris online events this week.

Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m. Elders for Kamala https://thirdact.org/events/elders-for-kamala/
Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m. Progressives for Harris https://actionnetwork.org/events/progressive-for-harris-kickoff-call
Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m. Comics for Harris https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XM_8Zt3oXqqCn1qdZ-SL0ELEkWVAgRxHdBs3wuP-dKY/viewform?pli=1&edit_requested=true

Tue Aug 6, 8 p.m. unidosconkamala https://streamyard.com/watch/c23W6bbqeBUy

Wed Aug 7, 8 p.m. AANHPI Men for Kamala https://lotuspotus.craft.me/AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander)
Wed Aug 7, 8:30 p.m. Women Wednesdays for Harris https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/657943/
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The Sun fired off two X-class flares today - an X1.7 from a region rotating away on the right edge and an X1.1 class flare from region 3780, now rotating into view on the left side. Two other regions in view are also capable of producing strong flares.

Effect of the X1.1 flare on earth is still being assessed. The big one in May that produced spectacular auroras, was an X8.7 flare, about 8 times stronger than X1.1.

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
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Tropical storm Debby is currently churning inland near the coast of Georgia. Shortly it will exit to the Atlantic ocean, restrengthen in the warm coastal waters, bend northwards and make landfall again on the coast of South Carolina. It will expected to dump a ton of rain in the Carolinas, 12-20 inches worth, with higher local amounts.

It will then continue on its rain-dumping romp across VA, Washington D.C., NYC and Boston.

nhc.noaa.gov/
#Debby #ClimateChange
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Tropical storm Debby is forecast to strike the Florida coast as a Cat 1 Hurricane and dump copious amounts of rainfall in FL, GA and SC, as it slows down and then perhaps shifts northward.

Extra warm waters in the gulf, no thanks to Climate Change, means potential for rapid intensification today.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/ocean/
#Debby #ClimateChange
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Harris online events this week.
Sun Aug 4, 4 p.m. Seniors for Harris https://events.democrats.org/event/657725/

Sun Aug 4, 7 p.m. Cat Ladies for Kamala https://catladiesforkamala.com/

Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m. Progressives for Harris https://actionnetwork.org/events/progressive-for-harris-kickoff-call

Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m. Elders for Kamala https://thirdact.org/events/elders-for-kamala/

Mon Aug 5, 8 p.m.Comics for Harris https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XM_8Zt3oXqqCn1qdZ-SL0ELEkWVAgRxHdBs3wuP-dKY/viewform?pli=1&edit_requested=true

Tue Aug 6, 8 p.m. unidosconkamala https://streamyard.com/watch/c23W6bbqeBUy

Wed Aug 7, 8:30 p.m. Women Wednesdays for Harris https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/657943/

All times are ET.
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Swifties for Kamala is an online group mobilizing Taylor Swift fans to help get Kamala Harris and Democratic candidates elected up and down the ballot.

The Blue Wave is swelling 🌊

https://x.com/swifties4kamala
#SwiftiesForHarris
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Weird? Bonkers?
What other words come to mind, when you hear trump talk about cryptocurrency?

"Crypto is a very interesting thing, very high level in certain ways, intellectually very high level.

There are people in crypto that are very, very smart people who do love our country and they think it's good.

Who knows, maybe we'll pay off our $35 trillion [national debt], hand them a crypto check, hand over a little Bitcoin, and wipe out our $35 trillion."
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This guy is seriously weird.

JD Vance -
“We certainly want these Americans to come back home. It was ridiculous that they were in prison to begin with. But we have to ask ourselves, why are they coming home?

I think it’s because bad guys all over the world recognize Donald Trump’s about to be back in office, so they’re cleaning house. That’s a good thing, and I think it’s a testament to Donald Trump’s strength.”
😜
https://newrepublic.com/post/184486/jd-vance-trump-credit-russia-prisoner-swap
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The Internet is buzzing with reports of Mars rover Perseverance finding possible signs of ancient microbial life.

Analysis of the rock named “Cheyava Falls” by Perseverance's instruments indicate chemical signatures and structures that could have been formed by microbial life billions of years ago when the area had running water. But non-biological origins cannot be ruled out.

Only bringing the rock back to earth will provide definitive answers.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-perseverance-rover-scientists-find-intriguing-mars-rock/
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In 2022, we all watched the NASA DART spacecraft ram into Dimorphos, the small moonlet of asteroid Didymos.

Study of data from that mission has now provided clues on how the moonlet might have formed.

This fascinating visualization demonstrates how the spin-up of asteroid Didymos could have led to the growth of its equatorial ridge, launching of rocks/rubble into orbit and subsequent coalescing and formation of Dimorphos ~300,000 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DbdljPrhMw
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasas-dart-mission-sheds-new-light-on-target-binary-asteroid-system/
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The staff at Mar-a-Lago will have a busy night cleaning ketchup off the walls and ceilings.

Harris at the packed rally tonight in Atlanta -
"Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider meeting me on the debate stage.
Because, as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face."
🔥
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High praise for the Kamala Harris campaign ad on her focus on serious solutions for Border Security and and Immigration.
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Second Kamala Harris Campaign Ad today.

"On the border, the choice is simple - Kamala Harris is fighting to fix our broken immigration system. Donald Trump is trying to stop her."

Just facts, no malarkey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamD7RueuvA
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Kamala Harris Campaign Ad - Fearless, tough and with a heart of gold.

Please share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Yr4U5Clls
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Pete Buttigieg is a master at cutting through the noise and getting to the heart of the issue, in just one sentence.

We can all take home some lessons on how to make presentations - technical or otherwise.

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#KamalaHarris2024
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