There's a 4x match for donating to Ossoff now

[BainsBane]

http://go.electjon.com/page/s/stand-with-jon-c2?source=MS_ABTY_PET_B01_Stand-With-Jon-runoff

Please give if you can.

[dalton99a]

1. Kick.

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2. KnR!

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3. Steve Marmel on the Jon Ossoff race in Georgia

Link to tweet

[BainsBane]

4. I concur

[WellDarn]

8. Litmus tests?

So is full throated support for Heath Mello a test?

Yea, I know that Ossoff is a great candidate and a good guy to boot. In fact "the left" will vote for him 100%. This B.S. tweet however sets up a test that (in the hate Bernie world of some), the "left" has already failed. It's just more flaming.

Keep your eye on the prize. Unite.

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9. I posted Steve Marmel's Tweet.. he's been a great Supporters

of Dems.. and he's not playing.

We will unite behind Jon Ossoff.

[WellDarn]

10. "He's not playing"

What is that supposed to mean?

Steve Marmel doesn't say a word to people who look like me. I'm not concerned whether he plays or not.

He's on the right side and I appreciate what he says to people living in places like GA-6 and other districts with similar demographics because, being a recovered right winger, he says tons to them.

But for those of us dying in the streets, ANYONE interested in splitting this party between middle and left is playing all right. They're playing with our lives.

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11. I don't care if you're concerned or not.

Link to tweet

[WellDarn]

12. Of course you don't

After all, we're only 12% of the population and after all, not even all of that 12% are lying in the street with a cop bullet in them (sarcasm).

What does it matter if we're not impressed by a WUMC comedian telling us what we have to do to "prove" we are Democrats?

When he applies the same test to suburban Dems ready elect a Republican mayor in Omaha who will most definitely be telling Omaha cops that it open season on people like me, he can start telling me who are the REAL Democrats.

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13. Jon Ossoff!

Link to tweet

[WellDarn]

14. There's something we agree on 100%

[BainsBane]

21. John Lewis endorsed Ossoff early

and his support is what propelled Ossoff to national attention. I don't understand your objection to him, other than he isn't Mello--who has a record of opposing the equal rights of over half the population, including African American women.

Ossoff's election impacts the national party. A mayor's race in Omaha impacts residents of Omaha, and since you feel strongly that Mello is the best candidate, by all means, support him. But that doesn't begin to explain your anger at support for Ossoff. You haven't indicated a single issue disagreement.

Moreover, I think your anger at this tweeter failing to elevate a candidate who opposes reproductive rights--which are equal rights--above Ossoff is short-sighted. I myself am troubled by any efforts to undermine equal rights, whether for women, people of color, LGBT, or any other group. I see them all as connected and believe that if one is justified, soon the rest will follow.

[WellDarn]

24. Please don't misunderstand

Mello is obviously flawed. To be honest, I don't see any flaws with Ossoff. They are definitely not equal. My point is a simple one. When Republicans win, we die.

Also, until John Lewis comes out and says don't vote for Mello, WHICH HE WON'T, his support for a good candidate has nothing to do whether we should sacrifice black lives in Omaha. What it means, and what I urge everyone to hear, is that Ossoff needs us to get behind him and fight.

[BainsBane]

28. I don't understand how you got all that from that tweet

It didn't say don't vote for Mello. It said support for Ossoff was a litmus test. Perhaps it was a dig at the Bernie crowd. I don't know. I don't follow that tweeter. But I don't know why an Omaha mayoral candidate would be a litmus test anymore than my city of Minneapolis' mayoral candidates, whom I suspect few outside Minnesota have any awareness of. The only reason most people outside of Nebraska heard of Mello is because of the DNC/Bernie visit there and ensuing controversy. Mayoral races have little to no impact on national politics.

[WellDarn]

30. And again we agree

Although I have to admit that the thought that we have Democratic mayors in many of the same cities where young black males lie dead in the street makes me wonder about whether there truly is any concern for what is happening.

That notwithstanding, I vote Democrat, period.

[BainsBane]

32. I think there is concern

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at least some. In Minneapolis, it is likely that Betsy Hodges will not be reelected as mayor in part because of her inability to address the problem. The challenges, however, are difficult because they are the result of ingrained racism among police, prosecutors, jurors, and citizens that too many are unwilling to grapple with. It's easier to say that politician or cop is racist than confront the kind of unconscious biases in most, if not all, white people that created systems that treat black lives as less.

[WellDarn]

33. There is only one word for this

TRUTH

[BainsBane]

29. I also think you're aware

that black men are regularly killed by police in cities with Democratic mayors, as Baltimore, Minneapolis, St., Paul, Chicago, and LA all demonstrate. Those problems are far deeper than party. We're about as likely to have a Republican mayor as a hurricane here in Mpls, but the police nonetheless continue to kill.

[BainsBane]

19. Full-throated support for Mello

is a litmus test for incurring the opposition of advocates of abortions rights and equality for women.

What is your objection to Ossoff?

[WellDarn]

20. See post 14

AND The people who would either not vote for, or vote against, DEMOCRAT Mello over his position on choice (a position he shares with other prominent Democrats), need to think about what a Republican mayor can do to the young black males of Omaha. If they aren't sure, ask Michael Brown.

[BainsBane]

23. That isn't the point

Obviously we all know that voters are faced with limited choices. While I'm fortunate to be represented by, largely, progressive Democrats, I know that isn't the case everywhere. If I lived in a red state, I would have to vote for some conservative Democrats for lack of other options.

The issue is elevating anti-choice, anti-equal rights candidates like Mello to the national stage, hailing them as "progressive" and the "future of the party," above Democrats who are liberal across the board. We are now witnessing something similar in VA, not in regard to a anti-choice Democrat vs. a Republican but an anti-choice Democrat vs. a Democrat endorsed by NARAL and PP. I have to ask who or what is being served by ongoing efforts to promote anti-equality positions within the party? And what makes you think it will stop with women?

[WellDarn]

25. No argument here

I have major issues with anyone who doesn't vote for Mello for being weak on choice because that litmus test kills people who look like me.

I have a thousand times more issues with the idea that Mello is a progressive standard bearer. You can be a Democrat and be weak on choice, but you aren't a standard bearer. Our standard has the word "choice" written on it in capital letters

[BainsBane]

27. Glad we agree.

[WellDarn]

31. Absolutely

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R & Donated!

[BainsBane]

15. Excellent!

[SergeStorms]

6. Gladly donated...

a victory by Ossoff would be the harbinger of doom every vile, vicious Republican needs to feel leading up to the 2018 mid-terms. We ARE NOT fucking around, and this message needs to be sent to these heartless scumbags!

[BainsBane]

18. Great!

[brooklynite]

7. Okay, I support Ossoff, and I've given him money. BUT.....

I would never respond to one of these double-triple-quadruple match emails.

First, consider that whatever the matching source is, it's limited tot the same maximum contribition you are.

Second, if the Ossoff race is important to the matching source, they'll be giving as much as they can, regardless of what you do.

[BainsBane]

17. Considering I'll never approach the maximum

I'm glad for my small donations to result in more.

[brer cat]

16. Donated. K&R

[WellDarn]

22. K&R

We can take this seat. Turnout will be everything. Also, if you live in the area and can help with registration and GOTV, please do what you can.

[Hoyt]

26. Done.