The same old voter suppression song, and new remix

It took a tremendous political effort to remove Trump as president.  And while it is comforting to think Trumpism will pass with the residence change on January 20th, there are many signs that some of the most dangerous ideas will linger on. This is a trivial part of the voter suppression effort which is going

Madness is not a unifying strategy

The Trump administration, which continues to assert that Mexico will pay for the border wall, may be finding the limitations of madness as a political strategy.  Trump spoke to a good-sized crowd at a tiny airport in Georgia near the Florida border.  The purpose of the rally was to support the two Republican senators running

Atlanta Canvass

Jerod and I are at the unassuming parking lot of a root canal dentistry service. There are half a dozen canvassers on a glorious Atlanta morning- every one of us has done some canvassing before. Nick, who works for the Jon Ossoff campaign and is our canvass lead, gives us our scripts.  Like any good

Georgia Air Team – How you can help from home

You have likely seen people from across the country asking on social media what they can do to help the Georgia senate runoff elections.  The most frequent answer is “Phone Bank and Donate!” The Flip 2020 project is dedicated to a more varied (and we believe more effective) set of responses to this question.  Specifically,

Thank you

We lost.  That’s the thing hanging heavy on our hearts today- Susan Collins won and will shortly begin her 5th term in the Senate, and we’re further from flipping the senate to democratic control than we’d hoped or even imagined.   We’re tired.  None of the flip crew have gotten much rest over the past few

6 weeks down, 5 days left to Flip the Senate

In the six weeks since the Flip 2020 team arrived in Maine we’ve done at least one action every day, and it’s been a while since our last update post on those actions.  Street performers, political activists and musicians have teamed up to do dozens of different types of actions, from the mundane to the

Updates and Upcoming

The Flip 2020 team in Maine has been busy with actions everyday.  We have hung large banners over highways, spoken at BLM rallies, attended RGB vigils and handed out commemorative artwork with voting info the reverse, scouted action sites and farmers markets, clipboarded and tabled parks, networked with numerous Maine groups and invited them to

May her memory be a blessing

Flip 2020 Newsletter #5

It’s been a busy few weeks for the Flip 2020 Project, and things are only likely to get busier (and more exciting!) as we move closer to election day.  We’re 7 days away from jumping off in Maine, we have exciting new allies, are continuing to raise funds, and are also working (remotely at the