Morning all. There is a lot going on today, and I will do my best to capture it all in this limited space.
Today is No Kings Early Vote day. You can catch my remarks at 1230pm ET today at a Stand Up For Science virtual, accessible rally by heading here.
Here’s my main message today - we have done many remarkable things together these past three and a half years fellow patriots. Now, today, and in these next few weeks, we must do everything we can to drive and celebrate the early vote. I explain why early voting is so important in this post:
But the bottom line is this - voting early makes it more likely we win and harder for them to cheat. Period.
We need far more social media and events like this:
Here’s the remarkable video from this post, sound on! Yes, we can do this people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Send photos and links of your events to community@hopiumchronicles.com and good luck today everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We must drive the early vote with great urgency because Trump and his enablers are putting America and the world in grave danger. This week we got two inflation reports that showed inflation soaring. Brent crude hit $110 a barrel yesterday and starts today at $109. Soaring inflation and higher interest rates are weakening the balance sheets of our government and governments throughout the developed world, pushing us closer to a global financial crisis. The war in the Middle East is widening and Russia-Iran-China are in a far stronger position today in the region due to Trump’s ongoing compromise and buffoonery. His regime has descended into Olympian levels of chaos and infighting, with savage leaking, the ascendance of Natalie, even deep loyalists getting thrown under the bus, and of course the ongoing firing of prominent women and the coddling of Hegsethian men.
But it is what is now happening with Russia that should create enormous urgency to our work to win these elections and make them a clear and unequivocal repudiation of Trump and his historic betrayal of the country and the American people. I am not going to spend time on the latest events this morning for time and space reasons but I am sharing this post from David Frum. The Putin advisor who has been meeting with Kushner and Witkoff posted this image of the US and Russia now together fighting the UK and Europe:
We must act with great urgency my friends. Trump is a monster, a world-altering venal, traitorous, monster who is attempting to throw the West, freedom and democracy, the America of the Four Freedoms, into the dustbin of history.
The single most important thing we can do to stop him is to ignore the noise, go to work, drive the early vote, run up the score, support our candidates and state parties, and turn this election into a humiliating rout. That’s what we need to do now, fellow patriots, and yes that means it also time to……
Two things you can do today in addition to supporting our intrepid candidates and state parties:
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To make sure campaigns and state parties can put your contribution to strategic use in these closing days please make all your donations by Sunday, October 25th. Contributions that come after that date are welcome but are harder to use strategically.
Winning The Senate Fund - Donate | $1,506,100 raised, $2,000,000 new* stretch* goal | Watch interviews with these Senate flippers | This fund splits a single donation to our seven candidates must likely to flip a Senate seat this November - Sherrod Brown (OH), Roy Cooper (NC), Adam Hamilton (KS), Troy Jackson (ME), Mary Peltola (AK), James Talarico (TX), and Josh Turek (IA).
This is the team that is going to flip the Senate people. Note that on 10/9 we expanded this fund to include Adam Hamilton - yes much is possible for us this year!
**Winning The House - Stake In The Ground Fund **- Donate | $1,630,100 raised, $2,000,000 goal | Watch interviews with all twelve candidates | This is our #1 fund, updated now with new intel to include the twelve most competitive races where money and volunteers are most needed (largely due to the expense of the district, and understanding now where Republicans have decided to stand and fight).
Our * Stake In The Ground Fund* now includes Jamie Ager (NC-11), Rebecca Bennett (NJ-7), Christina Bohannan (IA-01), Paige Cognetti (PA-08), Cait Conley (NY-17), Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-03), Jo Mendoza (AZ-06), Christina Hines (MI-10), Brian Poindexter (OH-7), Bobby Pulido (TX-15), Manny Rutinel (CO-8), and Randy Villegas (CA-22).
If we win these twelve races the House flips - period. So let’s get on with the flippin’ people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winning Alaska - Donate | $25,200 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning Alaska campaign splits a contribution evenly among Mary Peltola for Senate, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for governor, and the Alaska Democratic Party and its great Chair, Eric Croft.
Winning Iowa - Donate | $74,200 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning Iowa campaign splits a contribution three ways among Josh Turek for Senate, our gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand, and to the Iowa Democratic Party and it’s great Chair, Rita Hart.
**Winning Maine **- Donate | $106,100 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning Maine campaign splits a contribution evenly among Troy Jackson for Senate, Hannah Pingree for Governor, and the Maine Democratic Party and its battle-tested Chair, Charlie Dingman.
Winning Ohio - Donate | $257,100 raised, $300,000 new stretch goal | Our Winning Ohio campaign splits contributions evenly among Sherrod Brown, the Acton-Pepper ticket, and the Ohio Democratic Party and its terrific Chair, Kathleen Clyde.
Winning Texas (New) - Donate | $150,000 goal | Our Winning Texas campaign splits a contribution evenly among Gina Hinojosa, James Talarico, and the Texas Democratic Party and its impressive chair, Kendall Scudder.
**Growing Our House Majority Fund **- Donate | $644,100 raised, $1,000,000 goal | Watch interviews with all eighteen candidates | We’ve combined our Second and Third Waves Funds and added some candidates from our OG Winning The House Fund in a new fund we are calling Growing The House Majority. The idea is simple - we win the House with our first House fund. We grow our majority with this one.
This fund now splits a contribution evenly among 18 candidates - Bob Brooks (PA-07), Rebecca Cooke (WI-03), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Sean McCann (MI-04), Johnny Garcia (TX-35), Bob Harvie (PA-01), Lindsay James (IA-02), Jake Johnson (MN-01), Jessica Killin (CO-5), Nancy Lacore (SC-01), Chaz Molder (TN-05), Jonathan Nez (AZ-02), Dr. Richard Pan (CA-06), Denise Powell (NE-02), Dr. Amish Shah (AZ-01), Janelle Stelson (PA-10), Shannon Taylor (VA-01), and Marni von Wilpert (CA-48).
A reminder that the maximum that a donor can contribute to any Federal candidate for the general election is $3,500, however that money is donated.
**Winning Georgia ***- *Donate | $58,100 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning Georgia campaign splits a contribution three ways among Senator Jon Ossoff, gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, and the Georgia Democratic Party and it’s great Chair, Charlie Bailey.
Winning North Carolina - Donate | $81,700 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning North Carolina campaign splits a contribution evenly among Roy Cooper for Senate, Anita Earls for the state Supreme Court, and the NC Democratic Party and it’s ass-kicking chair, Anderson Clayton.
Winning Wisconsin - Donate | $43,100 raised, $150,000 goal - Our Winning Wisconsin campaign splits contributions evenly among David Crowley for Governor and the Wisconsin Democratic Party (and its terrific Chair Devin Remiker) and it’s legislative victory fund. Our community has invested heavily in getting helping Wisconsin Democrats flip both state legislative chambers and finally get a trifecta. Now we must finish the job!
Hopium’s Audacious Expansion Fund - Donate | $706,700 raised, $750,000 goal | Join our campaign that has helped expand our map by investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas, all now central battlegrounds in the 2026 election | Contribute to all five state parties with one contribution split evenly among these five critical battlegrounds | Catch interviews with the five intrepid state chairs leading their troops into battle this year - will get you fired up!
Support The State Parties’ Election Protection Program - Donate | $108,600 raised, $100,000 new stretch goal | We’ve launched a new, targeted fundraising campaign to help get the new election protection program of the State Democratic Parties, one this community helped develop, off the ground. Friends - we have hit our goal here - thank you!
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Keep working hard all. For we have a country to save, and elections to win all across the country this November, together! - Simon
