Morning all. Here’s some happy data to start your day:
The big story in the early vote continues to be the jawdropping surge of Hispanic voters all across the country:
Look at these wildly encouraging polls CNN released this morning:
Here’s the CNN headline from their poll story. Lots of ketchup flying in the White House today:
Here’s a summary of the polls we’ve seen in the last few days. Ain’t a lot of red in there!
While Donnie got a decent GDP report today, with the new ugly PCE data he also got this morning let’s review how he ended the election for his party - one of the worst months of inflation in the modern era of our politics:
So the proud plucky patriots of this community got together last night for our last Wednesday night gathering of the 2026 election. Here is some of what we discussed…..
From the earliest days of this promising cycle we talked about the need for Dems to learn once again how to win in red places and red states, to expand our map, and regain our lost majority. Well peeps with five days to go we are competitive in places like Alaska and Texas, throughout the Heartland/Midwest, and even in places in the Deep South. All places we have not won successfully in many, many years. We have expanded our map and grown as a national party in deeply encouraging ways.
A central reason we’ve been able to do this is by embracing what I call a raucous pluralism. We are rallying behind a wildly diverse set of candidates from across the country who fit their districts and states, and come from an extraordinary range of backgrounds and experiences - firefighters, nurses, teachers, navy pilots, chaplains, local electeds, union leaders, drill instructors, waitresses, farmers, and doctors…….One of the reasons we are seeing so many “regular” people emerge is that our low dollar fundraising system - all of you - provides seed capital to let any Democrat become competitive. You no longer need to be rich to run for office and win.
This dynamic has helped a new type of Democrat emerge this cycle, what I am calling servant-leaders, people who have a clear proven track record of delivering and putting people and their communities over themselves. In a time of extraordinary abandonment and betrayal by Trump and his fellow oligarchs, voters are looking for people they know will fight for them, deliver for them, work to make things better for them and their families, and put things right in this country where things have gone so off course. They are looking for leaders like this remarkable people we’ve met along the way:
We also talked about how given how bad everything has gotten for Trump and the Rs, despite their control over legacy and social media, their enormous corrupt spend, their 24/7/365 right-wing noise machine, and given that Trump has seen his allies be denied power by voters in Hungary, Brazil, Serbia, and now Israel, we must assume that Trump’s fuckery is going to go into overdrive these next few weeks and that he - desperate, scared, pathetic - is going to do whatever it takes to keep himself and his allies in power, here and everywhere.
And we, in the face of this, will approach this next phase of our fight be being prepared, not scared; and that we will, if things start going sideways, lead the fight in our communities and not recoil from it. For that is what we do here at Hopium - when the proud patriots of this community are called, we answer. And so now what we must do is keep driving the early vote, run up the score, blow out these Tuesday elections, and then work with everything we got to ensure there is a peaceful transfer of power in Washington and across the country in January.
Finally, I thanked everyone here. We’ve done remarkable things together these past three and a half years. Your fight, your generosity, your commitment, your love of country, your hard and determined work is the fuel, the spirit that keeps this place roaring every day. I am humbled by it all, for their is no more profound act of patriotism than the little acts we all take each to fight for our democracy and our freedoms. And while we have done so much here over these past three and half years our most important work lies in what we need do over the next six months and beyond, and as we work together to win these elections, take power away from this horrible and corrupt crew, and then begin the hard work of making things better and putting things right.
That’s what I am seeing this morning, and what we discussed last night. Watch the video when you can, share it with others, hit like so more will see it, and now let’s…….
Winning The Senate Fund - Donate | $1,640,100 raised, $2,000,000 new* stretch* goal | Watch interviews with these Senate flippers | This fund splits a single donation to our six candidates must likely to flip a Senate seat this November - Sherrod Brown (OH), Adam Hamilton (KS), Troy Jackson (ME), Mary Peltola (AK), James Talarico (TX), and Josh Turek (IA).
This is the team that’s 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 | $1,772,100 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 | $31,400 raised, $150,000 goal | Our Winning Alaska Fund 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. Help Mary Peltola and the Alaska Dems fight back against Trump’s ridiculous attempt to steal this Senate seat!
Winning Iowa - Donate | $86,500 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 | $111,100 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 | $297,500 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. Help Dr. Acton fight back against these vile attacks!
Winning Texas (New) - Donate | $11,400 raised, $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 | $670,100 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).
**Winning Georgia ***- *Donate | $67,100 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 | $87,100 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 | $46,500 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 | $712,400 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!
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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
