Help get the word out to Hurricane ravaged states with billboards telling them the truth.

I received this email today and I thought I would pass it on to those who can to donate to raise billboards to tell the citizens the truth about who is helping them and Trump's record of not helping people during disasters. I am copying the full text and people can donate through Act Blue.

Billboards to Expose Trump (via MoveOn)
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Dear MoveOn member,

As Hurricanes Helene and Milton ravaged the Southeast over the past month, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans spread rampant disinformation about the federal government's response—which slowed disaster relief and led to death threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff and even meteorologists.1

As unconscionable as it is, politicizing disaster relief, including when lives hang in the balance, is not new for Trump. As president, he cut $155 million from FEMA.2 $155 million! And multiple high-level officials who served in his administration say he also deliberately denied disaster relief funds to states that did not vote for him.3

As early voting gets underway and the Southeast states recover from the devastating hurricanes, MoveOn is putting up billboards in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina—critical battleground states—spotlighting Trump's decision to cut $155 million from disaster relief funds during his presidency. The billboards serve as a stark reminder of Trump's priorities and the way his policies harm communities. We're putting them up in places with the highest concentration of left-leaning "surge voters"—largely young people and people in other marginalized groups who do not consistently vote. These are the very same voters we're focused on turning out through our data-driven, large-scale get-out-the-vote program.

The billboards launch tomorrow in Raleigh, Charlotte, Savannah, and West Palm Beach and will run through Election Day. But if we raise the money, we can put the billboard up in other highly strategic locations in the battleground states. Will you start a weekly donation through Election Day to help us get the truth to more voters as millions cast their votes?

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Former Trump administration officials have come forward to share that, when he was in the White House, Trump severely restricted emergency relief to Puerto Rico in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017, initially refused to release federal disaster aid for wildfires in California in 2018, and withheld wildfire assistance for Washington state in 2020, because voters in those places didn't vote for him in sufficient numbers.4

Kevin Carroll, former senior counselor to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly during Trump's term, told The Guardian, "It was clear that Trump was entirely self-interested and vengeful towards those he perceived didn't vote for him. He even wanted to pull the navy out of Hawaii because they didn't vote for him. We were appalled – these are American civilians the government is meant to provide for. The idea of withholding aid is antithetical to everything you want from a leader."5

Trump approved disaster aid to California in the wake of the devastating wildfires in 2018 only after his aides provided him data showing that Orange County, which was hard hit by the wildfires, has large numbers of Republican voters, according to Olivia Troye, a former Homeland Security adviser during the Trump administration.
Left-leaning infrequent voters in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina deserve to know the truth about Trump's record slashing FEMA funds and denying disaster relief to communities in dire need. Will you start a weekly donation through Election Day to help us put up more of these billboards in areas with high concentrations of these surge voters?


We're down to the wire in the closest presidential race in modern history.

Everything we do in the next 14 days matters. MoveOn is reaching out to left-leaning infrequent voters in battleground states personally through their friends and family as well as via text, phone, ads, social media influencers, and now billboards.

We're in this together through Election Day—and after, regardless of the outcome. But right now, please join us in doing everything we can through Election Day to elect Vice President Harris, send Trump to the dustbin of history, and deal a major blow to MAGA.

Thanks for all you do.

–Toni, Cheryl, Chris, Aliya, and the rest of the team

P.S. Don't miss out on the fun! MoveOn members are connecting with voters in battleground states daily, asking them to remind their friends and family to vote, which is proven to increase turnout by 8.3%! RSVP for a few election phone banks now so we can celebrate together after November 5 when we elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz!

P.P.S. Here's the billboard:

Sources:

1. "'Vengeful' Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn," The Guardian, October 13, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198509?t=23&akid=412001%2E55655883%2EzyImvh

2. "Trump falsely claims Biden used FEMA funds for migrants -- something Trump did himself," ABC News, October 7, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198498?t=25&akid=412001%2E55655883%2EzyImvh

3. "'Vengeful' Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn," The Guardian, October 13, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/198509?t=27&akid=412001%2E55655883%2EzyImvh

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.


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Trump's reply to Smith in Chutkan's court just dropped, I am just reading now

but seems to be the same old argument about information coming out before the election, which Chutkan has already dismissed that defence previously. Here it is to read

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.248.0.pdf

For those who think Frank Luntz has any credibility as a pollster

I just saw an interview with him on BBC and this is what he said (paraphrased):

VP Harris is judged on how she looks and presents herself, Trump is judged on his policies.

That statement is not from a sane pollster.

"Could be one of those black jobs"

ProPublica has published the training videos from Project 25, for government appointees.

I have not had time to watch them all but have put them aside to watch later today.

Well fuck, now Sheila Jackson Lee has died.

Another win for democracy in Utah (of all places)

The supreme court overruled the finding of a trial court when the trial court dismissed a case challenging the congressional maps in Utah, which affect cities like SLC which has large democratic districts. It has been now sent back to the trial court to continue the case so it is not yet a full win but the fight will continue and could open new chances for the dems to pick up a couple of seats. Not likely this election but hopefully going forward.

Another win by Democracy Docket lawyers and Marc Elias for voters in Wisconsin

This is a very big deal. It is to do with the witness statements on mail in ballots where the witness may have not made a complete address, that the republicans wanted thrown out. Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favour of counting those ballots.

Finally some media are calling out their counterparts and reporting good Biden news.

Good News for John Tester in Montana.

The Montana supreme court has rejected four republican initiatives that would essentially suppress the vote in Montana, including the Native aboriginal votes. It is good news for John Tester in his senate race. I think he will keep his seat. He also discusses the Florida abortion law that will now help dems and could be the demise of Rick Scott (fingers crossed).