Washington Indivisible Podcast

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present three Democratic candidates for the state legislature from the 28th LD. Join us for a conversation with T’wina Nobles, Dan Bronoske, and Representative Mari Leavitt, recorded live on the evening of Tuesday, April 28th.

Links:

https://twinanobles.com/

https://marileavitt.com/

https://www.danbronoske.com/

Washington Senator Patty Murray joins us to discuss the latest coronavirus stimulus bill just passed by the Senate and the House, with its provisions for small businesses and expanded testing.

We also talk about what she'd like to see with a fourth stimulus bill: housing and food needs, help for states and local governments, and provisions and money for national voting by mail in the 2020 election.

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The second in our Indivisible Town Hall Series. In partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present a live Q&A discussion with Representatives Gael Tarleton and Mike Pelliciotti, who are running for Secretary of State and State Treasurer, respectively.

Recorded on the evening of Tuesday April 22nd.

Links:

Rep. Gael Tarleton's campaign site: https://www.voteforgael.org/

Rep. Mike Pelliciotti's campaign site: http://www.electmikep.com/

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We have our first in a series of special 2020 election town halls. The podcast has teamed up with Indivisible Tacoma and the Washington Indivisible Network to bring you a series of Q&A discussions with candidates in Washington State up and down the ballot, everyone from congressional candidates to supreme court justices, lieutenant governors, legislative and county council candidates, and more.

Today’s Q&A features Democratic candidates running for the state legislature in the 25th LD:

- Puyallup Mayor Julie Door, State Senate

- Jamie Smith, State Representative, Position One

- Brian Duthie, State Representative, Position Two.

This was recorded live on the evening of April 15th.

Links:

https://brianduthie.com/

http://juliedoor.org/

https://www.votejamiesmith.com/

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The road to a Democratic Senate runs through the state of South Carolina. Senator Lindsey Graham has held the seat since 2004, but DNC associate chair Jaime Harrison is looking to end that streak. He’s also looking to bring hope and structural change to a state that has traditionally been seen as deep red, but is beginning to show signs of shifting to blue.

Harrison also discusses his five-point plan to address the coronavirus pandemic at the federal level, and get his take on voter suppression and the push for national vote-by-mail.

Links:

Jaime Harrison’s campaign website: https://jaimeharrison.com/

Harrison’s five-point plan to combat coronavirus: https://medium.com/@harrisonforsenate/how-to-combat-covid-19-a-strong-national-response-6c89242b2339

Latest polling on the Graham/Harrison matchup: https://jaimeharrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3.23-polling-memo.pdf

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Making sense of Trump’s polling numbers with Ian Sams of Navigator Research and Bryan Bennett of the Hub Project. Spoiler alert: The numbers are not what they appear. We also break down crucial messaging for Democrats as they look to craft a 4th stimulus bill that will put families and workers first. And we talk about how to reach and sway swing voters in advance of November.

Also, Tricia Zunker is running for Congress in Wisconsin’s 7th district in an upcoming special election. We talk about how her race, which is happening in a purple district in perhaps the country’s most crucial battleground state, could tip the balance of power and even impact the 2020 presidential contest.

Link:

Subscribe to Navigating Coronavirus: http://www.navigatorresearch.org/coronavirus

Tricia Zunker’s campaign website: https://triciaforwisconsin.com/

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Guest: State senate candidate Ingrid Anderson, a former ER nurse and Vice Chair of the Washington State Nurses Association Political Action Committee Board.

We discuss her run for office in Washington's 5th LD, and we also hear her observations as a healthcare professional about the response to COVID here in Washington.

Links:

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In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, national and state Democratic organizations have had to significantly alter their game plans for the 2020 election. We are joined by communications director for the Washington State Democrats, Will Casey, to talk about the shift in strategy, and to outline the many ways you can get involved, even as you shelter in place at home.

Links:

Sign up to volunteer with the Washington Democrats here: https://www.wa-democrats.org/digital-organizing/

Get in touch with a field director to help train volunteers: [email protected]

Work on the Digital Disinformation Task Force: [email protected]

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By any measure, these are exceedingly difficult times.

Today's show is a replay of our first live Q&A, all about how to deal with anxiety in the age of coronavirus.

Jennifer Young is a therapist who specializes in trauma who’s also a leader with Indivisible Action Tampa Bay, and she answers your questions about the uncertainty, depression, and anger a lot of us are feeling in this uncertain time, and she has advice about how to stay politically active while you’re stuck at home.

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With so much uncertainty about the path forward for 2020, we check in with Indivisible. Meagan Hatcher-Mays is Indivisible’s director of democracy policy, and she weighs in on the passage of the $2 Trillion stimulus bill, and has advice for what we as members can be doing while we’re stuck at home.

Links:

The latest information on coronavirus: https://coronavirus.wa.gov/

Indivisible’s top priorities for a people-first response to coronavirus: https://peopleoverprofits.indivisible.org/

Indivisible’s MoC call script for Coronavirus Legislation: https://act.indivisible.org/letter/tell-your-members-congress-prioritize-people-first-economic-stimulus/

Organizing and Community Building in the Age of Social Distancing: https://indivisible.org/resource/community-building-during-coronavirus

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