President Biden Participates in a Tribal Nations Summit Coinciding with National Native American Heritage Month.
Watch Biden at 11:20 Eastern time (LIVE). Deb Haaland starts and President Biden comes in at the 35-minute mark.
Also coinciding with National Native American Heritage Month is our Native vote fundraising for Four Directions in Wisconsin. We have $750 of Angel match #6 left, plus the double-match of the full donation.
FOUR DIRECTIONS – WI
Double-Match Fundraising
WaterGirl
Video has started. Deb Haaland up in a minute.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
I finally made my $50 donation, hope it’s not too late for matching.
Subcommandante Yakbreath
In for $25.
WaterGirl
Not too late for angel matching! Once the angel match is over, then everything people donate is still double-matched by the internal folks.
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): Your $50 turned into $300.
@Subcommandante Yakbreath: Your $25 turned into $150.
thank you both
H.E.Wolf
Elections matter. What a sea change from the previous administration… and what better way to celebrate it, than to support voter registration and voter access for under-represented groups
Many thanks to [guesses at collective noun] the choir of BJ angels for this fundraiser! And to all the jackal donors, and WaterGirl for MC’ing the process. This blog is a force to be reckoned with….
WaterGirl
I’m excited to hear about the 5 initiatives to improve the lives of Native people that Biden announced toward the end of his speech.
jnfr
Happy to chip in.
I hope the protections for Chaco Canyon and Bears Ears hold. I’ve heard Biden might okay the mining at Oak Flat. That would be bad.
Regulon
Just popped for $50, count me in.
frosty
I’m in for another $50. Thanks to all the angels!!
SiubhanDuinne
I’m getting close to tapped out for this month, but can do another $25.
debbie
The math is beyond me, but I Paypaled $25.
surfk9
Just tossed in another $25
WaterGirl
@Regulon: It’s a new angel match – #6 – so unless folks were one of the first 5 to donate a day ago toward this new angel match, everyone can be angel matched up to $50 by angel #6.
Your $50 turned into $300!
WaterGirl
The math for the angel match is easy (famous last words) If you don’t put $50, just multiply by 6!
I am perfectly happy to do the math for you. :-)
@frosty: $50 = $300
@SiubhanDuinne: $25 = $150
@debbie: $25 = $150
@surfk9: $25 = $150
Thank you all! We are at $500 for angel match #6. So $500 of angel match money remains.
There are no more angel matches in the wings at the moment, so if you’re planning to angel match at some point, this afternoon could be it.
Even after that, though, we have the double-match. The math is super simple there – just multiply your donation by 3!
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@WaterGirl: I’ve just put in for another $50 with this thermometer. I think and hope this is one of the best applications of my donation budget. And I’ve also kept my monthly donation to Four Directions going.
nevsky42
In for $25.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Oh, WG, you sly thing. You may think we don’t know what you did there, but you would be wrong.
debbie
@SiubhanDuinne:
I bet she also has a whiteboard with strands of yarn connecting all the dots.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Thanks for noticing! As long as what you noticed was the “angel” together with “wings”.
Omnes Omnibus
Hey, WaterGirl! WisDems did an online fundraiser last night that netted $85k. Can Balloon Juice beat that?
WaterGirl
@Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!): I think you’re right. Where else can you multiply your donation by 6, help throw a crappy Republican senator out of office, and help Native people have the voice they should have had for hundreds of years?
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: Well, if we can get to $25k so we get the match, we’ll be at $75k and I think that’s pretty damn good.
Obviously we should have kneecapped one of the performers for the show and kept the proceeds down, //
The Lodger
I’m in for $25.
WaterGirl
@The Lodger: Thank you! That’s another $150 for Wisconsin.
WaterGirl
@nevsky42: Oops, missed this one but found it just now. That’s $150 for the Native vote in Wisconsin.
TKH
I added 50 to the thermometer. The mercury is shootin’ out at the top!
peggy
I’m in for $50.
frosty
I’m in for another $50.
WaterGirl
@TKH: @peggy: @frosty:
Together that’s $900 for the Native vote in Wisconsin!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We have just $250 left of the match from angel donor #6!