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The country’s on fire. We can save it together. This is the plan.
THIS IS THE PLAN: HOW TO END AMERICA’S MELTDOWN AND SAVE DEMOCRACY—my first book, published by W.W. Norton—hits shelves (and phones as an ebook and audiobook) on July 21.
Ben Wikler
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Ben Wikler
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Wisconsinite. Dad. Former Chair, @WisDems. Book—This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy—out 7/21 from WW Norton. Preorder now!
- Today was the first lockdown drill at my son’s kindergarten. They called it “the silent game.” At his request, he and I will be marching this Saturday, and we won’t be silent, and it’s not a game.
- 88 nights ago, white supremacists marched with torches in Virginia. Tonight, Virginia elected Justin Fairfax its second African-American lieutenant governor.
- If Trump had flipped 10,342 votes in Wisconsin, 5,890 votes in Georgia, and 5,229 votes in Arizona, today would've been his second inaugural. Thanks to tireless organizing in those three states and many others, it's the start of a new era instead.
- Before Walz took the stage in Milwaukee tonight, I got a call from a number unlike any I'd ever seen. It ended with four zeroes. I picked it up. It was Joe Biden. 🧵
- There's a lot of totally correct talk about how @StaceyAbrams was pivotal to winning Georgia. Folks: Stacey & her team were pivotal to flipping Wisconsin too. And every other battleground. They worked with us to build massive, supercharged voter protection teams—starting *early.*
- It's official. Joe Biden has won Wisconsin.BREAKING Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator says on @NBCNews: “All of the ballots have been counted.” Joe Biden has won Wisconsin by 20,697 votes.
- This, right here, is 1600 people rallying against the GOP tax scam in a Republican county in Pennsylvania on a Sunday night.
- Remember the huge anti-stay-at-home protest in Wisconsin? 72 people have now tested positive here after indicating that they attended a “large event.” Hard to think of many others. channel3000.com/72-got-covid-1…
- Yesterday, we learned that Elon Musk spent $55 million to defeat her. Today, we cheered as Judge Susan Crawford took her oath—and became Justice Susan Crawford. Congratulations!
00:00 - I know there's lots of breaking news, but also: kids are still in cages.
- One of the joys of canvassing is that you meet people who fall into nobody's mental categories. Case in point: the 70yo white guy I just canvassed who told me he's undecided because they're both great candidates and both would do a great job.
