Here is the conclusion of the resolution: Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- (1) congratulates Senator George Mitchell on his appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; (2) commits to supporting President Obama, … [Read more...]
A Dream Of Peace (MA Congressmembers Work To Ease Gaza Humanitarian Crisis)
Yesterday, Rep. John Olver (MA-01) sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton requesting that the State Department release funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East … [Read more...]
Invest in Better Ideas: ActBlue
And so it will be for some 130 million families this month, when the first round of six-hundred-dollar checks hits the post. They'll open their mailboxes and find a lovely surprise-enough to buy a few tanks' worth of gas, or a few weeks' … [Read more...]
I would like to just take some time out of my day…
I would like to take time out of my day to thank all the capitulating/ DLC/ Bush Blue dogs who went against over 70-80 % of democratic voters that did not want telecommunitcation immunity and voted against cloture and voted for immunity. My … [Read more...]
Tell the FEC To Rule For ActBlue!
But ActBlue lists any Democratic candidate running for state or local office, without picking or choosing, or endorsing. As such, they really are not acting like a PAC. In fact, ActBlue has been instrumental in jumpstarting more individual … [Read more...]
Eldridge Makes ActBlue’s Innaugural Weekly Activity Report
I want to take the time to cross-post this week's entry here as a Massachusetts candidate made the list. I'll try to do that each week in any state with a community blog if they have candidates on that week's list as a service to the larger … [Read more...]
ActBlue Turns 3 Years Old Today
Today ActBlue marks its 3rd Anniversary. Seriously, 3 years? I know- time flies. Back in 2004, our founders Matt DeBergalis and Benjamin Rahn thought they could build something that would change Democratic fundraising- making it, well, more … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek of the New ActBlue Fundraising Pages
from the ActBlue Blog Fundraising pages are the most important component of ActBlue: the vast majority of visitors to the site arrive directly on a fundraising page because a friend, an organization, or a campaign has channeled them … [Read more...]
End-of-Quarter Blog Fundraising Asks
cross-posted from the new ActBlue Blog On Monday I posted a tip for spicing up ActBlue fundraising pages by embedding video into 'asks'. This is a very powerful fundraising tactic--especially when the asker and audience have an existing … [Read more...]
ActBlue Launches a Blog
cross-posted at Daily Kos and MyDD With as many friends as ActBlue has in the Democratic blogging community, it's about time we joined the party with a blog of our own. So today we are launching our official ActBlue Blog where we look … [Read more...]