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Trump isn’t trying to win the election
September 11, 2020
President Trump isn’t trying to win the election. He’s trying to stay in power.
What’s the difference? To win an election, he needs a majority of the votes. To stay in power, a militant minority (and a willingness to break the rules) will do.
It’s scary stuff. But our fear is counterproductive. It demobilizes us. It adds to our doubts & cynicism. Our project, then, for the next seven weeks, every Friday, is to turn fear into power and focus on the future.
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Busy Voters’ Guide to Election Season
Voters, get ready!
Forget Election Day…it’s Election 
SEASON. Early voting starts Friday, September 18 and runs until Monday, November 2. It’s time to flex. 
All the information you need is in our Busy Voters’ Guide to Election Season. Our vote is our power. Get excited – get ready!
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An Unprecedented Summer: Internships, Elections, and Me
I had the pleasure of working with TakeAction as a Digital and Data intern this summer. While 2020 certainly hasn’t been at all what I pictured it to be, my
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Building Power at the Polls: A Primary Election Round-Up
Hi community, Bahieh and Ash here from TakeAction’s political team. We’ve spent the past few months working in deep partnership with TakeAction members and leaders to elect our endorsed candidates.
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TakeAction-Endorsed Candidates Sweep Primary Races
Here’s the story from Minnesota’s primary yesterday: people-powered campaigns with bold visions won. Across the state, voters in DFL primaries backed candidates who will fight for Medicare for All and
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A Matter of Survival: We Must Elect Black Women in 2020
My name is Amane. I was born in a rural village in Oromia, Ethiopia. As a child, forced into involuntary exile, my home became a refugee camp. I learned what
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St. Cloud: We can Create the World We Want to Live in.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my community lately. When I arrived in St. Cloud in 2014, I was pulled into this community through local elections and engagement. Those three
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Senator Smith Introduces Make Medications Affordable by Preventing Pandemic Price-gouging Act in the Senate
No matter our age, race, or zip code, everyone deserves access to affordable medicine. Life and health should not be for sale.
As the entire world waits for an effective COVID-19 vaccine, we recognize that access and distribution of the medicine will be one of the country’s biggest ethical challenges. Pharmaceutical corporations, as we know, have no issue price-gouging life saving medicine developed with public funding.
