Usually, Republicans hide their economic agenda until after the election. Not this time. It’s all on display now. In sum, it would hammer the vulnerable and boost the rich and, oh yes, sacrifice Ukraine. Everyone should be clear about who and what we are voting for

Americans are being offered the choice between liberal democracy and fascism. If we are going to win the hearts and minds of Americans, we need to understand better why people respond to GOP packaging and outdo them. Anand Giridharadas has offered us many useful tools to consider.

November’s elections will be a battle. The advantage polls gave Democrats early in the year has evaporated. Now, we fight for every vote. Pick a topic from those listed below and call your Members of Congress. You may know they already share your view but hearing from us gives them more resolve. If you don’t find something below to fight for, pick the things that you are most concerned about and tell your MOC about how you feel. Then work for it. Canvass. Phone. Join a group, like Indivisible Oregon, or another and write postcards and letters. Get involved. Republicans want to destroy democracy and create something that benefits white men or billionaires. We can’t let that happen. You can’t let that happen.

Covid savagely attacks unvaccinated adults, who are more likely to be Republicans. Data from the Centers for Disease Control also confirms that more White Americans now die from Covid than Black Americans, who were, at one time, three times more likely to die. The increasing threat especially to White Republicans is likely the result of the GOP’s campaign against government and experts while promoting what they sold as “individual choice.” We need to fight against lies for the lives of all Americans.

After Dobbs, it is more important than ever for Congress to protect our civil liberties and make marriage equality the law of the land. Make passing the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) during the lame duck session of Congress a top priority.

Today, three weeks before the midterm elections, President Biden will remind voters that Republicans want a national abortion ban. This election is about many issues, but abortion tells us everything we need to know about how Republicans will hide their positions and then impose the minority’s extreme views on us all. That’s not democracy. It’s fundamentally unAmerican. Volunteer and boost the Democrat of your choice.

Corporate greed is hammering working American families who struggle to make ends meet and rebuild their lives after the COVID economic downturn. Its effects can be seen in steep rises of prices at the pump and spikes in mortgage rates.

Republicans still worship the tyrannical tycoon who sold himself as America’s great White hope. Called by their leader, the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, who ransacked the Capitol, were actually attacking American democracy. The Jan. 6 committee will hold what may be its final meeting on the insurrection tomorrow. Tune in.

The vast majority of Americans favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and believe immigrants make our country stronger, but GOP-controlled states have been trying to kill DACA since its promulgation in 2012. The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision affirming DACA’S illegality likely signed its death warrant, unless Congress steps in to protect immigrants and their families, the communities they serve, and the economic benefits they provide to our country. Only increased Democratic majorities in Congress will make this possible.

Despite bold strides taken by the current administration on climate change, we are still in a crisis of epic proportions. We are asking President Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to promote urgent change through executive action.

Last week President Biden unveiled a plan to end hunger in America by 2030. He announced a public-private partnership to make healthful food more affordable and accessible and pushed Congress to make the child tax credit permanent, raise the minimum wage to $15/hour, and expand nutrition assistance programs, all of which will help reduce the obscene concentration of wealth now characterizing American society. To attack these problems requires more Democrats in Congress, because Republicans serve only the rich and powerful. Our Members of Congress must carry this message to American voters.