The event we held on Sunday, September 19, was a great success. Those who missed it can view the recorded webinar on their own time. The subject, what stops Wisconsin from enacting popular laws regulating guns in the state, is vast but there are lots of things people can do to help turn the situation around. You can find a fantastic list of resources and specific guidance about actions to take in our Gun Sense Resources page.

Over the last few days, there have been a number of really interesting and important developments helping to undermine what Hilary Clinton termed "the vast right-wing conspiracy," many of them revealed in in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's book Peril." As the Washington Post explained, last week's hack of Epik reveals identities of those who fund and operate far right websites like 8chan, Gab, and Parler, a network of sites devoted to extremist QAnon conspiracy theories. "The files include years of website purchase records, internal company emails and customer account credentials revealing who administers some of the biggest far-right websites. The data includes client names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords left in plain, readable text. The hack even exposed the personal records from Anonymize, a privacy service Epik offered to customers wanting to conceal their identity." The hack revealed more than 150 gigabytes of data, so much that "those studying the material say they will need months and perhaps years to dig through all of it."

That was last week. This week the New York Times reveals that the "Drumpf Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows." On November 19, 2020, Sydney Powell and other lawyers held an infamous press conference at which they made outlandish allegations against Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, allegations that if true were designed to overturn the election results. A memo filed in the defamation lawsuit against the campaign and its lawyers, however, reveals not only that the allegations were false, but also that the campaign knew they were false. "The documents also suggest that the campaign sat on its findings about Dominion even as Sidney Powell and other lawyers attacked the company in the conservative media and ultimately filed four federal lawsuits accusing it of a vast conspiracy to rig the election against Mr. Drumpf." Here's what the internal memo found:

• "That Dominion did not use voting technology from the software company, Smartmatic, in the 2020 election.
• "That Dominion had no direct ties to Venezuela or to Mr. Soros.
• "And that there was no evidence that Dominion’s leadership had connections to left-wing 'antifa' activists, as Ms. Powell and others had claimed."

The campaign memo, including emails debunking the lies about Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, were filed in support of a defamation lawsuit in a Colorado court last week and released to the public yesterday.

Meanwhile, as the *rump campaign was covering up its own conclusion that the Powell accusations were lies, the Woodward and Costa book shows that the former president was engaged in a concerted effort to overturn the election results by illegally manipulating the Electoral College votes as they were being counted in a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021. John Eastman, one of the many lawyers engaged in the effort, wrote a 6-point memo outlining the steps that then Vice President Pence should take during the congressional process for certifying the election. CNN also obtained the memo and published the whole memo online.

Mark Sumner at Daily Kos sums up the scheme: "Eastman’s plan for Pence was simple: in his role as the president of the Senate, Pence was to call the roll of states normally until he got to Arizona, at which point Pence was to claim 'that he has multiple slates of electors, and so is going to defer decision on that until finishing the other States.' Pence was then to repeat this claim for the seven other states that Drumpf lost but claimed to have won.

"When the count was complete, this would mean that only 454 of the electors had been recognized. Pence was then to say that, of this 454, Drumpf had won 232. So, big smack of the gavel, Drumpf wins."

And we can't forget the ongoing investigation of the Drumpf Organization in New York. Apparently, Allen Weisselberg, Chief Financial Officer, is expecting to face additional indictments and needs more time to prepare his defense because his lawyers need to review millions of pages of documents. Of course many of those same documents were in Weisselberg's possession.

Some of the items on this week's events list include work in advance of the 2022 elections. The first of several trainings for prospective poll workers is tonight at 5:30. REGISTER and hop on it! (Another session is being held on Saturday, September 25.) And we have a Weekend of Action coming up on September 25-26. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is holding both canvassing and phone banking shifts to educate voters about the important elections coming up. A different group is calling Wisconsin voters to recruit poll workers. You can SIGN-UP HERE.

EVENTS

Tue Sep 21, 2021

Poll Worker Training, 5:30pm - 6pm
Online
Support your community and become a Poll Worker in 2022! Working the polls and helping your neighbors cast their ballots is the most direct way you can support voting rights in your community. Join our 30-minute Info Session to learn more about being a Poll Worker and how you can get involved for 2022! You must be a Wisconsin resident to be a poll worker and you only need to attend one Info Session. Registration.

Wed Sep 22, 2021

Drinking Liberally Glendale
TBA
For information on whether the event will take place, check here.

Thu Sep 23, 2021

Mental Health Board Meeting, 4:30pm - 4:30pm
Teleconference
This is a teleconference meeting (see Agenda for details). Public Comment: General/Crisis Redesign. More information.

Author Event: American Woman in Resistance to Hitler, 5pm - 6pm
Zoom
Rebecca Donner, author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, will discuss this biography of her great-great aunt's heroic part in the resistance. More information and registration.

Fri Sep 24, 2021

On the Issues: Redeeming Justice, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Zoom
Attorney Jarrett Adams will speak about his book, Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System. In conversation with Mike Gousha he recalls his journey from a wrongful conviction to his exoneration which inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal system as an attorney. Registration.

Sat Sep 25, 2021

Community Brainstorming , 8am - 11am
Suspended
Community Brainstorming Conference will suspend its monthly breakfast forums until further notice. More information.

Stand for Peace, 12pm - 1pm
Highway 100 & Bluemound Road, Wauwatosa
Stand for Peace has resumed in-person events with masks and social distancing. Check for more information. Organized by Peace Action Wisconsin.

Weekend of Action, 12pm - 8pm
In person or phone
CANVASS AND PHONE BANK the weekend of September 25-26 to educate voters about the important elections coming up in 2022. Choose from shifts each day at 12-3pm, 3-6pm, and 6-8pm. Register.

Week-end of Action Phonebank, 1pm - 3pm
Virtual
Join our Fall Weekend of Action Phonebank! We will be calling Wisconsinites to ask them to be poll workers during the 2022 election cycle. Poll workers are the backbone of our democracy, and the most direct way we can protect voting rights now is by ensuring that every polling place is open next year. Training is provided, and all you need is a computer and a phone! SIGN-UP HERE.

Poll Worker Training, 4pm - 4:30pm
Online
Support your community and become a Poll Worker in 2022! You must be a Wisconsin resident to be a poll worker and you only need to attend one Info Session. Registration.

Sun Sep 26, 2021

Weekend of Action, 12pm - 8pm
In person or phone
CANVASS AND PHONE BANK the weekend of September 25-26 to educate voters about the important elections coming up in 2022. Choose from shifts each day at 12-3pm, 3-6pm, and 6-8pm. Register.

Mon Sep 27, 2021

Milwaukee Dems Meeting, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom
Milwaukee County Democrats meet monthly to discuss party business, hear speakers on current topics, pass resolutions, and network with other progressives. All interested Democrats are invited. Information about how to access the meeting will be sent after RSVP.

Tue Sep 28, 2021

Become a Poll Worker-Training, 5:30pm - 6pm
Online
Support your community and become a Poll Worker in 2022! Working the polls and helping your neighbors cast their ballots is the most direct way you can support voting rights in your community. Join our 30-minute Info Session to learn more about being a Poll Worker and how you can get involved for 2022! You must be a Wisconsin resident to be a poll worker and you only need to attend one Info Session. REGISTER HERE.

Sierra Club- Environmental Justice Event Series, 6:30pm - 8pm
Virtual
Connection between Wolves and Indigenous Nations: Screening of thefilm ‘Family’ followed by Panel Discussion. RSVP.

Sat Oct 2, 2021

Stand for Peace, 12pm - 1pm
TBA
Stand for Peace has resumed in-person events with masks and social distancing. Check for more information. Organized by Peace Action Wisconsin.

BANS OFF OUR BODIES march, 1pm - 4pm
Memorial Library, 728 State St, Madison, WI 53706
Join the Madison Women's March to defend and protect a woman’s right to choose! This is one of the marches nationwide, at least one in every state. We will assemble at the UW Library Mall (State St, opposite end fromthe Capitol) at 1:00. We'll march to the Capitol from there. At 2:00, join us for a rally with guest speakers on the Capitol's State St. steps. Or you will be able to view the event on Facebook Live on the Indivisible Madison page, @WeAreIndivisibleMadison. Abortion has never been fully accessible, but we are at the risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely. The call to action is clear and urgent. The relentless attacks from Texas to Mississippi are ramping up quickly. Anti-choice extremists have a deep desire to return to a time when there was more clear and effective domination and control over women; they want to revive those old values and societal norms to the point of re-acceptance. The GOP agenda of reproductive control is fueled by misogyny and racism - and we must challenge it, together. On October 2, we’re going to send the Supreme Court and lawmakers across the country a clear, unified message. The attack on our reproductive rights will not be tolerated. This is your fight. This is our fight. This impacts all of us. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact [email protected].

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