{"id":41142,"date":"2020-09-17T12:21:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T19:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41142"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T22:26:58","slug":"41142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/17\/41142\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Bee from 9\/17\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SamanthaBee5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SamanthaBee5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SamanthaBee5-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SamanthaBee5-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sam &#8211; Down Ballot races I and II &#8211; Everyone here is already keenly aware of the importance of down ballot races &#8211; it&#8217;s why say &#8220;Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom.&#8221; But in discussing these races, Sam isn&#8217;t trying to convince us. Possibly to motivate us, but certainly to encourage us. We have some stunning candidates and some races with strong showings. (And they have some disgusting candidates.)<\/p>\n<p>May I just say a word about voting?\u00a0 I know there are people &#8211; Noam Chomsky is one &#8211; who are pointing out that voting is not the most powerful (sometimes they say effective) way of accomplishing change.\u00a0 That&#8217;s actually true.\u00a0 But &#8211; if you want a fuller, richer life, breathing is not the most powerful (or most effective) way to accomplish that.\u00a0 But you aren&#8217;t going to get it dome without continuing to breathe, regularly.\u00a0 In that way, voting is like breathing.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwsO27CQ4_0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1R1EF52Pp3w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Memes to Movement &#8211; Certainly not everyone can do everything &#8211; but &#8220;Everyone has a role.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LA5jrc1E_Y4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Night of Star &#8211; Nominated for an Emmy &#8211; great news. Best of luck to Sam!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/genvw3D7JnI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Black Pumas &#8211; To me this is one of the better ones Sam has featured. That may say more about me than about the group or the song, but there it is.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_yz40waNm0Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam &#8211; Down Ballot races I and II &#8211; Everyone here is already keenly aware of the importance of down ballot races &#8211; it&#8217;s why say &#8220;Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom.&#8221; But in discussing these races, Sam isn&#8217;t trying to convince us. Possibly to motivate us, but certainly to encourage us. 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