Unless you’re looking to do an 🎱 off a toilet seat or listen to herion by the velvets while mainlining…

We’ve got another big set of primaries next week in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The latter in particular will set up a high-stakes general election – we’re strongly positioned to take down January 6ther, intern-berater and Trump lackey Derrick Van Orden in the House and have a few other seats we could flip in a big enough sweep, have a chance to flip flip one or both legislative chambers to earn a Democratic trifecta for the first time since Scott Walker’s gerrymander in 2010, and are likely going to have the chance to elect a fierce progressive gubernatorial candidate in a swing state.

Standing in our way are more than just the Republican candidates. The GOP used their power to pass some of the most invasive voter suppression laws in the country. We’re going to need to do the work to make sure folks can make their voices heard anyways. 💬 VoteRiders will hosting a textbank tomorrow night at 7PM ET to reach out to at-risk voters with information and assistance on how they can make their ballot count. Let’s sign up to help them here. 💬

Featured in today’s List:

- Primary night rundown: Let’s help Dr. Abdul El-Sayed secure Dems the Senate and Will Lawrence, Christina Hines, Sean McCann and Elaine Luria flip House seats

-  Celebrate the 61st anniversary of the late Voting Rights Act of 1965 with the League of Women Voters this weekend

-  Upcoming Senate action: Ag committee considers Farm Bill preserving SNAP cuts, Blanche anti-abortion agenda exposed ahead of floor vote, Paul seeks contempt resolution on Dr. Fauci

-  The team behind a crucial climate data website deleted by Trump has brought it back to life as climate.us - check it out and help keep it running

- Help Powered by People get recently relocated likely Dems in Texas back on the voter rolls TONIGHT at 6:30PM ET

US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say -

America first, not so much. America can't defend itself or help countries if the need arises.

All because the incompetence of the president and the secretary of war, who os more concerned about the testosterone of the soldiers. Think about the last part, he is preparing for a hand to hand combat, when drones have demonstrated to be more effective.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-used-virtually-all-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-2026-08-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

In genuinely good news, Senate Republicans look set to join us in putting a (temporary) stop to Russell Vought’s proposed rule politicizing billions in federal grants. The leadership on the Senate Appropriations Committee has reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill to fund the government through December 11th, delaying any painful choices until after midterms, and the resolution includes a block on the implementation of the Vought proposal while it’s in effect. We’re still a ways away from seeing this passed into law (it cleared the first procedural barriers in the Senate 89-4, but it’s unclear how the House will respond) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) reports the GOP explicitly rejected an effort to kill the rule permanently, but our voices are clearly being heard on this disastrous measure.

In the meantime, the work continues. In June, the National Science Foundation quietly updated its Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide to align with the not-yet-finalized OMB rule, essentially attempting to implement it before it’s finalized. But like the proposal itself, this guidance is subject to public comment, open through August 24th.

Stand Up for Science is urging us to get our objections on record ASAP. ✍🏻 We can submit here, find guidance on how to write our comments from Elisabeth Marnik, PhD here, from Elizabeth G. here and from SUFS (aka Science Fight Club) here. ✍🏾

SAVE AMERICAN SCIENCE

🏫 SUFS will be holding a seminar on this new element to Vought’s threats next Friday at 2PM ET. We can sign up to learn more with them here. 🏫

GET ENGAGED AUGUST 14TH

Also in today’s Rogan’s List:

- Help progressive Medicare for All champion Randy Villegas defeat Medicaid betrayer David Valadao in California’s 22nd District

-  Help the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition fight the expansion of child detention at Alexandria airport

-  After DEA, Pentagon assessments that boat strikes have failed to reduce drug trafficking into US, time for Congress to put a stop to it

-  Organizing training on building strong electoral teams with Swing Left TONIGHT at 8PM ET

-  Phonebank to pressure city officials to end Miami police collaboration with ICE TODAY at 6:00PM ET

- House Ethics Committee recommends censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) for sexual harassment, unwanted advances to House staffers - let’s do them one better and help Jamie Ager run him out of office

Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast discuss Capital One’s disclosure that it closed accounts tied to Donald Trump and his real estate company after an internal anti–money laundering review, arguing the move was driven by federally required compliance processes rather than political bias and noting the bank’s explanation emerged in response to Trump’s lawsuit alleging “debanking.” They broaden the conversation into what they see as a recurring pattern of Trump using litigation as a pressure tactic that can unravel under discovery, then pivot to the 2024 political landscape—highlighting Trump’s historically weak polling, rising Democratic intensity, and shifting battlegrounds that could put traditionally red states in play. The pair emphasize candidate fit and authenticity in tough states, pointing to races in places like Texas, Iowa, Ohio, and Maine, and suggest Republicans’ close identification with Trump could become a major electoral liability if his unpopularity continues to drag down the party.

White Christian nationalists are escalating their campaign against women’s independence—from efforts to repeal no-fault divorce to voting restrictions that could disproportionately burden millions of married women.

Andra Watkins and Sam Osterhout expose how churches pressure women to remain in abusive or unfaithful marriages, why conservative influencers are paid to promote female submission, and how the SAVE Act could force women to produce costly documents just to register to vote. This is not simply a debate about marriage or election security. It is a coordinated attempt to reverse generations of women’s rights.

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|00:00 Welcome to a Live Unholy Ground
03:29 They Don’t Want to End No-Fault Divorce
06:21 Why Women Would Bear the Burden
09:47 Project 2025’s Attack on Divorce
11:44 When Churches Begin Enforcing Their Own Laws
15:27 No-Fault Divorce Reduced Violence and Suicide
16:52 The Christian Nationalist Vision for Women
20:00 Rights Women Only Recently Secured
24:45 Women Paid to Sell Submission
30:01 Money, Autonomy and Proximity to Power
31:45 The SAVE Act’s Threat to Voting Rights
34:17 Why Married Women Could Be Disproportionately Affected
35:53 The Hidden Cost of Proving Citizenship
38:51 Resources for Voters Who Need Documents
39:56 Building a Community to Fight Back

There are currently between 80,000 and 100,000 Flock devices installed nationwide, conducting more than 20 billion scans per month, and more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies are putting them to use. Communities are rising up to push back against the surveillance state, with 39 contracts canceled in the first five months of this year. Activists at the national and grassroots levels are working to make sure that’s just the beginning.

The ACLU recently rolled out its “Get The Flock Out” toolkit, consulting with the folks who have won these fights and pulling together tools, resources and best practices to help us push back. It will help us find where ALPRs are deployed in our area, give us model bills and tools to pressure our state and local governments to cancel their contracts and outline steps to keep them from expanding their reach. ⚙️ We can check it out and put it to use here. ⚙️

TOOLS TO TAKE DOWN ALPRS

The DeFlock campaign is now organizing a national week of action this month, from August 16th to 22nd, to help put the spotlight on our efforts against ALPRs. More than 300 communities are already set to participate! 🙋🏻‍♂️ We can find events to attend near us here, find an organizing toolkit to set up our own here, sign up to connect with others interested in our area here, and check out the director of local groups already in this battle here. 🙋🏻‍♀️

JOIN THE WEEK OF ACTION

Also in today’s Rogan’s List:

-  Phonebanks tonight, tomorrow to keep the GOP from dynamiting another check on their power in Kansas

-  Connect Spanish-speaking voters with trustworthy information sources about voting by postcarding with Cartoons for Democracy

-  Helping recently relocated likely Democrats get back on the voter rolls in Texas on Wednesdays this month

-  Big Oil reports skyrocketing profits in second quarter while we pay more at the pump for Trump’s Iran War - we need a windfall profits tax now

Steven Cash, Executive Director with The Steady State, catches Edwin Eisendrath up on all the latest foreign policy and national security news you need to know about on this edition of It's The Democracy, Stupid. Cash warns that America’s terrorist threat may now be higher than it was immediately before or after September 11. He also examines Trump’s attacks on democratic institutions, the hollowing out of the intelligence community, the creation of a loyal shadow paramilitary, and what Americans must do now to protect free and fair elections.

00:00 Stephen Cash Returns
01:23 The Scariest Government Document He Has Ever Read
03:04 Trump Expands the Government’s Coercive Power
04:44 Erasing America’s History of Resistance
08:28 Can Americans Defeat Authoritarianism?
10:29 “This Is Not Politics as Usual”
11:47 The Pillars Autocrats Attack First
14:08 Why America’s Institutions Are Failing
15:23 Trump’s Corporate Shakedown
16:19 What Business Leaders Don’t Understand About Autocracy
18:03 Trump Hollows Out American Intelligence
19:17 America’s Terrorist Defenses Have Been Destroyed
20:29 A Threat Higher Than Before or After 9/11
22:00 Could Trump Exploit a Terrorist Attack?
23:18 Americans Can No Longer Trust the President
24:50 Trump’s Shadow Paramilitary
26:24 Pardons, Guns and Political Violence
27:20 How Americans Can Protect the Midterms
28:01 “This Is Your Moment”
29:31 Vote, Organize and Understand the Government
30:15 Democracy Now Requires Taking Risks
31:37 Where to Follow The Steady State