Democracy Happy Hour – October 5, 2022

Democracy Happy Hour, October 5, 2022 - Meeting Recordings & Chat File:

• Speaker View Recording:  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/1uxPU1eGDB963MIFgRxXkG_Jqn1IXNnQJTixvc11NYm2QYtUdePm-MzOJAzsUFCzn1O0bdiL8j3NWZcu.KsbyNgBrTrq1Zury
• Gallery View Recording:  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/FiyqBZskTDTW1IkYxKGWrP4wYWeoPDCJRtkbc4HzVyo5hP8dygwkRfPy6j-vBBr9MCrK33AmoODpM6ac.PCkStvAx5QBKUwqm
• Chat (Link will download a text file to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/lczEdgMs3UEShmvka-loPeblJRYUXljEHfvic3eDyFXfwHD_PlbzqNEAlemK8UzB4COWMMEzI4gq9UXF.y-AflZs-THOQvg3h

Action & Event Links:

Fix Democracy First

• DONATE to Fix Democracy First or Fix Democracy First Education Fund @ https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate
• YO VOTE! (Youth Organizers for Voter Outreach, Teaching & Engagement) - https://www.yo-vote.org
• WON (Women in Office Now) – https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/won

Upcoming Topics:

• Oct 12 - Ranked-Choice Voting on the Ballot w/ FairVote WA
• Oct 19 - Jim Crow Laws: Past & Present
• Oct 26 - Jan 6 Committee Review

ACTIONS & EVENTS:

• Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote - Screening & Discussion - October 20th @ 6:30 pm PT - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gKr97b6GRTe9QH1MvH4rUg

Seattle Redistricting:

• Testify on Oct 8th with Redistricting Justice For Seattle! THE FINAL HEARING! - https://bit.ly/rjs-10-8
• SEATTLE RESIDENTS: Please sign Redistricting Justice for Seattle Map Support Pledge – http://bit.ly/map-rjs
• Washington has restored voting rights to people with past felony convictions immediately after they finish their prison terms. - https://www.freethevotewa.org/
• Sign the petition to corporations: Keep your pledge. Stop donations to pro-insurrectionist members of Congress - https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-corporations-keep-your-pledge-stop-donations-to-insurrectionists?source=direct_link&referrer=group-fixdemocracyfirst

Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot in Washington State:

• Seattle - https://rcv4seattle.org/
• Clark County – https://fairvotewa.org/campaigns/clark-county-campaign/
• San Juan County – https://fairvotewa.org/campaigns/san-juan-county/
• Take Action - https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/
• Common Power - Moving Our Feet: Voter Fieldwork with Common Power in the Next Five Weeks - https://commonpower.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvde-sqzgsG9zjDjq9uIqS034QM5gLX9-J
• Democracy Action Hour with Seattle Supports Democracy - https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/480738/
• Eastside Gladiators – Be the Change 509 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/712510762509752
• Walking to Fix Our Democracy - https://www.fixourdemocracy.us/
• Election Protection - Stopping Voter Suppression - https://protectthevote.net/?partner=fixdemocracy
• Sierra Club – Defend Democracy - https://www.sierraclub.org/defend-our-democracy-volunteer-today

The Lobbying Revolving Door Links:

• Revolving door (politics) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door_(politics)
• Open Secrets – Revolving Door - Overview - https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/
• Open Secrets – Revolving Door - Former Members - https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/top.php?display=Z
• Open Secrets – Revolving Door – Top Industries - https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/top.php?display=I
• The Pentagon’s Revolving Door Keeps Spinning: 2021 in Review - https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2022/01/the-pentagons-revolving-door-keeps-spinning-2021-in-review
• Regulating the Defense Industry’s Revolving Door - https://www.theregreview.org/2022/01/20/tunney-regulating-defense-industry-revolving-door/
• The Industry Agenda: Fossil Fuel - https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/the-industry-agenda-fossil-fuel/
• Lobbying, Astroturfing, and The Revolving Door - https://www.cosphere.net/single-post/lobbying-astroturfing-and-the-revolving-door
• Big Pharma greets hundreds of ex-federal workers at the ‘revolving door’ - https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/big-pharma-greets-hundreds-ex-federal-workers-at-revolving-door
• Should Congress close the revolving door in the technology industry? - https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/11/04/should-congress-close-the-revolving-door-in-the-technology-industry/
• Revolving Door for Pro-Crypto Lobbyists and Politicians Is Emerging, Report Warns - https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gema/revolving-door-for-pro-crypto-lobbyists-and-politicians-is-emerging-report-warns
• Warren, Sherman, Porter Demand Answers from Intuit about Use of Unethical Revolving Door to Hire Former Regulators to Defend its Shady Practices - https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/letters/warren-sherman-porter-demand-answers-from-intuit-about-use-of-unethical-revolving-door-to-hire-former-regulators-to-defend-its-shady-practices
• Active Revolving Door Between Government and Contracting Industry Could Threaten Reform - https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/active-revolving-door-between-government-and-contracting-industry-could-threaten-reform/
• The spinning door: From US government service to lobbying for dictators - https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/08/25/the-revolving-door-from-us-government-service-to-lobbying-for-dictators/
• The Revolving Door and the Foreign Policy Lobby - The Revolving Door and the Foreign Policy Lobby

• Power(ful) Connections: Exploring the Revolving Doors Phenomenon as a Form of State-Corporate Crime - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-022-09626-z
• In Washington, the revolving door between government service and lobbying is well-greased - https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/02/washington-state-government-officials-lobbying-revolving-door/
• 1 in 5 lobbyists come from state service; now Washington lawmakers may restrict revolving door - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/with-1-in-5-lobbyists-coming-from-state-service-washington-state-lawmakers-hear-bill-to-restrict-revolving-door/
• Revolving Door Prohibitions - https://www.ncsl.org/research/ethics/50-state-table-revolving-door-prohibitions.aspx
• Lawmakers Aren’t Disclosing Their Next Jobs - https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/lawmakers-arent-disclosing-their-next-jobs/
• The Federal Revolving Door – Can it Ever be Closed? - https://policy-perspectives.org/2021/12/16/the-federal-revolving-door-can-it-ever-be-closed/
• Slowing the Federal Revolving Door - https://www.citizen.org/article/slowing-the-federal-revolving-door/
• Ethics Guidance to Protect the Public Trust and Detect Revolving Door Misconduct - https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/ethics-guidance-to-protect-public-trust-and-detect-revolving-door-misconduct/
• Revolving Door Project - https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/

Democracy in the News Links:

Oath Keepers sedition trial: Secret recordings played to jury reveal plans for Jan 6 ‘fight’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oath-keepers-trial-live-news-stewart-rhodes-b2195304.html

Prosecutors outline alleged Jan. 6 plotting - https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/03/oath-keepers-trial-live-updates/

Seditious conspiracy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_conspiracy#:~:text=Eleven%20members%20of%20the%20Oath,presidential%20transition%20of%20Joe%20Biden.

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Review of Mar-a-Lago Records - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/supreme-court-trump-documents.html

Judge rules Trump lawyers don’t have to clarify Mar-a-Lago document claims - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/29/cannon-dearie-trump-documents-classified/

In Trump White House, classified records routinely mishandled, aides say - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/04/trump-classified-documents-meadows/

Trump files $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN - https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/trump-files-475-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-cnn/

Jan. 6 hearing likely on Oct. 13 after Hurricane Ian postponement - https://www.nbcnews.com/video/jan-6-hearing-likely-on-oct-13-after-hurricane-ian-postponement-149792325540

Ginni Thomas falsely asserts to Jan. 6 panel that election was stolen, chairman says - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/29/ginni-thomas-jan6-election/

They Legitimized the Myth of a Stolen Election — and Reaped the Rewards - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/politics/republican-election-objectors.html

Your Guide to All 35 States Deciding Their Next Secretary of State - https://boltsmag.org/guide-to-2022-secretary-of-state-elections/

U.S. Warns of Security Threats Ahead of Midterm Elections - https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-warns-of-security-threats-ahead-of-midterm-elections-11664826276

Election workers to be trained to deal with violence at polls as midterms approach - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/politics/election-officials-security-violence-midterm-elections/index.html

Election officials confront a new problem: Whether they can trust their own poll workers - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/04/poll-workers-sow-doubt-midterms-00060103

Activists Flood Election Offices With Challenges - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/us/politics/election-activists-voter-challenges.html

How election conspiracies cast a shadow over GOP, WA midterms - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/election-deniers-spread-fraud-allegations-in-wa-and-find-a-receptive-audience/

Democracy is on the ballot in nine states this fall - https://thefulcrum.us/ballot-initiative-2022

Will challenges to voter rolls hamstring Georgia’s election system? - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/05/georgia-voter-suppression-registration-challenges

Federal judge upholds Georgia election law in challenge brought by Abrams - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/01/stacey-abrams-georgia-voting-laws/

Michigan judge drops charges against 7 ex-state and city officials in Flint water crisis - https://www.reuters.com/legal/michigan-judge-drops-charges-against-7-ex-state-city-officials-flint-water-2022-10-04/

NC Supreme Court hears voter ID case - https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2022/10/04/nc-supreme-court-hears-voter-id-case/#sthash.BBG6Vtxo.iY6NyQYE.dpbs

In a Stately Ceremony, Supreme Court Welcomes Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-investiture.html

Supreme Court keeping live audio as it opens again to public - https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-ketanji-brown-jackson-us-supreme-court-health-government-and-politics-95a7d5f6996c25258d9f0d3017ca7405

SCOTUS Argument Audio - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio/2022

As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Is Poised to Resume Rightward Push - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/us/conservative-supreme-court-legitimacy.html

Supreme Court Trust, Job Approval at Historical Lows - https://news.gallup.com/poll/402044/supreme-court-trust-job-approval-historical-lows.aspx

Supreme Court debates narrowing protections in Clean Water Act - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/03/supreme-court-clean-water-act/

Supreme Court to hear 2 cases with major implications for 2024 - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/supreme-court-2024-election-cases-00059380

Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court - https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-2022-midterm-elections-us-supreme-court-health-951245afb2827282e9c340417ca02375

Alabama Congressional Redistricting Challenge (SCOTUS) - https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabama-congressional-redistricting-challenge-scotus/

Supreme Court Leans Toward Alabama in Voting Rights Dispute - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/alabama-supreme-court-voting-rights-act.html

The Supreme Court Is On The Verge Of Killing The Voting Rights Act - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/supreme-court-kill-voting-rights-act/

There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/moore-v-harper-independent-legislature-theory-supreme-court/671625/

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Pennsylvania electoral map - https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-pennsylvania-electoral-map-2022-10-03/

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if employers can sue unions over vandalism - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-decide-if-employers-can-sue-unions-over-vandalism-2022-10-03/

The Supreme Court Might Be on the Brink of Making Corruption Easier—Again - https://newrepublic.com/article/167949/supreme-court-corruption-percoco

The Onion files Supreme Court amicus brief defending the right to parody - https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/10/04/onion-amicus-brief-supreme-court-anthony-novak/

How the Supreme Court could change the internet as we know it - https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/supreme-court-change-internet-know-rcna50490

Supreme Court takes case on content policing: Here's how a Section 230 ruling could impact social media - https://abcnews.go.com/Business/supreme-court-takes-case-content-policing-impact-social/story?id=90933115

HOW AMAZON, GOOGLE, AND FACEBOOK HELPED FUND THE CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN ROE - https://theintercept.com/2022/10/01/roe-amazon-google-facebook-independent-womens-forum/

Justices shield spouses’ work from potential conflict of interest disclosures - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/justices-spouses-conflict-of-interest-disclosures-00059549

Even more companies that pledged not to give to 'sedition caucus' have reversed course - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/even-more-companies-give-to-sedition-caucus-170717866.html

Corporations have given $40 million to the Sedition Caucus - https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/corporations-have-given-40-million-to-the-sedition-caucus/

Millions Pour Into Group Working to Keep Democrats’ House Majority - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-democrats-house-majority.html

Outside dollars help Republican U.S. Senate candidates close financial gap with Democrats - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/outside-allies-help-republican-us-senate-candidates-close-gap-with-democrats-2022-10-04/

Banning Congress From Trading Stocks Is Massively Popular. So Why Are Top Democrats Stalling? - https://inthesetimes.com/article/congress-democrats-stocks-midterms

Youth Voter Registration Has Surpassed 2018 Levels in Many States, but It's Lagging for the Youngest Voters - https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/youth-voter-registration-has-surpassed-2018-levels-many-states-its-lagging-youngest

Supporting Young People on their Path to Running for Office - https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/running-for-office

Italy’s election backfires using US-style voting - https://democracysos.substack.com/p/italys-election-backfires-from-using

Poll: Portland Voters Strongly Support Ranked Choice Voting, Multi-Member Districts - https://www.colororegon.org/blog/survey-portland-charter-reform-3-23-2022

How one campaign ad actually *reduced* partisan animosity - https://yello.substack.com/p/how-one-campaign-ad-actually-reduced

Build a personalized democracy toolkit to get ready for the midterms - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/democracy-toolkit-midterm-elections-2022/