Events
Josh Throneburg Campaign: Pushing on to Election Day!
If you (rightly) think that Bob Good is a horrible extremist and a terrible Congressman, please invest a few hours to be the change you want to see!
You have lots of good ways to pitch in during the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) push that makes all the difference:
- Wednesdays: Virtual Phone Bank (6:30-8:30pm)
- Thursdays: “Turn Out the Vote Thursdays” (4:30-6:30pm)
- Thursdays: Virtual Phone Bank (6:30-8:30pm) led by J4VA & Generation Ratify Virginia
- Saturdays: Canvassing in Charlottesville (10am-Noon, 1-3pm) — meet at Josh’s Pantops office at 302 Hickman Rd. in the parking lot at the back of the building, where the office entrance is! Before you arrive, it’s a big time saver if you download the “Minivan” app we use to take down and input our canvassing data! It also helps if you sign up in advance
- Sundays: Canvassing in Charlottesville (1-3pm, see Saturday above for details)
Any time: contact Josh for Virginia’s Kelsey Cowger if you might be willing to write a Letter to the Editor (Daily Progress) highlighting some aspect of why Josh is good for our District.
Biden/Dem Accomplishments the Past Two Years
There’s been quite a lot, we thought this partial alphabetized list might be helpful when talking to voters:
Abortion Rights Defense (contraception and in vitro fertilization may be the next rights on the Republicans target list).
Civil/Voting Rights (vs. Republican voter suppression limiting mail-in ballots, closing polling places in poor neighborhoods, removing people who haven’t voted from the rolls, voter ID, striking down Voting Rights Act protections, eliminating affirmative action and diversity measures). Appointment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson vs. Brett Cavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, etc. And don’t forget that Youngkin made Critical Race Theory the main (false) issue of his campaign for Governor.
Environment/Climate Change biggest investment ever, $369 billion, for climate change amelioration in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, rejoined Paris Agreement, and VA Dems support staying in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Governmental Integrity restored (vs. the corruption of Trump retaliatory firings of Comey and McCabe and Vindman, Barr incorrectly characterizing Mueller Report findings, etc.)
Gun Safety commonsense measures in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, over decades-long Republican opposition, that will save lives: enhanced background checks, closing the “boyfriend loophole”, and providing funding for youth mental health.
Inflation (a worldwide problem caused by pandemic supply chain and Russia invading Ukraine), Dems are fighting it via release of strategic oil reserves, Medicare drug price negotiation, Affordable Care Act prices reduced by $800, pressure on corporations to reduce pandemic windfall profits.
Infrastructure Modernization ($1.2T package to create jobs and improve America’s highways, bridges, and airports and also make broadband Internet more widely available).
January 6th Attack on the Capitol pushed for and created a bipartisan committee whose investigation has uncovered a tremendous amount of new information about the seditious insurrectionists, hate groups prosecuted (vs. Republicans closely allied with Steve Bannon, Proud Boys, etc.).
Job Gains lowest unemployment rate in 50 years and 6.6 million new jobs created, the most by any US President, signed CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen American manufacturing and innovation.
LGBTQ Rights (vs. Youngkin and other Republican culture war battles over transgender accommodations and LGBT rights in general).
Medicare Protection (McCarthy and Republicans want to cut/change it), $2,000/yr cap on prescription drug prices for seniors, new authority for Medicare to lower drug prices through negotiation
Social Security Protection (McCarthy and Republicans want to cut/change).
Student Loan Debt many are eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in debt forgiveness (Republicans have sued to block it)
Tax Reform new 15% Alternative Minimum tax on large corporations.
Ukraine Support (remember Trump impeachment #1?) via sanctions on Russia.
Veterans Support passage of the PACT Act to address harmful effects of burn pits and other toxins.
Women’s Issues Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, support for Abortion and other reproductive rights, “boyfriend exception” included in gun safety bill Dems passed.
REPORT: Josh Throneburg-Bob Good Candidates Forum (10/26)
The two candidates answered questions last night at Hampden-Sydney College (you can watch the video on WSET) and the contrast could not have been greater.Rep. Good was his usual unhinged self, spewing mile-a-minute lies and culture war talking points. A few representative lowlights: the Democratic Party is at war with faith and country, Biden is trying to give control of our borders to Mexican drug cartels, and God put fossil fuels in the earth for us to harvest. You get the idea.
In contrast, Josh was measured and confident in answering the questions and demonstrated the compassionate (e.g. LGBTQ rights) and common-sense (fossil fuel is a finite resource we need to wean ourselves from in favor of renewables) approaches he’ll take as our representative in Congress. He also pointed out that Bob Good was one of only 12 members of Congress to vote AGAINST the PACT Act, which provides needed medical help to veterans who have been sickened by military burn pits… and he expressed his disappointment that none of the questions had touched on abortion or women’s issues.
Josh ended with a call for everyone – including his opponent – to support democracy no matter which candidate the voters choose. He certainly made a great case for the voters to choose him!
“Protect Our Democracy” Forum
Prof. Danielle Citron on Privacy, Surveillance, and Love in the Digital Age (October 11)
UVA Law Professor and MacArthur Fellow Danielle Citron, an international expert on online privacy, will speak about the latest developments at the intersection of technology, public policy, and our daily Internet-driven lives at 6:45pm Tuesday October 11th at the Downtown Library’s Swanson Case Room and also on Zoom. Prof. Citron will be “in conversation” with UVA History Prof. William Hitchcock, co-host of the Democracy in Danger podcast, and Q&A will follow. Copies of Prof. Citron’s new book The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (coming out the week before she speaks!) will be available for purchase. All are welcome, please mark your calendars and join us!
For the past decade, Citron has worked with lawmakers, law enforcement and tech companies to combat online abuse and to protect intimate privacy. In June 2019, she testified before Congress about the national security and privacy risks of deepfakes. She has been involved in reform efforts around the regulation of online platforms. In October 2019, she testified before Congress about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. From 2014 to 2016, Citron served as an advisor to then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris and as a member of Harris’ Task Force to Combat Cyber Exploitation and Violence Against Women. In 2011, Citron testified about misogynistic cyber hate speech before the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Anti-Semitism at the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. Since 2011, she has been a member of Facebook’s Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery Task Force and an adviser and a member of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Task Force and as an adviser to the company since 2009. She is an adviser to the dating app Bumble, the music streaming service Spotify, and video sharing platform TikTok.For full information:
