CORRECTION: Fundraiser for Pennsylvania with J. Smith-Cameron

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

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CORRECTION: This event is *this Thursdsay* -- not Friday, as originally posted. Hope to see you Thursday September 1st at 8pm EST for an important fundraiser to help protect Pennsylvania in the midterms and beyond!

Hi All, It's Andrea here, again, issuing a correction: the Pennsylvania fundraiser is this Thursday, not Friday. If you're not doing anything this coming Thursday night -- September 1st at 8pm EST -- join me and other activists for a fundraiser to protect Pennsylvania from Trump's fascist movement by electing Democrats at the all important state level where crucial quality of life policies are determined, including the integrity of our elections. By protecting Pennsylvania this November, we help protect the electoral college in 2024. It's one of the most important states we need to win in order to keep the White House.

As Trump tried to violently overthrow our democracy, he led a well-coordinated operation to leave no stone unturned to try to stay in power, just as we always warned. When all of his many attempts failed, he turned his attention to state races where his cult is running for office, paving the way to steal the election for him or someone like him in 2024, to help Trump and his criminal gang come back to power, enrich themselves, and this time stay in power.

It's all scary and all true. The way we fight back is through efforts like the States Project, which we featured on our show during our spring series Rising Up from the Ashes: Cassandras and Other Experts on Rebuilding Democracy. Here are our two spring interviews with the States Project: Fight Back with The States Project - Part I and Fight Back with The States Project - Part II.

I hope you'll join me this coming Thursday September 1st at 8pm EST over Zoom. The fundraiser is hosted by J. Smith-Cameron who plays Gerri on HBO's Succession, a show based on Rupert Murdoch's corrupt and dysfunctional family, and other stars from the show. What's even better: it's a pajama party. So join me in wearing comfy pajamas, enjoying a chilled drink, and chatting with the stars of Succession. To get the Zoom details, join me in donating $50 or higher made here. Hope to see you there!

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. It's Andrea from Gaslit Nation issuing a very quick correction, the big
0:10.3	fundraiser for Pennsylvania to ensure that we stop the fascists at the all important state level
0:16.9	in Pennsylvania. That fundraiser is September 1st, as I mentioned in the previous
0:22.3	recording I just posted, but it's on a Thursday, this Thursday, not this Friday as I originally
0:29.3	thought. This Thursday is September 1st, it turns out. So this Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern,
0:35.4	I'm going to be joining Jay Smith Cameron, a star of the hit show succession on HBO and several of her co-stars and a bunch of activists across the country to get together in our pajamas, no less, and have a wonderful fun evening chatting away and talking about all the ways we can
0:56.8	quite literally stop fascism in these all important midterm elections remember if you want to
1:02.6	protect the white house in 2024 if you want to protect the leader of the free world keep
1:08.5	the leader of the free world democratic that's what of the free world, democratic. That's what,
1:11.3	that's a small D, Democratic. If you want to protect the White House and therefore protect the world,
1:17.9	we got to fight now in the midterms because a lot of important races are going to be decided on
1:22.6	the all important state level in these midterms that are going to be overseeing our elections, the electoral
1:28.8	college in 2024. The state level is extremely important. That is where Trump is now focusing.
1:37.7	His whole cult movement is trying to take over state offices. So they could oversee the election
1:44.1	and turn America into an
1:46.6	electoral autocracy, bring the big lie to power, get Trump or someone like him in power,
1:52.7	and then it's game over for us. And you know the rest and all the other horrors that that unleashes.
1:57.4	So us, little us, mighty David versus Goliath, us, we're going to be getting together for this all important fundraiser this Thursday, 8 p.m. Eastern Time, September 1st. If you want to join this fundraiser, it's a minimum $50 donation. I'm going to be making it. I hope you'll join me in that. It's a fun evening.
2:18.6	We'll get a lot out of it just coming together with like-minded folks and chatting away with some
2:23.3	really great artists and activists. And once you make a donation, you will get access to the
2:29.3	Zoom info. For details, just look for the donation link wherever you got this recording. And thank you so much.
2:37.7	And apologies for any confusion. Again, I want to just clear up the date that September 1st is a
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