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Saturday, December 26. 50 Artists, 1 Day A Virtual Festival to Get Out the Vote Georgia Comes Alive is a one-day virtual music festival to help get out the vote in the upcoming runoff elections by supporting local grassroots organizations Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda and CivicGeorgia. Coordinated by HeadCount, the event will be produced by the team behind Democracy Comes Alive, Quarantine Comes Alive, and Justice Comes Alive, which collectively raised close to $300,000 and garnered nearly 2 million views. GCA is also proud to partner with Participant, the producers of the new film John Lewis: Good Trouble.

Down at the protest today, many lefties came by to try to shout us down. I noticed an abundance oif signs making reference to Sen. Wellstone. ("I'm Marching for Wellstone" was fairly typical.) Some even claimed that he was murdered. Less than 24 hours after the man's death, his "friends" were eagerly politicizing it. I find this extremely offensive. While Sen. Wellstone stood for everything we oppose, he was by all accounts an honorable man who does not deserve to have his name besmirched by this cheap, tasteless politicization. And did anyone notice the press conference after the DC sniper...