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Carlisle, MA
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 3/1933 - 9/2020
Welcome to News and Information
What's New? (3/31-4/12, 2026)
Next Monthly Meeting: April 16
Trump Election Subversion Ways
Postcards
No Kings Rally March 28
Next CDTC Monthly Meeting April 16, 2026
Preview: coming soon
Next Monthly Meeting Info
Who: DTC Members and Friends
What: DTC Hybrid Monthly Meeting
When: April 16, 2026. Thursday, 7 PM
Where : Hollis Rm at the Gleason Public Library
Virtual: Members and friends will receive the meeting link via an email
No Kings Rally #3 was March 28, 2026 !!!
The No Kings rally on Saturday, March 28 on the Carlisle Town Common and Town Center had sign making, speeches, music, and a march to the town rotary. Over 300 people attended on a cold 35 degree day to listen to motivational speeches by Barney Arnold, Launa Zimmaro, and Michael Ansara. With a national attendance of over 8 million people, this shattered the record attendance of 7 million at the last No Kings rally in October 2025.
Help the Country: Actions Now
Local Recurring Demonstrations
These not only communicate your message, but they show others what they can do too. Google to see interesting protest sign ideas.
Please! Be aware that ICE is not granting you all the rights you are supposed to have, like capturing video. De-escalation training is available in Concord Feb 15, 2-4, sponsored by Reclaim Our Democracy. The guide, Know Your Rights, also has pointers to legal help if you need it.
Stay In Touch with Ed, Elizabeth and Lori
The most urgent need to contact our Congressional representatives now is to urge them to rein in ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. They have exceeded their mandate. As of this writing (Feb 1) DHS funding is still stalled in the Senate. Even when approved, but there will still much-needed legislative work that should be done to get these organizations within the scope of the law. They all know this, but it doesn't hurt to tell them what we support and how much we appreciate their work.
2026 Regular Elections, November 3
All 435 districts will elect US House Reps and 33 Senate seats. Presently the GOP holds the House 219 - 213 with 3 vacancies, and the Senate 53 - 47 (including 2 Independents caucusing with the Democrats.)
Highest Leverage Races - Coming Soon
2026 Special Elections
Ballotpedia lists three upcoming special elections to fill US House vacancies, two chances to flip, and one to hold. The two flips are the seats of Marjorie Taylor Green, House GA-14 on March 10, and Doug LaMalfa, House CA-01, Aug 4. The hold is Mikie Sherrill NJ-11, on April 16. (Mikie resigned to become governor.)
Other Ways to Help Elect Democrats in 2026
Ground Game Training and Deployment
Grassroots Democrats, founded in 2019 and associated with Field Team 6, has programs to train volunteers, especially youth, in grassroots work and also deploy them. Some of their programs pay the workers. They need donations.
Postcards soon available! - We Write Voters!
We just finished our last batch of postcards in March 2026. We plan on writing more News Boosting Postcards to combat disinformation and make sure voters in Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and North Carolina learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is for them. These states have very competitive Senate elections this November. Contact danscholten9@gmail.com for more info. Stay tuned.
Find Any Grassroots Work You Want
mobilize.us is the shopping mall of events. Most of our grassroots opportunities list here and mobilize provides a common interface for you to sign up for work. Get an account and you can easily get a list of all that you are signed up to do via mobilize.
The quickest way to find what you want: Go to mobilize.us, then
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Click the Filters button in the top tool bar
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Select the type(s) of event e.g. "text banking"
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Select date range and all the campaigns you might be interested in.
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Click Apply Filters
We Welcome Friends
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The Carlisle DTC has both Members and a Friends list. If you want to hear about committee events and seek opportunities to help, join our Friends list by emailing the webmaster (see bottom of page.) We welcome registered Democrats and Unenrolled Friends, meetings are optional.
Purpose of Democratic Town Committees
"Town, ward and city committees are the foundation of Party organization and have the closest contact with the people...Local committees are intended to be working committees, dedicated to the cause of winning elections..." - Massachusetts Democratic Party Charter, Article Two, Section I.