3 Days Until the Election: Canvassing with Jennifer Garner and the Cheeseheads

Celebrity door knocking…Jesus Freaks…Oral sex and microphones

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Today I felt a heavy pressure on my chest, and I couldn’t breathe. I thought it was subirse el muerto, but I looked up to see my 8 year old sitting on me and munching leftover Halloween gummy bears.

Subirse el muerto, the Night Hag, or whatever you want to call it, is sleep paralysis. It’s a condition where you can’t move your body, but your mind is fully alert. Then it hit me — this phenomenon describes the anxiety I feel in this election.

I pushed my kid off me and sat up.

My wife was already showered, dressed, and tapping her foot at me.

“Get up,” she said. “We’re late.”

“What?” My eyes were still shut.

“We’re cavassing for Get Out the Vote. Jennifer Garner will be there.”

“The actress?” I said, confused.

“Yes.”

“In Waukesha, Wisconsin?”

“Yes.”

“Huh.”

We pulled up to a victorian house in Waukesha that acted as command center for Harris/Walz.

The crowd was mostly women. I was grafetul. I think it was a direct backlash to…