Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
Woody from the "hollup, let him cook" Kingdom Hearts meme, with "cook" replaced by "be clear"
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Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer.
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
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I mean, I get it this isn't an image, but...
bookmarking this for when videos are working again
Always read Will Bunch’s pieces. Also, in his newsletter, he answered my question posed of which Senate seats have the best chances of flipping R to D.
I will admit I especially hope the state I grew up in, Iowa, flips. I’d also love to see Sherrod Brown elected and Texas flip. The more the better!
Three pretty, raggedy asters, two yellow and one red, using a tiny bonne maman jar as a vase
First spring in a new house is fulla surprises
one of the single most important bursts of legislative activity in the nation's history happened because the governing party did not hesitate to remove their opponents from congress itself when they had the opportunity. 🤷🏿‍♂️
if there is a path to either national nonpartisan redistricting or proportional representation, it is going to go through one party or another. but the first step toward it actually happening is for that party to win power, and you go to war with the system you have, not the one you want.
Dammit, I already did this
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a black shepherd named Foxy looking intently at the camera with her mouth slightly open because she is explaining something* very patiently and in great detail *"I am ready for another treat now"
load this, bsky
Oh so you want to defund the police? I cannot believe the gall. These brave and women put their lives on the line for you every single day. Well not you specifically, or that democrat lady, or those schoolchildren.
When advocates for parking talk about the wAR oN CaRs in a #BetterByWard because someone dares to propose we close a street, they’re missing the point: it’s about opening the street to people, creating better #PlacesForPeople, thriving vibrancy and forging community. The exact opposite of closed.
"Cleaning up the risk pool" is a euphemism for eugenicist depraved heart murder. When the Trump regime takes health insurance away from people who rely on it to pay for the medically necessary services that keep us alive, we die. RFK Jr knows that 🧵
Working Families Guarantee: A Home You Can Afford Lower rents, mortgages, and utility costs Healthcare You Can Rely On Guaranteed healthcare for all A Good Job to Support Your Family A national jobs program to place workers in union jobs Childcare When and Where You Need It Guaranteed low-cost childcare Time to Spend With Your Family 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave How Do We Make It Happen? Tax the Rich & Get Big Money Out of Politics
For over 25 years, @nywfp.bsky.social has been my political home. I'm proud to stand with them today in launching the Working Families Guarantee. An agenda we can organize around to unrig our economy and put power back in the hands of working people: wfpus.org/guarantee
This exactly the stance all Dem leaders should have toward any MAGA Trump official
And why AOC should be our 2028 nominee.
wooow just as i was starting to upload my first GRWM: Posting All Day video
this news is a dizzying juxtaposition to the SPLC "fraud" indictment
The apparent theory here--SPLC was defrauding donors by paying right-wing extremist org informants, and also took completely legal steps for obscuring the money trail for very obvious reasons on this totally legal thing to do--is ludicrous even by the notoriously malleable standard for wire fraud.
it's rarely brought up that the need to slap fake bylines on AI content is a tacit admission that no one wants to read it
just an incredible amount of discourse over someone an overwhelming majority of people have never heard of
The "Catalogue of Ships" in the Iliad lists the Greek polities and the ships they sent to Troy.
Curiously, the polities listed are from the Bronze Age - not from Iron Age when the Iliad was composed.
This proves that Greeks had cultural memory from before the Bronze Age Collapse.
Rep. Becca Balint joins fellow members of Congress and advocates at a press conference to announce the Working Families Guarantee
For far too long, our government has left working people behind. That time needs to come to an end.
Proud to join @workingfamilies.org to help unveil the Working Families Guarantee - our vision for a future that brings everyone along.
Join me on @talkshoplive.bsky.social for a LIVE interview and fan Q&A about my new album, "Carry the Light," this Thursday April 23rd at 6 PM ET
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Democratic House Rep. Marc Veasey is torching RFK Jr. for telling Rep. Suzanne Bonamici that he's never been anti-vaccine:
"That's a ridiculous lie because you're probably the most anti-vax figure I can remember in my lifetime."
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Anyway, what a whirlwind trip. I know that things have been so difficult and traumatic and the future is uncertain, but it felt nice to do something good for someone and to see a family reunited after so much suffering. On the drive home, he said he’d gotten taken in winter and now it was summer.
This is important and shocking news from NYT.
And it doesn’t mention the DRC third-country deportation program has already begun. ICE sent 15 immigrants from Latin American countries there five days ago.
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Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day
