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Vote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 3h

Polling hours for Virginia!

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 3h

Virginia Voters: If you have a mail in ballot and want to vote in person BRING YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT TO THE POLL - the elections officer will spoil it & issue a new ballot.
If you don't bring it you must Return home to get it, or Vote a provisional ballot - counted after eligibility to vote is found

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 4h

This is not new and fact that many will see this as a revelation says a lot about media failures in last 50 years. Especially about the groups based in DC and elsewhere that have pushed/funded racist ideology/strategy for so, so long. It’s a real problem that people close to power won’t name racism.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

What the Tucker/Nick Fuentes fiasco really reveals is that the "white nationalist wing of the GOP" is "a major force within internal GOP politics," says @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social.

On the pod, David is so good on the GOP's 50-year refusal to police its extremists:
newrepublic.com/article/2026...

MAGA Rages at Tucker Carlson after “Nazi” Shocker Reveals Too Much

As Tucker faces criticism for hosting white nationalist Nick Fuentes, an expert on conservatism decodes how this tells the bigger story of the American right’s refusal to police its extremists for the...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 4h

Of course those schools can pick their own student body & have no obligation to provide special ed services. They can also charge whatever tuition they want.
Now I’m off to work the polls for Democrats, who strongly support our local school bond (which the Repubs oppose) 🗳️ 🗽 🇺🇸 📚

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 4h

My friends, the Virginia Republicans are explicitly running on this platform: a “school choice” plan where every child takes a set amount of tax $ to whatever private or religious school they choose.

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 5h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

Locked in with @arimelber.bsky.social.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 17h

Per NYPost's scoop, some of the ways Mamdani's wife has "quietly steered" his campaign are weighing in on his logo design, being "a major source of support for him in private" and once posting on Instagram, "Couldn't possibly be prouder."

A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 17h

[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]

"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"

garbage from the NY Post showing pictures of Rama Duwaji and her husband Zohran Mamdani, caption "How Zohran Mamdani’s aloof wife, Rama Duwaji, quietly steered his campaign from behind the scenes"

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7h

My 11-year-old subscribes to Teen Vogue and reads the newsletters almost daily. It's been a reliable source of news for her, and fodder for thoughtful dinner table discussions.

Now, it will serve a new role in our house--as an opportunity to learn about boycotting companies that let us down.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 19h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

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Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 18h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

State level Dems face a different, more moderate electorate than many local-level urban Dems.

VA Dems face a different electorate than NYC Dems.

Why are we insisting that there is one message?

And again: Mamdani is running for MAYOR. Of ONE CITY. Not to be “The One Dem for All Races.”

My WORD.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16h

Both Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani are younger than their predecessors and stress the issue of affordability. But Spanberger’s campaign is about competence and pragmatism, not guaranteed heart-stirring. http://nyer.cm/UheaUsD

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 15h

a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod

Alt: Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson gives a wry smile and a little over the shoulder nod.

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 15h

Amen, from this pragmatic VA Democrat who’s wholeheartedly supporting Spanberger and who thinks Mamdani is terrific too.

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16h

“thinks Democrats need to listen more”: I think Mamdani, with his canvassing and his night-shift campaigning and his meetings with workers, has done a tone of listening too?

The party is wide enough for Mamdani _and_ Spanberger! The press needs to stop forcing this strained dichotomy.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16h

Both Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani are younger than their predecessors and stress the issue of affordability. But Spanberger’s campaign is about competence and pragmatism, not guaranteed heart-stirring. http://nyer.cm/UheaUsD

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 16h

Spanberger will protect abortion rights. She won’t attack trans kids (or adults). Mamdani understands the frustration of small business owners with heavy handed municipal regulations that big corporations can avoid. Excited to see them both govern!

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 16h

Spanberger’s decency, intelligence and competence inspire me, a Virginia voter and Democratic volunteer. But like my daughter who lives in Brooklyn, I’m also inspired by Mamdani. We need to run candidates who can WIN and who share our core values.

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Espy @esp1371.bsky.social · 16h

Greg will tell the whole story when he does the thread, but the Foodraiser provides food for kids over Christmas break at over 10 schools in Durham. These are schools with a majority of kids on free/reduced lunch. Please keep an eye for the thread and if can match that would be awesome!

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 16h

Need to fire up a Foodraiser thread soon, but the Costco order is in

Food comes out to $129,606.45 this year, up +2.28% YoY

If you're willing to be one of our per-donor matchers, please let me know!

Screenshot of a custom Excel spreadsheet Greg created to place the Bull City Foodraiser order. It lists a variety of foodstuffs, in sufficient quantities to feed 5,103 students. The total amount due is $129,606.45 USD.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 16h

Let me be very clear: Donald Trump deliberately chose to stop SNAP benefits from flowing to 42 million hungry Americans.

And this is after he and Republicans cut $186 billion from SNAP in their Big Bad Betrayal Bill.

They are simply abandoning hungry American families.

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cats being weird little guys @weirdlilguys.bsky.social · 17h

people with 2 cats can you confirm

a tweet that says “ every single person who owns two cats has one beautiful idiot, and one terrifying demon plotting a coup”

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 16h

She (Tabby, left) is demure & mindful, brilliant at opening almost closed drawers & doors, & a ferocious hunter of mice & toes under blankets. He (Tuxedo, right) is SO handsome and, though not an “idiot” per se, is a sweet widdle putty tat who craves constant affection.

A grey tabby with orange highlights (left) and a tuxedo cat (right) recline bottom to bottom on a wooden floor in front of a heat vent and low cabinet drawer.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what it will take for members of Congress to understand that tariffs aren't just taxing businesses, they're destroying them.

Like this is wild. Just obliterating American businesses for no reason. I mean, unless your reason is to help China and Russia.
www.pennlive.com/nation-world...

Iconic outdoors retailer in business since 1856 closing 40 locations due to tariffs
Updated: Nov. 03, 2025, 9:57 a.m.|Published: Nov. 02, 2025, 8:00 a.m.

A general view of the Orvis Flagship Store and Rod Factory on October 31, 2014 in Manchester, Vermont. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 20h

@gabbygiffords.bsky.social and I know a thing or two about winning tough elections, and that’s what we have on our hands in Virginia. Nothing is guaranteed, so we need to do everything we can to run through the tape tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who is stepping up to get out the vote!

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Melissa Jones Pelczynski @mejomelissa.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s run through the tape, Virginia voters! Support the Democratic Unity Ticket! Vote Blue for Governor, Lt Gov, AG & Delegate! And support your local school bonds too! 🗳️🗽🇺🇸 📚

Virginia Democrats @vademocrats.bsky.social · 19h

In the final hours of the campaign, make an impact and let your neighbors know why they should vote to elect Democrats up and down the ballot! www.mobilize.us/spanbergerfo...