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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 11h

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Run for Something elects young diverse progressives to local office to help Democrats build permanent power for the long haul — no matter who’s in the White House.

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

There is a good argument that Zohran Mamdani did not win the New York mayoral race, because constitutionally votes for him are only worth 3/5ths of votes for Cuomo.

—Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

Three reform DAs won re-election tonight, two of them running uncontested. All in major population centers.

Krasner
Bragg
Gonzalez

This is get one-billionth the coverage of the Boudin recall, bc it doesn't fit the entrenched Tough on Crime Narrative, but it's still noteworthy.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10h

Politics is so complicated.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: I think what this night is starting and shaping up to represent is that Americans everywhere are not going to be scared. We will not be intimidated by an administration that is violating the rights and making life hard and unaffordable for every single American in this country.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Better than the original "Cuomo: Need to Go"

Says "Cuomo: Ready on Day One" over the urinal

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10h

What we know, 10:20pm

—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses

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🏳️‍🌈⭐️⚽️🦉Mike Vamosi👑⚾️⭐️ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mikevmos.bsky.social · 10h

hahaha

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

Andrew Cuomo can still be mayor, if Mike Pence has the courage.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

Opinion | Virginia has a Republican governor and Republican attorney general and is in a country with a Republican president, Republican Congress, and a tacitly Republican Supreme Court. Here's why its election was rigged by Democrats.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 10h

Since day one, one of the founding principles of @runforsomething.net is that we are not the purity police. We are tight on values, flexible on policy. Authenticity & connection to community are more important than anything other traits (including $$!). That's why we win so much in so many places!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 11h

yup, it's a non-ideological cross-cutting campaign that can help dems perform well with people aligned with them on an axis other than D vs R (this is also how trump won in 2024, just with prices)

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11h

A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees

Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 11h

Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10h

Imagine splitting open a rock and seeing this.

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11h

A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪

The vivid colours of the gemstone ammolite (Placenticeras meeki), perfectly preserved in its original form. Credit: Hiroaki Imai.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Democracy tonight be like

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

AOC: "We will not be intimidated by an administration that is violating rights and making life hard and unaffordable for every single American in this country. And we will send in a wave of Democrats that not bow to this administration, but stand up to this administration."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

Pope Leo is doing Catholicism the wrong way.

by Ezra Klein

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

To be clear: off-cycle elections were INTENTIONALLY chosen bc people were less likely to vote.

It may not be explicit suppression like voter ID laws or whatnot, but it was an effort to capitalize on the costs of voting to keep voting down. To me, that suppressive.

The Odd Timing of City Elections in New York (Published 2017)

www.nytimes.com

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 10h

A living monument to justice helping make some more history.

Dolores Huerta energizes Fox Theatre night before Election Day

Renowned civil rights activist Dolores Huerta came to the Fox Theatre in downtown Redwood City on Monday night for a galvanizing screening of her award-winning biopic, “Dolores.” The film was followed...

www.rwcpulse.com

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 10h

Dear Lord.

Armed ICE agents STOLE A BABY.

Both the baby and the dad were US Citizens.

www.latimes.com/0000019a-51e...

Armed federal immigration agents drive away with a toddler in the backseat

A video shared with the Times shows armed federal immigration agents driving away with a toddler in the backseat of a car after detaining her father during a raid at a Home Depot in Cypress Park Tuesd...

www.latimes.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10h

A big result: Maine voters have rejected the conservative ballot measure that'd have restricted ballot access.

The measure was going to impose voter ID, and restrict mail voting significantly.

It lost easily, a year before the crucial midterms there.

Our coverage: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 10h

this is very funny, but to be earnest for a moment: the same guys setting $10M on fire here are the ones who can’t stand the idea of buses being free, of rent being affordable, of anything at all being easier for all the people for whom $10M would be an unimaginably transformative amount of money

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

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