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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 15h

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
VA HOD Democrats, Dist 85-88

🔹Re-elect Marcia Price
delegatemarciaprice.com/home

🔹Elect Virgil Thornton Sr
virgilthorntonsr.com

🔹Re-elect Jeion Ward
jeionward.com

🔹Re-elect Don Scott
donscott.com

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 16h

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA HOD Democrats, Dist 81-84

🔹Re-elect Delores McQuinn,
@DelegateMcQuinn

🔹Elect Kimberly Adams
kimberlypopeadams.com

🔹Mary Person
personfordelegate.com

🔹Re-elect Nadarius Clark
clarkfordelegate.com

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 22h

Do you consider yourself conservative or libertarian? Trump’s attacks on renewables:

* Attack free markets
* Stifle innovation
* Take lives
* Eliminate jobs
* Raise energy costs
* Harm national security

This regime is not on your side either.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

www.theguardian.com

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s #FridayLimericks watch the GOP’s ongoing assault on Americans’ health.
We have shutdown stakes coming more clear:
Whose insurance will soon disappear?
Repubs want to shift wealth,
At expense of our health,
To the donors their ilk hold most dear.

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"We just verified with the Congressional Budget Office and of the 13.7 MILLION Americans who will lose their health care because of the Republicans' tax-cuts-for-billionaires bill, exactly ZERO are undocumented immigrants!"
- REP. BRENDAN BOYLE
OCCUPY DEMOCRATS

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 1d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONE1

As House Representative @aftynbehn.bsky.social has worked to bring awareness of the devastating effects of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ by Republicans and Trump

To further the fight for the working communities, She is running for election to U.S. House, CD 7b

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 2d

Minimum wage workers usually don't get a company healthcare plan so the ACA is their only option for affordable healthcare

If WAGES were higher then ACA subsidies wouldn't be necessary but that's not the case

Ranked: Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries share.google/OVfeeayWuEk4...

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 2d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

Re-elect VA House of Delegates Democrats, Dist 77-80

🔹Michael Jones
mikejonesva.com

🔹Betsy Carr
betsycarr.org

🔹Rae Cousins
raecousins.com

🔹Destiny LeVere Bolling
destinyforvirginia.com

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Jo Ann 🦋🦋 @jwacker1j.bsky.social · 2d

Well 💩

Kiefer @denikar.bsky.social · 2d

I'm more worried about this one:
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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snagz_did_what @snagzsongs.bsky.social · 2d

Same phony in E VA district brought the charges.....

open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

BREAKING: Trump Indicts Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charge

A federal grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on one count of bank fraud, according to a person familiar with the matter.

open.substack.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently Halligan got the grand jury to indict Letitia James. I hope she demolishes them at trial.

Will Trump demand a very public perp walk?

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 2d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA House of Delegates Democrats Dist 73-76

🔹Elect Leslie Mehta
lesliemehta.com

🔹Elect Jonas J. Eppert
jonasfordelegate.com

🔹Elect Lindsey Dougherty
doughertyfordelegate.com

🔹Re-elect Debra Gardner
debragardnerfordelegate.com

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 3d

As Banned Books Week continues, we revisit the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico. While limited in precedential value, the case outlined important, enduring First Amendment principles. (Thread)
www.freedomforum.org/how-a-40-yea...

How a 40-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling May Quash the Book Banning Wave

Some scholars and First Amendment advocates regard the 1982 decision as a win for students.

www.freedomforum.org

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 3d

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act clearly requires that furloughed federal employees receive back pay after a shutdown. This wasn’t partisan when it passed, and it shouldn’t be a question now. Trump is spinning further out of control by the day. (1/2)

Shown Here:
Public Law No: 116-1 (01/16/2019)
Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
This bill requires employees of the federal government or a District of Columbia public employer who are furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018, to be compensated for the period of the lapse. The employees must be compensated on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations may use leave.

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 4d

@AbigailSpanberger.bsky.social
is a skilled public servant who has been a CIA case officer and U.S. Representative for Virginia, CD 7

Her focus as Governor of Virginia is to protect Virginians and get things done

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 4d

In today’s writing club, we discussed writing dialogue. Some tips: dialogue occurs amid movement and action, in context that changes what the words themselves mean. The interactions among speakers, and among words and movements, and mannerisms, reveal characters—and lies.

Me, in a shirt that reads “Tell me a time in history when it was the good guys banning books.”

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 5d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA House of Delegates Democrats, Dist 69-72

Elect Mark Downey
downeyforva.com

Re-elect Shelly Simonds
simondsfordelegate.com

Elect Jessica Anderson
jess4va.com

Elect Randolph Critzer
randolphcritzer.com

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 5d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA House of Delegates Democrats, Dist 65-68

Re-elect Joshua Cole
jgcole.org

Elect Nicole Cole
nicolecole.com

Elect Mario Haggerty
haggertyforhouse67.org

Elect Elaine Walters
elainewalters.com

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 5d

For Monday of Banned Books Week, we explore the Comstock Acts, enacted in 1873 and 1909. While we tend to think of this federal law today in terms of efforts to restrict access to birth control and abortion medications, they originally targeted literature as well. (Thread)

KFF
Donate
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What Are the Origins of the Comstock Act?
In 1873 - at the behest of anti-vice crusader, Anthony Comstock - Congress enacted a law banning the interstate mailing and receiving of
"obscene, lewd, or lascivious" writings, or "any article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception or procuring an abortion." In 1909, Congress enacted a similar law banning the use of express company or common carrier (such as FedEx or UPS) to mail
"any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use." These laws came to be known collectively as the Comstock Act. The scope of what constituted obscene or lewd material was far broader at the time, and in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Comstock Act was used to prosecute a wide array of violations.

How the Comstock Act became inactive for books
• Passed in 1873: The original Comstock Act made it illegal to send "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" materials through the U.S. mail, which was interpreted to cover a broad range of publications, including anatomy books and classic literature.
• Obscenity standard narrowed: Over decades, court rulings progressively narrowed the scope of what is considered legally obscene, limiting the act's reach. Key Supreme Court decisions, including Roth v. United States (1957) and Miller v.
California (1973), established a more precise definition of obscenity, making it much harder to prosecute the mailing of books.
• Free speech protections: Subsequent First Amendment challenges further protected free speech rights, rendering the Comstock Act obsolete for censoring non-obscene publications.
As a result, the mailing of most magazines and books is now considered common and legal.
• Modern focus is different: Today, enforcement of the Comstock Act's obscenity provisions is focused almost exclusively on child and violent pornography.

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 6d

MISSING UCLA STUDENT

#NicholasDavidChew

Please keep your eyes open. Left without his cellphone & wallet, only took his tap & Bruin card. Left an ominous note. If seen, call #'s on flier or 911.

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 6d

Democrats for United States
House of Representatives

Tennessee, Congressional District 7

Primary Election 10/7/25

Vote BLUE

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 6d

Democrats for United States
House of Representatives

Tennessee, Congressional District 7

Primary Election 10/7/25

Vote BLUE !

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 7d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONE1

Elect VA State House Democrats, Dist 61-64

🔹Jacob Bennington
benningtonforvirginia.com

🔹Sara Ratcliffe
saraforva.com

🔹Forrest Miller
forrestmiller4va.com

🔹Stacey Carroll
staceycarrollforva.com

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 7d

#LiveBlue #Resistance #ONEV1

VA State House Democrats, Dist 57-60

🔹Elect May Nivar
maynivar.com

🔹Re-elect Rodney Willett
rodwillett.com

🔹Elect Scott Konopasek
scottk4va.com

🔹Elect Andrew Ward
awardforvirginia.com

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