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maltese mama

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just a housewife. with a maltese (& an inherited & much loved havanese). my heart is hurting for our country.

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maltese mama @themaltesemama.bsky.social · Sep 7

THIS!

“They are not conservatives.

They are radical extremists.”

From Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Donald Trump, MAGA and How We Fight Back, Sep 7, 2025
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Heather Cox Richardson on Donald Trump, MAGA and How We Fight Back

Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · 09/07/2025 · 1h 8m

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

McCaskill: There's people like Sherrod Brown and Roy Cooper that are very happy tonight. We didn't think the senate was going to be in play next year. I think after tonight, it’s in play.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump-Vance administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social’s military records in a corrupt political act only to have her blow out their candidate in an epic landslide victory.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 6h

Trump won in 2024 by 1.5%pts and the press acted like he got a mandate to be god-emperor, can’t wait for them to be dismissive of victories in places the Democratic Party hasn’t won in 20 years

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Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 6h

When people stand up, speak out, and get involved - we move our country forward.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h

Zohran Mamdani has won more votes than people who live in the following states:

South Dakota
North Dakota
Alaska
Vermont
Wyoming

He will soon pass Delaware.

Could also pass Montana and Rhode Island.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

Dems aren’t fighting with one hand tied behind our back. We’re all in for Prop 50, for California, for America. Let’s write the comeback story together.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 5h

We can have nice things. And we deserve them.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

they’re going to make the entire 2026 midterms about trans kids in bathrooms and they are going to get absolutely dunked to hell

protect trans kids: it’s the right thing to do and you’re going to win

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5h

i genuinely think they believe that the they/them ads won the election and not like, anger over inflation

and so they'll keep trying to double down on social issues

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 6h

i see we learned nothing from the millions wasted by WES

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 5h

Larry Krasner has won his third term tonight against D->R former judge Pat Dugan by a larger percentage (50% > 44%), and by far a larger vote margin (168K > 95K), than he won four years ago against the criminal defense lawyer who had a section on his campaign website titled "The Girl In My Bathtub."

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 5h

We ran the table and we ran up the score. From Maine to California, from New Jersey to Virginia, in New York City and Pennsylvania, Democracy is still alive and kicking. We are winning the shutdown.

Don't give into fear and cynicism.

Keep fighting back like millions of Americans did tonight.

a large american flag is flying in the wind against a blue sky

Alt: a large american flag is flying in the wind against a blue sky

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Ana 💙 🌊 Rise.Resist.Persist. @quietretreat.bsky.social · 18h

Today would be a good day to #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

#GOPProtectingPedos
#PedoGate

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Wow — amazing!!! 👏👏

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 6h

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 5h

Trump would love to rig elections (he says so!). But there's no election-rigging button in the WH, and it just got harder to subvert an honest vote in PA and in VA. It's by no means safe, but it just got legit harder.

And we'll see, but Trump may have fewer eager allies going forward.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 6h

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

It’s rigged in the most ridiculous ways. Musk is always openly talking about tinkering with the algorithm.

Any non-fascists still posting there seem to be in denial about this fact, which should be obvious by now.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7h

When you stop using X then open it back up after a while, you realize how obviously it’s designed to elevate vicious jerks who share Musk and Trump’s cruelest, dumbest beliefs. Harder to see when you’re addicted to it; blazingly apparent from the outside looking in.

Journalists: It’s bad for you!

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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 5h

Kinda curious what the administration does to try and change the narrative now. Is it going to be a rally-round-the-newly-minted-wartime-president week or is it going to be a we-took-away-your-airplanes-until-you're-nicer-to-us week?

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maltese mama @themaltesemama.bsky.social · 3h

they are going try to sound like moderates. and the media will fall for it.

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 5h

America had normal elections across the country today. An unpopular president’s party suffered a rebuke at the polls in sign that our system of democratic accountability still works.

The dangers to that system are real and remain, but our democracy is not dead yet.

It’s on us to keep it that way.

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maltese mama @themaltesemama.bsky.social · 3h

a great night for democracy.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5h

November 4, 2025

November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 5h

Watch this again. It is extraordinary

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBQ...

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4h

Big shout out to Utah Republicans, who greedily passed a fully gerrymandered map that includes an R+2 and an R+6 district, as they watched Democrats easily overcome those margins all across the country tonight.

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haveyouanywool.bsky.social @haveyouanywool.bsky.social · 4h

Ha-ha, that’s because this is the PR/optics administration, where they think all they have to do is make a bunch of announcements that play well on TV, with no plans for any substantive follow-through, or actual governing. This is what happens when inexperienced incompetents take office.

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