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With a pen, with a voice, and with a vote, exercise, protect, defend Democracy and all those who believe in equality, liberty, and justice for all and the sanctity of basic human rights - The Moon Is Down
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If you're not for "both sides do it" journalism and you're weary of "symmetrical treatment of asymmetrical facts," what's the alternative?
One answer is point-of-view journalism plus a very high standard of verification, as @gregsargent.bsky.social demonstrates here.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
One answer is point-of-view journalism plus a very high standard of verification, as @gregsargent.bsky.social demonstrates here.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you're not for "both sides do it" journalism and you're weary of "symmetrical treatment of asymmetrical facts," what's the alternative?
One answer is point-of-view journalism plus a very high standard of verification, as @gregsargent.bsky.social demonstrates here.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
One answer is point-of-view journalism plus a very high standard of verification, as @gregsargent.bsky.social demonstrates here.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Fail to understand the 36% who approve -- missing moral clarity I guess
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fail to understand the 36% who approve -- missing moral clarity I guess
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
When talking about affordability -- its more than that -- we forget the rise of the Middle class following the Great Depression/WWII and don't see the demise of the same following Reaganomics and trickle downers.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
December 3, 2025
Republican Matt Van Epps won yesterday’s special election in Tennessee’s seventh congressional district, but Republicans aren’t celebrating triumphantly.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When talking about affordability -- its more than that -- we forget the rise of the Middle class following the Great Depression/WWII and don't see the demise of the same following Reaganomics and trickle downers.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
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Trump just pardoned a known drug smuggling conspirator who was set to spend 40+ years in jail.
Why? The reasons may surprise you.
youtu.be/Rar0jTtghFE?si
Why? The reasons may surprise you.
youtu.be/Rar0jTtghFE?si
Trump’s Inexplicable Pardon
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Trump just pardoned a known drug smuggling conspirator who was set to spend 40+ years in jail.
Why? The reasons may surprise you.
youtu.be/Rar0jTtghFE?si
Why? The reasons may surprise you.
youtu.be/Rar0jTtghFE?si
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It’s really pretty simple.
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It’s really pretty simple.
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I am going to repost this repost everyday so the evidence if insurrection and evil is not forgotten
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am going to repost this repost everyday so the evidence if insurrection and evil is not forgotten
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This we expect—you lead yhe opposition
You fight for demo racy over travesty
You stand up against those who ensble
You join us in every way possible
No holding back
Be a Sam Adsms
@markwarner.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social
@jenniferboysko.com
You fight for demo racy over travesty
You stand up against those who ensble
You join us in every way possible
No holding back
Be a Sam Adsms
@markwarner.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social
@jenniferboysko.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This we expect—you lead yhe opposition
You fight for demo racy over travesty
You stand up against those who ensble
You join us in every way possible
No holding back
Be a Sam Adsms
@markwarner.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social
@jenniferboysko.com
You fight for demo racy over travesty
You stand up against those who ensble
You join us in every way possible
No holding back
Be a Sam Adsms
@markwarner.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social
@jenniferboysko.com
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Been following this pollster since 2017 -- his predictions for that Virginia legislative election (and Gov, etc) was so on target. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
The Rise of Chaz Nuttycombe: Forecast is good for 26-year-old polling prognosticator
At just 26, Chaz Nuttycombe has taken the election prediction world by storm, becoming one of the most talked about and sought-after forecasters in the country.
www.wtvr.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Been following this pollster since 2017 -- his predictions for that Virginia legislative election (and Gov, etc) was so on target. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Speak out nationally
Write and talk and best the drums
Be a Sam Adams and not a middling member of the Continental Congress
Write and talk and best the drums
Be a Sam Adams and not a middling member of the Continental Congress
Immigration raids at churches. Is this really who we are as a country? Does this really make us any safer or stronger?
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Speak out nationally
Write and talk and best the drums
Be a Sam Adams and not a middling member of the Continental Congress
Write and talk and best the drums
Be a Sam Adams and not a middling member of the Continental Congress
The question is how were the files tampered with and how will authenticity be ascertained
Donald Trump may have changed his tune on the Epstein files, but for months, he was in lockstep with Mike Johnson to keep this hidden.
These questions remain: What is Donald Trump afraid of — and what is he hiding?
It's time to release these damn Epstein files and find out.
These questions remain: What is Donald Trump afraid of — and what is he hiding?
It's time to release these damn Epstein files and find out.
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The question is how were the files tampered with and how will authenticity be ascertained
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Your vote on the budget was not bi-partisan -- it was capitulation to a regime that knows no constitutional limits or boundaries. The shutdown began with DOGE on January 20th. Your vote sanctified the 10 months of dysfunction and despair occurring daily for Americans. Protect our Democracy First
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Your vote on the budget was not bi-partisan -- it was capitulation to a regime that knows no constitutional limits or boundaries. The shutdown began with DOGE on January 20th. Your vote sanctified the 10 months of dysfunction and despair occurring daily for Americans. Protect our Democracy First
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Trump went all the way to the Supreme Court to withhold food from vulnerable Americans.
Now, he’s firing a worker for laying out the facts: Republicans were using hunger as a political weapon.
Democrats are going to fight back for Ellen, and all federal workers.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/m...
Now, he’s firing a worker for laying out the facts: Republicans were using hunger as a political weapon.
Democrats are going to fight back for Ellen, and all federal workers.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/m...
‘Squashing people’s voices’: Boston federal worker who decried SNAP cuts on MSNBC now faces firing by Trump administration - The Boston Globe
A USDA employee in Boston says the Trump administration is retaliating against her for speaking out.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump went all the way to the Supreme Court to withhold food from vulnerable Americans.
Now, he’s firing a worker for laying out the facts: Republicans were using hunger as a political weapon.
Democrats are going to fight back for Ellen, and all federal workers.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/m...
Now, he’s firing a worker for laying out the facts: Republicans were using hunger as a political weapon.
Democrats are going to fight back for Ellen, and all federal workers.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/m...
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And the stats I’m most proud of:
Emerge Virginia alumnae as Governor: 1 (+1)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in the House of Delegates: 25 (+8)
(That’s one-quarter of the House of Delegates, up from just two 10 years ago.)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in elected offices: 61 (+10)
@emergeamerica.bsky.social
Emerge Virginia alumnae as Governor: 1 (+1)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in the House of Delegates: 25 (+8)
(That’s one-quarter of the House of Delegates, up from just two 10 years ago.)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in elected offices: 61 (+10)
@emergeamerica.bsky.social
For the Virginia House of Delegates:
Democrats: 64 seats (+13)
Republicans: 36 seats (-13)
Democratic women: 37 (+10)
Democratic men: 27 (+3)
Republican women: 5 (-2: 3 incumbents lost, 1 newly elected)
Republican men: 31 (-11: 10 seats lost, 1 replaced by R woman)
Democrats: 64 seats (+13)
Republicans: 36 seats (-13)
Democratic women: 37 (+10)
Democratic men: 27 (+3)
Republican women: 5 (-2: 3 incumbents lost, 1 newly elected)
Republican men: 31 (-11: 10 seats lost, 1 replaced by R woman)
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And the stats I’m most proud of:
Emerge Virginia alumnae as Governor: 1 (+1)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in the House of Delegates: 25 (+8)
(That’s one-quarter of the House of Delegates, up from just two 10 years ago.)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in elected offices: 61 (+10)
@emergeamerica.bsky.social
Emerge Virginia alumnae as Governor: 1 (+1)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in the House of Delegates: 25 (+8)
(That’s one-quarter of the House of Delegates, up from just two 10 years ago.)
Emerge Virginia alumnae in elected offices: 61 (+10)
@emergeamerica.bsky.social
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$2 billion for a name change. DOGE is CRUSHING IT!
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
$2 billion for a name change. DOGE is CRUSHING IT!
A story that even Roy Cohn could not stop
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A story that even Roy Cohn could not stop
Delightful statue is back place of honor by poets and bus boys
#trump
#epstein
www.reddit.com/r/washington...
#trump
#epstein
www.reddit.com/r/washington...
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Delightful statue is back place of honor by poets and bus boys
#trump
#epstein
www.reddit.com/r/washington...
#trump
#epstein
www.reddit.com/r/washington...
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Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats are blasting the Senate’s tentative deal to end the government shutdown.
Newsom Slams ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown Deal as ‘Surrender’
Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats are blasting the Senate’s tentative deal to end the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats are blasting the Senate’s tentative deal to end the government shutdown.
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Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
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October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM