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Helen Santoro @helenwsantoro.bsky.social · 6h

That includes Peggy Kelly right here in Longmont, CO who lost in a landslide! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Helen Santoro @helenwsantoro.bsky.social · 1d

Proud of this state <3

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Colorado voters have approved raising taxes on households earning over $300,000 to fund meals for all public school students, raise salaries for school meal staff, and bolster SNAP at the state level.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/LEnjMCa

America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect

It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have all won another 10-year term in a high-stakes retention election that saw a major GOP push to reshape the state’s highest court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Win for Democracy in Pennsylvania, Dems Retain Majority on Supreme Court

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.

A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Zohran Mamdani had a message for President Trump on Tuesday after his win in the New York mayoral election: "New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Truly wild. Democrats first email sent out to press is this. Doesn’t include Mamdani other than under the also won list.

This party is obsessed with conservative centrists.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2025
BREAKING: Democrats Sweep Election Night, Fueling Momentum Going Into 2026 Midterms
“American voters just delivered a Democratic resurgence. A Republican reckoning. A Blue Sweep.”

Democratic resurgence. A Republican reckoning. A Blue Sweep.”

Tonight, Democrats swept races across the country, from New York City to Virginia and New Jersey to Pennsylvania to California to Georgia to Maine. Democrats won these tough races because we ran strong candidates focused on what matters most to Americans — affordability and kitchen table issues. Democrats didn’t only win these races — Democrats dominated across the country. With these victories, Democrats will enter 2026 with strong momentum heading into the midterms, as the DNC continues to invest in organizing and building power across the country.

In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger won by the largest margin in at least 40 years after shifting nearly every county blue.
In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill erased Trump’s gains in 2024 with Black, Hispanic, and AAPI voters, and for the first time in 60 years, a single party has been elected to control the governor’s mansion for three consecutive terms.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats made huge inroads across the Commonwealth, so far including nearly 3 in 4 voters voting “Yes” on retention in Allegheny County and nearly 2 in 3 voters in bellwether Bucks County. “Yes” is tracking for a 20-point margin of victory.
In Georgia, two Democrats won seats on the Public Service Commission, the first time Democrats have won non-federal statewide races in nearly 20 years.
Meanwhile, this election was a referendum on Donald Trump and his failure to keep his promises to lower costs and make life better for working families. Trump sold them out to line the pockets of billionaires and rig the system for himself and his friends.

A reminder: For the past 90 years, when Democrats swept the New Jersey governor’s race, Virginia governor’s race, and NYC mayor’s race, Democrats won the majority in the House the next year.

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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 2d

New York City's election today comes after hundreds of thousands of city residents made small donations that were matched in the public campaign financing program.

In 2021, a Brennan Center report found that NYC's matching option helped make city government more representative.

NYC Public Campaign Financing Program Leveled the Playing Field: Report

A new Brennan Center analysis found that New York City's small-dollar matching program was key in electing record numbers of women and people of color to City Council.

readsludge.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

In the past 24 hours Elon Musk has sent 9 tweets either endorsing Andrew Cuomo, attacking Zohran Mamdani, or going after the voting process as a whole — and he's retweeted many more along the same lines.

Billionaire wealth and power are a threat to the democratic process.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

Ben Ryan wrote an article in the New York Sun about our reporting.

Apparently, Wazzou's entire ability to accredit continuing medical education courses is under threat after our reporting revealed they accredited a hate group with pseudoscientific practices for CME classes.

Wow.

Ms. Keesey, who is the associate director of continuing education at WSU’s medical school, said in the email of ACCME’s demands: “We need to provide a written response by Nov 16 detailing our process for accrediting the 7 modules, how we ensured the evidence is fair and balanced etc.” She expressed concern that if an investigation came down against the medical school, WSU could be put on probation by the ACCME or even lose its authority to accredit CMEs outright.

“I am very sorry about this situation—I’ve never seen anything like this from a national accrediting body,” Ms. Keesey wrote.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it will pay SNAP benefits reduced by 50% to the 22 million households enrolled in the program.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.

This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.

www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...

Wealth of America’s Richest Billionaires Rockets Under Trump

“The rise of a new American oligarchy” is underway, according to an Oxfam study.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

I’m pleased to announce that following our reporting, multiple people have reported that a formal inquiry is being made into SEGM’s accreditation, and that the CME courses are at least temporarily pulled down.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7d

1. Washington State University has credentialed an anti-trans, conversion therapy org SEGM to teach CMEs to medical providers.

The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists.

Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices.

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Washington State University Credentials Anti-Trans Hate Group SEGM to Teach Medical Providers

The Southern Poverty Law Center has dubbed the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine an anti-LGBTQ hate group for its role in proliferating pseudoscience and transphobic policies.

www.erininthemorning.com

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The Lever @levernews.com · 9d

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will issue guidance blocking states from wiping medical debt off credit reports — siding with debt collectors over patients. The move could keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.

www.levernews.com/trump-aims-t...

Trump Aims To Infect Your Credit

Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to stop states from wiping medical debt from your credit report.

www.levernews.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9d

UPS just said they've cut 48,000 jobs this year.

Its stock jumped up after the announcement.

www.reuters.com/business/wor...

UPS cut 48,000 jobs so far in 2025

United Parcel Service said on Tuesday it has cut 48,000 jobs so far this year.

www.reuters.com

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 9d

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. A groundbreaking new study published in Nature Medicine shows that feminizing hormone therapy shifts trans women's blood protein to resemble cis women after only 6 months.

HRT really is effective and changes the human body heaivly.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Study Finds Trans Women's Blood Proteins Resemble Cis Women's After 6 Months on HR

“Feminizing GAHT [gender-affirming hormone treatment] skews the plasma proteome toward a cis-female profile,” the study concluded.

www.erininthemorning.com

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 13d

Friends - join us in Denver on 11/13 for our first in-person gathering.

The Lever's whole team will be here, and we'd love to meet you in person.

There will be good food, good drinks and good people.

RSVP at the link below - it's free admission. Pass it on!

Master Plan | Book Launch Party

Join The Lever for a special in-person event in Denver, Colorado, on November 13, 2025, celebrating the release of Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America, the new book by David...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14d

For what it’s worth, the agreement - while very bad - is much less targeted towards trans students than I have seen in other college agreements. There is no definition of sex, no explicit bans (but one sort of implicit convoluted one), and even leaves an out for “relevant court decisions.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR

A brick and white building at the University of Virginia. A headline reads: "Amid Trump's Campus Crackdown, UVA Is the First Public University to Cut a Deal." Photo credit: Kirsten Luce for The New York Times.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

I'm receiving word from readers that Fenway Health has now cancelled a planned event teaching about transgender health for continuing education.

Fenway has fallen too far and they are letting fear steer the wheel.

And they can't face the community.

Course Postponed: Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Core Course for the Whole Care Team

Good Afternoon,

We are writing to notify you that the continuing education course “Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Core Course for the Whole Care Team,” which is offered and developed by the Fenway Institute and accredited by Harvard Medical School, has been postponed and will not be held Oct. 24-26 as planned. The course will be rescheduled for later this academic year, and we will be in touch as soon as the new date is set. In the meantime, we will be refunding your course fees. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15d

In a posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre writes that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times, beginning when she was 17, and was beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister."

“Nobody's Girl”: Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir has just been released, detailing how she was groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, whom she met at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort. In Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abu...

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 15d

If you want anti-establishment candidates, then there's only one big takeaway from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's ascent. The rest of the media chatter about the lessons of his campaign aims to distract you from the one thing that the oligarchy most fears & that was the biggest factor in his success.

How Zohran Mamdani Fought The Master Plan

The key factor isn’t his ads or charisma — it is a public campaign finance system that can be replicated across the country.

www.levernews.com

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