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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 2d

We’re educating voters every day about the importance of voting YES.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7d

The people who’ve been calling you baby murderers your whole life want you to turn down the temperature.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

This passage nearly broke me.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 11d

It’s yard sign season.

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Cumberland County Democratic Committee @cumberlandcountydems.com · 12d

Retain Justices on the PA Supreme Court because they:
🔹 Ended Gerrymandering in PA
🔹 Secured Women’s Reproductive Freedom and Personal Healthcare Decisions
🔹 Ruled for the equitable distribution of funding for every school district across PA
🔹 Empowered PA citizens to fight for clean air and water

✅ YES to RETAIN Justice David Wecht
✅ YES to RETAIN Justice Christine Donohue
✅ YES to RETAIN Justice Kevin Dougherty

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 13d

I’m a County Party Chair in a swing district that these folks claim to have a winning strategy to win. They do not. They are grifters who won’t tell you where their money comes from. They say the way to win independents and Reps. is for Dem Candidates to actively alienate Dems. They are wrong.

The Welcome PAC @welcomepac.bsky.social · 14d

Centrist Democrats are breaking from their party in rhetoric, but voters need to see differentiated votes. It's time to walk the walk of moderation. www.welcomestack.org/p/the-sanity...

The Sanity of Definition

Democrats need to get specific.

www.welcomestack.org

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 14d

Please tell us specifically where you think the median voter is, specific issues and their position on those issues. Then show me the places where “centrism” stakes a position aligned with the median voter that is in conflict with current mainstream Dem positions. Say what you mean out loud.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 18d

No funds for fascism. No dollars for dictators. Shut it down.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22d

They are literally canceling culture

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 22d

Trump resolving all wars over the remote control by just deciding what we get to watch for us. #nobelpeaceprize

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 24d

Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 26d

In PA we are voting YES on judicial retention. We need to protect an independent judiciary !!!

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · 27d

Do mainstream outlets have gaming desks?

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Sep 7

🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:

Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.

I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.

Nancy Levine Stearns U Albany college tennis

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Tell everyone you know. In PA we are voting yes to protect our courts.

Political lawn sign that says “Vote Yes on Judicial Retention”

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Aug 31

Tell everyone you know:

Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.

Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Aug 12

What’s one thing about living in a city that people afraid of cities would actually really love?

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Republican Party is all-in on making life easier for child sex traffickers. If you think that’s disgusting register as a Democrat.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 27

I'm attending Janelle Stelson's event, “We Need to Talk About Scott Perry's DC Budget Bill!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/janellestels...

We Need to Talk About Scott Perry's DC Budget Bill! · Janelle Stelson

## A Conversation about the DC Budget Bill with Congressman Jamie Raskin moderated by PA-10 Candidate Janelle Stelson. Congressman Scott Perry has once again sold out middle class families in Pennsyl...

www.mobilize.us

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Next year, we are going to elect Janelle Stelson to Congress and re-elect Josh Shapiro as the Governor of our great Commonwealth. I am proud to be a day-one supporter of Janelle’s campaign, join me by donating here: secure.actblue.com/donate/sbd-s...

Janelle Stelson, candidate for Congress in PA 10th District speaking with PA Governor Josh Shapiro.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 14

I asked a Republican School Board candidate who was cross-filed on the Dem ballot to denounce Trumps plan to destroy DOE. Was told not to worry, he couldn’t do it without Congress. He can and will. Republicans can’t be trusted with our schools. Vote D for school board this fall.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jul 14

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

From Sotomayor's dissent:

Lifting the District Court’s injunction will unleash
untold harm, delaying or denying educational opportunities
and leaving students to suffer from discrimination, sexual
assault, and other civil rights violations without the federal
resources Congress intended. The majority apparently
deems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very
real harms while the litigation continues. Equity does not
support such an inequitable result.
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The President must take care that the laws are faithfully
executed, not set out to dismantle them. That basic rule
undergirds our Constitution’s separation of powers. Yet today, the majority rewards clear defiance of that core principle with emergency relief. Because I cannot condone such
abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 14

Strong polling on Day 1 of her campaign, I am very happy to endorse Janelle Stelson as the Democratic candidate with the most clear path for defeating Scott Perry next year.

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · Jul 14

PPP poll | 7/10-7/11

Pennsylvania 10th congressional district
🟦Janelle Stelson 46%
🟥*Scott Perry 43%
Undecided 11%

*incumbent

www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/202...

www.filesforprogress.org

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Cumberland County Democratic Committee @cumberlandcountydems.com · Jul 7

Our Summer Newsletter is available today! Dem Notes, is jam-packed with hot topics and events to keep local Dems informed. We recap news, legislation, meetings, and upcoming events. Hear directly from our chair, Matt Roan. Sign up to receive our Dem Notes email newsletter: mailchi.mp/dc2352b26e7b...

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 6

One party works to give all people healthcare and the other works to take it away so that people they don’t like get sick and die.

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jul 6

Let’s realize that both parties, when in power, have approved original Medicare and MA plans that enrich insurance companies at the expense of patients. Both parties let the HC industry get so opague, no one has a clue how the much care truly costs. Including most hospitals.

Rod @retiredcw3.bsky.social · Jul 6

Americans can and should demand better from Congress on Medicare. People are seriously struggling during their peak earning years so the expectation should be that the American healthcare would be kicking their asses when their incomes drop by 60-80%. The GOP has already told us to drop dead.

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Matt Roan @mattroan.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sticker by @lawlercreativeco.bsky.social

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