Will Vandenberg 🇺🇦
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Finding hope in red and purple America. Always for underdogs & multiracial democracy. Regional mutt. opinions=mine 🏳️🌈
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Gorgeous evening today in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Only a handful of New Hampshire cities and towns made meaningful, pro-housing changes to their zoning codes in the past year, researchers at St. Anselm College have found. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire cities and towns make halting progress on pro-housing zoning • New Hampshire Bulletin
Municipalities collectively made 59 “liberalizing” changes to their zoning codes from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025, according to a tally presented by St. Anselm’s Initiative for Housing Policy and…
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December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Only a handful of New Hampshire cities and towns made meaningful, pro-housing changes to their zoning codes in the past year, researchers at St. Anselm College have found. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Rick Steves is a gem of a human (and a great European tour guide). This thread finally got me into the Christmas spirit after a tough year. Happy holidays to all and may 2026 be a better year for humanity than this one.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Rick Steves is a gem of a human (and a great European tour guide). This thread finally got me into the Christmas spirit after a tough year. Happy holidays to all and may 2026 be a better year for humanity than this one.
Five big political questions for Georgia going into 2026 georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/18/f...
Five big political questions for Georgia going into 2026 • Georgia Recorder
Gov. Brian Kemp is entering his final year in office. Georgia Republicans find themselves at a crossroads as they fight over his successor. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is gearing up for the bigges...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Five big political questions for Georgia going into 2026 georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/18/f...
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting • Kansas Reflector
Kansas' Democratic governor skeptical GOP-led 2026 Legislature will redraw the state's four U.S. House districts to appease President Donald Trump.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
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The anti-machine movement is having a moment in New Jersey
The anti-machine movement is having a moment in New Jersey
A year after being elected to the Senate by running against the status quo, Andy Kim is wielding his political might.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The anti-machine movement is having a moment in New Jersey
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Senate Republicans reject Trump's plea for gerrymandered maps
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Senate Republicans reject Trump's plea for gerrymandered maps • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The Republican-dominated Indiana Senate voted 19-31 on Thursday against redrawing the state’s congressional districts — spurning months of demands from President Donald Trump. The final outcome…
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December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Senate Republicans reject Trump's plea for gerrymandered maps
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Republicans have repealed an anti-collective bargaining law that threatened to make Utah "the most anti-labor state in America." Republicans backed down after labor groups broke signature records to place a repeal referendum on next year's ballot.
Morning Digest, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics: Facing an ugly defeat at the ballot box, Utah GOP repeals anti-union law
After labor organizers qualified a veto referendum, Republicans backed down
www.the-downballot.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Republicans have repealed an anti-collective bargaining law that threatened to make Utah "the most anti-labor state in America." Republicans backed down after labor groups broke signature records to place a repeal referendum on next year's ballot.
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BREAKING: A Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation-owned business landed a federal contract to assist facility design for immigration detention centers. The tribe said the project does not align with its values.
Kansas tribe fires business leaders for accepting $30 million ICE detention center contract
A Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation-owned business landed a federal contract to assist facility design for immigration detention centers. The tribe said the project does not align with its values.
www.kcur.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: A Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation-owned business landed a federal contract to assist facility design for immigration detention centers. The tribe said the project does not align with its values.
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Despite Missouri Republicans creating numerous obstacles to block a petition against their new Trump-approved congressional map, Missourians successfully submitted over 300,000 signatures, exceeding the required amount by 106,000.
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Despite Missouri Republicans creating numerous obstacles to block a petition against their new Trump-approved congressional map, Missourians successfully submitted over 300,000 signatures, exceeding the required amount by 106,000.
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"I want to be out here talking to the workers and advocating for them, because nobody’s advocating for them and holding Tyson responsible… Nobody on the top ever takes cuts. It always comes from the bottom. It always comes from the people who help put food on people’s tables every day.”
Dan Osborn Questions Legality of Tyson Plant Closure in Lexington
Tyson Foods' planned closure of its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska, may have violated a century-...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"I want to be out here talking to the workers and advocating for them, because nobody’s advocating for them and holding Tyson responsible… Nobody on the top ever takes cuts. It always comes from the bottom. It always comes from the people who help put food on people’s tables every day.”
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“This is the year where a lot of voters are going to realize that Trump and Republicans are lying to them.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Democrats aim to flip control of the AZ legislature in 2026 as Trump approval hits record lows
Arizona legislature Democrats flip attempt continues with $50M national effort despite 2024 failure to win majorities
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December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“This is the year where a lot of voters are going to realize that Trump and Republicans are lying to them.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Party’s guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics." #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the state’s Interest and Dividends Tax, I’ve thought (and written) a lot about the $150…
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December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Party’s guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics." #NHPolitics
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A total rout in the Miami mayoral, in a race that had been highly nationalized (Trump endorsed the loser).
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A total rout in the Miami mayoral, in a race that had been highly nationalized (Trump endorsed the loser).
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
The Dem (Higgins) over-performed 2024 presidential in predominantly Cuban (+8), non-Cuban Hispanic (+9), Black (+9), and White (+11) precincts-- over-performance across the board.
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The special election in Tennessee which had high turnout, reasonably high salience, and a Democratic nominee who didn't seem that well-suited to the district have made me a lot more optimistic about the Senate map.
www.slowboring.com/p/a-senate-m...
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A Senate majority could be within Democrats’ reach
That’s the real lesson of the Tennessee special — just don’t blow it
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December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The special election in Tennessee which had high turnout, reasonably high salience, and a Democratic nominee who didn't seem that well-suited to the district have made me a lot more optimistic about the Senate map.
www.slowboring.com/p/a-senate-m...
www.slowboring.com/p/a-senate-m...
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In a partisan contest to succeed Francis Suarez as city of Miami mayor, President Donald Trump backed Republican Emilio González over Democrat Eileen Higgins
Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor’s race, beats Trump’s pick
In a partisan contest to succeed Francis Suarez as city of Miami mayor, President Donald Trump backed Republican Emilio González over Democrat Eileen Higgins
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December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In a partisan contest to succeed Francis Suarez as city of Miami mayor, President Donald Trump backed Republican Emilio González over Democrat Eileen Higgins
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BREAKING: Democrats have flipped a conservative state House seat in Georgia in yet another upset.
It's a 14-point overperformance *and* the 25th legislative flip of the year for Dems. Republicans? Zero.
Read our complete writeup here -->
It's a 14-point overperformance *and* the 25th legislative flip of the year for Dems. Republicans? Zero.
Read our complete writeup here -->
Breaking: Georgia Democrats flip conservative seat in yet another upset
That's 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans
www.the-downballot.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
BREAKING: Democrats have flipped a conservative state House seat in Georgia in yet another upset.
It's a 14-point overperformance *and* the 25th legislative flip of the year for Dems. Republicans? Zero.
Read our complete writeup here -->
It's a 14-point overperformance *and* the 25th legislative flip of the year for Dems. Republicans? Zero.
Read our complete writeup here -->
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This is a win for the people of New Jersey and a signal of the power of a growing anti-corruption movement throughout our state and this country.
As I’ve said before, the opposite of democracy is apathy. Do not feel helpless about fixing our broken politics. 1/2
As I’ve said before, the opposite of democracy is apathy. Do not feel helpless about fixing our broken politics. 1/2
Scutari pulls plug on bill to reduce state comptroller powers - New Jersey Globe
Senate President Nicholas Scutari will drop his plan to transfer some investigatory powers from the state comptroller to the State Commission of
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December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is a win for the people of New Jersey and a signal of the power of a growing anti-corruption movement throughout our state and this country.
As I’ve said before, the opposite of democracy is apathy. Do not feel helpless about fixing our broken politics. 1/2
As I’ve said before, the opposite of democracy is apathy. Do not feel helpless about fixing our broken politics. 1/2
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Voters selecting a presidential candidate from one party while choosing candidates from a different party further down their ballots have proven a powerful handicap for Democrats in tight political races, but that share of the electorate is thinning.
How has ticket-splitting changed in Montana?
One political scientist said that some rates have dropped from 20% in 2018 to 8% last year.
montanafreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Voters selecting a presidential candidate from one party while choosing candidates from a different party further down their ballots have proven a powerful handicap for Democrats in tight political races, but that share of the electorate is thinning.
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As farmers face historic headwinds and market hardships, calls to the national Farm Aid hotline and the Iowa Concern hotline — where farmers can get support in times of mental health crisis or need — are increasing.
From @tennesseelookout.com
From @tennesseelookout.com
As farmers face trade wars and inflation, calls to mental health hotlines rise • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The Iowa Concern hotline provides farmers with support in times of mental health crisis or need and calls to the hotline are increasing.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As farmers face historic headwinds and market hardships, calls to the national Farm Aid hotline and the Iowa Concern hotline — where farmers can get support in times of mental health crisis or need — are increasing.
From @tennesseelookout.com
From @tennesseelookout.com
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Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near • Kansas Reflector
Kansas legislative leaders’ messaging has teetered between confident and uncertain as they approach a possible attempt at drawing new Congressional lines in January.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg