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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 15h

The “most transparent administration in history!” just furloughed the ICE office tasked with ensuring that people in immigration detention are kept safe.

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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 9h

Doing a great job getting that early Blue vote out!!!

@indivisibleva.bsky.social @50501virginia.bsky.social @804thepeople.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 13h

Per @L2political: "VA Voted Early or Absentee as of 10/8/25 // 395,474...Modeled Party ID: Democratic 59% / Republican 36.7% / Non-Partisan 4.1%" bluevirginia.us/2025/10/audi...

Per L2 Data

"VA Voted Early or Absentee as of 10/8/25 // 395,474
General Election on 11/4/25
Ages: 65+ 58.9% / 50-64 23.7% / 40-49 7.3% / 30-39 5.5% / 18-29 4%
Gender: Female 54.7% / Male 45.2%
Ethnicity: White 70.7% / African American 12.8% / Hispanic 3.2% / Asian 2.2%
Modeled Party ID: Democratic 59% / Republican 36.7% / Non-Partisan 4.1%"

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 11h

Nice to see Sen. Gallego and Kelly going to bat for Adelita Grijalva, as they and everyone else should be.
Speaker Johnson is stalling her swearing-in because her vote would help finally reveal the Epstein files.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 9h

chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Gov. Pritzker responds to Trump threat to jail him, mayor over ICE: 'Come and get me'

Trump on Wednesday morning posted on Truth Social: "Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!"

chicago.suntimes.com

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 9h

New Jersey, our choice this November is clear.

Mikie Sherrill has dedicated her life to serving others, and I've personally seen her only ever put the people of our state first. She won't back down from the fight against federal chaos. That's the principled leadership we need in this moment. (1/3)

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13h

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h

Murkowski on if she can guarantee there will be a vote on health care once the government opens up: “Not a lot of guarantees around this place are there?”

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 17h

As one who has litigated FOIA cases for over 30 years, this decision is consistent with applicable law and policy.

As the Court notes, "record evidence establishes that any privacy interest of Musk’s is outweighed by the substantial public interests in disclosure."

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 18h

The ability to vote is under attack; First w the SAVE Act, then w Felon's EO BS, & now they're trying via the EAC.

"The EAC is accepting public comments on this issue. Anti-voter advocates have flooded their website with one-sided & misleading comments. We can fight back with comments of our own."

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

open.substack.com

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John McAuliff for Virginia @johnmcauliff.bsky.social · 17h

⭐️ I’m thrilled to be endorsed by Greater Than - everyday women, who are compassionate leaders fighting for justice, lifting up our communities, and helping to building the bench of tomorrow’s people focused champions. I appreciate their support in standing with everyday Virginians

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18h

I'm about to vote on the SAME Republican budget proposal for the 6th time.

Why?

Instead of working with Democrats to lower health care costs, Republicans are forcing us to vote over and over again on a budget that would let 15 million Americans lose their coverage.

youtube.com/shorts/FoV3B...

I'm about to vote on the SAME Republican budget proposal for the 6th time.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

youtube.com

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Christine @chermitup.bsky.social · 18h

He's trying to distract from his scandal where it was discovered that he was watching and engaging with nazi porn videos/content. Subjugation style & racist porn. His negative ad about her was underlaid with like racist Indian style music. He's a weird asshole.

Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 19h

It’s expected Republicans will try to tie Democrats to Mamdani

John Reid takes it a step further and talks about Ghazala Hashmi’s “religious connection” with him

Also raises questions about Hashmi being both far left socialist and Islamist who wants to impose Sharia law 🤔

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Tomorrow, I, along with Senator Kaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19h

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

apnews.com/article/myan...

AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Michael A. Shea @michaelashea.bsky.social · 10d

Great to connect w/ @shaneboswellforva.bsky.social last night at the Starry Night party. Great event from Kris Nelson and the committee at Blue Mountain Lodge.
The Warren County Dems are visionaries. Where the rest of us see just a dense forest, they see what they affectionately call mountain roads.

Michael A. Shea and Shane Boswell posing for the camera, wearing sportcoats.

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Braddock Democrats @braddockdems.bsky.social · 20h

Projection on this building was down the street from the Capitol in DC at the National Gallery. Since the Gallery is closed due to the shutdown - may as well get use of the space to #resist

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 20h

So sayeth we all.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t give an inch

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 20h

Dem beats Repub in Fairbanks ALASKA y’all

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 1d

If Trump was the most transparent POTUS in US history as Pam Bondi claims, he wouldn't have thrown out the practice of WH visitor logs

He would have released his tax returns & Melania's immigration records

He'd put his business holdings in a blind trust

AND he would #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 1d

You kjow you're in trouble when your chief lawyer can't get her stories straight and won't answer "No!" when she's faced with damning yes or no questions

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Speaker Don Scott @donscott757.bsky.social · 20h

Under Trump, the job market is tanking. Republicans are focused on tax cuts for billionaires while shutting down the government and ripping healthcare away from millions. Virginia Republicans don't want to talk about the economy, job losses or the Trump shutdown at all.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 20h

RNC-Hired Mapmaker Denies Using Racial Data in Texas Gerrymander

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The testimony from Adam Kincaid, the director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, included the following information:

• That Kincaid had numerous contacts with the White House and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over the redistricting effort — including sending messages on Signal that were set to automatically delete.

• That Kincaid viewed a draft of a letter sent to Texas by DOJ officials, urging them to redistrict because of concerns about race-based districts in the state’s existing map.

• That Kincaid was hired by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to draw the map.

• And that Kincaid entirely ignored the input of ordinary Texans, provided at public hearings held over the summer — instead taking input only from the White House and Texas’ GOP congressional delegation.

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