Gebe Martinez
@gebem.bsky.social
Former DC journalist, strategic comms consultant, writer, and member of #DemocracyPartners. Lifelong lover of music, piano, and politics.
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ICYMI: This includes a great speech by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ. Take a look!
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ICYMI: This includes a great speech by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ. Take a look!
Pelosi always made sure he had DCCC support at election time, so he voted with her when it counted.
was Cuellar ever really a Democrat?
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pelosi always made sure he had DCCC support at election time, so he voted with her when it counted.
Trump pardons Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of TX. What's next? Cuellar switches parties to help Trump avoid impeachment when Dems retake the House?
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump pardons Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of TX. What's next? Cuellar switches parties to help Trump avoid impeachment when Dems retake the House?
Excellent read on the criminal state of affairs.
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
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America, we have a problem
US Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was failed in every conceivable way by her chain of command, and now she is dead at age 20.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Excellent read on the criminal state of affairs.
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
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Sen. Gallego goes after #Hegseth for investigating Sen. Mark Kelly of AZ, a retired Navy Captain & former astronaut who flew 39 combat missions & has flown over 5,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft. That's more hours than Trump spent on Epstein's plane. Watch! x.com/gebemartinez...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sen. Gallego goes after #Hegseth for investigating Sen. Mark Kelly of AZ, a retired Navy Captain & former astronaut who flew 39 combat missions & has flown over 5,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft. That's more hours than Trump spent on Epstein's plane. Watch! x.com/gebemartinez...
This week is already look a lot like last week's disastrous week for the WH. Here's a recap from #DemPartners in case you missed it. substack.com/@democracypa...
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This week is already look a lot like last week's disastrous week for the WH. Here's a recap from #DemPartners in case you missed it. substack.com/@democracypa...
On a day when a judge throws out 2 "retribution" cases -- against Comey and Letitia James -- it decides to go after a popular Democratic senator and former astronaut. Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Kelly for telling the truth. rollcall.com/2025/11/24/p...
Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Kelly - Roll Call
The Defense Department said it was investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over his participation in a video urging troops to disobey “unlawful orders.”
rollcall.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On a day when a judge throws out 2 "retribution" cases -- against Comey and Letitia James -- it decides to go after a popular Democratic senator and former astronaut. Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Kelly for telling the truth. rollcall.com/2025/11/24/p...
HERE's THE ORDER!
BREAKING
A federal judge just DISMISSED James Comey’s case without prejudice because of Lindsey Halligan’s unlawful appointment.
More soon on All Rise News.
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Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
A federal judge just DISMISSED James Comey’s case without prejudice because of Lindsey Halligan’s unlawful appointment.
More soon on All Rise News.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
HERE's THE ORDER!
BREAKING NEWS: COMEY CASE DISMISSED
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING NEWS: COMEY CASE DISMISSED
Rep. Adelita Grijalva's smile and strength make me so hopeful for our near and long-term future. Anyone who can negatively influence Trump's mood is A+ on my list.
A Latina makes history and changes Trump's mood! democracypartners.substack.com/p/democracy-...
DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump's bromance with pedophile Epstein & his indifference to consumers' anxieties about "affordability" sink his poll ratings; and Rep. Grijalva comes to Washington
Democrats's bad week saw infighting after eight senators caved and voted with GOP to end the longest-ever government shutdown. Democracy Partners' Mike Lux writes how "DC Moderate" may not be moderate
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva's smile and strength make me so hopeful for our near and long-term future. Anyone who can negatively influence Trump's mood is A+ on my list.
Posted last night ICYMI: open.substack.com/pub/gebemart...
Five Days After Historic Election Victories, Senate Democratic Centrists Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Democratic Centrists Vote With GOP Senators to Reopen Government in Exchange for Future Vote on Health Care Tax Credits, And Blow A Rare Political Opportunity
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Posted last night ICYMI: open.substack.com/pub/gebemart...
This is not going to e d the shutdown because republica s are not in favor of extending aca tax credits. A vote on MTP is not the same as approval of a deal that Rs in S ate and House do not want.
If this is true, we will all remember which Senate Democrats buckled and caved. 😡
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is not going to e d the shutdown because republica s are not in favor of extending aca tax credits. A vote on MTP is not the same as approval of a deal that Rs in S ate and House do not want.
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What happened today in the Senate:
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What happened today in the Senate:
JUSTICE! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
JUSTICE! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election. She was the best Speaker of the House I ever knew, and she will certainly be honored as the best House Speaker in modern history, perhaps only surpassed by Sam Rayburn of Texas. As Speaker, she was effective, strategic, charming, and tough.+
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election. She was the best Speaker of the House I ever knew, and she will certainly be honored as the best House Speaker in modern history, perhaps only surpassed by Sam Rayburn of Texas. As Speaker, she was effective, strategic, charming, and tough.+
Latino voters are running away from Trump!
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For Latinos, 2024 vote for Trump turned out to be a bad blind date
In key elections Tuesday, Latinos rejected Trump, turned off by his policy failures and harsh deportation enforcement.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Latino voters are running away from Trump!
gebemartinez.substack.com/p/for-latino...
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Reposted by Gebe Martinez
Check out #DemocracyWeekender! Lots to talk about: SNAP, New ACA insurance premiums mean those tax credits Dems are holding out for better be extended before the end of the year, or the avg. cost increase will be 114%!!! Also ElectionDay on Tues & what we'll learn!
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Democracy Weekender: Oh SNAP! Trump wrongly claims Dems are “hurting their own people” during the shutdown that has run out of SNAP food aid for 42 million Americans. WRONG! (& voters agree)
Also, higher health care costs are alarming, raising the stakes on shutdown stalemate; we look at elections on Tuesday & #2026 midterms; plus: Heather Booth on how to feel hopeful in chaotic times
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November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out #DemocracyWeekender! Lots to talk about: SNAP, New ACA insurance premiums mean those tax credits Dems are holding out for better be extended before the end of the year, or the avg. cost increase will be 114%!!! Also ElectionDay on Tues & what we'll learn!
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Meet #JohnLira, Dem candidate in #TX CD35, one of 5 new districts ordered by Trump. Lira, an MC Vet, grew up in the district along the eastern edges of San Antonio. "This is the district in TX where we can make the (Trump) gerrymandering plan backfire,” Lira said in DC.
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Gebe Martinez (@gebemartinez)
Meet #JohnLira, the Democratic candidate in the new TX CD 35, one of the five ordered by Trump. John grew up in this district and is ready to fight for it. “This is the district in TX where we can mak...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Meet #JohnLira, Dem candidate in #TX CD35, one of 5 new districts ordered by Trump. Lira, an MC Vet, grew up in the district along the eastern edges of San Antonio. "This is the district in TX where we can make the (Trump) gerrymandering plan backfire,” Lira said in DC.
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Lamenting the continuing losses of local newspapers that inform us, hold local governments accountable, and chronicle our local histories.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Lamenting the continuing losses of local newspapers that inform us, hold local governments accountable, and chronicle our local histories.
Great read from #SteveSchmidt: "Donald Trump has destroyed the White House to demonstrate to the whole world that he can do what he wants, whenever he wants, to whatever, or whomever he wants."
Trump's answer to No Kings Day open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Trump's answer to No Kings Day open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Trump's answer to No Kings Day
PLUS: Updates from the Save America Movement + my conversation with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace
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October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great read from #SteveSchmidt: "Donald Trump has destroyed the White House to demonstrate to the whole world that he can do what he wants, whenever he wants, to whatever, or whomever he wants."
Trump's answer to No Kings Day open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Trump's answer to No Kings Day open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House, a historic structure that is NOT HIS, is a metaphor for how he has ruined our nation. He ruins everything he touches.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House, a historic structure that is NOT HIS, is a metaphor for how he has ruined our nation. He ruins everything he touches.
I suspect that he would say he pardoned because they shared the same political views (as he did with Santos.) Views on which subject? corruption? lying? grifting? pedophilia? serving as beauty pageant judges for free?
This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I suspect that he would say he pardoned because they shared the same political views (as he did with Santos.) Views on which subject? corruption? lying? grifting? pedophilia? serving as beauty pageant judges for free?
Please remember to wear YELLOW tomorrow. Even if you can't make it to a rally, show your support by wearing something yellow, even if it is just a ribbon or a cap. #NoKings because our democracy was built on the principle of "We, the people."
Authoritarian watch! and a reminder to wear YELLOW in support of the #NoKings historic day of action.
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DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump continued destroying democratic norms as millions of Americans readied for peaceful "No Kings" rallies across the U.S. this weekend
AUTHORITARIAN WATCH: Anti-Trump “No Kings” rallies rattle MAGA as Trump issues kingly edicts
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October 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Please remember to wear YELLOW tomorrow. Even if you can't make it to a rally, show your support by wearing something yellow, even if it is just a ribbon or a cap. #NoKings because our democracy was built on the principle of "We, the people."