Thank you to the members of @indivisiblebowiemd.bsky.social for inviting me to your recent meeting. Groups like yours remind me of why I’m running for office in the first place. You are informed, engaged, and ready to fight for something better, but our representatives aren't matching that energy.

Last week, 47 Democrats voted “present” on an impeachment resolution, including my 86-year-old Congressman, Steny Hoyer. This was the least courageous option possible – a way of showing up physically while opting out morally. This crisis won't end until Dems understand accountability isn't optional.

Supporting Ukraine is one of the few bipartisan things left in American politics. I’ve been deeply involved in aid efforts since the full-scale invasion in 2022. I’ve helped gather donated supplies/vehicles from US fire/EMS departments, and I’ve been over there myself.

This one’s for everyone about to walk into an awkward Thanksgiving with Republican parents, a crazy MAGA uncle, or boomer relatives whose brains have been slow-cooked by right-wing propaganda.

In Chicago, Rep. Chuy García secretly decided to retire. At the filing deadline, he had his chief of staff file to run so she wouldn’t face any competition. That’s shameless political corruption, and it’s exactly the kind of insider maneuvering that makes people lose faith in politics altogether.

What’s the lowest you’ve ever been paid at a job? Drop it in the comments, I want to hear. For me, it was $9/hour (plus a chicken sandwich), working in a food truck in Philly during college. That was 15 years ago, and yet today, millions of workers are still earning less than that!

There’s a big fight over gerrymandering here in Maryland. Trump knows Republicans are likely to lose the House next year, so he called up his minions in Texas + other GOP-controlled states to rig the elections in their favor, silence Democratic voters, and lock in minority rule.

From the other hellsite: MAGA celebrating Schumer and the Democrats caving on the shutdown. GOP knew they were losing this fight politically, people were blaming them for SNAP benefits being cut and air traffic chaos, and they lost bigly in last Tuesday's elections. Democrats bailed them out again.