Ray Pooley ⚙️ MI-09 Candidate
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Ray Pooley ⚙️ MI-09 Candidate
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⚙️ CNC machinist and programmer
🐔 Chicken tender
💪 Fighter for the working class
💙 Progressive for MI09
🇺🇲 #NotBoughtBuilt
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👋 Hi, my name's Ray Pooley

⚙️ 3rd gen manufacturer—a blue-collar CNC machinist and programmer
🐓 Proud chicken daddy and country boi
💪 Fighter for the working class
🔵 Progressive Democrat
🗳 And I'd like to EARN YOUR VOTE as the next representative for Michigan's 9th congressional district!
While my opponent Lisa McClain is investing in her wallet, she's also leaving our district behind. She's not here to serve the district, she's here to serve herself.

#InsiderTrading #Congress #politics #Michigan
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Yeah that's exactly what I would've expected my opponent to say 😒
Time to ban insider stock trading! No one who serves in congress should be allowed to pull this off.
NN: There's a report your husband bought stock in Musk's xAI days before news surfaced the Pentagon is expanding xAI's role in military systems. Can you assure us this wasn't based on inside info?

McCLAIN: If it was, we wouldn't have bought 100,000 shares. We would've bought a heck of a lot more
January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
🚨⚠️This only signals to other nations that all our planes are fair game. Civilian planes are now potential targets to them.
Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
⚠️ Warning: Foul language from a fowl owner 🐔
I was at the ICE Out For Good rallies in Lake Orion, Oxford, and Clarkston this weekend. Here's a highlight from a candidate who will actually FIGHT for your rights!
#Michigan #Democrats #fighter #NotBoughtBuilt
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Ray Pooley ⚙️ MI-09 Candidate
Indivisible Huron Valley was proud to show up against ICE in Lake Orion earlier today. Thanks to all who showed up and spoke out.
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Fun fact: I like my country like I like my drinks
Without #ICE! 🧊
Another fun fact: I'm the only federal candidate in MI-09 willing to say we should abolish ICE. We could use that money for things that build this nation up instead of letting lawless agents run roughshod over the citizens of #America
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
If outcomes don't change no matter who wins, what does that say about where the power actually is?

#WeThePeople have the power, and we need to start acting like it. Hold our representatives to a higher standard. They should work for US, not corporate donors!
#Progressive #Democrat #America
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
If these needs aren't met, if they aren't willing to invest in our communities, if they can't pick themselves up by their bootstraps like the people here do every day just to make ends meat, then WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE!
#DataCenters #AI #Michigan
If data centers want to come to our communities, they need to follow the people's rules.

Here are our Terms of Engagement for data centers to protect Michiganders.
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Let's talk about Minneapolis, truth, and accountability.

#ice #immigration #news #Michigan #minneapolis
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
True. If they ACTED like they cared there would be more ACTION from them to stop these bad things from happening. Just because they're the minority doesn't mean they're powerless—they're WEAK!

I'm specifically talking about you Jeffries and Schumer! #Democrats #Congress
You know, I’m starting to think the reason why there’s no pushback from the Democratic Party is because half of them want all of these bad things to happen.
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
📣Hey Mike Johnson, your buddy Homeland Slimeball Advisor Stephen Miller might think it's fine but Greenland isn't ours nor are you mad enough about the consideration of military action! It wasn't a joke from Marco Rubio either.

🔗Link below in the comments 👇
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
There needs to be justice ⚖️ Hold these agents accountable for their actions and put them on trial! #ICE
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Every Jan 6th I commemorate with pride and sadness by changing my cover to this image as a reminder of that pivotal moment; that while I love this country there are toubled moments that we should reflect on in order to be better.
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🇻🇪🪖🛢Let's talk about #Venezuela, the supposed war on drugs and Fentonyl, and what the REAL reason is for this administrations actions. #usa #america #Trump
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🚀🇻🇪Woke up for work, opened my phone, and first thing I see is we've bombed #Venezuela and supposedly captured their president. Trump executed a war crime without congressional approval and kidnapped another countries leader.
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
So I'm combing through the Epstein files while on break and happened to see this image. Anyone know who this is? 🤔 No not Lisa McClain.
#Trump #Meme
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have a #MerryChristmas and #HappyHolidays yall, especially to our redacted President, #Trump.
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
America: Hey, can we get some cheaper groceries and maybe some healthcare?
Trump: How about a real life Hunger Games?
Priorities 😒
Donald Trump just announced the creation of the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” with “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
All talk and ̶n̶o̶ ̶a̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ allowing insurance to skyrocket as we continue to get nickle and dimed brought to you by my opponent Lisa McClain, Mike Johnson, and our dear leader #Trump who has been saying they have a #Healthcare plan that's 2 weeks away for the last decade. #Obamacare #MedicareForAll
MIKE JOHNSON: Here's the false narrative -- Democrats are pretending as though this affects everybody in the country. It affects 7% of Americans, this extended subsidy

CNBC: But we are talking 22 to 24 million Americans

JOHNSON: We're going to help 100% of Americans reduce their premiums
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🏥 Every hardworking American deserves the security of knowing an illness won't bankrupt their family. That's true freedom. #MedicareForAll
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
👋Well howdy there everyone, thank you all for being here. My name's Ray Pooley. I'm a third generation manufacturer, a CNC machinist and programmer, proud chicken tender, fighter for the working class, and #Democrat candidate for #Michigan 's 9th congressional district.
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🗣📣🏛I will be attending the meeting tonight in Washington Township in regards to the #AI #DataCenters being proposed.
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Their incompetence has no end I swear 🙄
Yeah it's gonna take time, but what are yall doing to HELP the #farmers and #ranchers? Or #America in general? Is #Biden to blame for your lack of action too?
Brooke Rollins on beef prices: "To rebuild the lowest beef herd in 75 years will take a little bit of time. You think about the last administration, they had a war on American agriculture. They thought that cows created climate change."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM