Trevor Southerland
@tmsoutherland.bsky.social
Democratic Campaign Operative. Flipped the Virginia House in 2019 & the Pennsylvania House in 2022. Opinions my own, except those that are shared by others.
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When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
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Abortion access. Good schools. Affordable healthcare. Clean air and water. Everything we care about starts in state legislatures.
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Abortion access. Good schools. Affordable healthcare. Clean air and water. Everything we care about starts in state legislatures.
The chaos in college football isn’t about NIL or transfers, it’s what happens when modern tax policy lets ultra-wealthy boosters reshape the sport at will.
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There’s a lot of focus on the ruin of college football, and there are endless things people want to blame… the transfer portal, NIL, overbearing donors, conference realignment, the playoff, the media ...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The chaos in college football isn’t about NIL or transfers, it’s what happens when modern tax policy lets ultra-wealthy boosters reshape the sport at will.
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Back on my soapbox: Mandatory return-to-office 5 days a week is the kind of policy you implement to cover up for leadership skills issues (& to recoup real estate costs.)
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Back on my soapbox: Mandatory return-to-office 5 days a week is the kind of policy you implement to cover up for leadership skills issues (& to recoup real estate costs.)
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The so-called U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba is serving in that position unlawfully.
She is an unqualified political hack and a complete disgrace.
It’s time for her to go.
She is an unqualified political hack and a complete disgrace.
It’s time for her to go.
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The so-called U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba is serving in that position unlawfully.
She is an unqualified political hack and a complete disgrace.
It’s time for her to go.
She is an unqualified political hack and a complete disgrace.
It’s time for her to go.
We used to be a country…
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We used to be a country…
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The Pennsylvania #CrownAct
IS NOW LAW! ✊🏾✨
A bill I introduced with @RepSummerLee — propelled by advocates like @AdjoaBAsamoah & @thecrownact was signed by @GovernorShapiro today in #WestPhilly.
Thanks to @RepMayes for carrying the baton and to our partners in the #PASenate #crownact
IS NOW LAW! ✊🏾✨
A bill I introduced with @RepSummerLee — propelled by advocates like @AdjoaBAsamoah & @thecrownact was signed by @GovernorShapiro today in #WestPhilly.
Thanks to @RepMayes for carrying the baton and to our partners in the #PASenate #crownact
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Pennsylvania #CrownAct
IS NOW LAW! ✊🏾✨
A bill I introduced with @RepSummerLee — propelled by advocates like @AdjoaBAsamoah & @thecrownact was signed by @GovernorShapiro today in #WestPhilly.
Thanks to @RepMayes for carrying the baton and to our partners in the #PASenate #crownact
IS NOW LAW! ✊🏾✨
A bill I introduced with @RepSummerLee — propelled by advocates like @AdjoaBAsamoah & @thecrownact was signed by @GovernorShapiro today in #WestPhilly.
Thanks to @RepMayes for carrying the baton and to our partners in the #PASenate #crownact
This is the song that does not end, yes it goes on and on, my friends…
Step #1: VA GOP tweets stuff like this incessantly throughout the campaign
Step #2: VA GOP gets annihilated
Step #3: VA GOP repeats Step #1, hoping for different results - lol bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
Step #2: VA GOP gets annihilated
Step #3: VA GOP repeats Step #1, hoping for different results - lol bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is the song that does not end, yes it goes on and on, my friends…
Recommend avoid Philly Sports Radio
Oh golly Philadelphia sports radio tomorrow will be intense.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Recommend avoid Philly Sports Radio
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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The GOP’s coalition is holding on by a bare thread and when Trump is gone it will fall apart. Our task (and it’s not easy!) is to build a Democratic Party capable of picking up the pieces.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The GOP’s coalition is holding on by a bare thread and when Trump is gone it will fall apart. Our task (and it’s not easy!) is to build a Democratic Party capable of picking up the pieces.
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Not a damn lie spoken from the OP or Vice President Harris
It’s not just the Party…a lot of democratic voters do too.
Before anyone jumps in to say otherwise I guarantee you l don’t know a single Black Woman on Bluesky that can’t provide you weekly if not daily examples 🤷🏾♀️
Folks won’t be satisfied until we just don’t care.
thegrio.com/2025/11/10/k...
Before anyone jumps in to say otherwise I guarantee you l don’t know a single Black Woman on Bluesky that can’t provide you weekly if not daily examples 🤷🏾♀️
Folks won’t be satisfied until we just don’t care.
thegrio.com/2025/11/10/k...
Kamala Harris says ‘the Democratic Party has taken Black women for granted’
In a candid moment, former vice president Kamala Harris called out her own party for failing to prioritize Black women.
thegrio.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Not a damn lie spoken from the OP or Vice President Harris
Virginia Senate in 2027
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Virginia Senate in 2027
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The lives of millions of Americans are better because of the leadership & trailblazing of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for your constituents, our nation and women in politics!
Thank you for everything you’ve done for your constituents, our nation and women in politics!
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The lives of millions of Americans are better because of the leadership & trailblazing of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for your constituents, our nation and women in politics!
Thank you for everything you’ve done for your constituents, our nation and women in politics!
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I wouldn't be here today without the thousands of New Jerseyans who volunteered their time to knock doors, make phone calls, and send texts.
In the final 18 days alone, you knocked over 400,000 doors and made over 3.2 million calls. I couldn't be more grateful for this team.
In the final 18 days alone, you knocked over 400,000 doors and made over 3.2 million calls. I couldn't be more grateful for this team.
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wouldn't be here today without the thousands of New Jerseyans who volunteered their time to knock doors, make phone calls, and send texts.
In the final 18 days alone, you knocked over 400,000 doors and made over 3.2 million calls. I couldn't be more grateful for this team.
In the final 18 days alone, you knocked over 400,000 doors and made over 3.2 million calls. I couldn't be more grateful for this team.
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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It didn’t end up being that close
Jay Jones will become the first Black Attorney General in Virginia
The voters gave him a second chance after a difficult campaign
Jay Jones will become the first Black Attorney General in Virginia
The voters gave him a second chance after a difficult campaign
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It didn’t end up being that close
Jay Jones will become the first Black Attorney General in Virginia
The voters gave him a second chance after a difficult campaign
Jay Jones will become the first Black Attorney General in Virginia
The voters gave him a second chance after a difficult campaign
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2026 is going to be a good year to run for office, no matter how long the odds. runforwhat.net
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
2026 is going to be a good year to run for office, no matter how long the odds. runforwhat.net
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Polls are open in Pennsylvania until 8pm tonight, except in Chester County where they will remain open until 10pm to account for pollbook errors earlier today.
If you're in line by the deadline, you get to vote. (In Chester from 8-10pm, it'll be on provisional ballot.) Go vote. VOTE YES.
If you're in line by the deadline, you get to vote. (In Chester from 8-10pm, it'll be on provisional ballot.) Go vote. VOTE YES.
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ALT: a poster for pennsylvania election day polling hours at 7 am-8pm
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Polls are open in Pennsylvania until 8pm tonight, except in Chester County where they will remain open until 10pm to account for pollbook errors earlier today.
If you're in line by the deadline, you get to vote. (In Chester from 8-10pm, it'll be on provisional ballot.) Go vote. VOTE YES.
If you're in line by the deadline, you get to vote. (In Chester from 8-10pm, it'll be on provisional ballot.) Go vote. VOTE YES.
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The President is openly defying a court order just to rip food away from starving families. So much for the rule of law. So much for basic humanity. This cruel, lawless man is hell-bent on inflicting pain on the American people—because that’s all he knows how to do.
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The President is openly defying a court order just to rip food away from starving families. So much for the rule of law. So much for basic humanity. This cruel, lawless man is hell-bent on inflicting pain on the American people—because that’s all he knows how to do.
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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If the bottom falls out for Virginia GOP, keep an eye out on House of Delegates
Dems spending big hoping to knock off a bunch of incumbents
Current 51-49 Dem majority almost certain to grow
We’ll see where it ends up, but they are aiming for 60 seats and not out of question
Dems spending big hoping to knock off a bunch of incumbents
Current 51-49 Dem majority almost certain to grow
We’ll see where it ends up, but they are aiming for 60 seats and not out of question
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If the bottom falls out for Virginia GOP, keep an eye out on House of Delegates
Dems spending big hoping to knock off a bunch of incumbents
Current 51-49 Dem majority almost certain to grow
We’ll see where it ends up, but they are aiming for 60 seats and not out of question
Dems spending big hoping to knock off a bunch of incumbents
Current 51-49 Dem majority almost certain to grow
We’ll see where it ends up, but they are aiming for 60 seats and not out of question
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The energy on the ground today in Newark was off the charts.
New Jersey is ready to elect Mikie Sherrill as its next governor.
Let’s land this. Text GOTV to 43367 to help make it happen.
New Jersey is ready to elect Mikie Sherrill as its next governor.
Let’s land this. Text GOTV to 43367 to help make it happen.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The energy on the ground today in Newark was off the charts.
New Jersey is ready to elect Mikie Sherrill as its next governor.
Let’s land this. Text GOTV to 43367 to help make it happen.
New Jersey is ready to elect Mikie Sherrill as its next governor.
Let’s land this. Text GOTV to 43367 to help make it happen.
Gonna have to ask my therapist why I put myself through things like listening to Virginia Senate Republicans... you gotta be really damaged to put yourself through something like this.
So very, very painful.
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So very, very painful.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gonna have to ask my therapist why I put myself through things like listening to Virginia Senate Republicans... you gotta be really damaged to put yourself through something like this.
So very, very painful.
cc: @vaplan.bsky.social
So very, very painful.
cc: @vaplan.bsky.social