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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 4d

Zip-tying toddlers!?!?! The very incarnation of evil!!!

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doyle canning @doylecanning.bsky.social · 5d

I’m back from a trip east for this conference and usually
when I get back from DC I am drained, but I am fired up and following up on 100 great conversations, all thanks to the visionary @jenancona.bsky.social. Let’s go get it @waytowinus.bsky.social ✊

Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

Our inaugural #Persuasion2025 DC event has drawn praise and stirred up opinions across DC. We partnered with the ad testing platform Swayable and invited a spectrum of voices to join us for a day of new thinking and finding a path forward. A 🧵, and stay tuned for clips and session video.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

This @perrybaconjr.bsky.social interview with @vanhollen.senate.gov was one of the #Persuasion2025 highlights. Don't miss the framing of the first question; that single question set the bullshit-free tone for the entire day.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 5d

"You can be angry about the assault on our democracy and our freedoms and still be a happy warrior in how you confront that. Roosevelt, when he was going after big-money special interests, said, 'I welcome their hatred," says @vanhollen.senate.gov. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Chris Van Hollen Is Angry—at Trump, and at His Party’s Lame Pollsters

The Maryland senator explains why he went to El Salvador earlier this year while the rest of the party tried to downplay immigration issues, and his decision to go to Iowa and flirt with a 2028 presid...

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

“We need to go back to being a party that tells the truth. It’s the only way to rebuild the Democratic Party as the party of working people. In this race, the ground is fertile to build power locally and then build that into structural power.”
@grahamformaine.bsky.social #Persuasion2025

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

“Voters were struggling with an affordability crisis but had given up hope a mayor could do anything about it. Zohran wasn’t scared of naming villains and proposing solutions.” Morris Katz #Persuasion2025

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

"There’s a concerted effort... to make sure that Democrats just focus on raising more corporate money, to engage in the failed strategy of then spending a ton of that money on mail and TV at the very last minute." Rep @gregcasar.bsky.social #Persuasion2025

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

"The thing Mamdani is doing, people think he cares about them. They’ll forgive him the other stuff. The reason they like Trump? They think Trump’s on their side... Democrats can say the right words but if they don't feel it, people don’t believe them.” @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social #Persuasion2025

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

The core of the argument that ran through the whole day was the need move past defensive politics into a compelling vision that speaks to people’s real lives. Affordability. Security. Stability. As Graham Platner said during the event, “the big things.” And the opposite of what Trump is delivering.

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

Our inaugural #Persuasion2025 DC event has drawn praise and stirred up opinions across DC. We partnered with the ad testing platform Swayable and invited a spectrum of voices to join us for a day of new thinking and finding a path forward. A 🧵, and stay tuned for clips and session video.

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

It was a day of tremendous content. Congratulations to James Slezak of Swayable and @jenancona.bsky.social and @torygavito.bsky.social for taking on risk and landing a big complicated plane in a hurry. And thanks to all of you for following this conversation, and for sharing your thinking.
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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic writeup of our Tuesday #Persuasion2025 meeting in DC from @climatebrad.hillheat.com.

Democracy's Big Tent Revival

Persuasion 2025, a Democratic confab in the shadow of Michael Sandel

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Jenifer Fernandez Ancona @jenancona.bsky.social · 5d

Love this recap, thank you @climatebrad.hillheat.com!

Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 6d

whoa @grahamformaine.bsky.social @repcasar.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @katmabu.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org @waytowinus.bsky.social @jenancona.bsky.social @swayable.bsky.social @torygavito.bsky.social @bhavik.bsky.social so wow much civics

Democracy's Big Tent Revival

Persuasion 2025, a Democratic confab in the shadow of Michael Sandel

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 6d

whoa @grahamformaine.bsky.social @repcasar.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @katmabu.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org @waytowinus.bsky.social @jenancona.bsky.social @swayable.bsky.social @torygavito.bsky.social @bhavik.bsky.social so wow much civics

Democracy's Big Tent Revival

Persuasion 2025, a Democratic confab in the shadow of Michael Sandel

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Tory Gavito @torygavito.bsky.social · 6d

Garrett Bucks nails it!

Garrett Bucks @garrettbucks.bsky.social · 8d

A modest proposal!!

thewhitepages.net/p/ezra-klein...

Ezra Klein, have you considered just hosting a potluck?

Or volunteering for an ICE Watch, or organizing a childcare cooperative, or throwing an intergenerational block party...

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Dawn Huckelbridge @dhuckelbridge.bsky.social · 6d

According to a @washingtonpost.com poll, Americans blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the shutdown by a 17-percentage-point margin.

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Tory Gavito @torygavito.bsky.social · 6d

Trump is pushing America into the fuck around and find out stage of history on so many levels— in today’s Trump foolery: what happens when we mess with our strongest state economies? I can’t see how this doesn’t immediately help competitors like China.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 7d

They are stealing taxpayer dollars from blue states because Democrats in Congress refuse to give Trump a blank check for his authoritarianism.

Corruption. Coercion. Blackmail. Lawlessness.

I won’t bend the knee to a wannabe dictator and his cronies. We will prevail.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 7d

Hello! Just a reminder that if you work for or contract with the federal government and have information you'd like to share securely with a @wired.com reporter, you can use a non-work device to contact me on Signal at timmarchman.01 and I can connect you to someone who covers your area.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7d

It's Time for White Moderates To Become White Radicals

MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7d

Somebody could write a whole dissertation unpacking what's going on with Rafael Cruz, Cuban-American elected in Texas, insulting a Slavic woman from Minnesota by calling her Hispanic.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Ted Cruz just posted a video montage with photos of every Democratic senator altered to make them wear sombreros and mustaches. It’s set to the song Macarena.

What the fuck are we doing here?

Ted Cruz v @tedcruz
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The 44 Senate Democrats who voted for Schumer's Shutdown should know that the Sombrero posting will continue until they re-open our government.
Hey, Macarena!

[photo of Amy Klobuchar that’s been altered]

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 7d

The Vought shutdown purge has begun: new mass layoffs at CDC

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GSG Political @gsgpolitical.bsky.social · May 30

Check out GSG's @will-jordan.bsky.social ‪who spoke on Catalist's panel all about what happened during the 2024 election.

He discussed his analyses of demographic trends alongside Ilyse Hogue of New America and Tory Gavito of Way to Win, and Hillary Anderson of Catalist.

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Tory Gavito @torygavito.bsky.social · 8d

An honor! Go @grahamformaine.bsky.social Go!

Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 8d

@torygavito.bsky.social to @grahamformaine.bsky.social: "You truly love the place you're from."

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8d

I served with the National Guard in Afghanistan.

American cities are not “training grounds.”

What a disgusting concept.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."

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