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Dedicated to electing candidates who will protect the freedom to vote and ensure everyone has a voice in our democracy

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · Nov 28

Our democracy is worth the fight.

Right now, our only option is to continue to work to defend the freedom to vote, protect the voice of every American, and fortify our rights and liberties so our government serves all the people.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 2h

As Trump’s shutdown drags on it’s becoming more clear that Democrats are fighting to protect health care for Americans while Republicans want to let families pay more.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 19h

But no money to keep your health care costs down

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 19h

This is disgusting and abhorrent.

These are Republican operatives and a reflection of their party from the top down.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 1d

Trump regime allies get a break - everyone else pays for it.

It’s the cost of corruption.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 3d

Expensive Halloween around the corner. It’s the cost of corruption.

Axios reports that cocoa prices have doubled under Donald Trump.

He said he would bring prices down, but he’s only helping corporate lobbyists and billionaire donors. The rest of us pay the price.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker Johnson should apologize - we need to tone down the charged rhetoric like his that’s leading to political violence.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 4d

It’s 100% designed to protect the cover up of the Epstein files.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump is deploying troops to the streets of his own country to attack its citizens and he wants a Nobel Peace Prize?!

Wild.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 5d

The Cost of Corruption is that the Trump regime spends resources weaponizing government for retribution — leaving less law enforcement resources to keep you safe.

CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 7d

We’re more than a week into this Republican shutdown.

Trump shut government down because he’d rather close the government and threaten to fire people than lower health care prices.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 8d

Did Tom Homan keep the $50,000?

Pam Bondi may be covering up the facts.

This is more corruption that costs taxpayers money, while the politically connected get away with crimes.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 9d

Corruption.

They make money.

The rest of us pay the price.

The system is rigged.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 9d

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 9d

Speaker Johnson is taking unprecedented steps to keep the Epstein files covered up.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

Welker: They say the house is not in session because you don't want to swear in the newly elected democratic congresswoman who would be a critical vote to releasing the Epstein files.

Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 10d

We need to fix this broken system to level the playing field for working people.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 11d

It’s time for Republicans to open the government.

They’ve kept it shut down for too long already.

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