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Elliot Forhan (he/him)

@forhanforohio.bsky.social

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Candidate for Ohio attorney general. Lawyer, former state rep. Tax the rich. “Happiness depends on freedom, and freedom on courage.” Donate! 🙏 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/elliot-forhan-1

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Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · Feb 27

Great work by these state A.G.s. More of this

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Feb 26

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."

The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30m

Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

Brand new data:

Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).

These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.

Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2h

Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections

Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12h

Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2h

Voters in New Jersey and Virginia who said the economy was their number 1 issue voted 63-35 for Democrats last night.

That’s a sharp reversal from 2024, when Trump won economy voters by 60 points

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 13h

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 4h

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 11h

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 2h

What a night. What a moment in history. What a journey.

There are too many people for me to thank, but I will try to do that in the coming days.

If you’ve been with me on this journey, much appreciation and love.

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Zohran party looking at stage w him on it.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2h

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

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Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations, Councilmember-elect!

Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations, Mr. Mayor!

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 11h

Today, Ms.Rachel accepted Glamour Magazine ‘Women of The Year’ by wearing a custom dress with drawings from children from Gaza.

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 2h

Ms Rachel 🤝 Zohran

"I refuse to apologize for any of it"

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 11h

Today, Ms.Rachel accepted Glamour Magazine ‘Women of The Year’ by wearing a custom dress with drawings from children from Gaza.

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Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · 2h

He called it a “converse-1983.”

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Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · 2h

Akhil Amar, in his 1987 tenure paper Of Sovereignty and Federalism, proposed doing this.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

Every state should do this, as a matter of sound governance.

But every blue state that Trump and Miller want to hurt out of racist racism should as a matter of good protection.

Keep the ICE and CBP thugs in court, drain their bank accounts, force them into depositions, get them under oath, etc.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 2h

She's confusing Mamdani with the Stalinist in the White House.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kelly Loeffler: "This is gonna be a crisis in the city of New York, to have a communist in there talking about seizing the means of production ... this is the face of Democrat Party now, and you saw that with everyone coming and bowing to him."

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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 5h

Giving voice to the demands daily on the minds on educators around the world. #freepalestine

Thank you to Munir Nuseibah, @shanedarcy.bsky.social, Bisan Abtli, Mais Qandeel & @seanmacr.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Higher education has been destroyed in Gaza

Academics call for sanctions as Israel’s actions against education in Gaza draw condemnation

www.irishtimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h

The 2024 election was not a binding referendum on American culture that everyone must accept and accommodate. Never was.

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 9h

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

This seems huge, and deserves more attention.

SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.

Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.

Feds fail us, states step up.

Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 9h

The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...

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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 19h

By today, nearly 11 million SNAP participants should have received *full* benefits for November. They haven't.

By Friday, this jumps to about 20 million.

(estimated using state participation data and issuance schedules from USDA FNS)

🥗 🛟 🩺📊 #econsky

Stacked line plot illustrating estimates of how many SNAP participants should have received benefits by each day in November 2025. Each state is shown with a different color, illustrating how different states use different distribution schedules for SNAP.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2h

so where are the op-eds about republican overreach today? where’s the commentary about donald trumps war against american citizens or his terror campaign targeting brown people? where’s the pearl clutching over the conservative social media bubble reliant on nazi propagandists?

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