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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 7h

Notable that Mamdani just went out and proved he could do it by... winning that difficult primary. It sharpened him, which proved essential for this current moment, the moment when Adams dropped out and billionaires are all gunning for him.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

Well yes, of course.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

He should call his app Scam-O-Rama

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

Yep. They run small businesses making TikToks and YouTube videos about how they are stay at home wives who don't work... making, editing, and promoting those videos is a job that earns them money

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

Martha Washington has entered the chat. She benefitted greatly from slavery; and yet there is still fanfiction out there desperate to portray her as a "fair mistress". Look at this bullshit
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Martha Washington | Martha Washington: A Life

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent in depth reporting here on how hard it is to move forward with law enforcement reform. Woodfork sounds pretty resigned to collaborating with ICE.

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

My point is, yeah, the biggest percentage of rural voters are lockstep with the GOP and I don't know what to do about that. But the No Kings protest made connections for these small groups. It made them less afraid, it made them less alone. Mass movements *start* like that.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

But what will move rural voters? I attended a No Kings protest in deep red rural America and over 150 people turned out. You could see how each person was galvanized because they did not realize they had allies. And they would say "oh wow, that's Jim from the Elks." Or "she works at the diner"

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 9h

For those of us who remember the uproar over Reverend Wright, it's hard to deal with the depth of JD's ties to American fascists. He has ties to just about every white supremacist faction in America.

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 13h

At this point we all know the message he is sending: no, he won't endorse a Muslim candidate for NYC mayor. Some people on here will scream at me that Schumer can't be a bigot, there are a couple of Muslim Democrats in Congress. But for NYC, Schumer would rather the serial sexual harasser.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 13h

They think it's vandalism from an outsider. Please, what an insult to our intelligence. Imagine walking through that office and *not* seeing the swastika on the board

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 13h

You do great work, very much appreciated.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks for remembering her

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 15h

Because it starts from the premise that Trump is a king! Like, the White House is literally saying only the king can pay you!

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 15h

I went to one in a very small town in the Midwest. They were hoping for 10-15 people and they got 175. The attendees were so chuffed to realize they weren't alone in that county. And most of them were 60+

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 16h

Police reform in the future is a must - and in my mind, that has to include cleaning house, firing scores of cops. The legalities of that would be a mess, which doesn't mean we can't do it - just be aware that might backfire in a way that gives cops even more power.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 16h

What bugs me most about Booker is that he thinks that in 2028, we're all going to fangirl over him breaking Thurmond's filibuster record - but days after it he was back confirming the Trump appointees. We aren't that stupid.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 16h

Same thing he did when one of the DOGE racists tweeted "normalize Indian hate". JD, whose children, fought to get him back on the job. He's a horrible, evil person.

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 18h

I assumed that the anti-trans posture of the UK was driven by the courts, gov -- helped by Rowling's legal advocacy -- but that most people, certainly those in the arts, found these policies abhorrent. But I guess all those Brit actors don't care at all. (Except the original Potter actors)

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

Proud of her for pushing back on his claim of purity test - he voted to confirm terrible people. Own it or get out, Booker. (He's still never going to be president)

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

Back in 2016 I watched a clip of Iowa farmers loving Trump when he launched his first campaign. What did they love? His talk about deporting the "illegals".

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

All 79 million R voters are Dem Socialists who just haven't realized it yet

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

Why? Popular governor, stood up to Trump. That's why.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

Has Mayor Pete answered yes to this yet or what? Is anyone going to ask?

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't the best way to do it to defeat Mills in the primary? She's old, but not evil. Can progressives make a case for why Platner is better, and do that to Maine voters? If it's really that hard, then yeah, Mills will beat him. Voters will decide, the power is literally in their hands.

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