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Keeping tabs on how Democrats are helping people, standing up to Republican nonsense and more!

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Feb 12

If any of your followers should know what Democrats are doing, please share this post with them and encourage them to follow this account.

People deserve to know how the Dems are fighting back against the GOP, Trump and his boss, Elon Musk!

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · 9d

She said it best.

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Henry Porter @henryporter.bsky.social · 13d

Why is educational attainment so predictive of partisan alignment? We’ve been moving that direction for a while. What happens at college has something to do with resentments of non-college voters. Thread on The Hard Hat Riots…

Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸♨️ @foghorn453.bsky.social · 17d

Between 1962-1972, Harvard and MIT graduated 21,593 students. 14 (1 in 1542) died in Vietnam.

In the same decade in South Boston, 1 in 80 draft-age boys died in Vietnam.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9d

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 9d

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 256

It’s nice watching people amplifying more and more Dems fighting back, but I still get comments asking why they aren’t talking about this thing or that thing, and I just sight and say “they are, it’s just not being amplified.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 9d

Oregon National Guard general says his troops would be protecting protesters and Oregonians at the ICE facility if they were to be deployed.

#PortlandStrong @ordems.bsky.social @deschutesdemocrats.org @democratrolodex.org @multdems.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @demsabroad.bsky.social

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 24d

NEWS: I've just released the Cheap Energy Agenda with @levin.house.gov.

This is our plan to lower energy costs for Americans by expanding access to cheap and reliable energy.

heatmap.news/politics/ene...

Democrats Bid to Become the Party of Cheap Energy: Exclusive

Representatives Sean Casten and Mike Levin have a new package of legislation designed to lower electricity prices — in a way that just so happens to be “clean.”

heatmap.news

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 25d

Last week, Democrats voted for a bill that would keep the government open and restore health care funding for millions of Americans who rely on it.

Republicans blocked that bill and left town.

If the government shuts down, it's because they refused to negotiate.

Axios @axios.com · 25d

JUST IN: Trump cancels meeting with top Democrats as shutdown looms

Trump cancels meeting with top Democrats as shutdown looms

" I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive," Trump posted on Truth Social.

www.axios.com

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Sep 10

I have a smart governor.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

J.B. Pritzker: "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 19

Remember everyone, STATES run our elections.

Generations of Americans before us didn’t die for our rights just for us to cower before a big-bellied small-brained orange idiot.

(Besides, GOP votes by mail too. Good luck taking away the convenience from them, Trump)

VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Aug 18

Folks, no one can stop you from voting BUT YOU.

Don’t let them get in your heads.

VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dems don’t need vote by mail to beat these guys.

Don’t fall for the psych game he’s playing.

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Aug 18

Folks, no one can stop you from voting BUT YOU.

Don’t let them get in your heads.

VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dems don’t need vote by mail to beat these guys.

Don’t fall for the psych game he’s playing.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · Aug 18

This part. There's actually people calling them cowards for going back....so ridiculous.

Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · Aug 18

The goal was accomplished. It’s nationalized & Democratic-controlled states can & are now coordinating to counter what Republican-controlled states are doing. These people have bills & are missing their other jobs. If you’re mad at them you’re really not following along. Skill issue on your end.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 18

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Democrats say they're ending two-week walkout that stalled gerrymandered US House maps and returning to Capitol.

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 17

(Btw, Dems in Illinois and New Mexico had already drawn their congressional maps in 2021-22 in a way that pissed off Republicans 😉 )

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 17

TX Dems these past couple of weeks stopped a GOP attempt to rig the state's congressional races, fleeing to IL to deny the votes needed for it. IL Gov Pritzker protected them from arrest. This spurred CA and NY Dems to start redrawing their maps. Good. Dems, keep fighting.

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 17

Whatever Democrats think of Newsom, this is a big reason his current media strategy is winning him lots of attention.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Aug 17

one of the smart things that Newsom is doing here is implicitly calling out the insanity of how much Trump has been normalized by media by forcing them to think about what it looks like when somebody else does it

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Aug 17

Newsom keeping up a strong troll game:

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Winnable Democratic Races @winnabledemraces.bsky.social · Aug 7

In November, Dems need to support the three Pennsylvania State Supreme Court justices for “retention”, otherwise Trump and the GOP will be happy to replace all of them.

✅Christine Donohue
✅Kevin M Dougherty
✅David N Wecht

The three justices’ ActBlue links are in the comments below.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 14

BREAKING:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Newsom calls for Nov. 4 special election on redistricting plan aimed at adding Democratic US House seats.

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 14

Looks like Cali will go forward with redrawing more Republicans out of Congress. Dems in NM and IL did this in 2022, but it’s good to see Cali putting this plan to a vote this November.

Vote YES on this plan, Californians!

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 14

LIVE NOW: Governor Newsom, state leaders make major announcement countering Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme.
www.youtube.com/live/io2Hutl...

Governor Newsom, California leaders make major announcement countering Trump's gerrymandering scheme

YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Aug 13

Trump voter targeted by ICE: I truly believe I was a target because of my race. I was racially profiled. Trump lied to many of us. We were all manipulated

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Aug 9

Not a bad list to use during the Trump years.

I’ll add another one:

Mental breaks are ESSENTIAL during stressful times.

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What Democrats are doing @whatdemsaredoing.bsky.social · Aug 9

TX judge temporarily blocks former congressman Beto O’Rourke from fundraising for TX Dems trying to block TX GOP gerrymander so he’s fighting back by suing TX’s GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨BREAKING: A Texas judge temporarily blocked former Rep. Beto O’Rourke and his nonprofit Powered by People from using political donations to support quorum-breaking Democratic lawmakers — handing Attorney General Ken Paxton an early win in his legal campaign against the Democrats.

Texas Judge Freezes Fundraising by Beto O’Rourke for Quorum-Breaking Democrats