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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for GettingOTV in Georgia!

Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 1d

200 @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcards from me and @shaouy.bsky.social for the #Georgia Public Service Commission race.

Early in-person voting
Tues, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 31

Absentee ballot request deadline
Fri, Oct 24

Absentee ballot return deadline
7pm Tues, Nov 4

Election Day
Tues, Nov 4

Multi-media image of 200 "thank you for voting in 2024" Georgia postcards, a piggy bank and a lightbulb.

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Danielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 15d

All Democratic governors and mayors need an emergency meeting with law enforcement in their state and cities. Trump is declaring war and we need to be united across our shared state government and borders.

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Danielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 15d

Never in our lives has a president declared war on American cities. This regime is organizing their final solution. WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!!! It’s happening right now. On live TV

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15d

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15d

Joni Ernst’s lifelong legacy for women serving in the military from her time in the Senate is Pete Hegseth.

Every woman denied promotion, denied a job specialty, sexually harassed, or forced out for bs reasons, owes it all to Ernst and the Republican Party.

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Christopher Swartout @chrisswartout.bsky.social · 19d

Free idea for Kimmel’s show:
Go on the road to every city that has a Sinclair or Nexstar affiliate that has pulled him off the air.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

Dems kept their streak of outperforming election results from 2024 in the 2 key special elections last night:

Adelita Grijalva won by 17 points more than her father in the AZ congressional race.

Debra Shigley overperformed the 2024 Dem candidate in the GA state sen race by 11.

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🇺🇦Noelle🇺🇦Dem Good @ Everything. DeICE America @nreveillee.bsky.social · 22d

#ResistanceUnited #ONEV1 #Pinks #ProudBlue

This is the day! Last chance to vote for Debra Shigley!

Last chance to vote for the person who will fight for affordable, accessible food, housing & healthcare

☀️Georgia Senate District 21
Go vote for Debra Shigley who will work for workers & retired!

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 22d

Breathtaking!

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 22d

How tragic that it's 2025 and this nonsense is still happening.

Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 23d

Tuesday 9/23 is Runoff #ElectionDay for #Georgia state senate district 21.

debraforgeorgia.com can flip this seat blue!

Debra kicking off our Saturday canvass. #DebraForGeorgia #GApol #VoteBlue

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 23d

Tuesday 9/23 is Runoff #ElectionDay for #Georgia state senate district 21.

If you haven't voted yet, vote tomorrow 7am - 7 pm.

Find your polling location
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

DebraForGeorgia.com and R-turned-D gubernatorial candidate Geoff Duncan kicked off the final weekend of #GOTV.

Photo of Debra Shigley for Georgia state senate district 21 with former lieutenant governor of Georgia and current R-turned-D gubernatorial candidate Geoff Duncan.

Photo of the 9/20/2025 canvassing team for Debra Shigley for Georgia state senate district 21.

Photo of me with Selfy King Seth Taylor.

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Dr. Tara Overzat @drtara.bsky.social · 23d

Proud to help Debra Shigley for State Senate canvass today and to hear from her and @staceyabrams.com! District 21 go vote this Tuesday 😃

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 24d

DNC Chair Ken Martin is in metro Atlanta this weekend campaigning for Debra Shigley, the Democrat in a Georgia Senate special election runoff.

We talk about that race, the state of the Democratic Party and much more — listen/read on @npr.org next week.

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Rough Draft @roughdraftatlanta.com · 23d

Democrats rally behind Debra Shigley in bid to win Georgia special election

DNC Chair Ken Martin visited Georgia to support Democrat Debra Shigley in her bid to flip a conservative state Senate district, while acknowledging the challenge of winning the right-leaning district.

Democrats rally behind Debra Shigley in bid to win Georgia special election

DNC Chair Ken Martin visited Georgia to support Democrat Debra Shigley in her bid to flip a conservative state Senate district, while acknowledging the challenge of winning the right-leaning district.

roughdraftatlanta.com

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 26d

I don't vote in Illinois and I'm not paying close attention to this race, but I'd sure like to see more candidates and elected Democrats putting their bodies on the line like this. I don't even care if it's a campaign stunt. Kat is out there taking risks, and we need to see leaders fighting.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 26d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 28d

#DebraShigley for #Georgia State Senate gets a big shoutout on @politicsgirl.bsky.social:

"She couldn't be a candidate more of sort of now... somebody who you would look to and say it would be great if you ran for office." @heather4dems.bsky.social

WATCH ~37:50
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWW...

Screen capture of the 9/16/2025 episode of Politics Girl on YouTube. We see a split screen with host Leigh McGowan on the left and guest Heather Williams, president of the DLCC, on the right.

URL

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 27d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 27d

We needed a general strike months ago.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 27d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 27d

Was obsessed with his music and album art. Thanks for the link, Chris.

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Christopher Swartout @chrisswartout.bsky.social · 28d

Bowie. Just read it. Gift link.

What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. (Gift Article)

The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer’s 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to the pop star’s dramatic reinventions.

www.nytimes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27d

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 28d

#DebraShigley for #Georgia State Senate gets a big shoutout on @politicsgirl.bsky.social:

"She couldn't be a candidate more of sort of now... somebody who you would look to and say it would be great if you ran for office." @heather4dems.bsky.social

WATCH ~37:50
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWW...

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