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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 5h

Now, Dems hold 7 of 33 US house seats (21%) across AL, LA, MS, SC & TN. Dems won 37% of 2024 presidential vote in those states.

Now Supreme Court may allow those states to eliminate >all< Dem seats by undermining the VRA www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Our democracy being chipped away, bit by bit.

Current vs a plausible congressional seat map, if the Supreme Court heads in the direction it appears to be by killing elements of the VRA.

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 2h

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

If Democrats do not FLOOOOODDDDDDD

Every farming district with ads about the 40 BILLION DOLLAR bailout of Argentina to help it take commodity markets AWAY from UNITED STATES farmers

our entire team needs to be drawn and quartered.

WHERE ARE THE WALL TO WALL ADS?????

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 59m

Leftists, if you need something to do and someone to protest now that there’s peace between Israel & Palestine…

RFK jr’s wife Cheryl Hines is on a book tour… and JD Vance is also making the media rounds…

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 23m

Oh my gawd, he truly is stupid.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 24m

Ro Khanna is so fucking stupid lmao.

Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 26m

The Republican elites, including those on the Supreme Court, don’t care that he’s demented. As long as he installs there wealthy white supremacist world order.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28m

Trump shows off his models to his wealthy donors:

"So that's Lady Liberty. Lady, did you ever hear of Lady Liberty? But, uh, so the sizes would be very different than this lady. They did this and they did that. So this would be... small, medium, and large."

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 30m

Yikes.

David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 31m

“The proposals, some of which already have gone into effect….”

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 31m

Yeah. Your Senator/Governors are amazing and have made amazing candidates.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 4h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Nicole Snark @nicokow.bsky.social · 1h

GUESS WHAT IT WAS OVER?

I’ll wait while you give it a think.

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Pamela Parkington @bigdogmomthree.bsky.social · 2h

Don't even think about coming after Dick Blumenthal, our former CT AG and is a Senate judiciary powerhouse. He comes to every rally, Day of Action and local Dem party fund raiser in my city.

You can have Chris Murphy, he's sounds like Bernie now, he stays up state where the white people are.

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. They can have Markey. He doesn’t actually do much.

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 1h

They will and it will.

Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 2h

Every time.

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 2h

It was one of the worst, but then the conservative majority Roberts Court performance today was absolutely appalling. They are going to end the Voting Rights Act, and almost gleefully so. And that‘s dangerous place for us to be.

lisac1.bsky.social @lisac1.bsky.social · 3h

I think today's T press conference was one of the worst. He says he is going to invade more cities. He thinks he can "do what he wants". He says he plans to go to the tariff arguments when they come up. I guess to intimidate the SC in person, like they need intimidating?

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 3h

Here's something. White people haven't voted for Democrats as a majority since the 1968 as @missaja.bsky.social just referenced. Even if you run a candidate who is a populist, they will lose without Black votes.

Thats just some nerd shit I was just reading about.

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 3h

To limit “race based” districts only perpetuates white supremacy, which can’t be explained to white supremacists.

JMO

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

You all are too prone to apathy and cynicism.

I’m too Black for that sh*t. I HAVE to fight. I was born into the damn fight.

Take your fingers out of your ears and your heads out of your asses.

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2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 3h

We need to do NBC what we did to Target.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

It’s not a job for that Black lady y’all denied.

It’s not a job for that Black man you think owes you something just because you voted for him twice.

It’s up to the whites.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

And it isn’t just the fringes—it’s time for well-meaning white Dems to have a come-to-Jesus moment about party leadership.

Sh*t is broken.

Y’all have to fix it.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

You all need to clean house on THIS side of the aisle.

You need to have tough conversations.

You need to watch Eyes on the Prize.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

White people need to talk to other white people. It is entirely up to the whites to move the needle on their end.

Let me be clear: racism and antisemitism are rampant on *both* sides of the aisle.

Your twentysomething niece has fallen for the okie doke just as easily as your Boomer uncle.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

If the other side is hopeless, then you all really and truly need to finally acknowledge how bad things are over here.

White Dem leadership will not listen to us. It’s up to you all to make the noise that fixes the issues within our party.

It’s up to the whites.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

I have plenty of white friends from the Khive who are loud as hell about this sh*t—if you aren’t tapped into that crowd, it’s time.

Black women cannot save you. Kamala tried. Michelle tried. The D9 tried.

It’s up to the whites.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 3h

I’m supposed to be napping now with my baby, but I really and truly believe that you all need this push, and you need it NOW.

Start talking to other white people about whiteness.

YES, the ones you thought were “progress*ve” are part of the problem.

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