Kerry Eleveld
@kerryeleveld.bsky.social
Truth seeker, Journo4Eva, @waytowinus Comms, author of Obama/LGBTQ book: Don't Tell Me To Wait. Cynicism is overrated. Vote. Go Blue.
Great discussion on GA--the whopping statewide wins earlier this month and what's possible next year. Check it!
FANTASTIC conversation with @melodyoliphant.bsky.social of the @georgiayouthco.bsky.social and how the wild election results two weeks ago looked from the ground. First state level win for Dems in GA since 2006!
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400K GEORGIA BLOWOUT!!! (feat. Melody Oliphant) - Charting the Way Forward Ep 48
YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund
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November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great discussion on GA--the whopping statewide wins earlier this month and what's possible next year. Check it!
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This is funny. Gov. Greg Abbott delayed in scheduling the #TX18 special—which is taking place under the old lines—and almost certainly did so to keep a Dem seat vacant.
The court cites that still-ongoing special as proof that reverting to the old lines would not be disruptive. Oops!
The court cites that still-ongoing special as proof that reverting to the old lines would not be disruptive. Oops!
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is funny. Gov. Greg Abbott delayed in scheduling the #TX18 special—which is taking place under the old lines—and almost certainly did so to keep a Dem seat vacant.
The court cites that still-ongoing special as proof that reverting to the old lines would not be disruptive. Oops!
The court cites that still-ongoing special as proof that reverting to the old lines would not be disruptive. Oops!
Just one example of the thinking we'd like to see change. These ads got around $4M each in AZ and OH. Party brands are open source. Everyone gets a say. But it's possible the image of the party might improve if we stop spending millions of dollars each cycle telling voters how wrong we are.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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if you're banging drums of war, tell us how your kids are enlisted and plan to fight
don't send other people's kids to die for another GOP president leading us into a war for oil based on lies
don't send other people's kids to die for another GOP president leading us into a war for oil based on lies
ofc they didn't learn anything from Iraq. The New York Times opinion pages will always be thirsty for bloodshed via endless wars.
Opinion | The Case for Overthrowing Maduro
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November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
if you're banging drums of war, tell us how your kids are enlisted and plan to fight
don't send other people's kids to die for another GOP president leading us into a war for oil based on lies
don't send other people's kids to die for another GOP president leading us into a war for oil based on lies
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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More Kavanaugh stops in action.
Willy Aceituno, a naturalized citizen from Honduras, was confronted by federal agents in a Charlotte parking lot — TWICE.
Federal agents breaking a car window to ask, "Are you an illegal immigrant?" is a symptom of a broken, profiling system that continues to target our communities.
Federal agents breaking a car window to ask, "Are you an illegal immigrant?" is a symptom of a broken, profiling system that continues to target our communities.
‘Why just me?’ Charlotte man says Border Patrol broke pickup window, stole keys
“Are you an illegal immigrant?” the man said an officer asked. He replied that he didn’t have to answer and asked why he was singled out.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More Kavanaugh stops in action.
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
This cannot be stressed enough--Trump/GOP immigration overreach has turned ICE into a losing cause. No one wants masked federal agents randomly disappearing people, zip tying citizens, and tear gassing children
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This cannot be stressed enough--Trump/GOP immigration overreach has turned ICE into a losing cause. No one wants masked federal agents randomly disappearing people, zip tying citizens, and tear gassing children
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I think we need to start visualizing the Trump Presidency ending, and socialize it. For it is the right thing to do for the country and the American people.
At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
Trump has done enormous harm to the country.
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I think we need to start visualizing the Trump Presidency ending, and socialize it. For it is the right thing to do for the country and the American people.
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José's crew spent a week in August battling the Bear Gulch fire, then a 9,000-acre blaze + largest in 70+ years in WA’s Olympic Peninsula.
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
José's crew spent a week in August battling the Bear Gulch fire, then a 9,000-acre blaze + largest in 70+ years in WA’s Olympic Peninsula.
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
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Cruz-Estrada and his firefighter colleague were out there protecting his community and state. This is what Trump and Miller's goons said of them:
"While Hernandez was handcuffed, he heard a border patrol agent compare immigrants to a bunch of “stray cats” that required “animal control”, he wrote."
"While Hernandez was handcuffed, he heard a border patrol agent compare immigrants to a bunch of “stray cats” that required “animal control”, he wrote."
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Cruz-Estrada and his firefighter colleague were out there protecting his community and state. This is what Trump and Miller's goons said of them:
"While Hernandez was handcuffed, he heard a border patrol agent compare immigrants to a bunch of “stray cats” that required “animal control”, he wrote."
"While Hernandez was handcuffed, he heard a border patrol agent compare immigrants to a bunch of “stray cats” that required “animal control”, he wrote."
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JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
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18-29 vote share by total and by age/gender
NJ Gov
66-31 Sherrill. Men 57-43, Women 81-19
VA Gov
70-29 Spanberger. Men 58-41, Women 82-18
NYC Mayor
Mamdani 76-Cuomo 21-Sliwa 5
Men 65-27-3
Women 82-14-3
18-29 Men:
Mamdani 65
Sherrill 57
Spanberger 58
Source: hella basic CNN exits
NJ Gov
66-31 Sherrill. Men 57-43, Women 81-19
VA Gov
70-29 Spanberger. Men 58-41, Women 82-18
NYC Mayor
Mamdani 76-Cuomo 21-Sliwa 5
Men 65-27-3
Women 82-14-3
18-29 Men:
Mamdani 65
Sherrill 57
Spanberger 58
Source: hella basic CNN exits
Exit polls: Election 2025 | CNN Politics
See exit polls data for the 2025 US elections. For more information on voting and election results, visit cnn.com/election.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
18-29 vote share by total and by age/gender
NJ Gov
66-31 Sherrill. Men 57-43, Women 81-19
VA Gov
70-29 Spanberger. Men 58-41, Women 82-18
NYC Mayor
Mamdani 76-Cuomo 21-Sliwa 5
Men 65-27-3
Women 82-14-3
18-29 Men:
Mamdani 65
Sherrill 57
Spanberger 58
Source: hella basic CNN exits
NJ Gov
66-31 Sherrill. Men 57-43, Women 81-19
VA Gov
70-29 Spanberger. Men 58-41, Women 82-18
NYC Mayor
Mamdani 76-Cuomo 21-Sliwa 5
Men 65-27-3
Women 82-14-3
18-29 Men:
Mamdani 65
Sherrill 57
Spanberger 58
Source: hella basic CNN exits
Youth turnout, 2021 to 2025 (and 2025 as pct of 2021):
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I continue to be AMAZED at how 💯 committed this administration is to punishing American families. On what planet is this a reasonable course of action?
Breaking: A federal appeals court just denied a last-minute bid by the Trump admin to temporarily halt some SNAP funding during the shutdown.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I continue to be AMAZED at how 💯 committed this administration is to punishing American families. On what planet is this a reasonable course of action?
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Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse talkingpointsmemo.com/news/why-not...
Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse
It’s been a journey with Greg Bovino over the past few months....
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November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse talkingpointsmemo.com/news/why-not...
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grandpa really might be cooked on the economy. if this is the best he's got it's gonna be a brutal midterm for Republicans
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
grandpa really might be cooked on the economy. if this is the best he's got it's gonna be a brutal midterm for Republicans
Here's the formula, folks:
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's the formula, folks:
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
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JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
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JUST POSTED: new Charting ep with Diana Valles, President of the legendary @culinary226.bsky.social union. It's going to take a lot of collective power to build an economy with better options than hoping to hit a jackpot in Vegas:
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"Hopefully I'll Get Another Jackpot" (feat. Diana Valles and NV Voters) - Charting Ep 46
YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund
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November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
JUST POSTED: new Charting ep with Diana Valles, President of the legendary @culinary226.bsky.social union. It's going to take a lot of collective power to build an economy with better options than hoping to hit a jackpot in Vegas:
📺 youtu.be/hDPgvpUHn1Q?...
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Looking at this a bit more closely, this guy won PRECISELY BECAUSE he raised the "salience" of immigration via attacking ICE raids, and this won by a sizable margin in one of the most important swing counties of all, Bucks County in Pennsylvania.
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looking at this a bit more closely, this guy won PRECISELY BECAUSE he raised the "salience" of immigration via attacking ICE raids, and this won by a sizable margin in one of the most important swing counties of all, Bucks County in Pennsylvania.
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Mamdani's directive to Trump to "TURN THE VOLUME UP!" is the single most aggressive, effective, and impactful phrase I have heard from a Trump rival since dawn of the Trump era
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Mamdani's directive to Trump to "TURN THE VOLUME UP!" is the single most aggressive, effective, and impactful phrase I have heard from a Trump rival since dawn of the Trump era
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No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
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