Val
@photoionization.bsky.social
Radical humanist. People over profits.
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So many NJ marriages, including Louise and Marsha’s, became possible when NJ legalized gay marriage in 2013. Jack Ciattarelli didn’t support it then, and his top advisor now wants to roll it back. We can trust @mikiesherrill.bsky.social to protect marriage equality.
We Fought for Marriage Equality: We Won’t Let Jack Ciattarelli Turn Back the Clock - Insider NJ
October 21 marked the twelfth anniversary of marriage equality in our state, and the twelfth anniversary of our own legal marriage.
www.insidernj.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So many NJ marriages, including Louise and Marsha’s, became possible when NJ legalized gay marriage in 2013. Jack Ciattarelli didn’t support it then, and his top advisor now wants to roll it back. We can trust @mikiesherrill.bsky.social to protect marriage equality.
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Today’s the last day to register to vote in the November election, and I have an important ask for anyone concerned with the chaos we see in our country: (1/3)
October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today’s the last day to register to vote in the November election, and I have an important ask for anyone concerned with the chaos we see in our country: (1/3)
How are we as a people ok with this cruelty? How have we tolerated such a high degree of dehumanize people? When will it stop? When will we say no more?
Dwight Sequera was grabbed by ICE agents after his immigration hearing on June 25 in New York. Now his wife and baby are living in a shelter.
Her husband was detained by ICE, now she and her baby are homeless and hungry
Dwight Sequera was grabbed by ICE agents after his immigration hearing on June 25 in New York.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
How are we as a people ok with this cruelty? How have we tolerated such a high degree of dehumanize people? When will it stop? When will we say no more?
The most important election in New Jersey. If you are not voting, you are voting for citarelli and maga takeover of our state. We need Mikie Sherrill to protect our rights, liberties, and tax dollars from fascists.
New Jersey, our choice this November is clear.
Mikie Sherrill has dedicated her life to serving others, and I've personally seen her only ever put the people of our state first. She won't back down from the fight against federal chaos. That's the principled leadership we need in this moment. (1/3)
Mikie Sherrill has dedicated her life to serving others, and I've personally seen her only ever put the people of our state first. She won't back down from the fight against federal chaos. That's the principled leadership we need in this moment. (1/3)
October 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The most important election in New Jersey. If you are not voting, you are voting for citarelli and maga takeover of our state. We need Mikie Sherrill to protect our rights, liberties, and tax dollars from fascists.
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It's really simple: I'll protect abortion rights in New Jersey. Jack
will pass an abortion ban.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/n...
will pass an abortion ban.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/n...
Governor's race could alter abortion landscape in NJ • New Jersey Monitor
Pro-choice advocates say a GOP win in this year's gubernatorial race could alter the landscape in New Jersey.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's really simple: I'll protect abortion rights in New Jersey. Jack
will pass an abortion ban.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/n...
will pass an abortion ban.
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🏦 Jack Ciattarelli wants to gut public programs while protecting Wall Street profits. He’s not here for you—he’s here for the donors who bankroll his campaign. Register to vote by Oct 14th! #VoteNJ
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors
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Suburbs of Chicago out here producing excellence.
Jewell Loyd and Dana Evans combined for 39 POINTS off the bench for the Las Vegas Aces in their Game 1 win 👀
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Suburbs of Chicago out here producing excellence.
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So Trump is defunding the police.
Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So Trump is defunding the police.
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Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
September 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
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"We should not support the development of this kind of surveillance and this kind of technology with our tax dollars," said State Sen. Raj Mukherji.
Sen. Mukherji is right. Our tax dollars should fund our communities, not surveillance tech that leads to family separation. #PurgePalantir
Sen. Mukherji is right. Our tax dollars should fund our communities, not surveillance tech that leads to family separation. #PurgePalantir
Marchers in Newark call on state to divest from immigrant tracking company
ICE is paying tech billionaire Peter Thiel's Palantir surveillance and analytics firm $30M to develop ImmigrationOS software
www.nj.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"We should not support the development of this kind of surveillance and this kind of technology with our tax dollars," said State Sen. Raj Mukherji.
Sen. Mukherji is right. Our tax dollars should fund our communities, not surveillance tech that leads to family separation. #PurgePalantir
Sen. Mukherji is right. Our tax dollars should fund our communities, not surveillance tech that leads to family separation. #PurgePalantir
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Trump and the Republicans would rather shut down the government than provide healthcare to Americans. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trump and the Republicans would rather shut down the government than provide healthcare to Americans. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
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Jack Ciattarelli has shown that he will break the law to win. Sound familiar? NJ needs to get out and vote and stay blue! #NJ #voteblue
From the doxxing of @mikiesherrill.bsky.social by the 47 regime & the Ciattarelli campaign we learn 2 things:
1 Mikie has nothing to hide but her Social Security number.
2 Republicans feel no obligation to follow the law, or common decency, at any level.
#VoteNJ
www.insidernj.com/at-request-o...
1 Mikie has nothing to hide but her Social Security number.
2 Republicans feel no obligation to follow the law, or common decency, at any level.
#VoteNJ
www.insidernj.com/at-request-o...
At Request of Ciattarelli Operative, Trump Administration Illegally Releases Mikie Sherrill’s Unredacted Personal Military Records - Insider NJ
Mikie Sherrill for Governor released the following statement after the Trump administration illegally released Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) to Nicholas De Gregor...
www.insidernj.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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When Republicans are losing they resort to cheating and illegal tactics.
Vote every election
Vote for every office.
Vote
Check your registration TODAY!
Vote every election
Vote for every office.
Vote
Check your registration TODAY!
From the doxxing of @mikiesherrill.bsky.social by the 47 regime & the Ciattarelli campaign we learn 2 things:
1 Mikie has nothing to hide but her Social Security number.
2 Republicans feel no obligation to follow the law, or common decency, at any level.
#VoteNJ
www.insidernj.com/at-request-o...
1 Mikie has nothing to hide but her Social Security number.
2 Republicans feel no obligation to follow the law, or common decency, at any level.
#VoteNJ
www.insidernj.com/at-request-o...
At Request of Ciattarelli Operative, Trump Administration Illegally Releases Mikie Sherrill’s Unredacted Personal Military Records - Insider NJ
Mikie Sherrill for Governor released the following statement after the Trump administration illegally released Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) to Nicholas De Gregor...
www.insidernj.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When Republicans are losing they resort to cheating and illegal tactics.
Vote every election
Vote for every office.
Vote
Check your registration TODAY!
Vote every election
Vote for every office.
Vote
Check your registration TODAY!
This dangerous government overreach is what we can expect if Ciattarelli is the next governor of New Jersey. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Vote for Sherrill to keep your rights safe from government extremists.
This is an illegal and dangerous weaponization of the federal government.
That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump admin are breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served.
No veteran's record is safe.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump admin are breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served.
No veteran's record is safe.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race
The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."
www.cbsnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This dangerous government overreach is what we can expect if Ciattarelli is the next governor of New Jersey. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Vote for Sherrill to keep your rights safe from government extremists.
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It’s sick – the only thing the Trump administration is doing is raising costs and putting Americans' health at risk.
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s sick – the only thing the Trump administration is doing is raising costs and putting Americans' health at risk.
Trump’s economy is hurting your bank account and ability to provide for your family.
Donald Trump is failing to create American jobs.
In the last 8 months with Trump in office, the U.S. economy added less than 600,000 jobs – the LOWEST JOB CREATION in a year since the Great Recession in 2009.
That's according to the Wall Street Journal.
In the last 8 months with Trump in office, the U.S. economy added less than 600,000 jobs – the LOWEST JOB CREATION in a year since the Great Recession in 2009.
That's according to the Wall Street Journal.
September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trump’s economy is hurting your bank account and ability to provide for your family.
NJ, we can’t afford to stay home on Nov 4th! We must show up and vote for Mikie Sherril as our next governor to 1) guarantee access to life saving vaccines and 2) guarantee our insurance plans pay for life saving vaccines!
The top public health in MA, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, NJ & PA are planning to coordinate vaccine recommendations separately from RFK Jr & his CDC.
It’s vital New Jersey gets out to vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social on Nov 4 to ensure public safety comes before fealty to the 47 regime & MAHA quackery!
It’s vital New Jersey gets out to vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social on Nov 4 to ensure public safety comes before fealty to the 47 regime & MAHA quackery!
September 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NJ, we can’t afford to stay home on Nov 4th! We must show up and vote for Mikie Sherril as our next governor to 1) guarantee access to life saving vaccines and 2) guarantee our insurance plans pay for life saving vaccines!
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The harmful Republican megabill will give millionaires tax cuts averaging $80,000 per household and take health insurance from 4.7 million people by 2034, trading health coverage for millions for big tax breaks for the wealthy. More from @brendanvduke.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
Republican Megabill’s Tax Cuts for Millionaires Are Financed by Taking Health Insurance From 4.7 Million People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Recent data confirm a key choice at the heart of the harmful Republican megabill: tax cuts for the wealthy partially paid for by taking away health care coverage from millions of people. The tax cuts....
www.cbpp.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The harmful Republican megabill will give millionaires tax cuts averaging $80,000 per household and take health insurance from 4.7 million people by 2034, trading health coverage for millions for big tax breaks for the wealthy. More from @brendanvduke.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
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It’s not Alligator Alcatraz. The incarcerated folk there received a trial, however classist and racist the decision may have been. Call it Alligator Auschwitz because it’s accurate. No one has been tried. No one is guilty. And only 28% of those disappeared by ICE even have a so-called criminal past.
August 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It’s not Alligator Alcatraz. The incarcerated folk there received a trial, however classist and racist the decision may have been. Call it Alligator Auschwitz because it’s accurate. No one has been tried. No one is guilty. And only 28% of those disappeared by ICE even have a so-called criminal past.
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Non-US publications very clear on what's happening
‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth
‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth
Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Non-US publications very clear on what's happening
Thank you AG Platkin for standing up for survivors of unspeakable violence.
Every day, I fight to keep New Jerseyans safe.
So it shocked me to learn that the Trump Admin is playing politics on services for victims of crime – survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, & gun violence.
It’s unconscionable. And it’s illegal. We are suing to stop it.
So it shocked me to learn that the Trump Admin is playing politics on services for victims of crime – survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, & gun violence.
It’s unconscionable. And it’s illegal. We are suing to stop it.
August 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank you AG Platkin for standing up for survivors of unspeakable violence.
Putin is having a great year after more than a decade of manipulating Trump.
August 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Putin is having a great year after more than a decade of manipulating Trump.
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For @talkingpointsmemo.com, I wrote about how powerful states are, how progressives have been generationally reluctant to embrace that power, and how we can and must wring our state power dry right now to fight back and fight forward.
This is a break-the-glass moment. So let’s talk about all the glass available, not just congressional maps.
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Blue State Dems Are Having an Overdue Reckoning With Their Own Power
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For @talkingpointsmemo.com, I wrote about how powerful states are, how progressives have been generationally reluctant to embrace that power, and how we can and must wring our state power dry right now to fight back and fight forward.