Sean Meloy
@seanmeloy.bsky.social
Chair of DNC LGBTQ Caucus
DNC Member from PA (First 🏳️🌈)
Chair PA Dems LGBTQ Caucus
Political strategist and proud progressive.
Ran for Congress in 2022.
DNC Member from PA (First 🏳️🌈)
Chair PA Dems LGBTQ Caucus
Political strategist and proud progressive.
Ran for Congress in 2022.
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Why wait until the polls close to start that most beautiful pageantry of Democratic politics, the ritualistic Blaming of the Left
Y’all talked too much about the TN-7 race, turned it high salience, juiced turnout, and wrecked Dems’ chances of sneaking in a win.
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why wait until the polls close to start that most beautiful pageantry of Democratic politics, the ritualistic Blaming of the Left
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Trump and his administration won’t stand with people living with HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day, but Democrats will.
Today, we remember all those we’ve lost, and recommit ourselves to the fight of eliminating HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Today, we remember all those we’ve lost, and recommit ourselves to the fight of eliminating HIV/AIDS worldwide.
The Trump administration will not commemorate World AIDS Day this year.
2025 will be the first year since 1988 that the U.S. has not formally recognized this day.
2025 will be the first year since 1988 that the U.S. has not formally recognized this day.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump and his administration won’t stand with people living with HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day, but Democrats will.
Today, we remember all those we’ve lost, and recommit ourselves to the fight of eliminating HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Today, we remember all those we’ve lost, and recommit ourselves to the fight of eliminating HIV/AIDS worldwide.
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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!
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
The importance of Senate Primary election outcomes impact caucus and “deals” like what the 8 just did.
Key primaries are happening in IL, MN, ME, NH, TX, MS, Alaska and more. See what they are saying now and ask what they would have done.
We need those who are going to meet the moment to win.
Key primaries are happening in IL, MN, ME, NH, TX, MS, Alaska and more. See what they are saying now and ask what they would have done.
We need those who are going to meet the moment to win.
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The importance of Senate Primary election outcomes impact caucus and “deals” like what the 8 just did.
Key primaries are happening in IL, MN, ME, NH, TX, MS, Alaska and more. See what they are saying now and ask what they would have done.
We need those who are going to meet the moment to win.
Key primaries are happening in IL, MN, ME, NH, TX, MS, Alaska and more. See what they are saying now and ask what they would have done.
We need those who are going to meet the moment to win.
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One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
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I said this in the summer and it’s still true.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said this in the summer and it’s still true.
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"The results wreck the argument from some prominent centrist commentators that Demts should react to 2024 by accepting that they lost the culture and need to compromise on core values to win again."
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social on the overreading of 2024:
www.arcdigital.media/p/democrats-...
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social on the overreading of 2024:
www.arcdigital.media/p/democrats-...
Democrats Sweep 2025 Elections, 2024 Narratives Crumble
In state and local elections, American voters repudiated Donald Trump's presidency, and disproved claims of a lasting right-wing cultural shift
www.arcdigital.media
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"The results wreck the argument from some prominent centrist commentators that Demts should react to 2024 by accepting that they lost the culture and need to compromise on core values to win again."
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social on the overreading of 2024:
www.arcdigital.media/p/democrats-...
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social on the overreading of 2024:
www.arcdigital.media/p/democrats-...
"Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make"
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make"
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
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*US DISMISSES BOEING CRIMINAL CHARGE OVER 737 MAX JET CRASHES
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
*US DISMISSES BOEING CRIMINAL CHARGE OVER 737 MAX JET CRASHES
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Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
JD Vance having his "Bidenomics" moment.
Also, [former] twink "Scot" was literally funded to engage those voters - and they failed BIGLY.
Also, [former] twink "Scot" was literally funded to engage those voters - and they failed BIGLY.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
JD Vance having his "Bidenomics" moment.
Also, [former] twink "Scot" was literally funded to engage those voters - and they failed BIGLY.
Also, [former] twink "Scot" was literally funded to engage those voters - and they failed BIGLY.
This is how the GOP is treating CITIZENS.
And the GOP will wonder why they were repudiated ACROSS THE COUNTRY last night - including SUPER MAJORITY wins in VA House and 60%+ ERIE and Northampton County Execs and PA Supreme Court retention....
And the GOP will wonder why they were repudiated ACROSS THE COUNTRY last night - including SUPER MAJORITY wins in VA House and 60%+ ERIE and Northampton County Execs and PA Supreme Court retention....
We experience these events through our media bubbles. So please take a little time to look at the details.
For example: here is how DHS described one incident in Chicago. Now watch the video, which tells a different story.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
bsky.app/profile/news...
For example: here is how DHS described one incident in Chicago. Now watch the video, which tells a different story.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
bsky.app/profile/news...
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is how the GOP is treating CITIZENS.
And the GOP will wonder why they were repudiated ACROSS THE COUNTRY last night - including SUPER MAJORITY wins in VA House and 60%+ ERIE and Northampton County Execs and PA Supreme Court retention....
And the GOP will wonder why they were repudiated ACROSS THE COUNTRY last night - including SUPER MAJORITY wins in VA House and 60%+ ERIE and Northampton County Execs and PA Supreme Court retention....
Yes to all of this!
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Yes to all of this!
I am really glad @sethmoulton.bsky.social has grown on his understanding and advocacy for trans people - but at a time when judgement and instincts are a key component of what we need in Washington, @edmarkey.bsky.social is still the guy: www.notus.org/campaigns/se...
Seth Moulton Challenged Democrats Over Trans Rights After The 2024 Election. Not Anymore.
In response to a list of questions from NOTUS, Moulton committed to “support and lead legislation like the Transgender Bill of Rights” if he is elected as Massachusetts’ senator.
www.notus.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I am really glad @sethmoulton.bsky.social has grown on his understanding and advocacy for trans people - but at a time when judgement and instincts are a key component of what we need in Washington, @edmarkey.bsky.social is still the guy: www.notus.org/campaigns/se...
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See if you can spot the circular argument here: "It's obvious why Dems lost in 2024, therefore I can promote a report concluding the same thing without subjecting it to any critical scrutiny, and that report also happens to confirm that I'm right"
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Great seeing @kenmartin.bsky.social last week helping get out the vote in PA! Let’s win this!
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Great seeing @kenmartin.bsky.social last week helping get out the vote in PA! Let’s win this!
If health systems like @upmc.com hadn't proactively capitulated to a nonsense executive order, the regime wouldn't have felt empowered to do this.
Now they will look to do this for anything in the future - abortion, contraception, IVF, erectile meds - for anyone in the future.
Now they will look to do this for anything in the future - abortion, contraception, IVF, erectile meds - for anyone in the future.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If health systems like @upmc.com hadn't proactively capitulated to a nonsense executive order, the regime wouldn't have felt empowered to do this.
Now they will look to do this for anything in the future - abortion, contraception, IVF, erectile meds - for anyone in the future.
Now they will look to do this for anything in the future - abortion, contraception, IVF, erectile meds - for anyone in the future.
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Only a few days until Election Day! If you have a mail in or absentee ballot, make sure you sign, date, and return your ballot by 8 PM on November 4th to have your vote counted and your voice heard.
Go to vote.pa.gov/mailballot for ballot return locations.
Go to vote.pa.gov/mailballot for ballot return locations.
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Only a few days until Election Day! If you have a mail in or absentee ballot, make sure you sign, date, and return your ballot by 8 PM on November 4th to have your vote counted and your voice heard.
Go to vote.pa.gov/mailballot for ballot return locations.
Go to vote.pa.gov/mailballot for ballot return locations.
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GREAT THREAD
I’m a trial lawyer. I don’t do electoral politics, but have spent a LOT of time and energy learning how people take in info and make decisions.
IMO the Dem Party’s theory of voter persuasion is WILDLY wrongheaded.
This guy, whose work I guess I now need to check out, gets it.
I’m a trial lawyer. I don’t do electoral politics, but have spent a LOT of time and energy learning how people take in info and make decisions.
IMO the Dem Party’s theory of voter persuasion is WILDLY wrongheaded.
This guy, whose work I guess I now need to check out, gets it.
Going to take a swing, again, at what I think is the one biggest thing the establishment DC Searchlight Abundance mod blogger Argument blob (aka everyone with money and audience, sigh) is getting wrong:
Their model of how voters' brains work is not how voters brains actually work. 🧵
Their model of how voters' brains work is not how voters brains actually work. 🧵
The "partisans" (so many questions) are not wrong, moving to the center is not the Way to Win, and hello @nytimes.com Ed Board. Apparently we are at the phase of responding to an argument without responding to the actual argument. Our first time being subeditorialized! Fun.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
GREAT THREAD
I’m a trial lawyer. I don’t do electoral politics, but have spent a LOT of time and energy learning how people take in info and make decisions.
IMO the Dem Party’s theory of voter persuasion is WILDLY wrongheaded.
This guy, whose work I guess I now need to check out, gets it.
I’m a trial lawyer. I don’t do electoral politics, but have spent a LOT of time and energy learning how people take in info and make decisions.
IMO the Dem Party’s theory of voter persuasion is WILDLY wrongheaded.
This guy, whose work I guess I now need to check out, gets it.
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surely just a coincidence.
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
surely just a coincidence.