Adrianne Shropshire
@adrianneshrop.bsky.social
Executive Director of @voteblackpac. Political strategist, descendant of heroes, over the bullshit.
Pope Leo is gonna have to make an appearance in his home state. The statement from the bishops is insufficient I fear.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pope Leo is gonna have to make an appearance in his home state. The statement from the bishops is insufficient I fear.
When the base of your party are being targeted specifically because of their identity - Black, Latino, immigrant, women, gay, trans - telling the party to ignore them is a strategy for the end of your party. But go off I guess. Meanwhile, the white reunification strategy is a bipartisan effort.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When the base of your party are being targeted specifically because of their identity - Black, Latino, immigrant, women, gay, trans - telling the party to ignore them is a strategy for the end of your party. But go off I guess. Meanwhile, the white reunification strategy is a bipartisan effort.
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As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — who...
www.cbpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
This! Throwing every Senate Dem up for reelection next year under the bus.
The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This! Throwing every Senate Dem up for reelection next year under the bus.
“If you’re attempting to feed hungry people, STOP immediately!” -the US federal government to states
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“If you’re attempting to feed hungry people, STOP immediately!” -the US federal government to states
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Win by more. Lose by less. It sounds simple but it’s a recipe for success executed by both Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill this week. Pollster Cornell Belcher says affordability was key, but “It's not just the cost of things. It's the nature of things in America.” #Velshi
Lessons from Tuesday’s elections: Win by more, lose by less
Ali Velshi is back at the Big Board to break down county results in Virginia and New Jersey which show how the map shifted blue from Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. While both Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill championed affordability, pollster Cornell Belcher says, “It's not just the cost of things. It's the nature of things in America.” He said Trump’s firing of federal workers, many of whom live in Virginia and his immigration crackdown in New Jersey, where one in four is foreign born, both contributed to GOP losses.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Win by more. Lose by less. It sounds simple but it’s a recipe for success executed by both Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill this week. Pollster Cornell Belcher says affordability was key, but “It's not just the cost of things. It's the nature of things in America.” #Velshi
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there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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So much big news in local elections.
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
So much big news in local elections.
And when CA finally finishes counting its ballots 6 weeks from now, 11 out of 10. 🎉
I mean this is so far pretty close to a 10 out of 10 night for Democrats. Winning everywhere! Statewide in PA and GA, huge margin in VA gov race. Sherrill tracking double digits as well! Mamdani above 50% in a the highest turnout in NYC since 1969. Big pick ups in VA House of Delegates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
And when CA finally finishes counting its ballots 6 weeks from now, 11 out of 10. 🎉
They are about to redistrict that map like nobody’s business and we love to see it
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They are about to redistrict that map like nobody’s business and we love to see it
Oop! When tweets become reality.
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Oop! When tweets become reality.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Thanks to @taniel.bsky.social and the team @boltsmag.org for broadening the focus of the map beyond a few high profile races. Invaluable work.
Pennsylvania is a state that has really diverse & high stakes, up and down the ballot tomorrow.
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thanks to @taniel.bsky.social and the team @boltsmag.org for broadening the focus of the map beyond a few high profile races. Invaluable work.
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making a last minute push for the boomer vote
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
making a last minute push for the boomer vote
Isn’t the Trump administrations persecuting Christians at Home Depot’s, construction sites, and in the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, etc right now?
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Isn’t the Trump administrations persecuting Christians at Home Depot’s, construction sites, and in the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, etc right now?
YOU could also end this TODAY. But you’d rather play political games than feed children and senior citizens. Very Christ-like behavior.
BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
YOU could also end this TODAY. But you’d rather play political games than feed children and senior citizens. Very Christ-like behavior.
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Will opposing fascism make you a target of Trump's new "Antifa" executive order? Does learning history violate CRT laws, or does your skin color already fit the description of a "diversity hire?"
Take the quiz and find out!
Take the quiz and find out!
Quiz: Are You an Antifa or a Radical Leftist?
Take this quiz to find out which category of non-MAGA you belong in.
dlvr.it
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Will opposing fascism make you a target of Trump's new "Antifa" executive order? Does learning history violate CRT laws, or does your skin color already fit the description of a "diversity hire?"
Take the quiz and find out!
Take the quiz and find out!
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2. In Georgia, there's exceptionally statewide races on an off-year. (Some places have local elections & others not.)
425K votes so far.
—10 biggest blue counties account for 50.2% of votes cast. (Up from yesterday.)
—Black voters account for 32.3%.
(Last year at this time, it was 45% & 25.1%)
425K votes so far.
—10 biggest blue counties account for 50.2% of votes cast. (Up from yesterday.)
—Black voters account for 32.3%.
(Last year at this time, it was 45% & 25.1%)
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
2. In Georgia, there's exceptionally statewide races on an off-year. (Some places have local elections & others not.)
425K votes so far.
—10 biggest blue counties account for 50.2% of votes cast. (Up from yesterday.)
—Black voters account for 32.3%.
(Last year at this time, it was 45% & 25.1%)
425K votes so far.
—10 biggest blue counties account for 50.2% of votes cast. (Up from yesterday.)
—Black voters account for 32.3%.
(Last year at this time, it was 45% & 25.1%)
“The report urges party members to abandon some of the progressive language about race, abortion, and LGBTQ issues” it’s not the language they want to abandon, it’s the people - Black people, gay people, and women. I say roll the dice. Also LOL promoting the report at events “in DC and New York.”
Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns
The center-left group Welcome relied on polling of hundreds of thousands of voters over six months for its findings, shared first with Semafor.
www.semafor.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“The report urges party members to abandon some of the progressive language about race, abortion, and LGBTQ issues” it’s not the language they want to abandon, it’s the people - Black people, gay people, and women. I say roll the dice. Also LOL promoting the report at events “in DC and New York.”
“The Democratic Party has a problem. The party’s leaders think they have a problem with Trump voters. Some polling says white men without college degrees don’t like them, don’t trust them and won’t vote for them, so they think the only logical way forward is to pander.”
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“The Democratic Party has a problem. The party’s leaders think they have a problem with Trump voters. Some polling says white men without college degrees don’t like them, don’t trust them and won’t vote for them, so they think the only logical way forward is to pander.”
🎯
Turns out, the Republicans lying to you about SNAP are the same ones who could release emergency reserve funds set aside for this very purpose!
They're treating 42 million Americans like political pawns.
They're treating 42 million Americans like political pawns.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🎯
THIS is the heart of the problem. I would offer that historically, and today, there is little to no interest in seriously engaging voters outside of presidential election cycles. Dump a bunch of money in the on year and then radio silence. In this vacuum, voters are bombarded with propaganda.
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
THIS is the heart of the problem. I would offer that historically, and today, there is little to no interest in seriously engaging voters outside of presidential election cycles. Dump a bunch of money in the on year and then radio silence. In this vacuum, voters are bombarded with propaganda.
Embarrassing
The far-right, pro-Trump members of the Pentagon press corps — announced after the actual news media refused to sign a new restrictive press policy:
Lindell TV
Gateway Pundit
OAN
The Federalist
Epoch Times
Human Events
Real America's Voice
Tim Pool
National Pulse
Lindell TV
Gateway Pundit
OAN
The Federalist
Epoch Times
Human Events
Real America's Voice
Tim Pool
National Pulse
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Embarrassing