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Andrew C. White
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Democratic Committee Chair, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, NY

Former Stephentown Democratic Committee Chair
Former Rensselaer County Democratic Committee Vice Chair
Retired Mainframe Operating Systems Engineer
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
How about charges against the people doing the shooting?
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Recounting all the ballots for all the races is a huge task and the problem is almost certainly limited to just the ballot propositions in the few towns that had them... but it is the right thing to do.

Thank you Rensselaer County Board of Elections.

www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Rensselaer County recounts all contests, propositions after discovering formatting errors
Ovals juxtaposed over text may have also caused incorrect tabulations for propositions, according to the Board of Elections.
www.timesunion.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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🧵 Keep 'em coming
In the past year, 75,000 people have signed up to run for local or state office through Run for Something, a grassroots political group that recruits young progressives.

For context: 67,000 people signed up with the group in Trump’s first term ― over the *entirety* of those four years.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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We must immediately release the full Epstein files to see how far this pedophile network reaches.

newrepublic.com/post/203137/...
Epstein Emailed Trump’s Now Ambassador Asking for Photos of Child
Newly released private emails show how closely tied Jeffrey Epstein was to Trump’s circle of advisers.
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Oh no not bill clinton and lawrence summers anyone but those, mr president
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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One should never negotiate with terrorists.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The cave caucus.

They want to cave for promise of a "future vote" on something something something.

In short... nothing.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Who are the Democrats voting for the government shutdown deal? | CNN Politics
A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the c...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Now we know the worst job in America. Thank you for your service.
Mike Johnson won't want you to see this.
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council.

@pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...
As Minneapolis Votes, Some Struggle to Keep Police Violence in the Spotlight - Bolts
Five years after George Floyd, the mayor and his allies on city council claim credit for vast improvements, but critics keep pressing the case for more discipline and police alternatives.
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We won't know the final totals for about a week but preliminary election results for Brunswick (Rensselaer County, NY) Town Council are in.

Gordan Christian(R) - 2275
Mark Balistreri(R) - 2190
Tom McGrath(D) - 1802
Kim Jensen(D) - 1793

Congratulations to Gordan and Mark.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Both Democratic Governor's winning big at 56.5% of the vote.

Zohran now over 50%.

All three Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices winning big (60+%).

First Muslim woman to win a statewide office cruising to victory in Virginia Lt Gov race.

Virginia dems sweeping by also winning Attorney General.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Spanberger is projected to win alongside her running mate Ghazala Hashmi, who will be the first Muslim woman to win a statewide race in U.S. history. www.notus.org/virginia/abi...
Democrat Abigail Spanberger Wins Virginia Governor’s Election
She defeated her opponent, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by what was expected to be a wide margin.
www.notus.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM