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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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⬆️⬆️⬆️ THIS! ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Dems need to run in every election in every state. No more “uncontested” elections!! Even in safely Republican districts, Dems MUST be on the ballot to give people alternatives! If they have someone to vote for, they will go to the polls, which increases up-ballot votes!
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
⬆️⬆️⬆️ THIS! ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Dems need to run in every election in every state. No more “uncontested” elections!! Even in safely Republican districts, Dems MUST be on the ballot to give people alternatives! If they have someone to vote for, they will go to the polls, which increases up-ballot votes!
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Needless to say, the GOP got lucky the Virginia state Senate was not on the ballot this week. That chamber remains in Democratic hands for the next two years, but it's by a narrower 21-19. (There'll be a special election to replace Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected LG, but it's a safely blue seat.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Needless to say, the GOP got lucky the Virginia state Senate was not on the ballot this week. That chamber remains in Democratic hands for the next two years, but it's by a narrower 21-19. (There'll be a special election to replace Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected LG, but it's a safely blue seat.)
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Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
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The utter hypocrisy of him talking about feeding the hungry when he has cleared homeless encampments may and should destroy him. But I fear what you do -- he is slick and can talk well.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The utter hypocrisy of him talking about feeding the hungry when he has cleared homeless encampments may and should destroy him. But I fear what you do -- he is slick and can talk well.
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In case you’re wondering how bad things are, we are getting calls from food pantries on military bases asking if we have any food we can share because they’re hungry.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In case you’re wondering how bad things are, we are getting calls from food pantries on military bases asking if we have any food we can share because they’re hungry.
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Yesterday, Block Club reported that the feds have said no more prayer outside the facility which is of course not something they can demand or enforce.
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yesterday, Block Club reported that the feds have said no more prayer outside the facility which is of course not something they can demand or enforce.
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
Reposted by Cathy Baird
The fact the Republican Party led by Donald Trump, has fought so relentlessly to deny people food should end forever the identification of them as “the party of Christian principles”.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The fact the Republican Party led by Donald Trump, has fought so relentlessly to deny people food should end forever the identification of them as “the party of Christian principles”.
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The way the "free speech zones" at Broadview were put up, have been policed, and continually keep shrinking is a microcosm of what's happening to free speech in America as a country.
the current scene.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The way the "free speech zones" at Broadview were put up, have been policed, and continually keep shrinking is a microcosm of what's happening to free speech in America as a country.
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BREAKING: Lindsey Dougherty just FLIPPED Virginia’s HD-75!
As a senior research administrator at VCU, Lindsey has seen firsthand how the GOP’s extremist DOGE cuts have decimated critical research initiatives and jobs in her community. She’ll be a powerful voice in Richmond!
As a senior research administrator at VCU, Lindsey has seen firsthand how the GOP’s extremist DOGE cuts have decimated critical research initiatives and jobs in her community. She’ll be a powerful voice in Richmond!
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
BREAKING: Lindsey Dougherty just FLIPPED Virginia’s HD-75!
As a senior research administrator at VCU, Lindsey has seen firsthand how the GOP’s extremist DOGE cuts have decimated critical research initiatives and jobs in her community. She’ll be a powerful voice in Richmond!
As a senior research administrator at VCU, Lindsey has seen firsthand how the GOP’s extremist DOGE cuts have decimated critical research initiatives and jobs in her community. She’ll be a powerful voice in Richmond!
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Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.
It's resegregation in real time.
It's resegregation in real time.
today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.
It's resegregation in real time.
It's resegregation in real time.
Reposted by Cathy Baird
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
Reposted by Cathy Baird
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
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"That’s the story I believe in…an America where we don’t fear each other but look out for each other…all of us are being tested right now.” We all have to fight for a country that protects free speech…"get out there and vote for it.” - @BarackObama bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"That’s the story I believe in…an America where we don’t fear each other but look out for each other…all of us are being tested right now.” We all have to fight for a country that protects free speech…"get out there and vote for it.” - @BarackObama bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...
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"This final day of early voting is only 8% less than the final day total of last year’s high-turnout Presidential election" - @pwcvotes.bsky.social (note: Prince William County is large AND deep-blue) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/new-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"This final day of early voting is only 8% less than the final day total of last year’s high-turnout Presidential election" - @pwcvotes.bsky.social (note: Prince William County is large AND deep-blue) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/new-...
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Outside Chicago—
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Outside Chicago—
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.
A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.
Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.
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J.D. Vance says you shouldn't be allowed to live next door to him; Zohran says he wants to talk to you.
This could be the Democrats' message, if they wanted.
This could be the Democrats' message, if they wanted.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
J.D. Vance says you shouldn't be allowed to live next door to him; Zohran says he wants to talk to you.
This could be the Democrats' message, if they wanted.
This could be the Democrats' message, if they wanted.
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Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
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I put off doing the inevitable…I called my insurance provider.
My current premium is $480. It will be almost $900 next year.
Thanks, Trump voters.
My current premium is $480. It will be almost $900 next year.
Thanks, Trump voters.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I put off doing the inevitable…I called my insurance provider.
My current premium is $480. It will be almost $900 next year.
Thanks, Trump voters.
My current premium is $480. It will be almost $900 next year.
Thanks, Trump voters.
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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Video: Sen. @MarkWarner says he "hope[s] we have the largest turnout in an off-year election in Virginia history" and "a strong Abigail Spanberger victory" - "a big win" - to "send a strong message that this is not the kind of America we want to live in." bluevirginia.us/2025/10/vide...
Video: On Redistricting Special Session, Sen. Mark Warner Says “I completely understand the Democrats in Richmond saying we just can’t watch as as states all around us, like North Carolina, take actio...
See below for video and a few highlights from Sen. Mark Warner's weekly press availability, held earlier today (bolding added by me for emphasis of key points). "If this feels like Groundhog Day to yo...
bluevirginia.us
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Video: Sen. @MarkWarner says he "hope[s] we have the largest turnout in an off-year election in Virginia history" and "a strong Abigail Spanberger victory" - "a big win" - to "send a strong message that this is not the kind of America we want to live in." bluevirginia.us/2025/10/vide...
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Just one more week to reach voters in critical races in VA! The data proves it: phone banking is THE BEST volunteering option for remote voter contact. We identify supporters and let them know why their vote matters, speak with undecided voters, and recruit local volunteers.
Sister District South Bay Phonebank! · Sister District South Bay
**Join Sister District South Bay on Saturdays 11am - 1pm PT for a hybrid phonebank!** You can call in person in Mountain View or call from your home on Zoom. We're making dials to help our VA House of...
sisterdistrict.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just one more week to reach voters in critical races in VA! The data proves it: phone banking is THE BEST volunteering option for remote voter contact. We identify supporters and let them know why their vote matters, speak with undecided voters, and recruit local volunteers.