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@localprogress.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Hey everyone! We're Local Progress, a national network of local elected officials united in the fight for racial and economic justice.
It's wonderful to see so many familiar faces here from Twitter 😁.
If you don't know who we are, here's a little primer! 🧵👇
It's wonderful to see so many familiar faces here from Twitter 😁.
If you don't know who we are, here's a little primer! 🧵👇
"While the Trump admin glamorizes wealth and hosts Gatsby-style galas, ordinary Americans, the ones who keep the lights on and make this country run, are struggling to afford groceries." - @davidstout.bsky.social
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/11/07/opinion-trump-shutdown-food-aid-el-paso-response/
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/11/07/opinion-trump-shutdown-food-aid-el-paso-response/
Opinion: Trump’s shutdown starves working families while the wealthy toast themselves
The contrast between Washington’s excess and working Americans’ hardship underscores a deep moral and economic divide, a county commissioner writes.
elpasomatters.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"While the Trump admin glamorizes wealth and hosts Gatsby-style galas, ordinary Americans, the ones who keep the lights on and make this country run, are struggling to afford groceries." - @davidstout.bsky.social
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/11/07/opinion-trump-shutdown-food-aid-el-paso-response/
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/11/07/opinion-trump-shutdown-food-aid-el-paso-response/
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Seeing @bradlander.bsky.social emphasize this at the @localprogress.bsky.social convening this summer helped give me the inspiration I needed to stay in the fight.
There’s so much to fight for and so much joy in doing it together.
There’s so much to fight for and so much joy in doing it together.
Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Seeing @bradlander.bsky.social emphasize this at the @localprogress.bsky.social convening this summer helped give me the inspiration I needed to stay in the fight.
There’s so much to fight for and so much joy in doing it together.
There’s so much to fight for and so much joy in doing it together.
Bold, progressive voices across the country resoundingly won last night.
In addition to reelections, we're excited to celebrate the Local Progress members who ran for and were elected to a different local office this year! 🥳✨🧵
In addition to reelections, we're excited to celebrate the Local Progress members who ran for and were elected to a different local office this year! 🥳✨🧵
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Bold, progressive voices across the country resoundingly won last night.
In addition to reelections, we're excited to celebrate the Local Progress members who ran for and were elected to a different local office this year! 🥳✨🧵
In addition to reelections, we're excited to celebrate the Local Progress members who ran for and were elected to a different local office this year! 🥳✨🧵
Four years ago, Jaime Kinder made history as the first Black woman to become mayor of Meadville.
She has championed a climate action plan, free municipal ambulances, and stronger tenant protections. Huge congratulations on her re-election! 🥳
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
She has championed a climate action plan, free municipal ambulances, and stronger tenant protections. Huge congratulations on her re-election! 🥳
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Democrats poised for sweep in Meadville
Six years after the first Vote for Meadville campaign succeeded in defeating two Republican incumbents and placing two political newcomers on Meadville City Council, the seemingly unstoppable team saw...
www.yahoo.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Four years ago, Jaime Kinder made history as the first Black woman to become mayor of Meadville.
She has championed a climate action plan, free municipal ambulances, and stronger tenant protections. Huge congratulations on her re-election! 🥳
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
She has championed a climate action plan, free municipal ambulances, and stronger tenant protections. Huge congratulations on her re-election! 🥳
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
As yesterday's election results roll in, it's clear that a racial and economic justice agenda that fights for communities won last night.
Follow along with us as we celebrate our amazing members on their re-elections 🎉🧵👇
Follow along with us as we celebrate our amazing members on their re-elections 🎉🧵👇
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As yesterday's election results roll in, it's clear that a racial and economic justice agenda that fights for communities won last night.
Follow along with us as we celebrate our amazing members on their re-elections 🎉🧵👇
Follow along with us as we celebrate our amazing members on their re-elections 🎉🧵👇
Sending so much love & excitement to Gabriela Santiago-Romero as she celebrates her re-election to Detroit City Council!
Gaby leads with courage -- fighting for immigrant communities, protecting affordable housing, standing with workers, & so much more. The future is bright with Gaby ❤️
Gaby leads with courage -- fighting for immigrant communities, protecting affordable housing, standing with workers, & so much more. The future is bright with Gaby ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Sending so much love & excitement to Gabriela Santiago-Romero as she celebrates her re-election to Detroit City Council!
Gaby leads with courage -- fighting for immigrant communities, protecting affordable housing, standing with workers, & so much more. The future is bright with Gaby ❤️
Gaby leads with courage -- fighting for immigrant communities, protecting affordable housing, standing with workers, & so much more. The future is bright with Gaby ❤️
Minneapolis will continue to have a champion in local government because @elliottpayne.org has won reelection!
From expanding alternatives to policing & championing workers rights to unapologetically fighting authoritarianism in this moment, Elliott is the leader MLPS needs.
From expanding alternatives to policing & championing workers rights to unapologetically fighting authoritarianism in this moment, Elliott is the leader MLPS needs.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Minneapolis will continue to have a champion in local government because @elliottpayne.org has won reelection!
From expanding alternatives to policing & championing workers rights to unapologetically fighting authoritarianism in this moment, Elliott is the leader MLPS needs.
From expanding alternatives to policing & championing workers rights to unapologetically fighting authoritarianism in this moment, Elliott is the leader MLPS needs.
Tonight, @dorceyformayor.bsky.social made history. As a proud LP member, she becomes the first black woman EVER elected Mayor in Albany.
Just as her election marks a historic milestone, we know her administration will usher in historic change for Albany.
www.news10.com/news/your-lo...
Just as her election marks a historic milestone, we know her administration will usher in historic change for Albany.
www.news10.com/news/your-lo...
www.news10.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Tonight, @dorceyformayor.bsky.social made history. As a proud LP member, she becomes the first black woman EVER elected Mayor in Albany.
Just as her election marks a historic milestone, we know her administration will usher in historic change for Albany.
www.news10.com/news/your-lo...
Just as her election marks a historic milestone, we know her administration will usher in historic change for Albany.
www.news10.com/news/your-lo...
Being a progressive voice in a conservative state takes bravery. But when YT Bell’s community needed a voice, she stepped up.
LP is thrilled to congratulate YT Bell on her reelection victory and another term as a Clarkston Council Member.
LP is thrilled to congratulate YT Bell on her reelection victory and another term as a Clarkston Council Member.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Being a progressive voice in a conservative state takes bravery. But when YT Bell’s community needed a voice, she stepped up.
LP is thrilled to congratulate YT Bell on her reelection victory and another term as a Clarkston Council Member.
LP is thrilled to congratulate YT Bell on her reelection victory and another term as a Clarkston Council Member.
Congratulations to LP Black Caucus member, Mary Sheffield for making history in becoming the first woman and the first Black woman mayor of Detroit! www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield made history, becoming the city's first woman mayor in an election she led from start to finish.
www.freep.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Congratulations to LP Black Caucus member, Mary Sheffield for making history in becoming the first woman and the first Black woman mayor of Detroit! www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Corrupt politicians and shady business leaders wanted Larry Krasner out of office, but voters in Philly can't be bought with cheap lies.
With a resounding victory, Larry Krasner will have another four years to fight for the people of Philadelphia.
With a resounding victory, Larry Krasner will have another four years to fight for the people of Philadelphia.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Corrupt politicians and shady business leaders wanted Larry Krasner out of office, but voters in Philly can't be bought with cheap lies.
With a resounding victory, Larry Krasner will have another four years to fight for the people of Philadelphia.
With a resounding victory, Larry Krasner will have another four years to fight for the people of Philadelphia.
Turning criminal justice reform from campaign slogans into actual policies isn't easy, but Stephanie Morales has done it again.
The entire LP family sends her a major CONGRATULATIONS on her well earned reelection victory 🎉
The entire LP family sends her a major CONGRATULATIONS on her well earned reelection victory 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Turning criminal justice reform from campaign slogans into actual policies isn't easy, but Stephanie Morales has done it again.
The entire LP family sends her a major CONGRATULATIONS on her well earned reelection victory 🎉
The entire LP family sends her a major CONGRATULATIONS on her well earned reelection victory 🎉
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Leadership in this moment requires being on the ground and listening to the residents who are demanding we do more to protect communities.
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
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Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
D.C. residents air grievances about federal surge in Council hearing
Dozens of people testified before the D.C. Council about how the surge in federal law enforcement has altered their communities.
wapo.st
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Leadership in this moment requires being on the ground and listening to the residents who are demanding we do more to protect communities.
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
Thank you to those who came out to testify and lift up the stories of those who could not be there for fear of being targeted.
wapo.st/4hJziIr
Amid terror inflicted by the Trump Administration, the resistance and solidarity we're seeing in cities like Chicago right now is truly unmatched.
https://borderlessmag.org/2025/10/24/when-ice-came-to-little-village-residents-stood-up-we-are-in-solidarity/
https://borderlessmag.org/2025/10/24/when-ice-came-to-little-village-residents-stood-up-we-are-in-solidarity/
When ICE Came to Little Village, Residents Stood Up: ‘We Are in Solidarity’ – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP
When ICE Came to Little Village, Residents Stood Up: ‘We Are in Solidarity’ – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP
borderlessmag.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amid terror inflicted by the Trump Administration, the resistance and solidarity we're seeing in cities like Chicago right now is truly unmatched.
https://borderlessmag.org/2025/10/24/when-ice-came-to-little-village-residents-stood-up-we-are-in-solidarity/
https://borderlessmag.org/2025/10/24/when-ice-came-to-little-village-residents-stood-up-we-are-in-solidarity/
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I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.
"Flock Safety, for example, has allowed ICE to access over 80,000 of its AI-powered license plate reader cameras installed nationwide."
Every locality needs to reject Flock to protect their community.
https://reason.com/2025/10/23/ice-is-mounting-a-mass-surveillance-campaign-on-american-citizens/
Every locality needs to reject Flock to protect their community.
https://reason.com/2025/10/23/ice-is-mounting-a-mass-surveillance-campaign-on-american-citizens/
ICE is mounting a mass surveillance campaign on American citizens
Without strict oversight, the agency’s new technology threatens Americans’ free speech and privacy.
reason.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Flock Safety, for example, has allowed ICE to access over 80,000 of its AI-powered license plate reader cameras installed nationwide."
Every locality needs to reject Flock to protect their community.
https://reason.com/2025/10/23/ice-is-mounting-a-mass-surveillance-campaign-on-american-citizens/
Every locality needs to reject Flock to protect their community.
https://reason.com/2025/10/23/ice-is-mounting-a-mass-surveillance-campaign-on-american-citizens/
Texas claims this school takeover is about improving test scores, but Fort Worth knows this is about overruling local control. Our LPTX members are firmly opposed to this gross overreach of state power and demand local communities be given local control.
www.fox4news.com/news/tea-tak...
www.fox4news.com/news/tea-tak...
Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is officially taking over the Fort Worth ISD school district, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath told FOX 4 on Thursday.
www.fox4news.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Texas claims this school takeover is about improving test scores, but Fort Worth knows this is about overruling local control. Our LPTX members are firmly opposed to this gross overreach of state power and demand local communities be given local control.
www.fox4news.com/news/tea-tak...
www.fox4news.com/news/tea-tak...
Rent stabilization is supposed to be easy to opt-in to. But as our members like @michelehirsch.bsky.social explained to the state legislature, New York's real estate industry has put up road blocks time and time again.
Read more on the state hearing 👇
www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
Read more on the state hearing 👇
www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
Upstate rent stabilization has run into some snags
Local lawmakers testified at a state legislative hearing about the legal issues facing upstate cities that have tried to opt in to rent stabilization.
www.cityandstateny.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Rent stabilization is supposed to be easy to opt-in to. But as our members like @michelehirsch.bsky.social explained to the state legislature, New York's real estate industry has put up road blocks time and time again.
Read more on the state hearing 👇
www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
Read more on the state hearing 👇
www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
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The New York City Council Progressive Caucus endorses a landmark legislative package of youth priorities as a road map for our youth movements in cities everywhere
Read more in our @commondreams.org piece from last Friday announcing it
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/liva...
Read more in our @commondreams.org piece from last Friday announcing it
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/liva...
Our campaign presents a road map for our youth movements in cities across the country. From New York City to Los Angeles, Chicago to DC, and Houston to Philadelphia, we can and we must organize our cities as fortresses against encroaching oligarchical fascism.
New York City Is at a Crossroads, and Its Youth Are Ready to Lead
The Livable Future Package is a model for a city government that stands up for our generation in the face of fascism and won’t back down from the fight for a city we can afford.
www.commondreams.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The New York City Council Progressive Caucus endorses a landmark legislative package of youth priorities as a road map for our youth movements in cities everywhere
Read more in our @commondreams.org piece from last Friday announcing it
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/liva...
Read more in our @commondreams.org piece from last Friday announcing it
🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/liva...
Housing is a basic need, but major events like the World Cup escalate the housing crisis.
As landlords turn long term units into short term rentals and hike up prices around the World Cup, our cities need protections like Dallas' short term rental ban.
www.keranews.org/business-eco...
As landlords turn long term units into short term rentals and hike up prices around the World Cup, our cities need protections like Dallas' short term rental ban.
www.keranews.org/business-eco...
Dallas wants SCOTX to lift a block on its short-term rentals ban before 2026 FIFA World Cup
The city of Dallas filed its petition to the Supreme Court of Texas Oct. 16.
www.keranews.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Housing is a basic need, but major events like the World Cup escalate the housing crisis.
As landlords turn long term units into short term rentals and hike up prices around the World Cup, our cities need protections like Dallas' short term rental ban.
www.keranews.org/business-eco...
As landlords turn long term units into short term rentals and hike up prices around the World Cup, our cities need protections like Dallas' short term rental ban.
www.keranews.org/business-eco...
Together w/ their communities, LPMN members across MN are standing up for their immigrant neighbors ❤️
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/23/minnesota-immigrant-rights-advocates-meeting-the-moment/?emci=baf5a343-1cb0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=350f374f-21b0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=380011
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/23/minnesota-immigrant-rights-advocates-meeting-the-moment/?emci=baf5a343-1cb0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=350f374f-21b0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=380011
How Minnesota immigrant rights advocates are meeting the moment • Minnesota Reformer
A collection of southeast Asian community advocates and elected officials gathered at St. Paul’s East Side Freedom Library in August for a press conference that felt more like a funeral. Deportations of southeast Asians were ramping up, and community leaders like Montha Chum of MN8, a southeast Asian political advocacy group, wanted to get word […]
minnesotareformer.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Together w/ their communities, LPMN members across MN are standing up for their immigrant neighbors ❤️
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/23/minnesota-immigrant-rights-advocates-meeting-the-moment/?emci=baf5a343-1cb0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=350f374f-21b0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=380011
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/23/minnesota-immigrant-rights-advocates-meeting-the-moment/?emci=baf5a343-1cb0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=350f374f-21b0-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=380011
The climate crisis is not some distant future. It's already here.
The 2026 World Cup is set to be the most climate-damaging and one of the hottest games in history. The games should be safe, not life threatening for players and fans.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2314ve7d7jo
The 2026 World Cup is set to be the most climate-damaging and one of the hottest games in history. The games should be safe, not life threatening for players and fans.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2314ve7d7jo
2026 World Cup: Tournament sends 'dangerous message' on climate
In eight months the 2026 World Cup will make history as the biggest single sporting event - but not everyone is celebrating.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The climate crisis is not some distant future. It's already here.
The 2026 World Cup is set to be the most climate-damaging and one of the hottest games in history. The games should be safe, not life threatening for players and fans.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2314ve7d7jo
The 2026 World Cup is set to be the most climate-damaging and one of the hottest games in history. The games should be safe, not life threatening for players and fans.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2314ve7d7jo
"It’s the glimmer of hope in this crazy world we live in." ♥️
Earlier this month, 25 local elected officials from our Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, and Nuestro Caucus came together to build relationships, find healing in this moment, and renew energy for the work ahead.
Earlier this month, 25 local elected officials from our Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, and Nuestro Caucus came together to build relationships, find healing in this moment, and renew energy for the work ahead.
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"It’s the glimmer of hope in this crazy world we live in." ♥️
Earlier this month, 25 local elected officials from our Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, and Nuestro Caucus came together to build relationships, find healing in this moment, and renew energy for the work ahead.
Earlier this month, 25 local elected officials from our Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, and Nuestro Caucus came together to build relationships, find healing in this moment, and renew energy for the work ahead.
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Our community deserves transparency on the extent of MPD's coordination with the federal government in its unlawful, anti-immigrant campaign.
Read my full op-ed in @petworthnews.org and take action: 👇🏾
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
Read my full op-ed in @petworthnews.org and take action: 👇🏾
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our community deserves transparency on the extent of MPD's coordination with the federal government in its unlawful, anti-immigrant campaign.
Read my full op-ed in @petworthnews.org and take action: 👇🏾
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
Read my full op-ed in @petworthnews.org and take action: 👇🏾
www.petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewi...
A painful but important read.
This is what the Trump Administration and its billionaire allies are doing to our friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
The time to speak up is now.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
This is what the Trump Administration and its billionaire allies are doing to our friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
The time to speak up is now.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A painful but important read.
This is what the Trump Administration and its billionaire allies are doing to our friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
The time to speak up is now.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
This is what the Trump Administration and its billionaire allies are doing to our friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
The time to speak up is now.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will