Mindy Ranney
@mindyranney.bsky.social
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Mindy Ranney
@mindyranney.bsky.social
· Dec 7
The traditional ideological spectrum doesn't work anymore.
We need to stop thinking of voters on this outdated spectrum. And we definitely need to stop defining ourselves on this spectrum.
We need to stop thinking of voters on this outdated spectrum. And we definitely need to stop defining ourselves on this spectrum.
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#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1979: A partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island causes the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history. A valve was stuck open, causing reactor coolant to escape, and plant operators didn’t recognize severity of the incident. /1
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1979: A partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island causes the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history. A valve was stuck open, causing reactor coolant to escape, and plant operators didn’t recognize severity of the incident. /1
March 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1979: A partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island causes the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history. A valve was stuck open, causing reactor coolant to escape, and plant operators didn’t recognize severity of the incident. /1
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1979: A partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island causes the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history. A valve was stuck open, causing reactor coolant to escape, and plant operators didn’t recognize severity of the incident. /1
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I’m recruiting volunteer lawyers to defend these children against a President trying to defund their lawyers. We have to insist they are equally under the law.
Reply if interested. Immigration, custody, dependency experience all helpful. You’ll work with Jewish Family & Community Services.
Reply if interested. Immigration, custody, dependency experience all helpful. You’ll work with Jewish Family & Community Services.
Today some dozen immigrant children, housed in Pittsburgh, are set for "rocket docket" hearings on their statuses, a week after the Trump administration cancelled the contract that paid their lawyers, @chwolfson.bsky.social reports www.publicsource.org/immigrant-re...
Immigrant children could lose legal aid in Pittsburgh, nationwide
Could immigrant children in the U.S. without an adult face judges alone now that their lawyers just lost federal funding?
www.publicsource.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’m recruiting volunteer lawyers to defend these children against a President trying to defund their lawyers. We have to insist they are equally under the law.
Reply if interested. Immigration, custody, dependency experience all helpful. You’ll work with Jewish Family & Community Services.
Reply if interested. Immigration, custody, dependency experience all helpful. You’ll work with Jewish Family & Community Services.
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Trump calling for a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering a police officer -- after pardoning nearly all of the rioters who stormed the Capitol and attacked law enforcement on January 6.
March 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Trump calling for a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering a police officer -- after pardoning nearly all of the rioters who stormed the Capitol and attacked law enforcement on January 6.
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We had Russia on the ropes.
They were crippled by sanctions.
They had made minimal headway into Ukraine.
Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks.
He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea.
Then he played his ace in the hole.
Donald Motherfucking Trump.
They were crippled by sanctions.
They had made minimal headway into Ukraine.
Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks.
He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea.
Then he played his ace in the hole.
Donald Motherfucking Trump.
March 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We had Russia on the ropes.
They were crippled by sanctions.
They had made minimal headway into Ukraine.
Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks.
He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea.
Then he played his ace in the hole.
Donald Motherfucking Trump.
They were crippled by sanctions.
They had made minimal headway into Ukraine.
Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks.
He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea.
Then he played his ace in the hole.
Donald Motherfucking Trump.
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Billionaires like Jeff Bezos shouldn’t pay a lower tax rate than a Boston public school teacher.
The wealthiest and most powerful people in this country should be paying their fair share — not getting tax breaks from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
The wealthiest and most powerful people in this country should be paying their fair share — not getting tax breaks from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos shouldn’t pay a lower tax rate than a Boston public school teacher.
The wealthiest and most powerful people in this country should be paying their fair share — not getting tax breaks from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
The wealthiest and most powerful people in this country should be paying their fair share — not getting tax breaks from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
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Let’s give Rep. Jasmine Crockett a 💙 for being on 🔥
March 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Let’s give Rep. Jasmine Crockett a 💙 for being on 🔥
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Said it before, but in 35 years around the globe,I always saw one constant. Soviet Union and then Russia, sticking it to us at every opportunity. Harassment, spying, intimidating, attacking our national interests, funding insurgents and terrorists. Nothing has changed, except our apparent surrender.
March 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Said it before, but in 35 years around the globe,I always saw one constant. Soviet Union and then Russia, sticking it to us at every opportunity. Harassment, spying, intimidating, attacking our national interests, funding insurgents and terrorists. Nothing has changed, except our apparent surrender.
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Senator Tim Kaine nailed it.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Senator Tim Kaine nailed it.
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Democrats Defend Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
Chris Coons,”We owe him our thanks for leading a nation fighting on the front lines of democracy - not the public berating he received at the WH”
Chris Murphy,”What a utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene.
#SlavaUkraini
Democrats Defend Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
Chris Coons,”We owe him our thanks for leading a nation fighting on the front lines of democracy - not the public berating he received at the WH”
Chris Murphy,”What a utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene.
#SlavaUkraini
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Democrats Defend Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
Chris Coons,”We owe him our thanks for leading a nation fighting on the front lines of democracy - not the public berating he received at the WH”
Chris Murphy,”What a utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene.
#SlavaUkraini
Democrats Defend Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
Chris Coons,”We owe him our thanks for leading a nation fighting on the front lines of democracy - not the public berating he received at the WH”
Chris Murphy,”What a utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene.
#SlavaUkraini
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March 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I stand with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I stand with Ukraine.
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This graph from @centeronbudget.bsky.social says it all.
Republicans want to kick millions of people off Medicaid and eviscerate SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
Republicans want to kick millions of people off Medicaid and eviscerate SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
February 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This graph from @centeronbudget.bsky.social says it all.
Republicans want to kick millions of people off Medicaid and eviscerate SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
Republicans want to kick millions of people off Medicaid and eviscerate SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Another example of the non-tax-paying billionaire class extracting wealth from the rest of us.
Legislation that I passed and was funded by Congress, Solar for All, could reduce electric bills for working class families by 80%.
The Trump Admin is refusing to release the money in order to protect the profits of fossil fuel billionaires. Unacceptable. Release the funds NOW.
The Trump Admin is refusing to release the money in order to protect the profits of fossil fuel billionaires. Unacceptable. Release the funds NOW.
February 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Another example of the non-tax-paying billionaire class extracting wealth from the rest of us.
Here is my question for you:
How does a system of government like this view people who don’t have wealth to extract?
Say anyone making under $100k. Maybe it's $200K? or $50k?
Does it even want humans who don't contribute (to their bottom line) alive?
How does a system of government like this view people who don’t have wealth to extract?
Say anyone making under $100k. Maybe it's $200K? or $50k?
Does it even want humans who don't contribute (to their bottom line) alive?
It appears to me, based on the actions in 2025, that billionaires are competing amongst each other to extract as much wealth from the system for their own personal gain.
If one lives in a country run as a corporation
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
February 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here is my question for you:
How does a system of government like this view people who don’t have wealth to extract?
Say anyone making under $100k. Maybe it's $200K? or $50k?
Does it even want humans who don't contribute (to their bottom line) alive?
How does a system of government like this view people who don’t have wealth to extract?
Say anyone making under $100k. Maybe it's $200K? or $50k?
Does it even want humans who don't contribute (to their bottom line) alive?
It appears to me, based on the actions in 2025, that billionaires are competing amongst each other to extract as much wealth from the system for their own personal gain.
If one lives in a country run as a corporation
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
February 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It appears to me, based on the actions in 2025, that billionaires are competing amongst each other to extract as much wealth from the system for their own personal gain.
If one lives in a country run as a corporation
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
February 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If one lives in a country run as a corporation
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
By "businessmen" who are billionaires
What is this system of governance optimizing for?
What are the incentive structures?
Who are they trying to “remove inefficiencies” and increase profits for?
This is what a patriot looks like
Rep. Pettersen voted in-person, and gave a speech from the House floor—all while holding her baby, because Republicans refused to let her vote remotely while on maternity leave. Rep. Pettersen shouldn’t have been forced to come in, but I’m glad we have a fighter like this on our side.
This Good News For Us Is Terrible For Trump
Onward.
www.dworkinsubstack.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is what a patriot looks like
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yes please.
more of this.
more of this.
Love this. It should not be limited to this term. But it’s a great step forward.
Now @khanna.house.gov and other house members need to make the media tour , including Fox News, to talk about it
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Now @khanna.house.gov and other house members need to make the media tour , including Fox News, to talk about it
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna has introduced the Drain the Swamp Act.
It will ban White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists or becoming lobbyists during the Trump term.
It will ban White House officials from accepting gifts from lobbyists or becoming lobbyists during the Trump term.
February 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
yes please.
more of this.
more of this.
With all the focus on "finding cost savings" while also trying to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts (which primarily benefit the very wealthy) we are missing one of the most important scams in our generation.
How the wealthiest Americans pay little to no taxes.
theweek.com/elon-musk/10...?
How the wealthiest Americans pay little to no taxes.
theweek.com/elon-musk/10...?
Elon Musk reportedly paid no federal income tax in 2018
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February 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With all the focus on "finding cost savings" while also trying to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts (which primarily benefit the very wealthy) we are missing one of the most important scams in our generation.
How the wealthiest Americans pay little to no taxes.
theweek.com/elon-musk/10...?
How the wealthiest Americans pay little to no taxes.
theweek.com/elon-musk/10...?
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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this.
we need to pay close attention to who the real people in power are and what their motives are if we want to mount effective resistance and countermeasures.
we need to pay close attention to who the real people in power are and what their motives are if we want to mount effective resistance and countermeasures.
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
this.
we need to pay close attention to who the real people in power are and what their motives are if we want to mount effective resistance and countermeasures.
we need to pay close attention to who the real people in power are and what their motives are if we want to mount effective resistance and countermeasures.