@brianjosephsmith.bsky.social
@the-downballot.com y’all see this? Indiana won’t redistrict!
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@the-downballot.com y’all see this? Indiana won’t redistrict!
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Journalist Jim Shella guest-hosted a podcast interview with Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray.
Shella's questions about redistricting were cut from the final interview, which he called "spineless." But he shared them anyway. Bray squirmed mightily. www.ibj.com/articles/jim...
Shella's questions about redistricting were cut from the final interview, which he called "spineless." But he shared them anyway. Bray squirmed mightily. www.ibj.com/articles/jim...
September 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Journalist Jim Shella guest-hosted a podcast interview with Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray.
Shella's questions about redistricting were cut from the final interview, which he called "spineless." But he shared them anyway. Bray squirmed mightily. www.ibj.com/articles/jim...
Shella's questions about redistricting were cut from the final interview, which he called "spineless." But he shared them anyway. Bray squirmed mightily. www.ibj.com/articles/jim...
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Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia?
Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie.
(Seriously, that’s the answer)
Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie.
(Seriously, that’s the answer)
August 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia?
Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie.
(Seriously, that’s the answer)
Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie.
(Seriously, that’s the answer)
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Join Michiana Alliance for Democracy as we support unions and safe working conditions. As this administration tries to roll back OSHA and undermine child safety laws, we must stand together against these attacks. 5:00 pm TODAY in Howard Park, South Bend. #WorkersMemorialDay
April 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join Michiana Alliance for Democracy as we support unions and safe working conditions. As this administration tries to roll back OSHA and undermine child safety laws, we must stand together against these attacks. 5:00 pm TODAY in Howard Park, South Bend. #WorkersMemorialDay
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I am incredibly proud of my former intern, Jalen Travis, for being drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Draft. Jalen is a DeLaSalle graduate who did a great job working in my DC office. A true force on the field and just as impressive off it. Congratulations, Jalen!
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I am incredibly proud of my former intern, Jalen Travis, for being drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Draft. Jalen is a DeLaSalle graduate who did a great job working in my DC office. A true force on the field and just as impressive off it. Congratulations, Jalen!
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Many on the DOGE team are from Elon Musk’s world in Silicon Valley.
We’ve mapped out a list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to.
We’ve mapped out a list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to.
We Mapped DOGE’s Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections
If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley executive branch.
wrd.cm
March 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Many on the DOGE team are from Elon Musk’s world in Silicon Valley.
We’ve mapped out a list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to.
We’ve mapped out a list of people affiliated with DOGE, including creating a searchable table with each member, their corporate history, and the agencies they’ve been connected to.
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Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group...
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
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Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
Where do federal funding cuts leave Indiana? • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Federal funding cuts coming from Washington could threaten Indiana's finances, especially for Medicaid and education.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US)
In Indiana we undertax and underspend
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
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The Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid are potentially catastrophic. In Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District 160,764 people (64%) receive Medicaid/CHIP. The loss of $2.01B to the district over the course of 9 years means that 54,000 people will lose health care, food aid, and nursing home care.
The Republican House Budget Resolution's Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District
The Republican House budget resolution would cost congressional districts an average of $2 billion each and could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people.
www.americanprogress.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid are potentially catastrophic. In Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District 160,764 people (64%) receive Medicaid/CHIP. The loss of $2.01B to the district over the course of 9 years means that 54,000 people will lose health care, food aid, and nursing home care.
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Indiana already had one of the lowest unemployment benefits in the country. Families can’t live on $400 a week, and Hoosiers who find themselves jobless shouldn’t have an even harder time putting food on the table, paying for rent, and buying medicine.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/27/b...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/27/b...
Braun signs executive orders to squelch unemployment fraud, help job-seekers • Indiana Capital Chronicle
He emphasized that unemployment benefits are temporary while signing orders to combat fraud and personalize work-search requirements.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Indiana already had one of the lowest unemployment benefits in the country. Families can’t live on $400 a week, and Hoosiers who find themselves jobless shouldn’t have an even harder time putting food on the table, paying for rent, and buying medicine.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/27/b...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/27/b...
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If you live in Indiana
the combination of SB2, which will arbitrarily cut 28% of medicaid recipients from its rolls
and the newly passed federal House budget, which will require cuts to medicaid
means many many many more people will now be uninsured
this helps none of us
#HoosierSky
#MedSky
the combination of SB2, which will arbitrarily cut 28% of medicaid recipients from its rolls
and the newly passed federal House budget, which will require cuts to medicaid
means many many many more people will now be uninsured
this helps none of us
#HoosierSky
#MedSky
February 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you live in Indiana
the combination of SB2, which will arbitrarily cut 28% of medicaid recipients from its rolls
and the newly passed federal House budget, which will require cuts to medicaid
means many many many more people will now be uninsured
this helps none of us
#HoosierSky
#MedSky
the combination of SB2, which will arbitrarily cut 28% of medicaid recipients from its rolls
and the newly passed federal House budget, which will require cuts to medicaid
means many many many more people will now be uninsured
this helps none of us
#HoosierSky
#MedSky
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Trump and Musk are taking a chainsaw to the livelihoods of Hoosier workers, including Beth, who worked for the National Park Service and owns a local ice cream shop in Chesterton just blocks from the Indiana Dunes National Park.
abc57.com/news/fired-n...
abc57.com/news/fired-n...
Fired National Park Service employees speak out to ABC57
CHESTERTON, Ind.-- Just miles from Indiana Dunes National Park is nearby Chesterton, where Marty and Beth Shrader opened Dog Days Ice Cream Parlor.
abc57.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump and Musk are taking a chainsaw to the livelihoods of Hoosier workers, including Beth, who worked for the National Park Service and owns a local ice cream shop in Chesterton just blocks from the Indiana Dunes National Park.
abc57.com/news/fired-n...
abc57.com/news/fired-n...
YASSS!!! Finally! There’s nothing more political than the courts.
Very interesting: For the first time, @thedlcc.bsky.social has put state supreme court races on its target list. Even though DLCC focuses on legislative races, the courts in both PA & WI have had a profound impact on redistricting and will again in the future. Both are hosting major races this year.
February 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
YASSS!!! Finally! There’s nothing more political than the courts.
From Nappanee to Warsaw to Plymouth, Hoosiers across #IN02 showed up to Representative Rudy Yakym’s office hours! All we ask for is a Town Hall.
February 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
From Nappanee to Warsaw to Plymouth, Hoosiers across #IN02 showed up to Representative Rudy Yakym’s office hours! All we ask for is a Town Hall.
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS @democracyforward.org request to allow expedited discovery in lawsuit challenging DOGE access to Department of Labor data. First instance of discovery being permitted in the Trump accountability cases.
Visit Democracy Docket for more info.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for more info.
www.democracydocket.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS @democracyforward.org request to allow expedited discovery in lawsuit challenging DOGE access to Department of Labor data. First instance of discovery being permitted in the Trump accountability cases.
Visit Democracy Docket for more info.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for more info.
www.democracydocket.com
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Elon Musk recently posted that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He asks if we suffered childhood trauma and suggests we are suffering from “generational trauma.”
Tomorrow, Democracy Docket will publish my response. Sign up now to receive. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
Tomorrow, Democracy Docket will publish my response. Sign up now to receive. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
February 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Elon Musk recently posted that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He asks if we suffered childhood trauma and suggests we are suffering from “generational trauma.”
Tomorrow, Democracy Docket will publish my response. Sign up now to receive. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
Tomorrow, Democracy Docket will publish my response. Sign up now to receive. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
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To those wringing their hands that I’m on social media too much, this one is for you. Old notions of “decorum” and policing fellow Democrats aren't just ineffective, but in fact a severe miscalculation.
Dems concede Republicans ‘running circles’ around them online as Trump remakes Washington
The Democratic response to Trump, one Texas lawmaker said, is “too slow and too tepid and not meeting the moment.”
www.politico.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
To those wringing their hands that I’m on social media too much, this one is for you. Old notions of “decorum” and policing fellow Democrats aren't just ineffective, but in fact a severe miscalculation.