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Brooke
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Recovering Twitter-holic. Reads too much and watches just about anything.
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Brooke @brookeash.bsky.social · Nov 9
My Letterboxd (maybe I’ll remember to update it now that I’m sharing!): boxd.it/2jKd
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January 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION IS PIGS IN A BLANKET
December 31, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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America.
November 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

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November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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twinsetpat.bsky.social
Another helpful thread 🧵 with specific action you can take. It would be great to get all judicial vacancies filled before January 1, when the next Congress starts and Dems lose their Senate majority. So if one or both of your senators are Dems or independents, call this week
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celestepewter.bsky.social Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · Nov 10
Okay, all. As promised.

1. Here is the call script to ask our Dem Senators to appoint judges.

2. And a second script *specifically* for New Yorkers to use for Schumer.
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [Zip Code]. YOU: I’m calling [DEM SENATOR] to ask that they take urgent action in the wake of Tuesday’s election results. YOU: Now that we know that Donald Trump is coming back into the White House, we have to do everything in our power to safeguard our institutions from being harmed. YOU: [DEM SENATOR] must push Leader Schumer to act quickly on these judicial and federal regulator appointments. We cannot leave judicial openings for him to fill, like we did at the end of the Obama Administration. We’ve already clearly seen the damage of all of the judicial appointments that Trump filled, from the ongoing fight for student loan relief, to the abortion fight. YOU: Democratic governors have already begun acting to shore up protections, and I ask - no, demand - that our U.S. Democratic Senators do the same. We must work quickly. There is no time to waste. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENT - e.g. request a response] YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [Zip Code]. YOU: I’m calling on Leader Schumer to clarify just how he’ll lead the Senate after Tuesday’s election results. We now know that the Dems will lose the Senate come January, and Trump is coming back to the White House. The Leader MUST clarify his plan for the remaining two months, and he must do it quickly. YOU: I am specifically calling on Leader Schumer to begin taken urgent action on judicial and federal regulator nominations. We cannot leave vacancies for the Trump Administration to fill. We already saw what happened after he was able to fill 100+ nominations in his first term of office, and the ripple effects it’s had on progressive actions across the country. YOU: Leader Schumer cannot pretend this is a normal transition. There’s a reason that Democratic governors are calling special sessions and holding press conferences to discuss how to protect against Trump, and the Leader must do the same. YOU: I would like a response [EXPLAIN IN WHAT FORMAT]
November 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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Seeing a lot of people talking about library cards for some reason (I may have missed it bc I’m purposely avoiding certain topics) so just wanted to once again plug the Libby app. All you need is a library card and you can borrow e-books free of charge 📚💙
November 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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david.noll.org
Swing Left is saying that Casey can hold onto his Senate seat if provisional ballots are cured by the Nov. 12 deadline and is looking for folks to phonebank and canvas in PA.

In-person canvassing sign-up: www.mobilize.us/swingleft/?o...

Phone-banking: www.mobilize.us/2024pavictor...
From Swing Left's political desk: The margin between Senator Casey and his opponent is roughly 0.5%, only several thousand votes, and the Pennsylvania Department of State announced there are approximately 100,000 ballots left to be counted. Many of these ballots are provisional ballots which are likely to break heavily for Senator Casey. In 2022, Philadelphia’s provisional ballots broke for Senator Fetterman by a margin of 91% to 8%. Multiple counties that Senator Casey won have announced they have a high number of provisional ballots that still must be counted: Philadelphia County has roughly 20,000 provisional ballots, Allegheny County has 12,680 provisional ballots, Montgomery County has 6,500 provisional ballots, Chester County has announced more than 3,500 provisional ballots, and Bucks County has announced roughly 5,200 provisional ballots. New York Times, NBC, CNN, CBS, and DecisionDesk all say this race is too close to call and have not projected a winner.
November 9, 2024 at 7:01 PM
brookeash.bsky.social
My Letterboxd (maybe I’ll remember to update it now that I’m sharing!): boxd.it/2jKd
November 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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dizwire.bsky.social
I needed this today.
You may too.
November 9, 2024 at 2:09 PM