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Mikie Sherrill's interview is a model for everyone seeking office and likely explains all of the winners last week. "I don't run to run campaigns. I run to govern.... hear from everyone, to understand deeply ... and then take action to address it." This focus repairs trust in our government. #Lead
The Conversation election special 2025: Mikie Sherrill and James Blair
Podcast Episode · The Conversation with Dasha Burns · 11/07/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mikie Sherrill's interview is a model for everyone seeking office and likely explains all of the winners last week. "I don't run to run campaigns. I run to govern.... hear from everyone, to understand deeply ... and then take action to address it." This focus repairs trust in our government. #Lead
Thank you for your leadership @crow.house.gov Time to plan for a future rooted in our constitution. Good conversation. @americanprogress.bsky.social
Jason Crow lays out foreign policy rooted in 'working-class interests,’ homegrown values | TRAIL MIX
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, the Aurora Democrat who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, last week called for Congress to reassert its role in steering a revamped foreign policy that lives up t...
www.coloradopolitics.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you for your leadership @crow.house.gov Time to plan for a future rooted in our constitution. Good conversation. @americanprogress.bsky.social
This is a must listen part of the debate for our democratic leaders and people watching the federal overreach.
Video: Opinion | If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a must listen part of the debate for our democratic leaders and people watching the federal overreach.
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“We need to be very clear: this is an authoritarian government that is using the machinery of… the state as a weapon to punish, to bully, to silence,” argues Harvard Prof. Steven Levitsky, adding the targeting of Harvard “is part of a much broader attack on American democracy.”
May 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“We need to be very clear: this is an authoritarian government that is using the machinery of… the state as a weapon to punish, to bully, to silence,” argues Harvard Prof. Steven Levitsky, adding the targeting of Harvard “is part of a much broader attack on American democracy.”
Our founders predicted Trump
Past Presidents Have Tested the Emoluments Clause — This Time is Different
A gifted jet from Qatar and crypto transactions raise novel questions about presidential self-enrichment.
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Our founders predicted Trump
Do we still believe in due process in this country? If so, that’s good news!
Supreme Court says Trump officials must ‘facilitate’ return of wrongly deported man — The Washington Post
Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen, was deported to a mega-prison despite a court ruling forbidding his removal.
apple.news
April 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Do we still believe in due process in this country? If so, that’s good news!
Now food is a weapon of the administration.
Aurora Food Pantry Losing Millions in Federal Grants for Helping Migrants
The Village Exchange Center has dealt with major funding loss and literal dumpster fires as it tries to keep feeding over 4,000 people a week.
www.westword.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Now food is a weapon of the administration.
Ambassador Salazar, you never cease to impress. Well said - thank you for continuing to lead!
Ken Salazar returns to Colorado, issues call to embrace diversity, celebrate inclusion | TRAIL MIX
In a direct rebuke to the Trump administration's ongoing campaign to eradicate DEI policies, former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar delivered a full-throated argument that diversity, equity and inclusi...
www.coloradopolitics.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ambassador Salazar, you never cease to impress. Well said - thank you for continuing to lead!
Honoring Trans Day of Visibility - I see you! I'm proud of the Colorado State State House doing what it needs to do in order to make sure that Colorado remains a place where transgender and nonbinary people live without fear.
Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people. Learn more at glaad.org/tdov
March 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Honoring Trans Day of Visibility - I see you! I'm proud of the Colorado State State House doing what it needs to do in order to make sure that Colorado remains a place where transgender and nonbinary people live without fear.
Are you disturbed that our country would refuse entry for messages critical of the admin's science policy?
This French scientist was found to have these messages on his phone. His devices were confiscated and he was returned the next day to Europe.
This French scientist was found to have these messages on his phone. His devices were confiscated and he was returned the next day to Europe.
Scientist banned from entering US over opinions about Trump—Minister
Border agents reportedly found comments criticizing Trump on the researcher's phone.
www.newsweek.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are you disturbed that our country would refuse entry for messages critical of the admin's science policy?
This French scientist was found to have these messages on his phone. His devices were confiscated and he was returned the next day to Europe.
This French scientist was found to have these messages on his phone. His devices were confiscated and he was returned the next day to Europe.
In a sea of other contradictions, free speech is only a right when it is promoting far right nationalist ideology? And, what about due process?
This is a test for our commitment to democracy.
This is a test for our commitment to democracy.
Mahmoud Khalil didn't wear a mask. He's now the face of Trump's crackdown on campus protests
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became an outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. colleges.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In a sea of other contradictions, free speech is only a right when it is promoting far right nationalist ideology? And, what about due process?
This is a test for our commitment to democracy.
This is a test for our commitment to democracy.
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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy I stand with you and the brave Ukrainian people. #IStandWithUkraine #USCitizensStandWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy I stand with you and the brave Ukrainian people. #IStandWithUkraine #USCitizensStandWithUkraine
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
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USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files, three sources familiar with the events told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this: