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Joy Whitt

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Michigan born, DC raised, Baltimore living. expect to see a chaotic blend of cycling, sports, and rebuilding a democracy.
"Do what you can, and know what you do is enough." 🇺🇸

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Joy Whitt

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Show me your favorite AmeriCorps NCCC photos 🤍💚

April 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM

Joy Whitt

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I just moved with my pup, still trying to figure out our living space. this morning I woke up and saw him peacefully airing out his toe beans. bliss.

March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM

Joy Whitt

@jywt.bsky.social

rough notes for the non-meta folks

notes from AOC's 2/3 live:

take a breath.
"what am I going to dedicate myself to?"
get locked in.

the slower they go, the less they can break.

do not comply in advance. make them make You.

if they're committing crimes, Make them! make them make you.

we are going to win. we are going to go through an ugly, ugly period. But move in the faith that we are going to win.

we don't know what's going to happen between now and then, but winning and prevailing is a decision.

think wizard of oz: this is an illusion of power.

we need to be little grains of sand in the large gears of this machine... no action is too small. because there are millions of us, when millions of people do tiny things, we can disrupt this machine.

when you are saying "we can't change this," you are consenting in advance. do not consent in advance. when we are relentless, they will fatigue.

in this house, we jiggle every door handle to find an opportunity.

(check out Hakeem Jeffries' list that came out today.) Find out who does what.

DON'T CONSENT IN ADVANCE

on elon: "this is what happens when you don't go to therapy."

Do Not give them your fear.
do not give them your fear, do not give them your panic, do not give them your anxiety.

currently 20 lawsuits against trump EOs. keep an eye on these lawsuits. Judiciary, appropriations, budget.

Get familiar with who's on the committee in Congress.

They don't want you to try, because if you try sometimes you might win. they are little and weak.

"Do what you can, and know what you do is enough."

(note: every committee is led by the party lead. so all committees are currently Republican-led)

February 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Joy Whitt

@jywt.bsky.social

most informative, insightful, and uplifting hour of my year so far.
thank you so much for this.

February 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Joy Whitt

@jywt.bsky.social

some people didn't love Cowboy Carter, but for some reason, this was my favorite album. It got me through 2024 and it's gonna get me through this year too. Congratulations, Beyoncé 🥹.

#GRAMMYs