Louis Di Paolo
@louisdipaolo.bsky.social
Policy and comms pro. Retired elected official. Have lots of opinions, just haven't shared them here — yet. Jersey City, NJ.
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I'm calling on the county Democratic Parties in Essex, Morris, and Passaic to stay neutral in the NJ-11 primary and not endorse any candidate—including me.
Voters should get to decide who represents them without anyone putting their finger on the scale. www.analiliafornj.com/news/analili...
Voters should get to decide who represents them without anyone putting their finger on the scale. www.analiliafornj.com/news/analili...
Analilia Mejia Calls on County Democratic Parties to Remain Neutral in NJ-11 Special Primary — Analilia Mejía for New Jersey | NJ-11 Congressional Candidate 2026
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Analilia Mejia, candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th District, today sent a letter to Democratic county committee members in Essex, Morris, and Passaic Counties urging the...
www.analiliafornj.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm calling on the county Democratic Parties in Essex, Morris, and Passaic to stay neutral in the NJ-11 primary and not endorse any candidate—including me.
Voters should get to decide who represents them without anyone putting their finger on the scale. www.analiliafornj.com/news/analili...
Voters should get to decide who represents them without anyone putting their finger on the scale. www.analiliafornj.com/news/analili...
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Damn right it's on!
I'm running unbought and unbossed to fight for our democracy and deliver for the people of New Jersey.
We're going to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and un-rig the economy so it works for working people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/n...
I'm running unbought and unbossed to fight for our democracy and deliver for the people of New Jersey.
We're going to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and un-rig the economy so it works for working people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/n...
The Race for Mikie Sherrill’s House Seat Is On, and It’s Crowded
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Damn right it's on!
I'm running unbought and unbossed to fight for our democracy and deliver for the people of New Jersey.
We're going to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and un-rig the economy so it works for working people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/n...
I'm running unbought and unbossed to fight for our democracy and deliver for the people of New Jersey.
We're going to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and un-rig the economy so it works for working people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/n...
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Proud to announce that @sanders.senate.gov is endorsing our campaign for Congress!
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Proud to announce that @sanders.senate.gov is endorsing our campaign for Congress!
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
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looks like progressives have our candidate in NJ-11: Analilia Mejia, the former director of NJ WFP (née NJ WFA) and the national political director on Bernie 2020, enters with the rumored day-one endorsement of her former boss
Analilia Mejia to Launch Congressional Campaign in NJ-11
YouTube video by Analilia Mejia
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
looks like progressives have our candidate in NJ-11: Analilia Mejia, the former director of NJ WFP (née NJ WFA) and the national political director on Bernie 2020, enters with the rumored day-one endorsement of her former boss
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I’m running for Congress in NJ-11 to save our democracy, because ‘blue no matter who’ just won’t cut it.
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’m running for Congress in NJ-11 to save our democracy, because ‘blue no matter who’ just won’t cut it.
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
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None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
None of this is popular.
Facts.
When advocates were pushing for same day registration in New Jersey to help boost turnout, one Hudson County legislator would go around saying, "I don't care if only 3 people vote, so long as I know that 2 of them are voting for me!"
When advocates were pushing for same day registration in New Jersey to help boost turnout, one Hudson County legislator would go around saying, "I don't care if only 3 people vote, so long as I know that 2 of them are voting for me!"
This isn’t a consumer boycott, where a business wants to get as menu consumers as possible and will pay attention to your demands if you hold back.
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Facts.
When advocates were pushing for same day registration in New Jersey to help boost turnout, one Hudson County legislator would go around saying, "I don't care if only 3 people vote, so long as I know that 2 of them are voting for me!"
When advocates were pushing for same day registration in New Jersey to help boost turnout, one Hudson County legislator would go around saying, "I don't care if only 3 people vote, so long as I know that 2 of them are voting for me!"
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Pritzker is meeting the moment and if he stands up for the people, stands up against Trump's rein of terror, holds ICE accountable, he can elevate himself as a front runner for Dem leadership.
Now is the moment for leaders, not cowards.
Now is the moment for leaders, not cowards.
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Pritzker is meeting the moment and if he stands up for the people, stands up against Trump's rein of terror, holds ICE accountable, he can elevate himself as a front runner for Dem leadership.
Now is the moment for leaders, not cowards.
Now is the moment for leaders, not cowards.
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you'd think Democrats would realize that effective messaging can shift public opinion and electoral outcomes after watching Republicans wage relentless and super-effective propaganda warfare on the nation's dim electorate for going on five fucking decades
Weird. It’s almost like making accusations generates friction which generates news which rallies your supporters.
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
you'd think Democrats would realize that effective messaging can shift public opinion and electoral outcomes after watching Republicans wage relentless and super-effective propaganda warfare on the nation's dim electorate for going on five fucking decades
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Big Tech is driving up the cost of electricity, so we’re fighting back!
We’re launching Power Play NJ to lower energy costs by holding Big Tech accountable and bringing clean energy (and jobs!) to our state.
We’re launching Power Play NJ to lower energy costs by holding Big Tech accountable and bringing clean energy (and jobs!) to our state.
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Big Tech is driving up the cost of electricity, so we’re fighting back!
We’re launching Power Play NJ to lower energy costs by holding Big Tech accountable and bringing clean energy (and jobs!) to our state.
We’re launching Power Play NJ to lower energy costs by holding Big Tech accountable and bringing clean energy (and jobs!) to our state.
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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This is why you shouldn’t be chickenshit. You’re not saving anything. You’re dooming everything you claim to love. bsky.app/profile/thef...
"Autocrats take over countries when elites — business leaders, media figures, civil society — accommodate rather than resist."
Trump is racing against time
The president's approval rating is closer to Nicolás Maduro's than Vladimir Putin’s
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is why you shouldn’t be chickenshit. You’re not saving anything. You’re dooming everything you claim to love. bsky.app/profile/thef...
One weird trick to fight back against Trump *and* solve the state's housing crisis... ⛳️🏘️
Take it from me: You do NOT negotiate with abusers.
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
Trump took Gateway money, we must take his golf club
Take it from someone who’s spent years as a survivor advocate, working with people hurt by those in power: You do not negotiate with abusers.
www.nydailynews.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One weird trick to fight back against Trump *and* solve the state's housing crisis... ⛳️🏘️
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Take it from me: You do NOT negotiate with abusers.
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
Trump took Gateway money, we must take his golf club
Take it from someone who’s spent years as a survivor advocate, working with people hurt by those in power: You do not negotiate with abusers.
www.nydailynews.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Take it from me: You do NOT negotiate with abusers.
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got.
My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing.
My debut in @nydailynews:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...
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this is the way
inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze
October 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
this is the way
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Look, I was gonna vote for her already, but I like to see @katiebrennan.bsky.social picking fights that need to be picked.
inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze
October 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Look, I was gonna vote for her already, but I like to see @katiebrennan.bsky.social picking fights that need to be picked.
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inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze
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From Feb 4th 1939
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
From Feb 4th 1939
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they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
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There's nothing really profound going on here. Trump is leading a fascist takeover. Business and media are for the most part enabling it.
We can defeat Trump but we need to be operating at a much bigger scale than we currently are. And the goal has to be to remove him from power. Before 2026.
We can defeat Trump but we need to be operating at a much bigger scale than we currently are. And the goal has to be to remove him from power. Before 2026.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There's nothing really profound going on here. Trump is leading a fascist takeover. Business and media are for the most part enabling it.
We can defeat Trump but we need to be operating at a much bigger scale than we currently are. And the goal has to be to remove him from power. Before 2026.
We can defeat Trump but we need to be operating at a much bigger scale than we currently are. And the goal has to be to remove him from power. Before 2026.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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if you've ever been baffled or horrified by my New Jersey updates, this is an essential listen for an explanation of what we're up against and why there's finally reason for hope
fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social bonus episode, we've got Katie Brennan on to discuss how she beat the New Jersey Democratic machine in Hudson County: www.patreon.com/posts/135939...
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August 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
if you've ever been baffled or horrified by my New Jersey updates, this is an essential listen for an explanation of what we're up against and why there's finally reason for hope