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Elder millennial mom. Liberal in a conservative state (Utah). Trying to find a community to help me keep myself from collapsing into a gooey pile of hopelessness.

“Where there’s life, there’s hope.”
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People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — so before the year ends, let me introduce you to Voters of Tomorrow.

We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.

🧵THREAD
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.

AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.

So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.

See how this works?
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Letter: Look in the mirror, President Trump. You are the one who is a traitor to this country.
Letter: What our country needs is day of reckoning — like what it experienced at the apex of McCarthyism
Letter: Look in the mirror, President Trump. You are a traitor to this country and the people who were gullible enough to believe your lies.
www.sltrib.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’ve been a LMT for 21 years. Been at a massage chain since my fancy spa job *literally* disappeared overnight in 2009.

Usually, this is our busy time of year. Full schedules + cancellation list.

This year, schedules are looking like previous recession sparse.

Do with this info what you will.
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — we do. It’s Voters of Tomorrow.

We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.

Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇

secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We all know Mike Lee isn’t interested in conservation.
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Pity the Billionaires
Bagley Cartoon: Pity the Billionaires
Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Pity the Billionaires
www.sltrib.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
My son will be 5 very soon. 💔
August 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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You don’t need to read scholarly histories with citations about what the Nazis did to consolidate power

Just turn on the news
August 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Northern Utah friends!
Senate President Stuart Adams has used his position of power to change a law in order to help his 18-year-old family member avoid jail.

We’re showing up on his home turf in Davis County on Wednesday, 8/13, at 6 PM to write letters demanding his resignation. buff.ly/zk5IWec
August 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.
August 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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It’s hard to know if Utah really could be a future battleground state, but political consultants are willing to play the long game to get more Dems in office.
Vote Save America sends $20K to Utah to recruit Democratic candidates for 2026
The money would help target eight House Districts and two Senate Districts next year, including seats held by Sens. Dan McCay and Kirk Cullimore and Rep. Jordan Teuscher.
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask.

I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We Are Not the Generation That Lets This Die
After 250 years of sacrifice, we won’t let apathy be our legacy.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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normalize (v): to allow something considered extreme to be viewed as routine. We must call out Trump. Every time.
Calling Out The Con Man-in-Chief
The need to stop normalizing Trump’s corruption
steady.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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So nobody’s gonna talk about the fact that this is very illegal?

Trying to silence our free press?!

Do I even live in America anymore?

#StevenColbert
July 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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The longest-serving Speaker of the US House in history, Republican Denny Hastert, was convicted and imprisoned for raping young boys

Why Democrats fail to ever bring this up is beyond me

Yes, let’s DEFINETLY talk about the party of pedophiles

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2...
Judge sentences 'serial child molester' Hastert to 15 months
Prosecutors got Hastert on bank fraud, but allegations of sex abuse loomed large.
eu.usatoday.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Hey Utah friends
www.firemikelee.com
FIRE MIKE LEE
www.firemikelee.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team
Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.
www.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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If you’ve watched the documentary, please read this. If you haven’t, but plans to do so, please also read this. And if you haven’t heard of the documentary yet, do please also read this.
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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July 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Has Musk apologized yet for his Hitler-loving AI?

I can’t see it if he has.

Have Republican and Democratic Party leaders alike demanded an apology from him and an investigation into how it happened?

Or is antisemitism just a cudgel used to attack supporters of Palestinians?
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Meteorologists cut from the NOAA: best we can do is take a guess based on Ted Cruz’s next vacation
July 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Trump is using immigration as a ruse to establish a police state.

That is his one and only goal.

He and his Nazi regime want to stop all resistance to a dictatorship.

Sanctuary cities are the start, the training grounds, and an all out military assault.
July 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Dear Democrats and Independents, We can change a lot of the damage in 2026. But it will require ALL of us to vote 🗳, no excuses, no exceptions..... ALL OF US!
PLEASE REPOST
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July 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM