Will Vandenberg 🇺🇦
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Finding hope in red and purple places (sometimes heartbreak). Always for underdogs & multiracial democracy. Regional mutt. opinions=mine 🏳️🌈
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Gorgeous evening today in Anchorage, Alaska.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Gorgeous evening today in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Hiring your friends to run a $200 million anti-immigrant ad campaign funded by taxpayer dollars is incredibly corrupt.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Hiring your friends to run a $200 million anti-immigrant ad campaign funded by taxpayer dollars is incredibly corrupt.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
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Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit, writes Miacel Spotted Elk for Grist. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/14/n...
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit. | Alaska Beacon
Typhoon Halong laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
alaskabeacon.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit, writes Miacel Spotted Elk for Grist. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/14/n...
A new Republican “election security” law - said to address fraud that isn’t actually happening - disenfranchised thousands of Montana voters by rejecting their ballots in last week’s local elections. From the @dailymontanan.com dailymontanan.com/2025/11/12/t...
Thousands of ballots rejected due to new birth year law • Daily Montanan
Larger counties saw higher rejection rates; secretary of state declared election overall successful
dailymontanan.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A new Republican “election security” law - said to address fraud that isn’t actually happening - disenfranchised thousands of Montana voters by rejecting their ballots in last week’s local elections. From the @dailymontanan.com dailymontanan.com/2025/11/12/t...
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Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project is a thing of the past, but it may still be a major topic of conversation when lawmakers gather next year for the annual legislative session
Story by @journalistross.bsky.social.
Story by @journalistross.bsky.social.
GOP lawmaker says tougher campaign finance penalties needed in response to New Georgia Project case • Georgia Recorder
Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project is a thing of the past, but it may still be a major topic of conversation when lawmakers gather next year for the annual legislative session
georgiarecorder.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project is a thing of the past, but it may still be a major topic of conversation when lawmakers gather next year for the annual legislative session
Story by @journalistross.bsky.social.
Story by @journalistross.bsky.social.
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The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
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A Utah judge is facing threats of impeachment after she rejected the Utah Legislature's preferred congressional map and instead ordered one that has a single Democratic-leaning district to be used for the 2026 elections. #utpol #utleg
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/11/u...
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/11/u...
Utah judge faces impeachment threats after ordering congressional map with 1 Democratic seat • Utah News Dispatch
A Utah judge faces impeachment threats after a redistricting ruling that threw out the Legislature's map in favor of plaintiffs' map that includes a Democratic-leaning seat.
utahnewsdispatch.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Utah judge is facing threats of impeachment after she rejected the Utah Legislature's preferred congressional map and instead ordered one that has a single Democratic-leaning district to be used for the 2026 elections. #utpol #utleg
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/11/u...
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/11/u...
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I checked in with Dan Osborn and his Senate campaign against one of Nebraska’s wealthiest and best-known politicians, Sen. Pete Ricketts, as he’s pursuing a prairie populist upset
My latest @nebraskaexaminer.com
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/12/d...
My latest @nebraskaexaminer.com
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/12/d...
Dan Osborn pursues a prairie populist upset in Nebraska U.S. Senate race • Nebraska Examiner
Dan Osborn in heated bid against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., one of the state’s wealthiest, best-known politicians.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I checked in with Dan Osborn and his Senate campaign against one of Nebraska’s wealthiest and best-known politicians, Sen. Pete Ricketts, as he’s pursuing a prairie populist upset
My latest @nebraskaexaminer.com
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/12/d...
My latest @nebraskaexaminer.com
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/12/d...
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Commentary: Mainers are still showing up for Platner and the party needs to reckon with why mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/12/m...
Mainers are still showing up for Platner and the party needs to reckon with why • Maine Morning Star
Five hundred in Ogunquit, another 700 in Damariscotta and Portland, and a packed theater in Bath last week. Despite a running list of foul-mouthed controversies and staffing defections, Graham…
mainemorningstar.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Commentary: Mainers are still showing up for Platner and the party needs to reckon with why mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/12/m...
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BREAKING: Judge Gibson has blocked the Republican-controlled Legislature’s congressional map from being used in the 2026 elections while instead approving one of the plaintiffs’ submitted alternatives, known as Map 1. #utpol #utleg
Redistricting ruling: Utah judge picks plaintiffs’ congressional map, blocks Legislature’s • Utah News Dispatch
A Utah judge selected a congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections that give Democrats a chance at a U.S. House seat.
utahnewsdispatch.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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For the past week, my stomach dropped each time I saw a new story pop up with "Kim Davis," "Supreme Court," or "same-sex marriage."
I initially didn't think they would take the case... but as the decision got closer, my anxiety over it grew, too.
A sigh of relief. Temporary, but welcome.
I initially didn't think they would take the case... but as the decision got closer, my anxiety over it grew, too.
A sigh of relief. Temporary, but welcome.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...
US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For the past week, my stomach dropped each time I saw a new story pop up with "Kim Davis," "Supreme Court," or "same-sex marriage."
I initially didn't think they would take the case... but as the decision got closer, my anxiety over it grew, too.
A sigh of relief. Temporary, but welcome.
I initially didn't think they would take the case... but as the decision got closer, my anxiety over it grew, too.
A sigh of relief. Temporary, but welcome.
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House speaker uses unilateral power to strip fellow Republicans of committee assignments for blocking a special session on U.S. House redistricting.
kansasreflector.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Republicans should be scared how Trump policies hurt working families across the U.S. In New Jersey, great groups like @njwfp.bsky.social & @maketheroadnj.bsky.social brought information to voters who responded with Democratic victories up & down the ballot. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Latino voter shifts in Tuesday's elections alarm some Republicans
While the economy was a top concern for Latino voters, there is also evidence they are pushing back on the Trump administration’s deportation policies.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Republicans should be scared how Trump policies hurt working families across the U.S. In New Jersey, great groups like @njwfp.bsky.social & @maketheroadnj.bsky.social brought information to voters who responded with Democratic victories up & down the ballot. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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Colorado's most diverse city gave progressives a clean sweep after decades of Republican leadership. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports:
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Colorado's most diverse city gave progressives a clean sweep after decades of Republican leadership. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports:
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Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Kansas GOP face-plants with attempt to gerrymander U.S. House seat for Trump. Sad! #ksleg
Kansas GOP face-plants with attempt to gerrymander U.S. House seat for Trump. Sad! • Kansas Reflector
Dan Hawkins didn’t have the muscle, didn’t have the persuasive power, didn’t have the juice to deliver for President Donald Trump.
kansasreflector.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Kansas GOP face-plants with attempt to gerrymander U.S. House seat for Trump. Sad! #ksleg
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The double victory marks the first time the Democratic Party has won a statewide constitutional office in Georgia since 2006 and reshapes the political landscape ahead of the pivotal 2026 midterm elections.
Democrats flip two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission • Georgia Recorder
Democrats have flipped two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, which is currently an all-GOP panel. The PSC regulates Georgia utilities.
georgiarecorder.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The double victory marks the first time the Democratic Party has won a statewide constitutional office in Georgia since 2006 and reshapes the political landscape ahead of the pivotal 2026 midterm elections.
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An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities:
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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We'll post a list sometime soon but in addition to all the D vs. R stories tonight, in basically every nonpartisan election in the country today, the more pro-housing candidate won.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities:
- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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- Bozeman, MT
- Cambridge, MA
- Durham, NC
- Kalispell, MT
- Littleton, CO
- Manchester, NH
- Missoula, MT
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Seattle, WA
- Wilmington, NC
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KANSAS: First-term MAGA Senator Roger Marshall seems to be enjoying a Republican forced government shutdown that is making 42 million kids & seniors go hungry while exploding health care costs for millions more. His 2026 election defeat can’t come soon enough! www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Roger Marshall says to let 'Democrats dangle from the end of the rope'
President Donald Trump and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall are discouraging Republicans from negotiating with Democrats to end the government shutdown.
www.cjonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
KANSAS: First-term MAGA Senator Roger Marshall seems to be enjoying a Republican forced government shutdown that is making 42 million kids & seniors go hungry while exploding health care costs for millions more. His 2026 election defeat can’t come soon enough! www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
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BREAKING: Mississippi Democrats have now flipped two state Senate seats—putting them on the verge of breaking the Mississippi GOP's supermajority.
Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.
Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.
Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
BREAKING: Mississippi Democrats have now flipped two state Senate seats—putting them on the verge of breaking the Mississippi GOP's supermajority.
Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.
Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.
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Kansas Democratic congresswoman considers Senate run, says no ‘options off the table’ | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Democratic congresswoman considers Senate run, says no 'options off the table' • Kansas Reflector
Kansas U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids may be “inching” toward a run for the Senate, but the congresswoman isn’t ready to discuss her plans.
kansasreflector.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Kansas Democratic congresswoman considers Senate run, says no ‘options off the table’ | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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The plaintiffs in the state's redistricting court battle has asked the judge take on the “unwelcome task” of voiding the Legislature's 2025 map and picking an alternative map because they argue lawmakers have left the court "no choice." #utpol
Redistricting plaintiffs: Judge has ‘no choice’ but to void Utah Legislature’s map, pick another • Utah News Dispatch
Less than a week remains before the Nov. 10 deadline to decide which map will set Utah’s congressional boundaries for the 2026 election.
utahnewsdispatch.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The plaintiffs in the state's redistricting court battle has asked the judge take on the “unwelcome task” of voiding the Legislature's 2025 map and picking an alternative map because they argue lawmakers have left the court "no choice." #utpol
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Mary Peltola hasn’t announced her next move — but new polling suggests she could win almost any statewide race she enters in 2026.
Polling: It’s Peltola’s choice for 2026 elections - The Alaska Current
Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola hasn’t made anything official for the 2026 elections, but she has some good options.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Mary Peltola hasn’t announced her next move — but new polling suggests she could win almost any statewide race she enters in 2026.
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.