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Bob Fertik

@bobfertik.bsky.social
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Co-founder of Democrats.com, act.tv, VoteProChoice.org, SwipeBlue.org in NYC

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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is my neighbor who was homeless for years until our building hired him to be our super and he found a place to live. In November, let's vote to protect all our neighbors at neighbors.vote #NeighborsVote
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Vote in our new poll: bobfertik.substack.com/p/who-should...
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Who Should Pay for Trump's Wars?
Wars cost billions - or trillions
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Trump got rich - did you?
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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EpsteinGate is worse than WaterGate
Because Trump allegedly raped a child.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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America's child rapist president is Donald Trump - not Bill Clinton
Forget Monica Lewinsky - Meet "Katie Johnson"
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Donald J. Trump, Meet Wile E. Coyote
It's a long way down.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Is it all over between Trump and MAGA?
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Dear Elon Musk: Publish the Epstein-Trump Tapes!
Author Michael Wolff has tapes of Epstein calling Trump "his closest friend for 10 years" - but publishers are terrified to touch them.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Declaration of a Fighting Democratic Party
America needs a second party for the people - not a third party for the world's richest man.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
As missiles strike Kyiv, just ask Ukraine about Trump's "peace deals." "Trump's efforts are mostly performative — they might look good at the surface level, but there is very little process behind the effort." kyivindependent.com/why-have-tru...
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Trump's peace push falters in both Ukraine and the Middle East — for similar reasons
U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a wide range of subjects during his inauguration speech. When speaking about international relations, he was adamant — "Our power will stop all wars and bring a ...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Will Trump's 6/23 "ceasefire" between Israel and Iran last any longer than his 5/20 "ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine? Here's a new acronym: #TAWA Trump Always Walks Away www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks, Kremlin offers no timeframe
Putin said efforts to end the war were "generally on the right track" and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a potential peace deal.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
On June 21, Donald Trump declared war on Iran by dropping massive bombs. Trump's war is illegal - only Congress can declare war. Tell Congress to stop Trump's war with Iran immediately. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop Trump's War on Iran
On June 21, Donald Trump declared war on Iran by dropping massive bombs. Trump's war is illegal - only Congress can declare war. In response, Iran fired missiles at Israel. But Iran is likely to att...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Millions of Americans marched on Saturday against Trump, while a TINY crowd gathered for Trump's birthday parade in DC. It's time for pundits to ask: is big scary MAGA just a MIRAGE?
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Trump Got Rich - Did You?
To quote Sarah Palin, "How's that "billionaire-y" stuff working out for ya?
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I don't condemn Trump's voters but Benbow's analysis of the campaign issues is right on target.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Senate may vote TODAY - call your Democratic Senator at (202) 224-3121
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
beta.democrats.com/post/80
beta.democrats.com
Democrats.com is the first progressive video hub.
Democrats.com is the first progressive video hub.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
5th Ave near Mad Sq #handsoff
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Urge Congress to Impeach Trump for destroying TRILLIONS in market wealth with his reckless tariff Wars : actionnetwork.org/letters/impe...
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Impeach Trump for Reckless Tariff Wars
Donald Trump's tariff wars have recklessly destroyed TRILLIONS in market wealth, making every American poorer - and threatening a global recession or even depression. Congress must impeach Trump for ...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Chuck Schumer has surrendered to the Trump-Musk dictatorship by failing to block dangerous nominations, dangerous legislation, and their full-scale assault on the Constitution. AOC is fighting in Congress and around the country. Sign the petition to Draft AOC: actionnetwork.org/petitions/dr...
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Draft AOC
Senator Chuck Schumer has surrendered to the Trump-Musk dictatorship by failing to block dangerous nominations, dangerous legislation, and their full-scale assault on the Constitution and the Bill of ...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Politico is SHOCKED to hear Democrats cursing. So how many times did Trump cry BULLSHIT? We have the receipts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD__...
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Trump Knows BULLSHIT!
YouTube video by act.tv
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Now we're building powerful new websites at Democrats.com and act.tv to strengthen progressive voices on the Internet and battle MAGA lies.
democrats.com
The Aggressive Progressives - democrats.com
Democrats.com is the original online community of progressive activists, with over 3 million supporters. We fight for jobs, justice, healthcare, education, the environment, and peace.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In 2020, we built SwipeBlue.org to make relational organizing as simple as Tinder.
swipeblue.org
SwipeBlue
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In 2016, I teamed up with Heidi Sieck to launch voteprochoic.us to elect pro-choice champions at every level - from President to school board.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In 2012, we started making social media videos with act.tv, and later became experts at livestreams - which took off with Covid in 2000.
act.tv
act.tv
We are a progressive media company for political activists
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
To defeat George W. Bush, we created the first blog and the first political email newsletter, and also built websites to elect Democratic House candidates. We became the "resistance" to Bush and I organized the first protest against the Iraq War on 9/12/2002.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
These victories inspired me to help elect pro-choice Democratic women nationwide. When the Internet became popular in 1995, I helped create Women Leaders Online and learned how to organize on the Internet. In 2000, I co-founded Democrats.com with David Lytel.
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The Aggressive Progressives - democrats.com
Democrats.com is the original online community of progressive activists, with over 3 million supporters. We fight for jobs, justice, healthcare, education, the environment, and peace.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I started combining politics and tech in 1984, when a House candidate hired me to build him a voter file. He lost so I offered the file to the Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion to elect pro-choice champions like Rep. Nita Lowey.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Nathaniel wanted to hear about my lifetime of progressive activism, starting with volunteering at age 11 for Eugene McCarthy in his primary against LBJ in 1968.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I had the honor of being interviewed by Nathaniel G. Pearlman for The Great Battlefield podcast. greatbattlefield.com/episode/onli...
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Online Community and Tools for Progressives with Bob Fertik of Democrats.com - The Great Battlefield Podcast
Bob Fertik joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about email list building, chaperoned email and other tools at Democrats.com, an online community for progressive organizers with millions of sup...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Ben Wikler is on fire! 🔥🔥🔥
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
How can we fight facism? With community love. bobfertik.substack.com/p/fighting-f...
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Fighting Fascism - with Community Love
Solidarity will strengthen us for the many fights ahead.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Trump's #MassDeportation plan is sailing through Congress, giving local police the power to terrorize and deport 11 million hardworking undocumented immigrants. Tell your Reps to Stop Mass Deportations! actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop Mass Deportations
Donald Trump and the MAGA Republican Party want to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants - including Dreamers - who work hard, pay taxes, and get few (if any) benefits. Republicans will increase...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Here is a simple #Resistance strategy: join your local Democratic Party!
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
On Jan 6 2000, we peacefully urged Congress to reject Florida's disputed electors. “Jail to the thief!” protesters from Democrats.com chanted outside the Capitol. It was “important to do everything to fight the theft of an election,” said co-founder Bob Fertik www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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20 Years Before Jan. 6, Al Gore Stood Up to His Own Party. Mike Pence Was Watching.
The certification of the Electoral College vote was once seen as ceremonial. Two moments 20 years apart remind us how high the stakes really are.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I had to organize outside the DNC because it was impossible to organize anything new within it. That's because the DNC is primarily a fundraising machine for Democratic candidates and state parties. "Organizing" is a neglected orphan at the DNC.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I started organizing groups outside the DNC in 2000 by co-founding Democrats.com to provide news and community for Democrats. I co-founded act.tv in 2012 to create progressive videos, VoteProchoice.us in 2016 to mobilize prochoice voters, and SwipeBlue.org in 2020 to promote relational organizing.
voteprochoice.us
Pro-choice organization electing pro-choice candidates | pro-choice voter guide
VoteProChoice is dedicated to empowering pro-choice voters since 2016, advocating for champions who prioritize reproductive freedom. Uniting voters from school boards to city councils, every elected position influences our reproductive rights. Find your pro-choice champions through our comprehensive voter guide. Exercise your right to choose and support candidates committed to preserving reproductive freedom for all! Your vote matters in shaping a pro-choice future!
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
These new groups did awesome work - but it came at the expense of the Democratic Party "brand" and further weakened the connection between voters and the party www.instagram.com/reel/DEfKP8h...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
After the devastation of 2016, Democratic activists and entrepreneurs created a constellation of new groups to fill the gaps left by the "hollow" Democratic Party. www.instagram.com/reel/DEfJSzK...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
@bradbauman.bsky.social nails it: Now more than ever we need wartime leaders at the DNC. we need folks who understand what the party needs to do to save itself…and perhaps save our democracy from a continued slide toward authoritarianism. www.instagram.com/reel/DEfIxwd...
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Here is Musk violating his own new rules against "criticism of immigration," "negative sentiment on multiculturalism," and "fueling racial or ethnic resentment"
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Now that X openly embraces censorship, everyone who bought a premium account on X because Musk promised "free speech" should join a class action lawsuit demanding a refund with damages.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Musk's X now bans everything Trump and MAGA stand for: "criticism of immigration," "negative sentiment on multiculturalism," "fueling racial or ethnic resentment," "promoting conspiracy theories like the 'Great Replacement.'" So will Musk ban Trump and MAGA??
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Musk just changed the X algorithm to make himself God.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Elon turned Loomer into a Marxist lol
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
First Elon removed the blue check Laura Loomer paid for. Now he is stealing her hard-earned pay.
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Bob Fertik @bobfertik.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
oh dear - Vivek has gone #woke. This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. x.com/VivekGRamasw...
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