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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're still in the early going so I'll be very interested to see what happens from here out, but this is a dramatic swing in the content. Very likely indicates that the anti-trans ads were falling flat.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift.

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Christopher Street Project @christopherstreet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The queer community’s organized political power does not have to fund the first Democrats willing to abandon us." We can take back Congress without compromising on our fundamental rights. 🔗https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/equality-pac-political-arm-of-congressional

“We can want Democrats to win and secure a Democratic majority while also recognizing that the queer community’s organized political power does not have to fund the first Democrats willing to abandon us,” said Tyler Hack, executive director of the Christopher Street Project, which also wields a PAC meant to fund campaign efforts to elect and retain unapologetically trans-allied politicians.

“It’s clear that the trans community needs independent political power that works to build a Democratic majority while ensuring our resources go to those who stand with us when it matters,” she said.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!

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Brooke Densmore Williams (she/her) @brdw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Politicians: it's truly that easy. Don't listen to consultants and pollsters who tell you that letting kids live their lives with their friends in their schools is a complicated issue. Thank you to @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social for showing us how its done.

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Women Donors Action @womendonors.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We just read DNC Chair Ken Martin’s letter to prime us for the “document that does not reflect the views of the DNC.” Some thoughts w/ the caveat that the report itself is reportedly riddled w/ mistakes: It’s missing the biggest piece of feedback from voters & organizers: GOVERNING. 🧵 (1/10)

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

wishing a very SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN to all other anti-trans Democrats nervously looking ahead to their own primaries

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Member of the Epstein class says what

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos

Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developments

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This is our operational definition of political strength: making decisions based on core values and principles, explaining choices with clear and persuasive arguments, drawing a contrast with one’s opponents, and making it clear why your approach is the better one. Dems could choose this.

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The right and Republicans understand this. The broader left, center, and Democrats could. Today we are releasing Towards Strength, a summary of a year of research into the losses of 2024, chronic Democratic underperformance, and what voters are thinking as we head into 2026.

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A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024

It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.

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Women Donors Action @womendonors.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

As part of her series on women, wealth & power, Tricia Raikes spoke with our Pres & CEO Leena Barakat about how women are reshaping philanthropy. Leena’s story is an invitation: follow what moves you & don’t wait until everything feels figured out. #philanthropy www.linkedin.com/pulse/redefi...

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Redefining Power: A Conversation with Leena Barakat on the Future of Women-Led Wealth

As more wealth shifts to women than ever before, a defining question emerges: How can we lead in ways that truly redefine power and who it serves? In the second installment of my series on women, weal...

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.

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Everyone Is Wrong

The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

One major takeaway: Winsome Earle-Sears tried relentlessly to attack Abigail Spanberger with the same transphobic messaging Trump used against Kamala Harris.... and people just didn't care. It shows anti-trans messaging isn't an inflection point. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Five big takeaways from Democrats’ blue tsunami election that should worry Trump

Record voter turnout, a revolt against Trump and DOGE in Virginia, affordability remains a throughline and all should worry Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republicans, Eric Garcia writes. Plus, one tough...

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Interesting to think that this is the kind of polling that James Carville was looking at the last time he won an election 🤷‍♂️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🔥 WATCH: Bernie sweeps aside Senator Slotkin saying Dems should stop talking about fighting the oligarchy because people don’t understand. Of course people get it. And if they don’t, you don’t stop saying it. You say it until they do. #FightTheOligarchy 🇺🇸

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

ICYMI — here’s the lesson Schumer and the other Dems just taught them 👇🏽

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Now we have no choice but to accept what we have long known: We cannot vote our way to a democracy. The only way forward is for us to take direct action.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Putting a lot of chips on thermostatic public opinion here. Not sure “we’re fighting Trump by voting to let him do what he wants” is gonna motivate a lot of people to vote, donate and organize for the midterms. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Apropos of nothing in particular, here is a photo of young Chuck Schumer at a birthday party for Donald Trump’s mentor, Roy Cohn:

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Birthday Party
American politician New York State Assemblyman Chuck Schumer, hands in the pockets of his overcoat, arrives at the Studio 54 nightclub (at 254 West 54th Street) for Roy Cohn's birthday party, New York, New York, February 22, 1979. (Photo by Fred W.
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Black and white photo of a dark haired young man in a tuxedo

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Eve Ettinger @eveettinger.com · 13/03/2025

absolutely

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Five years ago, Breonna Taylor was murdered. She should still be alive. We will not forget. #SayHerName

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries. We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district. Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Good morning Washington. Today's the last day both the state House and Senate are able to pass (non-budget) bills off their floors, with a 5pm deadline where they can keep working on one individual bill. The Senate has 68 bills ready to move, and the House has 71. Many of them will die today.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Some people think getting your books banned is a badge of honor, but it’s not. As I told Ms. Mag: “It’s not a badge of honor to have my creative work denigrated as obscene, especially when that work is about queer people and people of color. It’s offensive to have my work mischaracterized this way.”

“It’s not a badge of honor to have my creative work denigrated as obscene, especially when that work is about queer people and people of color. It’s offensive to have my work mischaracterized this way.” — Malinda Lo

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/03/2025

Elon Musk's involvement in Wisconsin has turned what could've been a sleepy off-year election at a time when Democrats are still reeling from Trump’s second win into a race with major significance. “We’ll find out whether Musk’s millions are more powerful than the fury [he] provokes among voters.”

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is a referendum on Elon Musk

“We'll find out whether Musk's millions are more powerful than the fury that Musk provokes among voters.”

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Trans Americans experience poor physical and mental health more than other LGBTQ+ people, in part due to higher rates of discrimination, while intersex Americans struggle to find or afford health care at all. These disparities may only get worse under the Trump administration.

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Trans and intersex Americans’ health is suffering. The Trump administration could make it worse.

Trans people are experiencing poor physical and mental health, while intersex people are struggling to find health care at all, new data shows.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025

trump came to power both times arguing that america was in the dump — that nothing could be worse than it currently is. and both times what he meant is that *he* would make it that way

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Care without transaction babeyyyy

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 11/03/2025

Our April issue features Eamon Whalen on Richard Reeves and his solutions to men in crisis, @elienyc.bsky.social on airline deregulation, @davidklion.bsky.social on the cruel world of Stephen Miller, Jorge Cotte on the new season of “Severance” and so much more.

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April 2025 Issue

The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test of us to see how hard we will fight back.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This is helpful because it really cuts through the bullshit. Vance is essentially telling congress: "this is a blank check for Musk and Trump." Should be an easy "no" vote for any House or Senate Dem. If the GOP wants Dem votes, negotiate for them.

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Jason Hagglund @hagglundized.net · 11/03/2025

This is the association I will make now and forever, beware the Gavins.

Left side: California Governor and transphobic opportunistic dickbag Gavin Newsom

Right side: Fictional dickbag Gavin Belson (Matt Ross), CEO of Hooli and the primary antagonist from the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This should scare everyone. The Trump admin revoked Mahmoud’s legal status, kidnapped him, and is now holding him in an ICE detention facility without any due process. Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This is a chilling attack on free speech. Criminalizing dissent is straight out of the tyrant's playbook.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

some helpful reminders: -not all jews support israel -criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic -being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas -arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment -violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil did everything MAGAs claim they care about: He followed the law, got his green card legally, got married & started a family, had no criminal record—but because the party of free speech didn't like HIS free speech, he's abducted & set for deportation www.qasimrashid.com/p/ice-abduct...

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ICE Abducts & Disappears US Green Card Holder Mahmoud Khalil

ICE claims it is acting on US State Dept orders, without warrant or charge, and refuses to inform Khalil's U.S. Citizen wife or his attorney of his whereabouts

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 10/03/2025

1/ John Roberts killed the Voting Rights Act in 2013 because he thought racism was over. Adorable. Now, we’re knee-deep in voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and resegregation, @angryblacklady.bsky.social writes. Hell of a legacy, Johnny. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/03/10/a...

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Analysis: You Can Blame John Roberts for Our Country's Legal Shitshow

If Donald Trump is playing king, Roberts is his court jester.

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Aoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.

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