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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ, joined #AZDemocratsRuralCouncil in a discussion about critical issues facing rural areas in AZ & across the nation. Trump's errant tariffs policies and high fuel prices due to the failing war against oil-rich Iran, are among the issues that have damaged rural economies.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#DemocracyPartners' #RobertCreamer calls on the political call to “act immediately to help promote AI’s potential to benefit human beings and prevent the dreadful consequences of inaction.” Here's his take on the raging AI debate. robertcreamer.substack.com/p/the-essent...
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The Essential Elements of Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Regulation
By Robert Creamer
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#DemocracyPartners’ #MikeLux takes issue with #USChamberofCommerce stance against people looking “for solutions” during these tough economic times. “God forbid we let people look for solutions to problems like not being able to afford their housing, utilities, health care, groceries,
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Chamber of Commerce: Stop Looking for Solutions, People
In these complicated times, don’t be thinking about any other system except the one working so well for all of us now.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Remarkable Power of Human Decency substack.com/@mikelux1/no...
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The Remarkable Power of Human Decency
In a country run by cruel and greedy people, it’s easy to forget how powerful it is to simply be a good person.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Democrats will have a great election year, but only if their supporters actually vote. Don’t let you post-election hangover be regret that you didn’t do more to win. Here’s #DemocracyPartners’ #RobertCreamer’s take: “Don’t Wish You Did More November 4.” robertcreamer.substack.com/p/dont-wish-...
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Don’t Wish You Did More November 4
By Robert Creamer, Democracy Partners
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seriously. Yes, it's true. Democrats' chances to have a strong election season are real, writes #DemocracyPartners' #MikeLux in his latest pst: "The 'Holy Shit, What Kind of a Year Is It Really' Senate Races." open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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The “Holy Shit, What Kind of a Year Is It Really” Senate Races
The NYT recently listed five states Trump won as pick-up opportunities for Democrats, but the polling indicates even more.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Violent threats against two Democratic candidates in OH and TX raise warnings for all contenders regardless of party affiliation, according to Action This Day’s security study. Click link below. (ATD headed by @DemocracyPartners' #MacDAllesandro) democracypartners.substack.com/p/violent-th...
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Violent threats against two Democratic candidates in OH and TX raise warnings for all contenders regardless of party affiliation, according to Action This Day’s security study.
ATD issues steps candidates should take following security threats against TX Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico and OH Gubernatorial Democratic nominee Amy Acton.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
TY #HeatherCoxRichardson for including in “250to250” project the “Jane Collective” video with founder #HeatherBooth, who also cofounded #DemPartners. As a civil rights leader, Heather ignited underground abortion movement that preceded Roe v Wade. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-fifte...
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Week Fifteen in 250 to 250
Last week was the fifteenth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICYMI: #MustRead from @DemPartners' @LaurenWindsor that reveals what's behind the right's "War on Woke."
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#DemocracyPartners’ co-founder #MikeLux offers his take on next steps that NY Dems should take after their divide split wide open in last week’s primaries. open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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What Both Sides of the Democratic Party Divide Need to Do Now
We can and should have a debate about what path the Democratic Party should follow while staying unified in the fight against fascism.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Confused about the status of war in Iran, or diplomacy, or whatever Trump pronounces it to be? You’re not the only one. Here’s one take by #DemocracyPartners’ #JoelRubin on #MSNow. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
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'It's Total Confusion': MS NOW Analyst Argues Trump 'Kneecapping' Any Actual Strategy to End Iran War
Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant Secretary of State under Barack Obama, tore into President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war with Iran on Thursday in a panel discussion led by MS NOW anchor Ana...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Four years after U.S. Supreme Court overturned reproductive rights, spurring voter anger in the 2022 midterm elections, advocates say the issue remains critical for voters this November. It also is important for future voters +1 open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Four years after U.S. Supreme Court overturned reproductive rights, spurring voter anger in the 2022 midterm elections, advocates say the issue remains critical for voters this November.
Women's rights also concerns future voters like Merin Kolodner a New Hampshire 8th grader who interviewed rights leader & #DemocracyPartners' co-founder Heather Booth for National History Day project.
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Eve Levenson @eve-levenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
There’s some great stuff we found re how students actually voted, differences between college and non-college youth, and recommendations for how to improve programs going forward. If folks are interested in the full report and work in the space, reach out!
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Eve Levenson @eve-levenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Not going to add to the discourse on the autopsy™️ but while we’re thinking about 2024, wanted to reshare the lessons learned in the report I had the pleasure of working of last year that has insight from: - 100+ staff - precinct and voter file analysis - 36k student survey responses ⬇️👀🗳️
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The College Vote 2024 Toplines - Flytedesk
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MUST READ: New report from @laurenwindsor and @OklahomaWatch on how the "biblical finance" is increasing its influence, in this case, in OK.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In TX Senate race, Democratic nominee #JamesTalarico says it doesn't matter which GOP candidate is endorsed since they are both not good for TX:
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Gebe Martinez @gebem.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's no surprise Trump has endorsed #Paxton for GOP nomination for the Senate seat now occupied by Sen. John Cornyn, who faces Paxton in the upcoming #GOPrunoff election. Paxton and Trump have much in common, including long histories of corruption. Cornyn tried to win Trump's backing, but couldn't +
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
URGENT: Join "ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SOUTH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION" this Saturday, May 16, IN PERSON IN ALABAMA OR VIRTUALLY, & reclaim our voting rights! Buses to Montgomery & Selma will transport rally goers. Can't attend? Share this info & support on social media. allroadsleadtothesouth.com
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
BREAKING: #DemPartners' #LaurenWindsor (@Lawindsor) & @AlaskaCurrent report on a free glacier cruise for state treasurers that led to $80M+ in public contracts to firms tied to a data infrastructure investor building the most ambitious natural gas plant in the world, in the Arctic.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
. @DemPartners salutes partner @JoelMartinRubin on his book: “Saving Democratic Foreign Policy: How Democrats Can Earn the American People’s Trust to Lead the World Once Again." He calls for "robust international engagement" to ensure global stability, U.S. prosperity & security.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"What Maine — and every other thing happening in politics right now —teaches us," writes #DemocracyPartners co-founder #MikeLux. PS: "The DC Establishment really doesn't get it." open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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What Maine — and every other thing happening in politics right now —teaches us
The DC establishment really doesn’t get it
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#DemocracyPartners’ @MikeLux writes about a bad habit that is not worth repeating: “Pundits like to lump right-wing and left-wing populism together. Just stop.” open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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The Fear of Populism
Pundits like to lump right-wing and left-wing populism together. Just stop.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#AGoodRead: "What If We Paid for Organizing?" is the title of this piece by #YoniLandau, CEO and Founder of #MovementLabs & #DemPartners member, and #MattSinger, founder of #Impactual. #FoodforThought www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/what-if...
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What If We Paid for Organizing?
No one has funded a workable alternative to the traditional top-down funder-grantee dynamic in civic engagement philanthropy, Yoni Landau and Matt Singer write. But they argue there is one.
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Linda @lelsauce.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Congratulations to #DemocracyPartners #ReneeSchaeffer, #JohnNeffinger, and #MacD'Alessandro, the political team for #DemocratShawnHarrisforCongress. Next up, the April 7 runoff.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Congrats to #DemPartners Renee Schaeffer, John Neffinger & Mac D’Alessandro, campaign team for #DemocratShawnHarrisforGeorgia, who came in 1st in #GA14 special election. Harris, a retd. US Army brig. gen., will face Trump-backed MAGA Clay Fuller in April 7 runoff for +
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The #BLUEMiracle is coming to Texas this November! open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
MUST READ: #DemocracyPartners' #LaurenWindsor, the force behind The Undercurrent's exposés, & #TheAlaskaCurrent, spotlight corruption in Alaska related to state's main rainy day fund, a risky, murky private equity deal, as administration tries to evade scrutiny. thealaskacurrent.com/2026/01/13/d...
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Gov. Dunleavy Working with DigitalBridge to Build Data Centers in Alaska - The Alaska Current
Alaska’s former revenue commissioner and current gubernatorial candidate, Adam Crum, is under fire from lawmakers for committing up to $75 million of the state’s primary rainy day fund to a risky and ...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We're attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join us! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#DemPartners’ #MikeLux looks at the horrors that this year has brought, but also the hope created by voters’ pushback at the polls in off-year elections. open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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The Horror and the Hope
The worst of times bring out the best in people
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
#DemocracyWeekender includes news from #DemocracyPartners on how to maintain campaign operational security and stay chill in the time of #MeanTrump open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Renowned Political Organizer Heather Booth Celebrates 80th Birthday With Key Message: "Get to work!"
Hundreds of progressive allies from various policy battles over six decades gathered this weekend to honor Booth, a founding member of Democracy Partners.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
New from #DemPartners' #MikeLux: substack.com/@mikelux1/no...
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The Double Dilemma for Democrats
There’s a winning message strategy for Democrats even in red districts but neither Hakeem Jeffries nor Aftyn Behn got it right last week
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Democracy Partners (@democracypartners)
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
#DemocracyPartners' #JoelRubin writes on #Substack: "American foreign policy is entering one of those defining moments...where law, alliances, and national security collide in ways that leave us little room for error." open.substack.com/pub/joelrubi...
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Our Foreign Policy is at a Crossroads.
Legal, policy, and political issues on Ukraine, Venezuela, and the National Guard attack are all colliding right now.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
In these critical and dangerous times, #DemocracyPartners is lifting a column written last month by our co-founder, #RobertCreamer, titled, “Hope.” Please read and feel inspired by all the factors that can give Democrats hope for future wins. substack.com/profile/3552...
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Democracy Partners (@democracypartners)
In these critical and dangerous times, #DemocracyPartners is lifting up a column written last month by our co-founder, #RobertCreamer, titled, “Hope.” Please read and feel inspired by all the factors ...
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Health Care Clusterfuck the Republicans Are in Right Now open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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The Health Care Clusterfuck the Republicans Are in Right Now
Whatever Republicans do on health care, they are seriously screwed
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
No doubt, this last week was a really bad one for Trump (at least until Friday night when #MTG announced her departure from the House in January, because of Trump.) open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump threatens 6 Dems with death penalty, then retracts the death part; he signs law he once opposed to release Epstein files; MTG to leave House after Trump calls her a traitor
Underscoring Trump's behavior this week, besides publicly criticizing women, is his penchant for authoritarianism that becomes increasingly obvious.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
A Latina makes history and changes Trump's mood! democracypartners.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump's bromance with pedophile Epstein & his indifference to consumers' anxieties about "affordability" sink his poll ratings; and Rep. Grijalva comes to Washington
Democrats's bad week saw infighting after eight senators caved and voted with GOP to end the longest-ever government shutdown. Democracy Partners' Mike Lux writes how "DC Moderate" may not be moderate
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Disgusting behavior by Trump's goons. Again. Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
No one knows when, how, or if the government will reopen, but they know the Dems are not happy. open.substack.com/pub/gebemart...
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Five Days After Historic Election Victories, Senate Democratic Centrists Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Democratic Centrists Vote With GOP Senators to Reopen Government in Exchange for Future Vote on Health Care Tax Credits, And Blow A Rare Political Opportunity
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
It was a bad week for Team Trump. They even lost in court to the "Sandwich Guy." Read on! open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Democrats crush Trump and GOP in Nov. 4 elections, making the president a lame duck only 9 months into his term
Stoked by historic election wins, Dems offer plan to end longest-ever government shutdown; Trump throws mud at Dems & Nancy Pelosi as she announces retirement; & "sandwich guy" beats Team Trump
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Here's a brief on the Latino vote in Tuesday's elections.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Good read from #DemocracyPartners' Mike Lux on how to maintain momentum as we head towards midterm elections in a year. 2025 Shows Us We Can Win Big in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
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2025 Shows Us We Can Win Big in 2026
The midterms, like odd-numbered year elections, are mostly about who turns out
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Check out #DemocracyWeekender! Lots to talk about: SNAP, New ACA insurance premiums mean those tax credits Dems are holding out for better be extended before the end of the year, or the avg. cost increase will be 114%!!! Also ElectionDay on Tues & what we'll learn! open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Democracy Weekender: Oh SNAP! Trump wrongly claims Dems are “hurting their own people” during the shutdown that has run out of SNAP food aid for 42 million Americans. WRONG! (& voters agree)
Also, higher health care costs are alarming, raising the stakes on shutdown stalemate; we look at elections on Tuesday & #2026 midterms; plus: Heather Booth on how to feel hopeful in chaotic times
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Authoritarian watch! and a reminder to wear YELLOW in support of the #NoKings historic day of action. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump continued destroying democratic norms as millions of Americans readied for peaceful "No Kings" rallies across the U.S. this weekend
AUTHORITARIAN WATCH: Anti-Trump “No Kings” rallies rattle MAGA as Trump issues kingly edicts
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Democracy Weekender: Gaza deal; Trump autocracy speeds up but courts apply the brakes; Pope Leo weighs in; Speaker Johnson on the ropes; 10/18 national NO KINGS rallies; prep w/Heather Booth + more
Democracy Partners' news recap begins with Gaza analysis by #DemPartners' Joel Rubin; spotlight on Chicago, where Trump autocracy is on full display; & Trump learns he can't always get what he wants.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
DemocracyWeekender recaps start of govt shutdown, Trump's BIG LIE re immigrants, an op-ed decrying Mark Zuckerberg’s zeal to bend Meta’s policies to serve Trumpism, & GOP not eager to swear in newly elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ. And why is this dummy here? open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Like the dummy Charlie McCarthy, GOP lawmakers only mouth the words and lies spoken by their boss.
The government shutdown shows the fiasco that is the GOP-led Congress, marching in lock-step to Trump's orders, while echoing false charges against undocumented immigrants to rile up Trump's base.
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
From #DemPartners' Weekender: A partial list of his retribution campaign after being humiliated by Kimmel. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Democracy Weekender: The meanness of the would-be-king Donald
Kimmel crushes Trump, igniting POTUS retribution campaign against foes, starting with former FBI Director Comey; warns of mass firings of federal workers if the government shuts down; plus more!
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DemPartners @dempartners.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
DemocracyWeekender-Trump escalates war against broadcasters w/new, threats to Free Speech. Death of Charlie Kirk, a conservative warrior & Free Speech advocate, & an on-air mistake re Kirk's alleged shooter that cost Jimmy Kimmel his talk show, fueled Trump ire open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Democracy Weekender: Trump escalates his war against broadcasters with new, dangerous threats to the nation's most crucial Constitutional right, The Freedom of Speech
The shooting death of Charlie Kirk, a conservative warrior who advocated Free Speech, and an on-air mistake about Kirk's alleged shooter that cost Jimmy Kimmel his talk show, fueled Trump's ire.
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