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Donovan Kolbly

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Traveler on spaceship Earth 🌎🌍 Software developer by day 🖥️ Democracy warrior by night 📣

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 8h
We've put together our annual guide to #IndigenousPeoplesDay -- highlighting events happening this coming weekend in #SantaFe as well as resources. #NewMexico tewawomenunited.org/2026/10/indi...
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Indigenous People's Day Celebration
Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 17h
I won my first election by just 6 votes. I would drag my wheelchair up stairs just to knock on someone’s door. Why? Because that’s how important your vote is to me.
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 13h
Spent some time in Ocean Springs this afternoon talking with seniors about healthcare, the economy and the need for more accountability in Washington. We covered some important issues — and finished with a little ice cream. 🍦 A pretty sweet afternoon! #MississippiMatters
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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 03/10/2026
DAY ONE of voting starts in 72 hours in Santa Fe at the County Administrative Building, 240 Grant Street. WILL YOU BE THERE TO HELP RECLAIM DEMOCRACY? indivisiblesantafe.org/vote-early/
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 03/10/2026
> By 1994, Robert Reich, secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, warned that the U.S. was “on the way to becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group of Americans left behind, whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated.” Prescient indeed.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026
"If that’s how they define the GOP—if any disagreement with Trump means you’re against the party—then perhaps you should take them at their word. On November 3, you can tell every nominee of the Trump party...what you think of them."
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 02/10/2026
Early voting starts in 4 days at the County Administrative Building, 240 Grant Street. Listen to ISF leaders Ellen Hill and Will Schmitt on the Richard Eeds Show discuss what as at stake in this election. Then be a Day One Voter on October 6th! santafe.com/podcast/rich...
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Richard Eeds Show – October 1, 2026 - SantaFe.com
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The Big Picture @readthebigpicture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Redistricting gave Republicans a head start in the House worth roughly nine seats. What it couldn't do is make their candidates popular. Several districts redrawn to favor the GOP are now competitive. Todd Beeton breaks down where every redrawn map stands heading into midterms.
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How's Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Looking Right About Now?
Republicans are fretting that their gerrymander scheme may be backfiring hard
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3.
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 01/10/2026
That huge gap makes it obvious why the "titans of industry" are getting rich so fast. Workers deliver more value (productivity) and industrialists turn that into wealth instead of wages.
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 01/10/2026
Voting early is easier than waiting until the last second. Vote Early - Vote Easy 💙🇺🇸
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 01/10/2026
> At press time, reports confirmed the nation was put at ease upon realizing the perpetrators would no doubt serve life sentences in prison for their crimes. Brutal humor indeed, Onion. theonion.com/nation-horri...
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Nation Horrified To Think Sexual Assault Could Happen On College Campus
WASHINGTON—Expressing shock and disgust that an unspeakable crime could occur at a place of higher learning, the U.S. populace was reportedly horrified this week to think that sexual assault could hap...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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Dave Bazell @db137.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Courts Are Not Going to Save Voting Rights open.substack.com/pub/contrari... @indivisiblesantafe.org @50501movement.bsky.social @heidilifeldman.bsky.social @jenrubin.bsky.social Jen Rubin detail how the fight for fair elections must extend beyond this election. There is more to do.
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Courts Are Not Going to Save Voting Rights
🚨 34 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Phony moderate uses phony press from plant to fuel his campaign.
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 29/09/2026
Corrupt, much?
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 29/09/2026
(1) when someone tells you who they are, believe them, and (2) I can't think of a more convincing reason to vote against Republicans
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 28/09/2026
We're so done with the corruption. Let's prove we want *our* money spent helping the people not the Epstein class by voting that way. 💙🇺🇸🚫👑
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The Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With the balance of power in Congress on the line, the race for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District is among the battleground seats in the national spotlight as Democrats and Republicans wrestle for control. sfnm.co/4iTnHcp
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Race for 2nd Congressional District puts New Mexico in the national spotlight
Republicans have set their sights on the seat after it became one of 13 Democrat-held districts Trump won in 2024. Polling shows it's a close race.
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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 28/09/2026
Vote Early. Vote Easy.
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Early voting in #NewMexico starts Oct 6. The best defense against Trump's likely efforts to disrupt the election is to #VoteEarly. The #FreeFairElectionsNM26 team has fresh digital graphics for #MassiveTurnout. All welcome to use and share. Nab here or at https:landofaction.org/vote #JustGoVoteEarly
VOTING IS THE BEST REVENGE. NM EARLY VOTING OCT 6-31
All Together Now. MASSIVE TURNOUT!
CHECK VOTING LOCATIONS AT NMVOTE.GOV
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Land of Action
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If Democratic candidates identifying as progressive Christians win in November, they will help sustain a Democratic blue wave but also, and more important, reaffirm the ideals of a country founded by religious dissenters and renegades who suffered from repressive established religion.
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A Defining Moment of Religious Pluralism
🚨 36 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Dave Bazell @db137.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@indivisiblesantafe.org @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2026-electio... You can push the media to cover our elections with more vigor and truth. Sign the letter. Pass it on.
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Add Your Name: 2026 Election Coverage Guidelines Open Letter
Sign our open letter to American journalists, editors, and media executives. Join us in demanding pro-democracy election coverage of the 2026 midterms!
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Dave Bazell @db137.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/how-you-ca... @sulliview.bsky.social @indivisiblesantafe.org @indivisible.org You can help improve media coverage of this critical election. Read the post. Sign the letter. Pass it on.
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How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom
Examples of what is working and what must stop. Plus: some great reporting and two scary developments
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
makes a huge amount of sense... she would be awesome candidate, clear the field and help shake up Senate www.axios.com/2026/09/27/a...
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AOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New York
She says her goal is to "transform the state."
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 27/09/2026
... and **The People** deserve to know what's going on in the people's house. Let the press in, you 1A-avoidant hacks!
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 27/09/2026
I'm not a religious person, but at least Talarico is representing the Jesus of kindness and decency. We need more of that, no matter its justification 💙🇺🇸
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Blue CD2 New Mexico @bluecd2nm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New Mexico 2, Meta 0
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 27/09/2026
On today's "more ways that the Epstein class has made the system work for itself at everyone else's expense." > These folks can load a company with debt, pay themselves and selling shareholders enormous distributions, all while running the company into the ground. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Better Part of Valor is Discretion...But The Trump Regime Has Neither
Brazen, in-your-face grift has a cost...and the GOP is about to justifiably pay the price
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️
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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 25/09/2026
Election starts in New Mexico on October 6. Make a plan to be a first-day voter -- it's the patriotic thing to do 💙🇺🇸. If you can't vote first day, vote as early as you can. indivisiblesantafe.org/vote-early/
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No Kings: Vote Early
Nov 3 isn't Election Day. It's the deadline. You can vote any day from October 6 through October 31 in Santa Fe County. Treat November 3 like a tax deadline, not a plan — the date you never want to b...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.
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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 25/09/2026
Kind of like MAGA in USA - we focus on Trump, but there's rot that goes way deeper 😞 Even the resistance's "No Kings" 🚫👑 branding makes it sound like a Trump issue 🤔 ... hope we don't lose focus on the fact that in the USA it's about saving democracy and decency. JD etc are waiting in line.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
James Talarico: Ken Paxton has been dodging debates all year, and it's why today I'm challenging Ken Paxton to a debate on Fox News. He's been running from accountability his whole life, and it's time to stop running.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
James Talarico: One of the Republican candidates went after students at the University of Texas for celebrating a big win — the most Texan of celebrations – and decided to launch a racist attack against our students. I want us to get back to a place where we celebrate our diversity.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Xi … couldn’t help but admire the confidence with which Trump now uttered rudimentary English sentences and estimating that the president had probably expanded his vocabulary to at least 100 words."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 24/09/2026
Torrez continues to push for social media safety and Epstein transparency 💙 - join the conversation Monday evening to hear the latest in the State's Good Fight 🚫👑✊
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 24/09/2026
I just realized: Trump probably thinks "Ford's Theater" is named after President Ford, and we know he can't stand that there things in DC named after presidents other than himself. Sad 😞
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Blue CD2 New Mexico @bluecd2nm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join us for a conversation with NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a real hero who’s fighting the good fight—and winning. Torrez has gone toe to toe w/ Meta, Project Jupiter, & the U.S. Department of Justice. He’s helping Blue CD2 NM re-elect Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc4mvzat
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
James Talarico is personally calling 5 volunteers who complete a door-knocking shift 👀📞 Be one of the five! Sign up here: linktr.ee/texastogether
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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The Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another View: President Donald Trump’s attempt to divide and conquer the media isn’t going well. Networks have said they would halt video coverage of the president following his press ban. That means less attention: the lifeblood of this presidency. sfnm.co/47dlTUt
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Solidarity for press access at the White House: Remarkable
The Washington Post
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Donovan Kolbly @donovan.kolbly.name · 23/09/2026
Americans will tolerate a president trying to steal an election, prosecuting political enemies, taking corrupt global payouts, and running economic shakedowns. But high gas and grocery prices? That’s where we finally draw the line! 🇺🇸 www.thebulwark.com/p/we-watched...
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We’ll Tolerate Tyranny, But Not Rising Prices.
The problem with our potash potentate.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The White House press corps has proven itself inadequate to meet the moment but capitulation is a choice. The current standoff is the ideal time for responsible outlets to adjust, start behaving as fierce defenders of the truth and of democracy, and rise to meet the occasion.
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Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Trump will never answer questions factually or honestly; he 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 did, and never would. Now he simply 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩, because his connection to reality has become more tenuous than ever. That's what the press needs to bring out in reporting about him.” gtconway.substack.com/p/a-free-pre...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Serious question for Republicans: After seeing Mitch McConnell in this condition, what exactly is the argument for him continuing to serve Kentucky in the Senate?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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