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Mainelib

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Librarian | Publishing Alum | Activist | BA in Public Policy & Media Studies | Freedom to Read Freely

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We have to purge the Democratic Party of centrists and corporate hacks. If you take money from AIPAC, AI, and Crypto, you are part of the problem. We will use you for the short term, but make no mistake, we will get rid of you and replace you with fighters.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/08/2026
tl;dw: the job of the dem majority over the next two years, should it materialize, is to make life hell for the white house, not find points of cooperation
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What Democrats can learn from Mitch McConnell
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/08/2026
The Democratic party leadership fighting harder against the DSA than they do against Trump really says something. These people gotta go, man
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Start asking Democrats what they'll do when Trump blanket pardons members of his administration on the last day of his term. The correct answer is that they'll ignore and refuse to recognize pardons granted for unindicted crimes.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 06/08/2026
We have enough wealth for everyone to have healthcare, safe food, affordable housing, and a future worth believing in. Scarcity is a political choice.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is never getting fixed until Democrats start vocally arguing that IMMIGRATION IS GOOD instead of just saying, "well, we'd like to enforce immigration laws a bit less harshly than the Trump administration"
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Susan of Hell @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If money can’t buy power, the rich have nothing. This is the real revolution.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Me Too did not go far enough.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So something insane just happened on today's news video: YouTube edited out my call out of the Pod Save America guys endorsing Graham Platner, and ONLY their name. Weirdest thing I've ever seen.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The message tonight is clear: the era of spineless corporate Dems in safe seats is ending. We get the party we demand, and we're demanding fighters. And primary season ain't over. More endorsements to come!
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I'd love to earn a first place ranking on your ballot tomorrow. Please check out my website and let me know if you have any questions about my positions. www.andreaformaine.com/priorities

Yes the oligarchy is an enemy of our democracy, but it's not the only one. Our problems are systemic and deeply rooted into our foundation as a nation: racism, ableism, capitalism, gender inequality. Maine needs a leader who has the courage to stand up and a history of fighting for justice.
I'm that leader.

Write in Andrea LaFlamme for US Senate. Andreaformaine.com
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I hope the past few weeks have proven to us that if someone isn’t an avowed progressive with a track record and proof, they’re in bed with the fascists or soon will be.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Amen.
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The opposite of fascism is not moderation.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/05/2026
JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.
Two transgender MSPs elected to Holyrood in first for Scottish parliament
Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.
David Young
Friday 08 May 2026 17:52 EDT
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is a position that should lead to expulsion in a Democratic majority
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Disqualifying thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Jeffries says Trump impeachment not a top priority if Dems win House majority
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections.  Wh…
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
WOKE 2: THE REVOLUTION ARRIVES
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/04/2026
there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war”
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
When people wonder why survivors don’t disclose the abuse they experienced, they are asking the wrong question. The question is, and should always be: What made it hard or impossible for the survivor to disclose?
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has been doing this for as long as I've known him. I truly believe he is one of our best assets in Congress, and he deserves way more credit than he's been given. He is doing this work all the time, even when no one's looking. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
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Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/03/2026
"We started a war of aggression for no reason & commenced it by accidentally bombing an elementary school & killing over 100 kids." That simple fact is so horrific that it's just kind of bouncing on the surface of our collective consciousness. We can't absorb its full implications & significance.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is not a serious party
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/02/2026
Literally impeach every single impeachable person in the entire chain of command, including Trump.
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Now that SCOTUS has sided against Trump on tariffs, say it with me:
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thinking about Jeffrey Epstein and his friends writing all those emails about how to destroy #MeToo and whew just wait.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
PS. SPEAKER ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/02/2026
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jeff Bezos had $75 million to bribe Trump for the Melania movie but cut 16,000 jobs at Amazon and is cutting more at the Washington Post today. And somehow people *dont* want to campaign on the issue of evil billionaires.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/02/2026
They're desparate to stop Senate Democrats from defunding ICE. Keep calling. Keep pushing.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The project to distance Epstein’s associates and collaborators from his abuse, a project which has been taken on by the likes of Ezra Klein and people at the elite institutions that enabled Epstein, is a project to prevent fully understanding why abusers get away with it and how they can be stopped
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's not what the regime does, it's HOW WE RESPOND to their awful acts that determines the future of this nation.  We have all the power, they want us to think we don't. They can't make us obey. They can't make us surrender. If they try to take your rights, you must exercise them to defend them.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/01/2026
Please buy books that are coming out this year. Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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