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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't miss a special It Needs To Be Said with Daniel Squadron @statesprojectus.bsky.social in front of a live audience today at 5:30 pm ET (NEW TIME)! Daniel will discuss his new book, The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union substack.com/@grassrootsc...?
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
​You might be nervous to talk with your Republican friends but don't be. Many people are pulling away from Trump and would be open to a conversation. We have more in common than we realize. Read our latest article about this topic. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
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This Is the Year to Talk to Republicans
Taking Advantage of Republican Discontent
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't miss tonight's It Needs To Be Said with Leela Strong of @civicyouth.bsky.social at 8 pm ET. This important conversation will give you an edge in understanding young voters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/reminder-i...
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[REMINDER] It Needs To Be Said - The Youth Electorate is the Key to Victory in 2026
Leela Strong analyzes the data so we can gain the trust and vote of young people
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The goal of flipping key state legislatures from red to blue is within our grasp. We just need to be laser focused and leverage our resources especially on social media. Read our article by 31st Street Swing Left. ​ grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/aiming-to-...?
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Don't miss It Needs To Be Said on Substack Live with Erin Miller of @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social tonight at 8 pm ET. Learn about the best strategies in postcarding and why design and messaging makes a difference. ​https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/it-needs-to-be-said-with-erin-miller
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Cartoons For Democracy @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us Sept 15th at 8pm EST/5pm PST for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social LIVE recording of their It Needs to Be Said podcast. We're excited to be talking about postcards, strategies, and avoiding circular firing squads! Please join us live if you can, or watch the recording after from their substack.
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It Needs To Be Said with Erin Miller
On postcards as a vehicle for a message delivered with cartoon
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Writing a letter to the editor or elected rep. has power. When we write letters it helps win elections and save democracy. In our latest article learn about @womenforward.bsky.social Write to Win project and how to join Writing Wednesdays. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/writing-le...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you missed It Needs To Be Said on Thursday, watch the recording! @everystateblue.bsky.social's Michele Hornish and @everystatebluemo.bsky.social's Jess Piper provided hope from deep red districts, and why knocking on every door matters. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Twenty-five years ago America was attacked by terrorists and it feels like yesterday. We will never forget.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Together, we can stop the destruction of our iconic spaces in DC. Grassroots groups are fighting back against the building of Trump's vanity arch. Learn how you can protest to oppose this project. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/block-that...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
​In 2026, Democrats are running everywhere, including very red districts. Tune in to It Needs To Be Said on Thurs. 9/10 at 8 pm ET, to hear from Michele Hornish, @everystateblue.bsky.social, and Jess Piper, @everystatebluemo.bsky.social. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/it-needs-t...
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It Needs To Be Said with Jess Piper and Michele Hornish
Democrats are running everywhere this cycle. Meet the people supporting them.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
​Read our latest article about how local Bucks County, PA activist, Gary Goldman, used @simonwdc.bsky.social Simon Rosenberg's Hopium Resolutions Project to fight for democracy. A proposed resolution can engage elected reps. and exercise our free speech. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I Enlisted in the Hopium Resolutions Project to Fight for Democracy
Words and more words. These words are meant to strengthen resolve.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you missed our conversation last night with Anthony Flaccavento, Co-Founder and Director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI), watch the recording. It was a fascinating discussion about rural voters and the tools RUBI offers to reach them. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/anthony-fl...
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Anthony Flaccavento RUBI
A recording from Susan Wagner's live video
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Democrats long-term electoral success is through rural communities. Join us tonight at 8 pm ET for our Substack Live It Needs To Be Said with Anthony Flaccavento, co-founder and Director, Rural Urban Bridge Initiative. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/reminder-i...
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[Reminder] It Needs To Be Said with Anthony Flaccavento
Democrats long-term electoral success is through rural communities
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read our latest article about @oregonizers.org about social media and digital organizing. Don't Leave Digital Behind: Lessons from Oregon: It’s Lively, It’s Colorful. It’s the Oregonizers Transformation of the Democratic Digital Game >> grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/finding-yo...
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Don't Lead Digital Behind: Lessons from Oregon
It’s Lively, It’s Colorful. It’s the Oregonizers Transformation of the Democratic Digital Game
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A dozen volunteers started in December. By July, Citizens Bank had ended all lending to ICE prison operators after 140 protests in 17 states and $380M in withdrawals. "The bank called it a business decision. We know better." The full playbook: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/how-we-dei...
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Activists Pressure Citizens Bank and Win the Day
A fine target for pressure, Citizens Bank and its contracts with ICE
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Silence about how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression." Susan Wagner on the quiet reception of Adam Bonica's fundraising investigation, and the grassroots volunteers investigating scam PACs anyway: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/silence-is...
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Silence Is Not Golden
SCAM-SPAM-THANK YOU, MA’M IS VERY UNHEALTHY FOR THE MOVEMENT
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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you to Susan Wagner and the @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social for having me on their podcast IT NEEDS TO BE SAID last night. You can watch the video here.
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Conversation with Robert Edwards
A recording from Susan Wagner's live video
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
America's largest swing county is run by an election denier. Its defense: thousands of neighbors from both parties who count votes in plain view, and it's hiring for 2026. Paid, trained, open to any AZ voter. Be the transparency: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/the-man-co...
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The Man Counting the Votes in Maricopa County Doesn’t Believe in Them
How a MAGA outsider got inside
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Mohave County AZ, written off as hopelessly red, Rural Rising grew 9 precinct committee members to 80+ and 20 volunteers to 100+ by starting with conversations, not platforms. Diane McMahan on the model the DNC calls replicable: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/rural-rising
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Nobody Expected It to Work: Rebuilding Trust in Mohave County
Rebuilding trust in deep red rural communities, one conversation at a time
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"It's not just about turnout. It's about building a community that will elect Democrats." Five county chairs, five states, red to blue, on year-round organizing: listen at the doors, staff the soup kitchen, keep the lights on at HQ: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/building-c...
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Building Communities that Elect Democrats
Five county party chairs explain how they do it
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The activism vs. self-care dichotomy is a lie we've been sold to keep us burnt out, isolated, and politically weak." Therapist Dr. Robert Ortega on organizing for the long haul, ahead of tomorrow's It Needs to Be Said (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/sustainabl...
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Activism for the Long Haul
Recognizing Burnout and Practicing Self-Care
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Red makes you stop. Red makes you read. Factocracy's truthful, edgy yard signs are free to download, about $3.50 in bulk, and spreading through rural Virginia. "Like having a visibility brigade in your yard": grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/signs-for-...
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Signs for Troubled Times
Factocracy puts Truth front and center
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Few living Americans know state terror as firsthand as Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Robert Edwards profiles his fifty-year pursuit of the truth, ahead of Thursday's live conversation (8pm ET): grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/witness-to...
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Witness to a Witch Hunt
Michael Meeropol and the fascism that lingers
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Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A piece I wrote for @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social about Michael Meeropol, ahead of his appearance on the Grassroots’ podcast “It Needs To Be Said” later this week.
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Witness to a Witch Hunt
Michael Meeropol and the fascism that lingers
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Voter ID confusion keeps eligible voters home. VoteRiders fights back with free, nonpartisan ID help in every state. Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer join Martha Merson on It Needs to Be Said, plus how to volunteer: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/live-with-...
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Live with VoteRiders Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer, hosted by Martha Merson
Thank you Connector friends for tuning into my live video with Pam Pearson and Monica Spencer! To learn more about volunteer opportunities with VoteRiders, check out their website https://voteriders.o...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Winning the House in November may be the easy part. Keeping it in 2028 means winning state legislatures now: 22 seats in NH, 7 in WI, 3 in PA. Susan Labandibar on the post-Callais map fight, with a state-by-state plan for grassroots groups: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/keeping-th...
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Keeping the House
With a blue wave building, Democrats are set to regain control of the House this November. But keeping the House in 2028 will require working on key state legislative races starting now.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
For the first time, senior organizers nationwide are hearing fear of voting: dropped rolls, changing rules, ID confusion. We the Seniors' answer is a five-step preparation plan, starting with checking your registration today:
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Calling All Seniors
When we vote, we are heard; a plan of action
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
To every pro-democracy pundit, host, and producer: the grassroots has the success stories your exhausted audience needs. Susan Wagner's ask — cover them. A weekly segment. End shows with where to volunteer. "Success is contagious, but only if people know it exists"
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LET’S TURN THE TIDE TOGETHER
A unifying message for the Pro-Democracy Movement
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Rural Arizona Dems went from 15 posts a week to 50+ a day: an AI tool drafts, every volunteer rewrites in their own voice, ten minutes from news break to push. A replicable model for rural organizing: @mutsy67.bsky.social
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What Arizona Built When Nobody Was Looking
How smarter, targeted social media can work for you
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We know what we're fighting against. Martha Merson and Susan Wagner on what we're fighting for: three government programs that actually work, and why those stories win voters back: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/theres-so-...
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There’s So Much More to Talk About
Allies in the pro-democracy fight, let's move beyond Trump’s latest bait. Let’s air and share examples of innovative government programs.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In the spirit of "moan less & work smart," the SubstackLive show It Needs to Be Said will host 2 women who work to restore voting rights. Subscribers to the Grassroots Connector on Substack can join & be inspired by Dr. Monica Spencer and Pam Pearson from @voteriders.bsky.social. July 30, 8pm EDT
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
TONIGHT 8pm ET: Jill Nash built a volunteer operation reaching 800,000 women in 2020 — now it's Women Forward, 1.5M strong. She's live on It Needs to Be Said on empowering women to act in 2026: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/it-needs-t...
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It Needs to Be Said with Jill Nash
Meet the Founder of Women Forward Empowering Women To Take Political Action
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Human billboards on 450+ overpasses in nearly every state — most in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Martha Merson on how the Visibility Brigades became the resistance's bubble busters: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/more-more-...
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More, More, More Visibility Brigades in 2026
Visibly standing opposed to the regime’s corruption, illegal or immoral acts, they reflect on their inspirations.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Elected at 25, Anderson Clayton is the youngest state Democratic Party chair in the country. On It Needs to Be Said, she talks rebuilding the NC Dems — every district contested, organizing year-round:
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Live with Anderson Clayton
A recording from Kristin Battista-Frazee, MSW's live video
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The 250th came with mixed emotions. The real celebration? November 3rd. Ellen Bender of Markers for Democracy on the hope worth holding onto — and the work ahead: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/happy-250t...
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Happy 250th! Let's Get Back to Work and Celebrate on November 3rd!
Still recovering from mixed emotions on the 250th? If we get everyone involved, we can really celebrate on November 3rd.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Her all-volunteer team registers 2,000 voters a year in Cleveland's public housing — knocking every door. "We go deep and narrow." How Mobilize the Vote NEO fights voter purges ahead of Ohio 2026:
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Going Deep and Narrow for the Win in Ohio
Much is at stake in Ohio in 2026. In spite of voter suppression, Amy Acton, who is running for governor, has a real chance of winning. Grassroots volunteers have a strategy.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A community group in West Michigan asked their neighbors what they wanted to learn about. The most popular series has been Civics 101. People wanted to understand how government actually works. Julie Essenberg on Common Ground Community of White Lake, in the Connector.
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Common Ground Community of White Lake: Building Community Through Learning
We started with folding chairs and questions
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"We are not going gently." Genny Güracar, in her 90s, on the People's Bicentennial Quilt and what it says as the NPS is stripping American history from its visitor centers. By Martha Merson: grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/quiltmaker...
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Quiltmakers, Keepers of American History
Combatting moves to erase history with stitching, batting, and squares of fabric
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We're back! The Substack kept going at grassrootsconnector.substack.com if you want to catch up. Tell us what grassroots work near you we should be covering.
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The Grassroots Connector | Substack
Amplifying the work and voices of the grassroots. Click to read The Grassroots Connector, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
@voteriders.bsky.social @staceyabrams.com @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Voter suppression smacks of corporate interests desperate to have their way. The Connector is shining a light on Maine. Thankful for your example and tireless activism. grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/thwarting-...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
NC and AZ Governors (both Democrats) are wiping out medical debt for millions of people. The Connector covered the issue in AZ and now the AP has this story. apnews.com/article/nort...
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North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people
Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Listen Up–Medical Debt is a Hot Issue
Arizonans are seeing medical debt relief
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day. 1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Chris Murphy lays out the details in the big, ugly bill. #VoteNO
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/06/2025
Chris Murphy: "The CBO, nonpartisan, says it's gonna kick between 10 and 15 million people off their healthcare. And for what? To be able to afford a new $270,000 tax cut for the richest families in the country ... it's a moral abomination."
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
For a timely read on protest songs, check this out, @singitloudconcert.bsky.social, open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...
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Protest Songs: The classic, the personal, the political
Planning a rally or a pre- or post-rally gathering? What songs are in your line-up?
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Love the stories of women running for office. Thank you @emilytseffos. #runforsomething! @danshafer.bsky.social, @rbreich.bsky.social & @kellyndtc.bsky.social, you know it. Building Bridges: Finding Humanity in an Unwinnable District open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...
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Building Bridges: Finding Humanity in an Unwinnable District
Running for office, I met America at its front door
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If You've Lost your Job or been Impacted by the Cuts to Programs -- Free Resilience Workshop to help you manage this tough time. SEVERAL DATES in Tickets. 4/7 at 1 pm, 4/8 at 9 am ZOOM. In-person BOSTON 4/19, in DC 5/3. lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/znf83...
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Free Resilience Workshops for federal workers and people impacted by the cuts - MORE DATES IN TIX
Free Resilience Workshop - April 7 or April 8 on Zoom. Dates in Person DC 5/4 and Boston 4/19. If you've lost your job, or are impacted by the cuts to programs, we can help. While we can't take up you...
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Grassroots Connector @grassrootsconnect.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Texting: How the Dems Can Do it Better
And how you can protect your phone
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