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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 10/07/2025

“It depends if you look Hispanic.” From Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Two weeks have passed since a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrested the Honduran immigrant client of Magdalena Cuprys of Cuprys & Associates. “He was stopped at a weigh station in Tampa because he owns a construction company, and he was required to stop for his truck to be weighed,” Cuprys told me. “The client had a valid Florida driver’s license. The patrol officer called Customs and Border Protection on him. The client called me, and the officer took the phone from him and spoke with me.”

She asked why CBP was alerted. “I was advised that the client looked Hispanic, had a Hispanic name, and now they are collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP, and their orders are to call CBP any time they encounter anyone they suspect is an immigrant,” said Cuprys. “I asked if they would have followed the same process if it had been me driving, and the response was it depends if you look Hispanic.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

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Tasha Coryell @tashacoryell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

“It should be illegal for you to be mean to me and legal for me to kill you” is basically the Republican platform.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Holy shit, New York! Here’s the full view. #NoKings #50501Movement

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/06/2025

Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 06/06/2025

The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I’ve never liked Gavin Newsom so I appreciate that he’s done all he can to tank his presidential chances. Maybe go punch a baby just to seal the deal?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I'm going to start publicly calling out campaigns that text me because they bought my number from a list. Not just because I've run out of patience, but because if *I* am this annoyed, then I can't even imagine what it's doing to Democrats' reputation among casual voters.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/05/2025

Tomorrow, the Senate is voting on Trump’s pick to head up Social Security. I will be voting for every American who counts on Social Security. I'm a hard NO on Frank Bisignano.

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Tomorrow, the Senate is voting on Trump’s pick to head up Social Security.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2025

yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Remember when Republicans pretended they cared that you were paying $1 more for eggs before enabling Trump to destroy the entire economy, gut your 401K, and send the price of literally everything higher?

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Elon is amplifying a bunch of revisionist history tweets suggesting that Republicans have only ever boycotted brands like peaceful angels, and it's so funny because this video exists:

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced

Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

so, see how bernie is passing the torch to the younger generation? see how he's creating space for AOC by using his name, then allowing her to lead? see how SOME older people act like caring elders, and others act like half-dead, out-of-touch narcissistic control freaks? be more like bernie.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver

Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The decision by who, Mike?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Cable news producers, please ask yourself: Is James Carville the *absolute* oldest "Democratic strategist" you can find? Doug Schoen apparently still has a pulse. Is Clark Clifford still alive? Probably not, but why not check? God forbid you interview someone with experience from this millennium.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill. They vote in the morning. ☎️: (202) 224-4451

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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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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

“Things might be bad for a little while, but we’re okay with that, because we know that in the end these policies will drive markets into a deadly tailspin and push the economy to a point of no return." theonion.com/trump-says-r...

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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression

WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

@aoc.bsky.social: "For a party that loves to talk about free speech, they lay down the hardest hammer in trying to intimidate and punish anyone who does anything that they don't like. And the point of it is trying to make an example out of one person so that none of us stand up."

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Corporate Ds are so eager to lose again. We waited patiently during the 2024 campaign while they played nice with Rs when they were throwing grenades at them. Now we, their constituents are receiving those grenades daily, and they're still telling us to calm down and take the beating. Fuck that.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

@aoc.bsky.social: "You have a right to see your elected member of Congress... Our job is to hear from people. And if you aren't doing town halls because your own residents and members of your community are upset with what you're doing, the answer is you’ve got to own your decisions."

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The 10 Democrats who voted to censure Green are Reps. Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Laura Gillen, D-N.Y.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. 😡

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The GOP-run North Carolina legislature somehow manages to stand out as supremely anti-democratic in an age crowded with anti-democratic forces.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I wish most lawmakers understood that the best way to communicate with young voters is not "speaking their language." Young voters don't want pandering. They want authentic strength on the issues important to them. You don't have to "speak Gen-Z." Just be yourself and show that you give a damn.

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Spent last night watching the last episode of TV show where by some miracle a president addressing the joint session of Congress spoke the truth against all odds. So much more satisfying that the reality we face today. Sometimes I need to let myself rest from the anxiety this administration causes.

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Even little thing we can do to resist, we have to try. ✊🏽

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Not a bad idea -- if House Republicans refuse to hold town halls in their congressional districts, local Democrats should set one of their own up.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"There's so much fraud, waste, and abuse." "Can you give us an example?" "Oh ho ... trust us, there's so much fraud, waste and abuse, you wouldn't believe it." "Try me! Just one." "Sorry, there's too much fraud, waste, and abuse. I can't pick out just one instance of fraud, waste, and abuse."

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Its so sad that this kind of message was rejected by the voting majority of Americans and instead they voted for whatever the hell it is that we currently have.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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Sebastian @sebastianlight.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Anyone see the connection Trump is making by talking about Ukraine as if they were the aggresor for defending themselves against Russia's invasion and how he's talking about Canada now. If he can convince half the country Ukraine is the aggresor he can convince half the country to invade Canada.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I heard Gov. Abbott asked them to steer clear of the state until he gets to watch some kids die. Man, there's nothing he loves more than watching kids die. School shootings, barbed-wire migrant crossings, power outages, measles, whatever. It doesn't matter how, as long as some kids die.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why aren’t they taking the fired federal workers who are sharing their heartbreaking stories—the ones that Musk says were being paid to do nothing—and making them famous? The cancer researcher on the verge of a breakthrough? The park ranger in Yosemite who won’t be there to conduct rescues and save lives? The air traffic controller who can speak to the connection between understaffing and recent plane crashes? Is it even safe to fly in Trump’s America?

The Democrats should be amplifying these folks—writing op-eds about them, refusing to go on camera without sharing their spotlight, pressuring their IG influencers to raise them up—but instead, we learn their stories from Reddit. As Moira Donegan wrote in The Guardian, “Why are the Democrats so spineless?”

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 18/02/2025

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

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