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Sonia Ballinger

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Lifelong Democrat Latina Feminist Activist #sisepuede ✊🏾 Latinos Do Vote 🗳 I CROCHET & KNIT 🧶 #craftivism Check your Voter Registration at vote.gov

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Louisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymander
Early voting was set to begin Saturday in Louisiana’s May 16 primary election, and mail ballots have already been sent out to voters.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
When we take back the WH, the Attorney General needs to open an investigation of Clarence Thomas whether he is still on SCOTUS or not.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/04/2026
Hillary was right about everything.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/05/2026
🛑 NEW: Louisiana is being sued after suspending congressional primaries already underway — with plaintiffs warning the state is illegally nullifying votes to buy time for a new GOP gerrymander.
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Louisiana sued for suspending active election, nullifying votes to draft GOP gerrymander
More than 100,000 absentee ballots had been sent to voters across the state. Some had already been completed and returned.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/04/2026
🚨 THIS SHOULD SET OFF EVERY ALARM: Louisiana is about to pull the rug mid-election. Let’s be clear what’s happening. 📌Absentee ballots already out 📌Early voting starts May 2 📌Election day is May 16 And just days before voting begins, Gov Landry is planning to suspend the primary entirely.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
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Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality
Email your Republican Members of Congress and urge them to vote NO on any budget reconciliation bill that will shovel more taxpayer dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
ACLU and Indivisible Rapid Response call on the Supreme Court decision on voting rights is tonight at 8. Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Callais Decision: Rapid Response Call · No Kings
The Supreme Court just ripped away a core American right: the right to a fair and equal vote in elections no matter your racial background. Their ruling in the Louisiana v. Callais case opens the door...
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Let's Talk About: Virginia's Three Constitutional Amendments loudoun.libnet.info/event/16150041 May 3rd 7pm Cascades Library
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Let's Talk About: Virginia's Three Constitutional Amendments
Amendments concerning Reproductive Rights, Restoration of Voting Rights, and Marriage Equality will appear on the November 3 ballot. Join us for a panel discussion to learn more about these issues.. E...
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Royals to visit Front Royal on Thursday Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will join us in Front Royal as we celebrate 250 years 👑💂 Be part of this historic moment on Main Street. Let us know you’re coming to view the Parade: www.discoverfrontroyal.com/royal-250th....
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The Royal 250th Celebration
​The Front Royal 250th Celebration will be held on April 30, 2026. Part of the festivities will include a very brief parade down Main Street, attended by His Majesty King Charles III & Her Majesty...
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. 10-1🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map
“Millions of Virginians voted in an election,” wrote the judge in the order. "It is in the public interests to allow the amendment to take effect."
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts
Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thank you VIRGINIA 🎉🎉 NOVEMBER IS LOOKING EXTRA GOOD TONIGHT 🌊 MIDTERMS ARE COMING 🗳
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
From Steve Kornacki! The republican side WOKE UP ... he said it!! VIRGINIA referendum WON 🎉🎉🎉 NOVEMBER IS LOOKING EXTRA GOOD TONIGHT 🌊
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Thank you Virginia Governor @abigailspanberger.com
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Virginia Vote 🗳 Tuesday, April 21st
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Judge blocks above-ground construction of Trump’s White House ballroom www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/w...
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Judge blocks above-ground construction of Trump's White House ballroom
The White House's East Wing was demolished to build a 90,000 square-foot ballroom sought by President Donald Trump. That project is being challenged in court.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Judge blocks above-ground construction of Trump’s White House ballroom www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/w...
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Judge blocks above-ground construction of Trump's White House ballroom
The White House's East Wing was demolished to build a 90,000 square-foot ballroom sought by President Donald Trump. That project is being challenged in court.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
patch.com/virginia/fai... So devasting and shocking 💔 💔 And the children were home ... OMG 😥
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Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Kills Wife, Self In Their Home: Police
Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then himself in what police called a domestic incident in their Annandale home.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
VIRGINIA VOTE YES •ASPIRE PAC Chair •Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland •Congresswoman Grace Meng •Congressman Suhas Subramanyam •Congressman James Walkinshaw www.mobilize.us/virginiansfo...
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Vote Yes! w/ Hamkae Power, NAKASEC AF, VA Democratic AAPI Caucus, FCDC API Caucus, DAAV & more · Virginians for Fair Elections
Please join Virginians for Fair Elections, NAKASEC Action Fund, Hamkae Power, Fairfax Democrats Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, and others for a rally to Vote YES with special guests: - ASPIRE PAC Cha...
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
POLL GREETERS NEEDED TOMORROW SignUp Link: www.signupgenius.com/go/5080845AF... Claude Moore slots still open: Tomorrow, April 11 at 9 am or 11 am or 3 pm Tuesday, April 14 at 12 noon or 2 pm or 3:15 pm or 5 pm Wednesday, April 15 at 10 am or 12 noon or 2 pm or 3:15 pm
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April '26 Claude Moore Five Early Voting Days
Here we go again - this time we greet our neighbors at a rare Special Election to amend our VA Congressional map. In a nutshell: across the country, Trump and MAGA-controlled legislatures are taking unprecedented steps to redraw congressional maps — without voter approval — to rig upcoming elections. As states like Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, and soon Florida move forward, Virginians face the real risk of having our voices diminished in Washington. This amendment gives Virginians the power to act — before it’s too late. Our task is to encorage everyone to Vote YES by April 21. Sign up for a 2-hour shift to meet 'n greet Loudoun voters who will be casting a ballot on Saturday, April 11, then mid-week Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday then lastly on Saturday, April 18. We will be under our Blue Tent in the parking lot as a visual sign that the Claude Moore Rec Center is OPEN 9 am to 5 pm to Vote Early on Saturdays. Times vary mid week from 10 am opening Wednesday to later openings Tuesday and Thursdays! (Yes, it is a lot to remember!) This election is a simple YES or NO question. There are no candidates running. Just one amendment. So think of your shift as more of an Information Booth for Loudoun Democrats. (The Republicans may or may not be out there too!) April's Claude Moore satellite site is being hosted by the Algonkian & Sterling Democrats. We have 4 shifts each day. Pick an available slot then click on the button to sign up. As always, thank you so much!
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/1C7z... @aaronparnas.bsky.social Did she just put her husband under the 🚌 🤦🏽‍♀️😂
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I just signed up for Friday Power Lunch! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/frida...
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Friday Power Lunch
April 10 Noon - Friday Power Lunch - Spheres of Influence: From the Biosphere to the Manosphere Follow spheres of influence across two connected arenas. The same underlying force is shaping both: a patriarchal worldview rooted in dominance - over land, over resources, over women, over identity, over power itself. The question is: do we continue down that path or do we choose something different? Register HERE •Sarah Lane, Executive Director of Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC), on what it...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
All the more reason for getting the VIRGINIA redistricting done!!! @lwvus.bsky.social I am so sorry #florida
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
VIRGINIA we need you @barackobama.bsky.social says VOTE YES @abigailspanberger.com says VOTE YES I as a LATINO VOTER says VOTE YES! #latinosdovote
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County is part of ICE’s 287(g) program, which authorizes coordination between local sheriff’s deputies and immigration authorities. A bill passed by state Democrats would likely spell the end of this agreement. boltsmag.org/virginia-bil...
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Virginia Is Poised to Ban ICE Contracts, Unless the Feds Agree to Obey the Law. No One Expects Them to. - Bolts
A bill passed by lawmakers would not outright bar local contracts with ICE. But they could continue only if ICE accepts due process rules and state courts having power over its officers.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com! share.democrats.org/s/DyQTNZS1
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
¿Estás registrado para votar en tu estado? ¡Compruébalo en VoyAVotar.com!
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Voy a Votar
Sé un votante. Encuentra todo lo que necesites para votar en las próximas elecciones de tu estado.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com! share.democrats.org/s/DyQTNZS1
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Ask Republicans if they'd still support the SAVE ACT if it applied to guns 🤔🤷🏽‍♀️
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Katherine White @kwhite-networknova.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings! Big Mic was leading the anti-fascists. Virginia showed up! #VoteYes to stop the fat f*cked up King. @networknova.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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🛑 Keep Trump Off Our Money
The Treasury plans to put Trump’s signature on U.S. currency. Here’s why it threatens democratic norms and why Congress must stop it.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
@naacpvirginia says VOTE YES 🗳
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They got a 1-star review today for being "too political"), but the cookies all sold! No Kings!
No Kings cookies 🍪
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thank you PRESIDENT OBAMA. Virginia Vote YES 🗳
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
VIRGINIA VOTE YES!!
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DWToHtF... @abigailspanberger Virginia’s redistricting referendum gives voters the power to respond. To a President who says he’s “entitled” to more GOP seats in Congress before Americans vote in the midterms. Join me in voting YES by April 21.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Virginia Redistricting - Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/virgi...
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Virginia Redistricting - Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi
We will be joined by Virginia Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi to recognize the importance of the Virginia Redistricting campaign and invite people to make phone calls and send postcards.
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
www.facebook.com/share/r/185X... Thank you Elizabeth 👏🏽👏🏽
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Support SB446 / HB911 — Driver Privilege Card Improvements. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support SB446 / HB911 — Driver Privilege Card Improvements
Para Español We, the undersigned residents and supporters of Virginia communities, respectfully urge you to sign SB446 and HB911 into law. Virginia’s Driver Privilege Card program, first passed in ...
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
He needs to be put away ... Retire? Don't make it easy in him 🗣🥁
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Reminder: DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/03/2026
Good morning. Still basking in yesterday’s court win blocking RFK Jr.’s unlawful overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. If anyone ever makes a coffee table book of judges elegantly dunking on this admin, we want a copy ☕📚
This argument can only be countenanced if one completely abandons the idea of objective fact, a nihilist endeavor this Court does not find appropriately read into Congress’s public health statutes. An exchange during oral argument sums it up well:

THE COURT: . . . let’s say that instead of revising the vaccine schedule, the CDC said, actually, we think measles is good for you; you should go have lunch with someone with measles, and we are sponsoring measles lunches in every city, come have some measles lunch, that would seem to — that would seem to go right up against the goal of preventing communicable diseases. Would such a policy by the CDC be judicially reviewable?

[DEFENSE COUNSEL:] I think that would still be committed to agency discretion by law.

THE COURT: So even if what the agency was saying is we like communicable diseases and we think you should get more of them, that’s not judicially reviewable.

[DEFENSE COUNSEL:] No.

Dkt. 260 at 132:3–15.³⁵ Suffice it to say that the Court disagrees and would be unlikely to find much difficulty, for example, in assessing whether the Secretary’s theoretical endorsement of getting a communicable disease like measles could reasonably be calculated to advance “the prevention and suppression of communicable diseases.” See 42 U.S.C. § 243(a). This common-sense reading is further reinforced by neighboring statutes that, for example, direct the Secretary to fund “a national, evidence-based campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines for the prevention and control of diseases, combat
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Virginia Vote 🗳 and vote YES 🗳
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Sonia Ballinger @soniainva.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Heather SPEAKS ❤️
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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It’s pretty clear that, until the midterm elections, the federal courts are the only guard rails left. Every so often it’s important to remember to honor the constitution. Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Piers Morgan: Trump doesn't have a clue what he's trying to achieve in the Middle East. Two weeks in, what is very clear is this is not going to get settled quickly. All the mission statements he's laid out have changed day by day, sometimes hour by hour.
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