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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026
SC Dem Senate nominee Annie Andrews released an ad calling trans women "biological men." She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth. Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban. She once argued against capitulation. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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SC Dem Senate Candidate Annie Andrews Releases Ad Calling Trans Women “Biological Men”
She also said she would not change the youth HRT and puberty blocker ban in South Carolina.
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Dr Annie Andrews a transphobic slur this week, and her response is to ensure everyone knows she hates trans people too. Christ, the Democrats are fucking pathetic.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 09/10/2026
A protester confronted Senate Democratic nominee Mary Peltola during a campaign event over a recent TV ad that critics viewed as anti-trans, pressing Peltola to pledge that she would stand up for transgender rights if elected to Congress this year.
washingtonsun.com
Mary Peltola Was Pressed on Transgender Rights at a Campaign Event
The Alaska Democrat told the protester that she hopes “we don’t have to spend one second on a conversation about trans anything” if she gets to the Senate.
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mary Peltola released her anti-trans ad on September 21st. On that date, RCP's poll average had her leading 50.2% to incumbent Dan Sullivan's 48.1%. As of today, those numbers are 48.5% for Peltola, 47% for Sullivan. Really looks like going anti-trans gained Peltola absolutely nothing.
Screen cap from Real Clear Politics poll average page

Text: 2026 Alaska Senate - Sullivan vs Peltola

Top right box: Peltola 48.5 (+1.2), Sullivan 47.3
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026
WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ohhh.. got it. #michigan
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Wild
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Musk calls for the assassination of a reporter who embarrassed him with basic questions
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW from @premthakker.bsky.social and me for @zeteo.com : zeteo.com/p/trump-rage...
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Trump Privately Rages That Israel Is Trying to Drag Him Back Into His Iran War
A Trump official says the U.S. president is, right now, ‘madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.’
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026
I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...
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Exclusive: How The New York Times Changed Its Coverage of Trans People
An exhaustive analysis of over 3,242 articles by the New York Times covering transgender issues from 2014-2026 revealed a stark shift towards hostile framing in 2022. In January 2015, the New York Ti...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
FBI shows up to interrogate a U.S. citizen at his house-for writing an anti-ICE social media post. "This is about comments that you posted online," said agent.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2025
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A huge night for Democrats: —They flip Miami's mayorship. —They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%. —They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council. —And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat. www.abc4.com/news/politic...
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 28/11/2025
In Atlanta next week, city council and school board runoffs have become the latest battle between left-leaning groups and establishment-aligned Democrats, who by and large did well in the preliminary round on Nov. 4.
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The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 28/11/2025
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
boltsmag.org
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence! It gets even darker than that. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/11/2025
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 16/11/2025
"ProPublica’s reporting debunks the idea of a ’Tren de Aragua complex' taken over by a horde of terrorists. We found no criminal convictions for 18 of the 21 Venezuelans we identified. Three of the men had been charged with offenses ... but in each case the charges were dropped."
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 15/11/2025
FBI Director Kash Patel DOES NOT want you to track his luxury jet. But you can. Read more: interc.pt/47H9Dg9 ✍️ @sambiddle.com 📹 @jordanuhl.com
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How to Track FBI Director Kash Patel’s Jet #politics #trump
YouTube video by The Intercept
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/11/2025
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
A stamped letter saying "Die Wohungsnot Schuld Der Juden"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members? @propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?) All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"[Schumer] personally called potential 2028 presidential contenders—including governors Josh Shapiro, Andy Beshear, and JB Pritzker—to ask them not to criticize the deal, according to three people familiar with the calls, some ignored him and disparaged it in public" puck.news/democrats-tu...
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Tick, Tick… Schumer
The embattled Senate minority leader once again faces calls to step down.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/11/2025
“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana. With @mlk50.com
propublica.org
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:

Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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Strider @strider24.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
One of the major incentives to conquer fascism and neoliberalism soon. Global warming is an enormous foe on its own.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 12/11/2025
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Sarah Kendzior • 4m
I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation.
It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril — and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going.
It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/11/2025
Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.” By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
propublica.org
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11/11/2025
That's a lot of SNAP benefits. interc.pt/4nL43Ox
COST OF TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF CITIES

Los Angeles................. $172M

Washington, D.C...........$270M

Portland......................... $15M

Chicago..........................$13M

Memphis..........................$3M

TOTAL..........................~473M
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11/11/2025
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
interc.pt
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 11/11/2025
Hard as they tried, the so-called best and brightest minds of the right could never determine precisely when — or by what curious influence — their younger followers had turned to a harsher, more fanatical strain of their own bigotry.
Elon Musk giving Nazi salute
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I'll probably watch the new Ken Burns documentary, but ever since we published this story in 2023 I'll always picture him hanging out with Clarence Thomas the Koch Bros at Bohemian Grove, the not-at-all bizarre, secretive dudes-only woodland retreat.
propublica.org
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11/11/2025
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist...
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona’s 3rd District describes the “horrific conditions” she witnessed inside the Eloy ICE Detention Center near Phoenix — including a leukemia patient “vomiting blood,” detained in February and forced to wait eight months before finally seeing an oncologist.

Ansari details how private prison giants CoreCivic and The GEO Group are “making billions” as detainees are denied water, medical care, and dignity. “What happens inside these for-profit prisons is how the world sees us now,” she warns — so “authoritarian regimes can point to America and say democracy is a façade.”

Via 
@CrookedMedia
 (Crooked Con November 6-7, 2025)
@yassaminansari
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@TVietor08
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@brhodes
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Strider @strider24.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
If you don't take action, your words are meaningless. Please vote leadership out.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Strider @strider24.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I'll call my senators again, though I'm skeptical anyone in the Cowards' Caucus will do it.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Many are calling for Chuck Schumer's resignation. What hasn't been reported until now is that any Senate Democrat can offer a motion to challenge his leadership position, and it would have to get a vote within 7 days. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: prospect.org/2025/11/11/o...
prospect.org
One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer - The American Prospect
Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public. Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban. www.senate.gov/legislative/...
NAYs ---24
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cruz (R-TX)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (D-MN)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)
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grudgey mcgrudgerson 🧛🏻‍♀️ @honkifyouareantifa.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products: [with alt text included]
YEAS ---76

Alsobrooks (D-MD)

Banks (R-IN)

Barrasso (R-WY)

Blackburn (R-TN)

Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Boozman (R-AR)

Britt (R-AL)

Budd (R-NC)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Capito (R-WV)

Cassidy (R-LA)

Collins (R-ME)

Coons (D-DE)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Cotton (R-AR)

Cramer (R-ND)

Crapo (R-ID)

Curtis (R-UT)

Daines (R-MT)

Duckworth (D-IL)

Durbin (D-IL)

Ernst (R-IA)

Fetterman (D-PA)

Fischer (R-NE)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Graham (R-SC)

Grassley (R-IA)

Hagerty (R-TN)

Hassan (D-NH)

Hawley (R-MO)

Heinrich (D-NM)

Hirono (D-HI)

Hoeven (R-ND)

Husted (R-OH)

Hyde-Smith (R-MS)

Johnson (R-WI)

Justice (R-WW)

Kennedy (R-LA)

Kim (D-NJ)

King (I-ME)

Lankford (R-OK)

Lee (R-UT)

Lujan (D-NM)

Lummis (R-WY)

Marshall (R-KS)

McConnell (R-KY)

McCormick (R-PA)

Moody (R-FL)

Moran (R-KS)

Moreno (R-OH)

Mullin (R-OK)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Murray (D-WA)

Padilla (D-CA)

Reed (D-RI)

Ricketts (R-NE)

Risch (R-ID)

Rosen (D-NV)

Rounds (R-SD)

Schiff (D-CA)

Schmitt (R-MO)

Scott (R-FL)

Scott (R-SC)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Sheehy (R-MT)

Slotkin (D-MI)

Sullivan (R-AK)

Thune (R-SD)

Tillis (R-NC)

Tuberville (R-AL)

Van Hollen (D-MD)

Warner (D-VA)

Whitehouse (D-RI)

Wicker (R-MS)

Young (R-IN)
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/11/2025
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
indivisible2026.org
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/11/2025
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city. I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Strider @strider24.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks for the post, but we need action. Get rid of Schumer, Durbin, and the rest of your Vichy Senate Democratic leaders. We're sick of the Ds ignoring your responsibility to answer to us instead of Walmart, AIPAC, etc. Stop empowering Trump.
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Strider @strider24.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Unless you get rid of Schumer and the rest of your caucus leaders, these are empty words, and we'll blame the whole caucus.
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