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Joy Wasson

@sustain-joy.bsky.social
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Georgia progressive activist, primarily in voting rights, election security. Tired of “majority” party w/ unpopular, divisive views running my state. #ActLocal #Indivisible

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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Skip the burgers, people! — love, a vegetarian with plenty of food safety concerns of my own www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
DOJ election monitors reportedly tried to access voting machines in Wyoming last week. I’ve spent thousands of hours reporting on past efforts by Trump allies to access machines & copy data. Mark my words: State officials need to be ready for this to happen again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring (Gift Article)
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yikes!
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I missed this from back in April. Author is spot on about our unbelievable president. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Fixation on This Phrase Reveals Something About the War in Iran
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I wish I had a GA Attny Gen who would fight for something I actually wanted! #VoteBlue in November. couriergeorgia.com/news/politic...
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Emails, texts show cozy ties between Georgia AG Chris Carr's office and AI surveillance firm Flock  - Courier Georgia
From neighborhood trails to state courthouses, Flock Safety is building a surveillance web across Georgia with help from its top officials
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As the GA special session will deal with this issue, be reminded in 2024 SOS could have gotten the $ he whined about but someone wanted $ another way, so it didn’t happen. That audit not a good method anyway. #VotersOverVendors please
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Georgia Primary Runoff is Tues, June 16, 2026. Vote early or turn in your absentee this week! Please vote Josh McLaurin (Lt Gov) & DeAndre Mathis (Insurance Comm)!
Photo of the poster (a youthful older white woman with round glasses), smiling & holding her “I voted” sticker.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Way to go, South Carolina! 👏🏼
Screenshot of Washington Post article on  breaking news that South Carolina Republicans have blocked Trump’s effort to gain more House seats, preserving Rep. Clyburn’s district
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Most Georgians I communicate with support Jason Esteves. I’m not asking the out-of-state folks because #VotersDecide.
Chart showing Esteves with a small percentage of out-of-state votes compared to great majority in-state.Chart showing Bottoms with more out-of-state contributions than in-state
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
@ajc This headline is ridiculous. You give Kemp way too much credit for not trying to redistrict this year, while acknowledging it might not be legal & that he signals he’ll do it for 2028! “High road” my ass. 🙄 #FairDistricts #VRA
Screenshot of AJC article with headline: “Kemp takes the high road on redistricting. Republicans should stay there.”
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
@wabe.org why are you posting on X and not here? 😘
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LizGOTV @populational.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is one for the textbooks on visual rhetoric.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Excellent piece on why Georgia can’t just use OCR technology to count ballots.
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Ballot tabulation by uploading scanned images for OCR is quite insecure - CITP Blog
The Georgia legislature recently passed a law banning QR-code ballots in vote tabulation, which is a step in the right direction.  But the Georgia Secretary of State’s response is a plan to continue u...
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Sure, let’s have this guy be in charge.
Screen shot of New York Times article heading above a photo of Trump in the audience at the edge of a fighting ring. The text reads: “Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed
On his way to Florida, President Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not: “We win, regardless,” he said.”
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Georgia legislature is so broken. The “Blue Ribbon” committee’s recommendations say nothing about the dilemma of a non-compliant voting system (QR codes for tabulation are not permissible under state law). Dysfunction and vendors over voters is the status quo. Let’s see what they do on Sine Die.
Page 10 of GA’s Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Election Procedures which lists their seven recommendations.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
#NoKings
Screenshot from a Washington Post story 3/31/2026 that reads “"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" Leon wrote in a 35-page ruling issued Tuesday afternoon.”
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
They admitted it. Democrats came up with a plan to fund TSA. Republicans were ready to sign on to it. And Donald Trump said ‘no, inflict as much harm as possible.’
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@andreforatlanta.com This can’t stand. Atlanta controls the airport and we must not allow DHS to broadcast partisan b.s. Please do something asap & stand up to this corrupt regime. Thx
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LizGOTV @populational.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thanks – we must not tolerate election interference! Now how about impeaching the SOS who refuses to do a thing about the theft of election software in Coffee County, GA? Largely the same crew with the same motives as TP. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
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What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?
A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference indictment
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“a huge amount of the important work… is done by nice ladies.” —@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on @nytimes.com’s The Daily this week. #Indivisible @indivisiblega04.bsky.social
Quote from Rebecca Solnit about nice ladies changing the world on the left side and a photo on the right of the backs of several older women seated in a meeting.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Don’t look away: High-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms. @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms
The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What could go wrong?
Screenshot from the New Yorker’s daily email today with Ishaan Tharoor saying in effect that Trump admin had no viable plan when they bombed Iran.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Critical thought: As Chris Carr — and Brad Raffensperger — run for GA Gov, never forget they completely let off the hook the people who wanted (& still want) to subvert the will of the people.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This administration has done an amazing job of finding corruption! And for what they’re doing about it, you gotta check this out !!
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
TODAY: Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church. The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be. We explain ⬇️⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
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Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case
Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/01/2026
The date for the next No Kings Day is set. But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
(around the No Kings logo, images of megaphones, and a photo of protesters holding signs that read “ICE OUT”) MARCH 28
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Scott Galloway makes the case for a lengthy national consumer strike against companies Trump cares about. www.instagram.com/reel/DT8zaxd...
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am trusting there are enough Americans of good conscience to turn things around. I appreciate Walz making space for people to rethink what they voted for. Everyone should join in defeating this lawless regime. #Indivisible www.cnn.com/2026/01/25/u...
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Minnesota Gov. Walz: ‘This is an inflection point’ | CNN
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz shared a message to all Americans, urging them to speak out and put politics aside a day after a 37-year-old was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@ossoff.bsky.social NO ICE FUNDING!
Hand lettered sign that says STAY STRONGSign that says “NO ICE” in frosty letters dripping with icicles
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Musk’s charitable foundation is having trouble giving away money. He’d rather the IRS leave him alone. Good (though depressing) read, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Sad but not surprising. Political climate in Georgia precluded bad actors paying for their crimes. Defendants get off (except Powell, Cheesbro, Ellis & Hall who pled guilty). #CoffeeCounty breach never investigated by the state.
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Joe Shapiro @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
On undisclosed investors--including foreign ones--owning our voting systems: "If this seems like a bad idea to you, you’re right." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump’s Most Reviled Voting Company Sold to a GOP Official. That’s Not the Worst of It.
Earlier this month, news broke that Dominion Voting Solutions had been sold to a former Republican election official.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I’ll continue withholding support from Target, Home Depot, & Amazon thru Cyber Monday (& beyond). Join me in Not Buying It! #Indivisible
Graphic with type at top saying “WE AIN’T BUYING IT” “Your Wallet. Your Power.” and photo collage of protesters holding signs. Logos of Target, Amazon & Home Depot are crossed out.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
.@indivisible.org this is an outstanding public servant who deserves support for her Congressional run against an incumbent who sadly is no longer able to serve the people. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social is the fighter we need! #PrimaryProgram
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Phone addiction, social media is a huge problem. I applaud DeKalb Co Schools for fighting companies preying on kids & all of us. www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
Screenshot of the first two paragraphs of the linked AJC article.
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Pete Fuller @petefullerga.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This has to be a record. In my Georgia county we had THREE municipal elections that are currently sitting at a 1 vote margin pending a provisional ballot hearing. www.mainstreetnews.com/jackson/news...
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By just 1 vote: Three municipal races finish with just a 1-vote difference
It was a historic vote in Jackson County this week as three municipal races appear to be separated by only a one vote difference in the unofficial results.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@peterhubbardga.bsky.social City of Atlanta voters, please vote *BEFORE 7pm* on Election Day so you can vote for Peter Hubbard & Alicia Johnson for Public Service Commission! Polls will be open til 8pm but only for ATL contests, not state.
Screenshot of Rough Draft article with highlighted text that says: “Votes cast during the extra hour will be treated as provisional ballots and voters will not be able to vote in the PSC race during the 7 to 8 p.m. hour.”
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
And if you’re in city of ATL & see that polls are open til 8pm, don’t wait! They won’t let you vote for PSC after 7pm on Election Day. 😳
Screenshot of Rough Draft article highlighting text that says: “Votes cast during the extra hour will be treated as provisional ballots and voters will not be able to vote in the PSC race during the 7 to 8 p.m. hour.”
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Stefanie Wiesenberg 🩵 @stefaniewiesenberg.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It’s time, Georgia! Vote out the PSC commissioners who raised your power bills 6 TIMES in 2 years! Early voting: Now - 10/31 Election day: Tues, 11/04 #georgia #atlanta #gwinnett #dekalbcounty #cobbcounty #fultoncounty
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Atlanta voters, please vote before 7pm on Nov 4 so you don’t miss out on Public Service Commission races! Between 7-8pm it’s only for city elections & on provisional ballot. #PeterHubbard #AliciaJohnson
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
All GA voters can vote on the two Public Service Commission races– districts for PSC don’t matter – they’re elected statewide. PLEASE vote by 7pm. If city polls are open later it’ll only be for city races, not state & you’d miss this opportunity for changing who regulates our utilities!
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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 03/11/2025
BREAKING: City of Atlanta voters can vote until 8 PM on Election Day But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
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BREAKING: City of Atlanta voters can vote until 8 PM on Election Day
But Atlantans who arrive at polls after 7 PM can’t vote in the Georgia PSC elections and must use provisional ballots.
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Props to DeKalb County’s Super District Commissioners Ted Terry & LaDena Bolton for working to help support our neighbors in need during the federal shutdown. resourcesindekalb.com
Screenshot of graphic from Commissioner Bolton showing “Help is a click away” and picturing a phone that says “Text “SNAP” to (470) 777-9263” and showing the resourcesInDeKalb.com website that will give resources for help w/mortgage, rent, utilities, credit, food and more during the federal shutdown
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Just saw it. This guy loudly talking about moving to DEFCON 2 on his AirPods while going through a security line, what!! lol bsky.app/profile/jpjh...
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@juliaangwin.com is this other account with your name bsky.app/profile/jula... a mistake, an imposter?
bsky.app
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
In my personal newsletter this week: 51(ish) things you can do to make a difference. amandalitman.substack.com/p/50-things-...
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50 things you can actually do
If you're feeling helpless
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/10/2025
That’s not how I expected the second half of this headline to go. “Part of White House Reduced to Rubble” should be followed by “What the Fuck.”
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Joy Wasson @sustain-joy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
@susangreenhalgh.bsky.social on point as usual. If only Congress would do its job.
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