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Joe Schiarizzi

@votejoe.bsky.social
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Inventor, environmentalist, affordable housing activist. Ex-candidate for US Congress in Virginia. VoteJoe.org

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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This should be a felony. Payday loans for gambling?! Give me a break, this is unjustifiable.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We need leaders like Eugene Vindman representing Virginia in Congress now more than ever!
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Early voting numbers are looking great for Eugene Vindman, but we still need to keep getting out the vote! I whole heartedly endorse Eugene. He's been a great Rep for Virginia and he's exactly the kind of leader we need today! Go vote, VA-07!
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More than 1% of the entire population of Falls Church, VA has already voted early in the midterms. Over 3 times as many votes as at this point in the 2022 midterms.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The first round of Virginia early voting data is in! Larger than usual early voting turn our in Dark Blue Arlington (808 vs 263 at this point into early voting in 2022) +307% I am predicting Warner(D) +21.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's never been easier to go vegetarian
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Never feel bad about not donating to politicians when they're blowing up your phone about how urgently they need $5 Volunteering is even more valuable. Please consider knocking a few doors or phone banking, and giving your time instead.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you want the future right to complain about Dems not fighting back hard enough, please volunteer to knock doors for the closest congressional race in your state.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
They WANT "accidents" to happen.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I am absolutely disgusted at the behavior of men identifying as federal officers recorded today in Falls Church, VA. This is public endangerment, what kind of poorly trained thug points a gun at unarmed civilians when they are clearly in no danger? Unfit for duty.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We're in a famine, except instead of lacking food, we're lacking housing. The only answer is to grow the housing supply, like growing more food.
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RockDems VA @rockdemsva.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Since the redistricting was struck down, no one is predicting VA-06 will flip blue. But if we get unprecedented participation in this non-Presidential election year, we know we can do it. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social knows something about winning against all odds. Will you join our resistance?
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Telephone Tuesdays & Working Wednesdays

Join us in our Harrisonburg office! (And see our recent video I'll reply with below, if you want to see what it's like 😊)
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Every city hall should have 10 floors of apartments above it for civil servants, rented at cost for clerks, teachers, & fire fighters.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Send this to your gf with the caption "it's us"
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Okay Dem primaries are done, time to go back to posting about building more affordable housing.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Early voting has started in Virginia for Democratic Congressional primaries! I'm proud to cast my vote for @adamdunigan.bsky.social. Adam is a retired Marine who left his fed job after refusing to take orders from Trump. He's exactly the kind of morally uncompromising leader we need in Congress.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My public comments to Falls Church City Council this week were written up in the FC Independent. "The urgency for affordable housing is too important to delay.... we also need affordable housing to have dignity." Read the full article here: www.fallschurchindependent.com/virginia-vil...
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Virginia Village Redevelopment: City Council Approves RFP, Ensures Community Input
In a tightly structured yet grueling five and a-half hour Action Meeting starting Monday evening and ending at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday morning, July 23, the F.C. City Council voted 6-1 to officially issue a...
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Opioid deaths have declined 52% since 2023. We should be celebrating in the street
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🏘️🏘️ Announcing the Pro-Housing Policy Handbook 🏘️🏘️ A guide to specific policy reforms to make housing more abundant & affordable in your city. This guide is the culmination of years affordable housing advocacy by thousands of leaders across the country. link below🔗👇
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Fund the Commons.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
See you at the Arlington Democrats monthly membership meeting tonight!
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You've heard of accessory dwelling units. Now get ready for Accessory Commercial Units. Unleash American ingenuity, help a million new small businesses flourish, diversify your city's tax base, increase walkability, boost neighborhood charm, & improve outcomes for all.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You telling me a cinnamon toasted this crunch?
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Delete all the emails in your inbox. Start fresh. If it was important, they will follow up.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🤔
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Private payments between doctors and patients is the only way to preserve and protect the right to choice, the right to take what ever drugs/hormones you want, etc..
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every day our leaders spend arguing about gerrymandering is a day we didn't spend on addressing the affordable housing crisis.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I just published a short overview of Virginia's new Faith in Housing rules: Yes in God’s Backyard medium.com/p/faith-in-h...
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Faith in Housing: Yes in God’s Backyard
Virginia just showed the country what yes looks like. With Faith in Housing, also known as Yes in God’s Backyard, churches, temples…
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'm still hopeful @abigailspanberger.com will do the right thing, and fight the VA Supreme Court ruling further. Every candidate who chose to immediately accept the decision on Friday should stay home.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Millions of dollars have been raised on both sides of the aisle for campaigns in the voter approved new districts. Shutting down their campaigns is very attractive to candidates because they get to control the donation money. If there's no new districts, I'm returning 100% of my donations.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Absolute shame on every Democratic politician sending out emails & texts begging for donations in the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court decision, instead of actually fighting back. We will not let Jim Crow return to the South.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Do it.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My statement on today's Supreme Court decision on Virginia's voter approved Redistricting Referendum.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Do not accept the descent into darkness. The people voted for new districts. Our Democracy is at stake.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
When the voters approve a map to help Democrats, it's nullified. When Republican legislators approve a map to help Republicans without going to the voters, it's allowed. The system is rigged to help the fascists.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
See you at the @arlingtondems.bsky.social monthly meeting in 2 hours. I'll be introducing myself to everyone and talking about my plans for affordable housing, climate, and government accountability.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
There are two possible futures: America uses the current oil crisis to rally around renewable energy, invest in our infrastructure & green jobs, and we have 100 years of prosperity. Or we learn nothing and suffer through the status quo. This is our moment! 🌳
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A lot of people want to frame getting rid of laws that stop more affordable housing from being built as "deregulation". Getting rid of rules created specifically to enforce racial segregation is always the right move. We have to make it easier and cheaper to build more housing. That's it.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Every church, temple, mosque and religious center in America should be able to build affordable housing on their land if they choose. Especially for the elderly and disabled.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The housing crisis is 100% a supply problem. One of the best things we can do to address it is get rid of laws created during racial segregation days that stop more housing from being built.
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Joe Schiarizzi @votejoe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Going after immigrants in court, who are trying to follow our laws by appearing when told, is disgusting. Prosecute ICE
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