Y'all, Virginia has special elections in January for the General Assembly and one is HD23 to fill the position held by Del. Candi Mundon King, Secretary Designate of the Commonwealth. Join me in supporting my friend Margaret Angela Franklin MargaretforVA.com 1/2

Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin Announces Candidacy for HD23; endorsed by Del. @candimundonking.bsky.social @repvindman.bsky.social Sen. Louise Lucas @ssurovell.bsky.social @jeremymcpike.bsky.social Jennifer Carroll Foy Andrea Bailey etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...

Today, I am proud to endorse Woodbridge Supervisor and dear friend, Margaret Franklin, in the race for the seat Del. Candi Mundon King has vacated, HD-23, to become the next Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Let's go, Candi! Grateful for this appointment.

Immigrants are not and never have been garbage, ICE holds that illustrious title. This isn’t policy, it’s thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. 💙 www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...

What kind of president would say something so disgusting? It’s downright unAmeric— Oh wait… I forgot that Abraham Lincoln & Thomas Jefferson said the same thing. Never mind

That raccoon is really viral on multiple platforms

Unlike federal employees, federal *contractors* did not receive backpay when the government reopened. I'm still fighting to make sure they do. This isn't just a matter of fairness—it's about stability, dignity, & justice.

Thank you to each one of you for this leadership.

If this isn't how you address AI, you're out of tune. Thank you, @repsummerlee.bsky.social

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published October 2025)

in the current age, when intellectualism is under attack, one of the most radical things you can do is continue to learn and seek out knowledge knowledge is, quite literally, power

The “We Ain’t Buying It” boycott held big box retailers accountable this weekend. This is powerful. Thank you to those who stood against Target’s complicity with Trump’s anti-democratic extremism ✊🏽

Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year. A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.

2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.

Join our community food drive to help ALIVE! (Alexandria) and LCAC (Lorton) keep shelves stocked and neighbors fed! Many families are missing paychecks and SNAP benefits are being affected. We’re helping local food banks stay stocked ahead of the holiday season. 🥫💚

Civil rights groups accuse Virginia officials of illegally blocking campus voters virginiamercury.com/2025/11/03/c...

Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

Little more than 3 hours to vote, Virginia! If you're in line by 7PM, stay in line!! You can vote!

Attention Newport News! The polling location at Ivy Farms Community of Faith Church has closed. Voters assigned there should now vote at South Morrison Family Education Center (formerly South Morrison Elementary School): 746 Adams Drive, Newport News, VA 23601. www.nnva.gov

I see what your problem is.

I’m rooting for these people. Hurricane Melissa is nowhere near done. She’s just getting started😩 Keep talking about these folks. We already know the current administration doesn’t care about Black & Brown folks so it’s our job for a while to keep a spotlight on them. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...

I’m running for Attorney General to put Virginia first – to fulfill the promise of progress, opportunity, and safety for every Virginian. Together, we can build a brighter future for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren.

Jason Miyares refused to join other AGs challenging Trump’s illegal tariffs. Now, the average Virginia family will pay $2,400 more per year in higher costs. Unlike my opponent, I’ll stand up to policies that raise costs.

The first rule of organizing is to listen. Most politicians (or would-be politicians) are not interested in organizing. They're interested in *ruling*.

"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters" hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...

The people of NC submitted over 12,000 comments against a corrupt map redrawing in the short window Republicans allowed. Democratic lawmakers refused to let those voices go unheard. #ncpol #ncga https://youtube.com/shorts/cPhW4tdv83g?si=Sm5TVRsKgUT57N5M

Thank you @gene4va.bsky.social @seiuva512.bsky.social and Sen. Kaine for joining us to launch volunteers this morning! Sen. Kaine even played his harmonica too!!!

#SPIRITDAY is tomorrow! Take the pledge now to take a stand for LGBTQ youth: glaad.org/spiritday 💜

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

Yesterday was a needed moment to pause a bit and come together with friends in the full broadness of the party, standing in who we each are and with one another. That's what it means to be a Democrat. 1/3

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Speaking over someone incessantly during a debate is evidence of fear--W.E-S can't handle the strength of voice & confidence of position of @abigailspanberger.com. It also shows absolute disrespect for the voters who want to hear from the candidates by not allowing them to. You know what to do:

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...

This is heavy.

They’re bombing the homes of judges now.

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ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident. Release Steve Held.

We lost a warrior, a freedom fighter, a visionary, someone who changed the way I see the world. May Assata Shakur rest in power with the ancestors!

"We have nothing to lose but our chains." A forever bar for a forever icon. Rest in Power Assata Shakur.

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Rest in Power Assata Shakur

“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” - Assata Shakur Deeply saddened to learn of Assata Shakur's passing. The world is less.

This horror will get worse. This is Trump’s fascism on steroids. Horrific and indefensible. “An ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital.” — NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

For generations, Black women have crafted the blueprint for survival—organizing & advocating for our liberation. So grateful to Renee Bracey Sherman, Alexis McGill Johnson, & Regina Davis Moss for sharing the stage at #ALC54 to discuss the role of Black women in the fight for reproductive justice.

Focus, people. Democrats are fighting for your lives!

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde