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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
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Blue Virginia
15 days ago
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.
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Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07)
15 days ago
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.
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Let's go, Candi! Grateful for this appointment.
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Alt CDC (they/them)
24 days ago
Immigrants are not and never have been garbage, ICE holds that illustrious title. This isnβt policy, itβs thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. π
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
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ICE to launch operation targeting Somali immigrants in Twin Cities, federal official says, as Trump calls community βgarbageβ | CNN
A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/us/ice-operation-somali-migrants-minneapolis
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Michael Harriot
24 days ago
What kind of president would say something so disgusting? Itβs downright unAmericβ Oh waitβ¦ I forgot that Abraham Lincoln & Thomas Jefferson said the same thing. Never mind
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That raccoon is really viral on multiple platforms
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
24 days ago
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 fairnessβit's about stability, dignity, & justice.
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Thank you to each one of you for this leadership.
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If this isn't how you address AI, you're out of tune. Thank you,
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ProPublica
24 days ago
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahonβs push in favor of private schools as a βgreat American heist,β funneling money from public schools: βItβs a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.β (Published October 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars β and the end of publ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764723611&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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dapurplesharpie
24 days ago
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
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
24 days ago
The βWe Ainβt Buying Itβ boycott held big box retailers accountable this weekend. This is powerful. Thank you to those who stood against Targetβs complicity with Trumpβs anti-democratic extremism βπ½
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ProPublica
24 days ago
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 couldnβt make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. Itβs a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764727206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Amanda Litman
24 days ago
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
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Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
https://runforwhat.net
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claudia irizarry aponte
25 days ago
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
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The sonβs location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/ice-arrested-separated-chinese-father-6-year-old-son/
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Haymarket Books
24 days ago
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
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ROOTED Consulting Group LLC
about 2 months ago
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. Weβre helping local food banks stay stocked ahead of the holiday season. π₯«π
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Civil rights groups accuse Virginia officials of illegally blocking campus voters
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/03/c...
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Civil rights groups accuse Virginia officials of illegally blocking campus voters β’ Virginia Mercury
Civil-rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia alleging that state and local election officials are unlawfully rejecting student voter registration forms because they lack dormitory name...
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/11/03/civil-rights-groups-accuse-virginia-officials-of-illegally-blocking-campus-voters/
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 2 months ago
Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jRIi7ZHTZM
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Little more than 3 hours to vote, Virginia! If you're in line by 7PM, stay in line!! You can vote!
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Virginia Democrats
about 2 months ago
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
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Miss Aja
about 2 months ago
I see what your problem is.
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Miss Aja
about 2 months ago
Iβm rooting for these people. Hurricane Melissa is nowhere near done. Sheβs just getting startedπ© Keep talking about these folks. We already know the current administration doesnβt care about Black & Brown folks so itβs our job for a while to keep a spotlight on them.
www.yahoo.com/news/weather...
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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm makes landfall in Jamaica as strongest ever to hit island, with 185 mph winds
The storm made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/live/hurricane-melissa-live-updates-category-5-storm-makes-landfall-in-jamaica-as-strongest-ever-to-hit-island-with-185-mph-winds-141551726.html
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Jay Jones
about 2 months ago
Iβm running for Attorney General to put Virginia first β 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.
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Jay Jones
2 months ago
Jason Miyares refused to join other AGs challenging Trumpβs illegal tariffs. Now, the average Virginia family will pay $2,400 more per year in higher costs. Unlike my opponent, Iβll stand up to policies that raise costs.
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Orion Kidder
2 months ago
The first rule of organizing is to listen. Most politicians (or would-be politicians) are not interested in organizing. They're interested in *ruling*.
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OlΓΊfαΊΉΜmi O. TΓ‘ΓwΓ²
2 months ago
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaignβs 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"
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Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign β from the inside and the outside.
https://hammerandhope.org/article/zohran-mamdani-black-voters
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Progress NC Action
2 months ago
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
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NC Democrats read the public's comments into the record after Republicans tried ignoring them.
YouTube video by ProgressNCAction
https://youtube.com/shorts/cPhW4tdv83g?si=Sm5TVRsKgUT57N5M
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Del. Joshua Cole
3 months ago
Thank you
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@seiuva512.bsky.social
and Sen. Kaine for joining us to launch volunteers this morning! Sen. Kaine even played his harmonica too!!!
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GLAAD
2 months ago
#SPIRITDAY
is tomorrow! Take the pledge now to take a stand for LGBTQ youth:
glaad.org/spiritday
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
2 months ago
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. Weβll never stop saying his name.
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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
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Reuters
3 months ago
'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:
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Donate to Abigail Spanberger's campaign for Governor!
Virginia is the only state in the country where we can flip a Governor's office from red to blue in 2025. Abigail needs our help to build a winning campaign.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/asfg_website_2025?refcode=website
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Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Searsβ bid for governor
virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...
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Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Searsβ bid for governor β’ Virginia Mercury
A closer look at Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears' public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and inconsistencies in her financial disclosures β including a $12,000 βgi...
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/financial-disclosure-gaps-questionable-gifts-cloud-earle-sears-bid-for-governor/
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Sherrilyn Ifill
3 months ago
This is heavy.
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Jesse Mac
3 months ago
Theyβre bombing the homes of judges now.
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Kat Abughazaleh
3 months ago
ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident. Release Steve Held.
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Nisrin Elamin
3 months ago
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!
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Anna Gifty
3 months ago
"We have nothing to lose but our chains." A forever bar for a forever icon. Rest in Power Assata Shakur.
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melancholy joy
3 months ago
βNobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.β β Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
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Dr. Allison Wiltz
3 months ago
Rest in Power Assata Shakur
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βNo 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.β - Assata Shakur Deeply saddened to learn of Assata Shakur's passing. The world is less.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
3 months ago
This horror will get worse. This is Trumpβs fascism on steroids. Horrific and indefensible. βAn 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.β β NYC Comptroller Brad Lander
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Ayanna Pressley
3 months ago
For generations, Black women have crafted the blueprint for survivalβorganizing & advocating for our liberation. So grateful to Renee Bracey Sherman, Alexis McGill Johnson, & Regina Davis Moss for sharing the stage at
#ALC54
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LANana #π¦ Nuestra SeΓ±ora de la Muerte del Pan πͺ
3 months ago
Focus, people. Democrats are fighting for your lives!
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Prisonculture
3 months ago
βI 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." β Audre Lorde
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