Huge shoutout to everyone attending their first MDP Endorsement Convention this weekend! You may be wondering what to expect and how to prepare. Hope this helps: scotturbanowski.substack.com/p/heading-to...

Péter Magyar victory speech: "We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others." He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

Go science! Go art! #steam #stem

GO BLUE!

“But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.” —Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch

I mean, you don't really need a translator

Honored to receive the Golden Pen Award for my involvement in the Documenters program! Documenters are citizen journalists who research and write about local government meetings.

Charles Barkley and Pope Leo both bashing Trump. Now THAT is a big tent

Decent turnout in Lowell, Michigan (pop. ~4,000)!

That’s just my two cents.

Stop trying to convince us that your centrist candidate is more "electable". Signed, Someone who's seen multiple centrists lose to right-wing Republicans My latest: open.substack.com/pub/scotturb...

IIRC, I booked a flight on my phone once, but other than that, this tracks.

Stop trying to convince us that your centrist candidate is more "electable". Signed, Someone who's seen multiple centrists lose to right-wing Republicans My latest: open.substack.com/pub/scotturb...

Another Wordle streak milestone!

Each state Democratic party has their own voter protection hotline. Find yours and put it in your phone NOW. If you see any problems, call and ask them to escalate your complaint in LBJ (they'll understand what this is) so their bosses & the attorneys see it asap. bsky.app/profile/dana...

Some people give things up for Lent. Not me. I'm Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down.

Grateful that I had a chance to see and hear from the Reverend Jesse Jackson twice - once when he was the keynote speaker for Central Michigan University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Week in 2007, and again in 2023 at @netrootsnation.bsky.social.

BREAKING: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips GOP-held Texas state Senate seat in special election for district Trump handily won in 2024.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The only president to keep the Patriots out of the Super Bowl this century? Joe Biden

Even though I’m tired of this you-know-what, it was good to be in community with concerned West Michiganders today following another death at the hands of ICE.

Fox: An ongoing outbreak of measles in South Carolina. It's serious stuff. The state's Department of Public Health reports 646 cases since October. I've got to say, vaccine skepticism is not helping this situation.

Basically correct I think

A reminder how ICE treats priests.

If it gets any colder, I'll need to head to Mike Rogers's Florida home!

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

What are your resolutions for 2026? Here are some ideas from someone who's been in the trenches. scotturbanowski.substack.com/p/ten-new-ye...

Happy New Year! Today I'm pleased to launch my new Substack, "Change A Room, Change The World" - a name inspired by President Obama. It's focused on informing folks about our government - elections, agencies, the Michigan Constitution, and so much more.

'Twas the night before Christmas and you lost The Game.

Pope Leo XIV should be Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

It's the Sunday after Thanksgiving. You know what that means? The Lions won't lose today!

Hope I'm not asking too much.

I’m thankful for my 196-day streak! Wordle 1,622 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This month's blue wave is a result both of Democratic investment in organizing and of people's anger toward whatever the heck has become of the Republican Party. But messaging and inclusion remain our Achilles heels. My latest: scotturbanowski.medium.com/how-are-we-d...

"I truly don't think anyone has ever changed their mind because they were called an idiot." - John Green

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

Zohran Mamdani has been elected Mayor of New York City.

Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.

Virginia Lt. Gov. is elected separately, and Decision Desk HQ also called it — for Hashmi, the Dem. election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...

2026 is going to be a good year to run for office, no matter how long the odds. runforwhat.net

JUST IN: Democrat Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey, Decision Desk HQ projects

HUGE WIN: @peterhubbardga.bsky.social and Alicia Johnson will help lower Georgians’ utility costs and become the first non-federal statewide elected Democrats in nearly twenty years.

Using a concept/meme blatantly borrowed from @jenelaina.bsky.social for the Virginia, New Jersey and various local elections today

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I live in Kentwood, Michigan - home to people who speak dozens of languages. And I like it. If JD Vance doesn't, that's his loss.

This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party

No surprise here. www.linkedin.com/news/story/b...

I'm pleased to share that I’ve been accepted to this fall’s cohort of Ready to ED, GLPA-LEAD Education Fund’s selective training program for current and aspiring executive directors to help lead their organizations effectively.

What is it with Republicans and group chats?

"Well, Doctor, what have we got - a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic, if you can keep it." Happy Constitution Day to all who strive to "keep it"!