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.

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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"!

Congratulations to the West Michigan Whitecaps, your 2025 Midwest League champions!

Congratulations to Sean Astin, the new President of SAG-AFTRA! #solidarity

Second day in a row that I got it in two. Wordle 1,543 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Do you need good handwriting to sign the deed?

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I refuse to accept gun violence as normal.

100 days of the Peace Pope.

The national debt is over $37 trillion. I remember Republicans complaining about the debt when it was half as high under Obama.

Happy birthday to the President who still inspires me! I'm honored to be an alum of the Obama campaigns and Organizing for Action. His internal campaign motto - “respect, empower, include” - is a good starting point for us to chart our way back to a healthy democracy.

"A survey of nearly 1,000 local Democratic hopefuls... found that nearly half of respondents – 49 percent – said they received only some, very little or none of the help that they needed for their campaigns last year." campaignsandelections.com/industry-new...

One summer I printed out and read a copy of The Charter and the Bylaws of the Democratic Party of the United States. I was 13. I had just finished middle school. A few months later (as a HS freshman) I started an account at what is now legislature.mi.gov. I still use it.

16 years ago today, Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Governor of Alaska. Such a quaint time compared to now.

As an ally, I wish The Cishets a happy Old Navy Fourth of July Sale!

“You’ve pissed off the drag queens and now there’s nobody to blend your bronzer” - @anatosaurus.bsky.social, just a few moments ago on @meidastouch.com

A certain segment of society has been looking forward to war with Iran for over 20 years. 😡😡

Thanks to @newwaysministry.bsky.social for highlighting the stories of LGBTQ+ Catholics like myself. And thanks to folks like Joe Frankenfield, Fr. @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social, and countless others who have worked to make our Church more inclusive. More: www.newwaysministry.org/2025/06/20/p...

The good of summer: stay outside reading until it gets dark and the fireflies come out. The bad of summer: the fireflies were apparently obligated to bring their shitty cousins, the mosquitoes.

Happy #Pentecost to all who celebrate! Thanks to the Holy Spirit for keeping me out of trouble more than once.

Twenty years ago today, @vanityfair.com revealed that Mark Felt was the Watergate informant known as Deep Throat.

If it doesn’t get warmer in West Michigan soon, I’m going to have to put up my Christmas decorations!

Pope Leo XIV's papacy has now outlasted that of Pope Urban VII, the shortest-reigning Pope who died after just 12 days in 1590.

Joe Biden is a decent man guided by an unshakeable faith, rock-solid determination, and a genuine concern for ordinary people. I join millions of people in the United States and around the world in praying for his healing.

I need people to fight for me in rooms I'm not in.

Pope Leo XIV might be from the home of the Bears, but "Leo" is Latin for "Lion". He can have his Fisherman's Ring as long as the Lions get those Super Bowl rings. #OnePride

An American Pope. My heart swells with pride and gratitude. Viva Leo XIV!

Habemus Papam! A momentous moment for the Church and the world.

Watching the Cardinals step up and take their oath on the Gospel, you can really see the global reach of Catholicism - something that Pope Francis emphasized in his appointments to the College of Cardinals.

Congrats to George Santos on winning the Kentucky Derby!

2025: Canada and Australia. 2026: USA.