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Refugee from the social media wars. Give me facts & truth or give me silence. I read.
reposted by
FairDistrictsPA.com
10 days ago
Thank you to all the candidates who shared their thoughts about redistricting reform. Here are just a few. We hope more candidates will share their thoughts before the General Election. Check your own candidates' positions and comments at
www.fairdistrictspa.com/.../know-bef...
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vote411.org
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State Senator Massey raises up Republican legislators, and in so doing, raises us all. That is a man who knows what his job is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...
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Opinion | A Republican Youāve Never Heard of Points the Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/opinion/shane-massey-south-carolina-clyburn.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
10 days ago
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@samwang.bsky.social
Great job tonite in your debate. Your answers were so calm and rational I feel little bit of hopeā¦if only we could get you elected.
about 1 month ago
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One heck of a report by Olivia George
@washingtonpost.com
Democrats debate how far left to swing in fight for key Senate seat in Michigan
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
about 1 month ago
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āRepublicans would be stupid, moronic,ā Ms. Clark said, āto let these voters just slip through our fingers.ā Just sayinā. The āMake America Healthy Againā Movement Is Cooling on Trump and Republicans
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...
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The āMake America Healthy Againā Movement Is Cooling on Trump and Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/maha-voters-midterms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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I'm attending a
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
event: Rally on the Capitol Steps: It's Time for a Vote on Redistricting Reform!. RSVP here:
actionnetwork.org/events/rally...
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Rally on the Capitol Steps: It's Time for a Vote on Redistricting Reform!
Pennsylvania's constitution, passed in 1776, was the first to promise "the people" the right to alter and reform their government. Pennsylvanians have been asking for redistricting reform for 40 years...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-on-the-capitol-steps-its-time-for-a-vote-on-redistricting-reform?source=bluesky&
about 1 month ago
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Important to be reminded that SCOTUS is composed of fallible humans that can thwart intentional process because of their own insufficiencies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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I wish everyone could hear this. What a difference tax reform would make! Like immigration reform. Without it, we are serfs.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Our Tax System Should Make You Furious
Podcast Episode Ā· The Ezra Klein Show Ā· April 17 Ā· 1h 6m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000761965298
about 1 month ago
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This looks like a great virtual event. It's the 3rd in RWB PA's Civics Series and this one will break down the real dangers of gerrymandering and share whatās happening right now with voting rights in our state. I'm signing up. Will you?
social.redwine.blue/s/jqpS8LgC
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Sign up here
https://social.redwine.blue/s/jqpS8LgC
about 1 month ago
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Like Washington, Trump should let the people help with his White House design plans | Opinion
In 1792, the nationās first president opened up the design of the White House to a public architectural competition. Why shouldn't the 47th president do the same with his new pet project?
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/white-house-east-wing-capital-planning-commission-harris-steinberg-20260311.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=edit_social_share_bluesky_traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=&utm_term=&int_promo=
3 months ago
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FairDistrictsPA.com
3 months ago
PA's founders said "the people possess an inalienable & indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government." Now we're asking to repair a system distorted by decades of self-interest. We're asking legislative leaders: give HB 31/SB 131 a vote.
gettysburgconnection.org/pennsylvania...
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Pennsylvania Has Made the Case for Independent Redistricting. Itās Time Our Legislators Represent Us!! - Gettysburg Connection
For almost a decade, over 6,000 Pennsylvania volunteers, led by Fair Districts PA and their allies, have been doing the hard, unglamorous work democracy
https://gettysburgconnection.org/pennsylvania-has-made-the-case-for-independent-redistricting-its-time-our-legislators-represent-us/
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reposted by
Tim Lambert
3 months ago
Happy Friday, friendos. Are you ready for tomorrow? You know...Valentine's Day? As you ponder your procrastination, here's the best song I heard on my commute to work: "Did you know I could claim the dreamer from the dream? Make you feel Everything you've never even seen"
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Fontaines D.C. - Favourite (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fontaines DC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_vpigwDb4
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area
3 months ago
The SAVE America Act is part of a coordinated effort to make voting harder for eligible Americans. These bills are not about election security. They are about restricting access to the ballot & deciding who gets to participate in our democracy. ACT NOW!
bit.ly/4rajB0V
@lwvus.bsky.social
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PA Constitution, Article 1:
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area
4 months ago
Yesterday the House Speaker echoed electoral conspiracy results that ājust look on its face to be fraudulent.ā This is madness built on momentum to pass a more restrictive voting act that could disenfranchise millions of voters. SAY NO TO CONGRESS. AGAIN!
www.lwv.org/take-action/...
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And Tioga County is heard from! For
@fairdistrictspa.bsky.social
in Harrisburg on Groundhog Day. Legislators please, show support for HB 31 and SB 131.
4 months ago
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@fairdistrictspa.bsky.social
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Jan 17 to remind our state legislators that partisan gerrymandering is wrongāno matter which party does it!
4 months ago
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This was a worthwhile listen.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
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Opinion | This Rural Congresswoman Thinks Democrats Have Lost Their Minds. She Has a Point.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/opinion/marie-gluesenkamp-perez.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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reposted by
FairDistrictsPA.com
5 months ago
Want to help move PA closer to this Christmas/holiday wish? Sign the petition in support of an independent redistricting commission:
tinyurl.com/FairDistrict...
If you've signed, please share it!
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area
5 months ago
This holiday, we celebrate the enduring legacy of our democracyāa gift passed down through generations, protected by vigilance & unwrapped at the ballot box. Wishing you a peaceful season of reflection as we prepare to keep the promise of self-governance alive in the year ahead.
@lwvus.bsky.social
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Today, in @waspost.com
5 months ago
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No goddam kings.
5 months ago
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area
6 months ago
Persistence pays! Congratulations. The League of Indiana has been one of the central organizations challenging gerrymandering for more than a decade, working both through policy advocacy and direct legal action. Commit with us today:
bit.ly/4g5RcEq
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In a new report by
@cityandstatepa.bsky.social
, readers learn that āState Senate Republican leaders Joe Pittman and Kim Ward, and state House Democratic leaders Joanna McClinton and Matt Bradford, had among the lowest effectiveness scores in either [PA legislative] chamber.ā Just sayinā.
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City & State PA (@cityandstatepa.bsky.social)
Specializing in PA government, politics & policy news, get our First Read newsletter - going out every weekday by 7:15AM - here: http://cityandstatepa.com/newsletters
https://cityandstatepa.bsky.social
8 months ago
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area
8 months ago
āThe federal government's secretive and unlawful collection and consolidation of Americans' personal data is a clear example of the constitutional crisis we are living through."āCelina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters.
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
@lwvus.bsky.social
@lwvva.bsky.social
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Opinion: "The lessons: Persist. Talk to people you despise. Bring international pressure, particularly from the United States. Donāt push for a military solution before attaining a political settlement; disarmament can wait."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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Opinion | How to Stop a War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/northern-ireland-war-gaza-resolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
8 months ago
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Oh boy! This opinion writer takes a step into good governance. Donāt tell the PA GOP that ranked choice voting would [could] benefit them. Ignorance is bliss.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/06/o...
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OPINION: Roads To Fairer Representation In Congress ⦠- Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says gerrymandering enables bad lawmaking, and only nationwide reforms like banning partisan redistricting and adopting ranked-choice voting can protect democracy from T...
https://coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/06/opinion-von-ahn-gerrymandering-reforms-ranked-choice-voting/
9 months ago
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Complex, these arguments, especially considering what happened to āthe right,ā or āthe conservativesā who simply became liars. But essentially I agree.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
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Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/liberal-conservative-left-right-politics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
9 months ago
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Tell it, LWV. But NOT just Black and Brown voters. ALL voters lose their voices if any voters lose their voices. We donāt need to stand for it.
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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reposted by
League of Women Voters of the US
10 months ago
Governor Newsom is ādead wrongā on the League of Women Voters. We are aligned with voters. Period. (1/5)
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LauraFT
10 months ago
Keep the wins coming! We are counting on the Courts - ALL OF THEM - to
#DoTheRightThing
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add a skeleton here at some point
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Self Respect Is priceless?
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/a...
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Eric Cartman, Welcome (for Now) to the Resistance
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/arts/television/south-park-trump-administration-paramount.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
10 months ago
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reposted by
FairDistrictsPA.com
10 months ago
#Redistricting
should center constituents & communities, not political parties & party leaders.
#txlege
power grab is dangerous & wrong.
#gerrymandering
other states in response would set a dangerous precedent during crucial moment for US democracy.
www.commoncause.org/california/p...
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yea. Give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize if he figures out the Middle East: video by Megan Stack & Sam Ellis
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
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Opinion | Trump, if You Pull This Off, You Deserve a Nobel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/iran-israel-trump-peace.html?smid=url-share
10 months ago
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Lone star ticks are aggressive and can speedily follow a human target if they detect them. āThey will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,ā said a conservationist who lives in the Washington DC area.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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āExplosive increaseā of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis
11 months ago
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SOME people are still trying to lift us rather than sink us. Just sayinā.
penncapital-star.com/2025/06/24/r...
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Former governors say bipartisan unity key to rebuffing questionable federal policy ⢠Pennsylvania Capital-Star
In a country flooded by a never-ending wave of talking heads, pundits and fiery social media posts, two bipartisan former governors said the solution to Americaās political gridlock may be more talkin...
https://penncapital-star.com/2025/06/24/repub/former-governors-say-bipartisan-unity-key-to-rebuffing-questionable-federal-policy/?emci=a4b7eda3-2351-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c
11 months ago
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Can we pul-leeze end Gerrymandering for GOOD?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CK4...
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A birthday message from the Gerry in 'gerrymandering'
YouTube video by Common Cause NC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CK4KtoZklc
12 months ago
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David Brooks on the moral contempt he is trying to suppress. Sadly, I think he is right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
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Opinion | Iām Normally a Mild Guy. Hereās Whatās Pushed Me Over the Edge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/trump-vance-morality.html?smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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I am so not interested in a man for president.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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Is Every Top Democrat Running for President?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/democrats-2028-presidential-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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In a world where the most outrageous political crimes take place regularly, I reserve a special place for Israel. Looking at you and seeingā¦a failure of that essence we call āheart.ā You will never win.
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about 1 year ago
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I am so far beyond ātolerate.ā This is a crime against humanity. Shame on Israel. Shame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
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Israelās Allies Condemn Expansion of Gaza War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/world/middleeast/israel-allies-denounce-gaza-offensive.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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Come to Marietta to celebrate the city, the Spring, and living in PA. @Fair Districts PA will be there! Stop by our booth and say hi!
about 1 year ago
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Lancaster, PA. LWV Lancaster showing children how to make a habit of voting ā¦this time on ice cream!
about 1 year ago
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@lwvus.bsky.social
inviting children to VOTEā¦on their favorite flavor of ice creamā¦because a habit of voting yields results
about 1 year ago
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The Pope and Pachamama
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Colm TóibĆn Ā· The Pope and Pachamama
Pope Leo, thus far in his life, has been skilled at placing himself in the middle whenever there are warring factions....
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n09/colm-toibin/the-pope-and-pachamama
about 1 year ago
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Congratulations to
@thenewyorker.bsky.social
for THREE Pulitzer Prizes in one year. Many thanks for doing such remarkable reporting!
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Jack Jenkins
about 1 year ago
BREAKING: For the second time in two weeks, clergy and faith leaders have been arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, part of a larger protest against the GOP-led budget.
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LNP | LancasterOnline
about 1 year ago
The Historic Mifflin House, a Wrightsville farmhouse that sheltered freedom seekers fleeing from slavery in the 1800s, joined the National Park Serviceās Network to Freedom program last week.
lanc.news/3GT4yGp
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Historic Mifflin House gets national recognition as Underground Railroad site
The Historic Mifflin House, a Wrightsville farmhouse that sheltered freedom seekers fleeing from slavery in the 1800s, joined the National Park Serviceās Network to Freedom program last week.
https://lanc.news/3GT4yGp
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