open.substack.com/pub/gregolea... Never thought I’d support Liz Cheney for President but if Pete Buttigeig is VP I’m all in!

It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC

Big money has always been the basis of political corruption and the MAGA SCOTUS made it worse in their Citizens United decision. Makayla Venable's campaign is small donor funded. Choose Venable and reform with your vote and a small donation - secure.actblue.com/donate/venab...

By rallying our friends, family, and co-workers, we are creating a new philanthropic tradition to support cross-team and community collaboration through a shared love of gaming, all while assisting local hospitals.

Fragforce is the global charity gaming team started at Salesforce that is raising money to support kids facing scary stuff like social mistreatment, medical issues such as cancer, cystic-fibrosis and severe accidents.

Fragforce (fragforce.org) is celebrating 10 Years of Gaming for Charity! We are still looking for volunteers for the Fragforce 10th Anniversary Super Stream! Signup Sheet -> forms.gle/ymYy87WA1iha...

This should be Time Magazine’s 2025 Photo of the Year:

Staunton (You Belong Here) VA says NO KINGS

We take protest sign making seriously in Staunton VA. The frog hats were in demand l.

More from Staunton, Va.

Staunton VA turned out for No Kings today!

No Kings Staunton VA!

MAGA leaders kept saying all week that the “No Kings” events held across the country and across the world today would be “hate America” rallies full of terrorists and paid protestors. augustafreepress.com/news/no-king...

Attendees at the "No Kings" event in Staunton, Va., sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Support the League of Women Voters to protect voting rights Unite and Rise: My Call to Defend Democracy open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

Words & Phrases We Could Do Without open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Yesterday’s Staunton Pride was a blast! She had just picked up a Makayla Venable for VA House Dist 36 sign from the Staunton Dems booth. So happy to live in this incredible city whose motto is ‘You Belong Here.’ Photo by Monique Calello, Staunton News Leader

Staunton Pride 2025! #Staunton-Pride

Staunton Pride 2025! #Staunton-Pride

More from #Staunton-Pride by Ethan (IG:@ehcempe)

I was able to get the new Covid vaccine because I fall into one of the exceptions for people under 65: My BMI is high enough that I'm clinically "obese." Thank you CVS for matching my vaccine Band-Aid to my shirt. :)

Thanks to Ethan and Julia for their help with the Photo Booth at Staunton Pride 2025! #Staunton-Pride

The Staunton Democratic Committee and Staunton LGBTQ Center are co-hosting a 2025 and 2026 candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 14. augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...

Abigail Spanberger and Makayla Venable are partners with you and me in making Virginia a supportive and welcoming home for everyone. Congrats Makayla ! #MakaylaVenable #FlipHD36

🗳️ Please join the Staunton Democratic Committee and the Shenandoah LGBTQ Center at our 2025 Candidate Forum. Our goal - provide a public educational forum to listen/talk with candidates in order to make an informed voting decision. Please RSVP for more details - mobilize.us/s/mc6ajN

This. Is. Brilliant.

🏳️‍🌈 Join us at the Staunton Pride Festival on October 11 from 12-5 PM at the Gypsy Hill Park Bandstand area. Show your support and have a great time !

Americans Favor Terminating Unessential Government Employee

✊ 🇺🇸 ⚖️ No Kings Staunton ! Be there ! No Kings! No Troops in the Streets! No Corruption! We want Free Speech! We want Free and Fair Elections! The Power belongs to the People!

Dust off your signs! It's time to hit the streets again! 🗓️ Saturday, October 18th 🕞 12:30 - 2 PM 📍 Augusta County Courthouse, Johnson Street, Staunton #nokings #localpolitics #democracyinaction

youtu.be/wMQZG9u4Sjg Spinal Tap is even better in The End Continues and drummer Didi Crockett is amazing (spoiler alert / she doesn’t die).

Hugo had a good run.

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

Keeping yourself and other people safe by getting vaccinated means you care about your friends, family, and community. Thanks Makayla Venable !

Staunton Pride 2025 merchandise pre-order is up! www.bonfire.com/store/staunt...

Sing it.

Thanks Jay Jones @jonesjay.bsky.social for being there ! Your speech was spot on and peeled the barn door paint! Democrats outnumbered Republicans 3:1 and we were fired up!

I was walking with Senator Hashmi today to the Buena Vista speech pavilion and I wished her luck and asked her to kick some a**. Boy did she deliver a rip roaring speech ! Thank you @senatorhashmi.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com and @jonesjay.bsky.social for inspiring us !

What a tremendous trio @abigailspanberger.com @senatorhashmi.bsky.social and @jonesjay.bsky.social and let's not forget Makayla Venable @venable4va.bsky.social for reminding us that Repubs killed our latest bill to raise the Minimum wage in Virginia. #LaborDay #FairWage #MinimumWage

In her speech at Buena Vista yesterday, Makayla Venable made it powerfully clear that Virginia Republicans (including Ellen Campbell) voted against increasing the Minimum Wage. Without Virginia Democrats, the Virginia Minimum Wage would still be $7.25 per hour and families would be suffering.

More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ

WIth Elon it's not just an obsession with birthrates, but rather with eugenics. He's a firm believer in the Lebensborn approach to maintaining proper genetic stock.

BERLATSKY:“What’s really notable, though, is extent to which Republican senators and leaders have remained largely supine even in face of a radical assault on their grandchildren by transparent death-dealing fraud who wasn’t even member of the party a year ago.” www.publicnotice.co/p/rfk-jr-pub...?

Tomorrow 930 am Washington DC survivors speak. That is who we should all be listening to.

Thank you for running to truly represent us in Virginia HD 36 !

For Makayla Venable, it starts with family and community. Makayla Venable for House of Delegates District 36 www.venable4va.com