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Vols, Dems, MC Scots, and helping young people vote w NextGen
By my back of napkin math, VA6 now has at least 2x as many students as the next competitive district in the country.
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Taniel
3 months ago
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Taniel
3 months ago
A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today. So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share %3Cbr%3EBorder
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“When the eight African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system," the Charlotte sheriff told Bolts in 2023 to explain why the GOP was targeting him. This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
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North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts
Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....
https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-ice-and-sheriffs-bill-immigration/
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Rep. Greg Stanton
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When travelers are stranded by canceled flights and long delays, the airline should compensate those impacted. The Trump administration just changed the rules to let airlines off the hook. I'm leading the fight in Congress to get the Department of Transportation to restore these vital protections.
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White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/travel/trump-biden-delayed-flights-payments.html
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Sen. Danica Roem
3 months ago
With all ballots now counted for the 2025
#Virginia
general election, here are the final numbers for statewide offices: Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger: 57.58% (D+15.36%) Lieutenant Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi: 55.65% (D+11.56%) Attorney General-elect Jay Jones: 53.14% (D+6.68%)
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Taniel
3 months ago
The difference between conservatives crafting 'Project 2025' at the Heritage Foundation, and CAP thinking of going with Larry Summers (even before the disclosures), is very striking.
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Dems are going to come pretty close to flipping an R+7 seat after seeing very high youth turnout. This was a seat that came on the radar late. Similar to HD 41 with Lily Franklin in 2023.
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3 months ago
HD-41 voted for Trump by around 3% in 2024 Lily Franklin ran a textbook campaign on how to turn out young voters But she also persuaded them to back Dems after it was close last year A lot Dems can learn from her campaign about organizing on campus
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Montgomery has been releasing its provisionals in bits, but got most of them just now Spanberger 1628-270 Franklin 1522-266 Franklin’s margin in HD41 is above 6.5% now
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In HD 41, Franklin won provisionals(including a ton of SDRs) 1522(85%)- 266(15%) with a roughly 70 point margin!!!
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Sam Shirazi
3 months ago
One of biggest red flags for Dems in 2024 was barley winning provisionals in Virginia These are mainly same-day registrations from younger and less engaged voters Basically lowest propensity voters Spanberger winning them big this year Warning sign for Republicans now
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Today election boards will meet in a lot of Virginia.
@nextgenamerica.bsky.social
three targeted house seats were 34, 41, and 71. Campus turnout in these districts is already sky high (higher than 2024 turnout in 34 and 41), but today SDR provisionals will be counted and that turnout will go way up!
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Sam Shirazi
4 months ago
Federal Fallout on how Dems flipped 13 seats in Virginia House of Delegates In NOVA, RVA, Hampton Roads, and SWVA Including suburbs, exurbs, rural, wealthier, working class, and diverse Candidates ran district specific campaigns which Dems can learn from
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Episode 37: How Dems Flipped 13 Seats in House of Delegates
Podcast Episode · Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections · 11/08/2025 · 29m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-fallout-the-2025-virginia-elections/id1799461319?i=1000735858941
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Sen. Danica Roem
4 months ago
The Dem nominee Andrew Payton trails by 4.66% (1,282 votes) after PE votes from Harrisonburg. There are still PEs for Rockingham and provisionals for Harrisonburg and Rockingham. The Harrisonburg ones are key because of same-day voter registration at JMU.
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Election Results
https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/virginia/elections/2025-November-General/ballot-items/01000000-1238-16ac-292f-08ddfb9ffb68
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Sam Shirazi
4 months ago
Federal Fallout pod with lessons from Virginia elections Dems stayed focused on the economy GOP was a little too online and lost the plot Dems also organized to get out less engaged voters GOP had issue party in power often with lower turnout
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Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast exploring the 2025 elections in Virginia and how the changes to the Federal government will influence them. Views expressed are those of the host person...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-fallout-the-2025-virginia-elections/id1799461319?i=1000735711143
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Angry
5 months ago
They’re going to fire a US attorney because they couldn’t find evidence for a crime that was manufactured by the administration? Banana republic shit
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Marc Elias
7 months ago
I bet they were...👇
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Sam Shirazi
8 months ago
Young voters critical in at least 2 House of Delegates seats in Virginia this year HD-41 with Virginia Tech and HD-71 with William and Mary Dems narrowly lost both in 2023 But if they get students out this year, good opportunity for pickups
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NextGen America
8 months ago
So, we did some polling...
nextgenamerica.substack.com/p/we-did-som...
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We did some polling…
And young voters are feeling extremely fed up with politics (and politicians) right now.
https://nextgenamerica.substack.com/p/we-did-some-polling
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Democracy Docket
8 months ago
California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed. "I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary." Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
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United Farm Workers
9 months ago
We feed you. They hunt us.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
9 months ago
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Sam Shirazi
9 months ago
Summary of campaign finance info for VA HoD targeted seats fully reported Dem challenger outraised GOP incumbent and has more COH HD-41 HD-86 Dem challenger outraised GOP incumbent, but GOP has more COH HD-57 HD-73 Dem challenger slightly behind GOP incumbent in both HD-30
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Taniel
9 months ago
"which is why I propose state-administered literacy tests”
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Taniel
9 months ago
Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill to "make two African-American history courses count towards the state’s graduation requirements for history":
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Virginia governor vetoed bill to make Black history classes count towards graduation. What’s next? • Virginia Mercury
A Northern Virginia faith leader and parent said she will continue asking state lawmakers to make two African-American history courses count towards the state’s graduation requirements for history, af...
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/05/27/virginia-governor-vetoed-bill-to-make-black-history-classes-count-towards-graduation-whats-next/
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“A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.”
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Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: ‘Color of our skin has become a crime’
He said when he tried to record the incident, the agents knocked his phone out of his hand.
https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2025/05/alabama-worker-says-ice-dragged-him-from-job-despite-being-us-citizen-color-of-our-skin-has-become-a-crime.html
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10 months ago
Project 2025 is erasing Indigenous history in real time. Navajo Code Talkers vanished from Pentagon records, tribal flags stripped from VA hospitals, and reports on missing Indigenous women deleted. Tribal rights are being rebranded as “DEI” to justify their dismantling.
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Erasing History: Project 2025's Vision for Tribal Nations
The implementation of Project 2025 isn’t just reshaping policy—it’s erasing history. From the Pentagon’s removal of Navajo Code Talkers to the deletion of federal reports on missing Indigenous women, ...
https://globalextremism.org/post/erasing-history-project-2025s-vision-for-tribal-nations/
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DrDinD.bsky.social
10 months ago
I cannot imagine why Elon Musk would be interested in downloading internal data at the National Labor Relations Board.
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Sam Shirazi
11 months ago
Bonus episode of Federal Fallout this morning on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election What it means for Virginia and this November’s elections Dems are fired up after a big win and looking to the next contest It’s still early, but risk could slip away from GOP
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Bonus Episode: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Podcast Episode · Federal Fallout: The 2025 Virginia Elections · 04/02/2025 · 16m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-fallout-the-2025-virginia-elections/id1799461319?i=1000701886484
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Sam Shirazi
11 months ago
Mark Cuban Welcome to Virginia Election Twitter
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Bren
11 months ago
🚨 Musk is trying to buy another election for MAGA, and there's a LOT on the line! Workers' rights, abortion rights, & Constitutional protections are at risk! Follow, Volunteer, and/or Donate Today to support
@crawfordforwi.bsky.social
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Help win the WI Supreme Court election
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Ryan Sylvia
12 months ago
Jahmai Mashack calls game on one of the biggest wins in Tennessee basketball history ⤵️
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Taniel
about 1 year ago
of all agencies to be so messy 🤦(
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Angry
about 1 year ago
You should ask yourself why the GOP wants to impeach judges who rule against them but not Clarence Thomas, who failed to report millions of dollars in bribes, erm, “gifts” on his financial disclosures.
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Angry
about 1 year ago
This is why you can’t conduct foreign policy in broad strokes. Everything you do as the President has reverberating consequences. This could allow another ISIS resurgence.
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Stephanie Kennedy
about 1 year ago
NEW: After enormous public backlash, Air Force officials are now insisting that recruits will indeed learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Air Force Service Pilots. The Air Force had previously taken steps to comply with Trump’s executive order targeting Diversity,…
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Kyle Griffin
about 1 year ago
Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "It is insulting to ask our servicemembers to uphold the absolute highest standards, only to turn around and lower the standards for Pete Hegseth to lead them."
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
North Carolina…
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Angry
about 1 year ago
Trump: - said its going to be hard to lower grocery prices - is talking about joining multiple foreign conflicts - is already walking back his “largest mass deportation ever!!” plan - is nominating the most hawkish Cabinet I’ve seen MAGA, yall feel played? Or just happy the Black lady lost?
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Angry
about 1 year ago
Suddenly, all the “no new wars!!!” crowd is just fine with their naked emperor threatening to take Greenland by military force, seize the Panama Canal, and potentially annex our NATO ally, Canada.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
RIP President Carter.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
WATCH: “Honor what everyone has said - to never forget.” Firefighter unions are upset after funding for a 9/11 health fund was stripped from the federal budget when Musk & Trump & Republicans killed the initial bipartisan bill.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
Not beating the “President Musk” rumors…
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
MUST-WATCH: “The very definition of a good ‘Medical Director’ was someone who could save the company a lot of money — the doctor with the highest % of denials got a BONUS.” A cruel, broken for-profit health care system. 🇺🇸
#MedicareForAll
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 year ago
ICYMI — Musk responded to criticism of him getting a provision removed from the CR that may have hurt Tesla’s business in China by attacking Rep. Delauro’s appearance. More:
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Taniel
about 1 year ago
a reminder — Elon Musk spent heavily to defeat the reform DA in Austin just earlier this year... but his target won easily (
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The Tennessee Holler
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Not great
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