Special Bulletin - Self-care is important. We've been warring against Fascism for nearly a full year. This is not an ordeal that's going to be resolved within a fortnight. This is protracted WARFARE!

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.

You never really know what people are dealing with. I am reminding myself of this a lot lately.

We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions. #ScienceUnderSiege

Get your information from doctors not fascists

mailed my 100 hand written postcards to TN7 this morning as per turnoutpac.org/postcards instructions. @aftynbehn.bsky.social i really hope you do shock the world! you've got this cause the whole country is rooting for you💙 #flipTN7 #shocktheworld #thetnholler #bittersoutherner

I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.

Point is, one can’t be just participate as a voter every four years. We must vigorously get involved like it is a Black Friday sale, run, scream and grab for the common good.

Next election, pick a candidate and volunteer in some way for them. Be persistent in contacting them. Find what you like to do. I’ve been knocking doors, writing postcards since 2016. It builds community when it is done year after year.

I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.

The Brits have stopped sharing drug trafficking intel w/us in the Caribbean, Latin American region. They believe our extra judicial killings are illegal. If you’ve worked on this stuff or w/ the Brits, you know this is really a big deal. DOD folks—your professional liability insurance won’t work.

Make that 13…

🚨Virginia! Polls are now open. Make your voices heard. Find your polling location at abigailspanberger.com/vote

Canvassed 35 doors today in Cave Spring, VA. Best door: one resident moved out and the lady moving in had recently moved there and votes Democratic! Helped her with her new voting location. Probably my last canvass for the election.

It was great being back in Norfolk to help get out the vote for @abigailspanberger.com for Governor. Virginia – Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better.

"It was great being back in Norfolk, Virginia today to support Abigail Spanberger for Governor. Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better." - @BarackObama bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...

Virginia Democrats are rightfully celebrating that they’re challenging every inch of grass in the Commonwealth. It’s a revelation, & something Dr. Fergie Reid Sr. has fought for since the 1950s — when it wasn’t as popular as it is today.

Hey Virginia! Today is last day of early voting! Out in Roanoke mountains canvassing 18 doors. Not very walkable but trying to squeeze out some votes! Beautiful scenery!

Haven't voted (Democratic, of course) yet? You can still do so tomorrow (Saturday) or Tuesday (election day). bluevirginia.us/2025/10/phot...

BREAKING: In a 51-42 vote, the Virginia House advances a measure proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow the state to redraw its congressional map until 2030 “in response to actions taken by another state.”

BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown. Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.

Holidays will be different this year. Take time to meditate, exercise, and spend time with family and friends. Remember to find joy, no matter how small, and hold it close. Do not let them take your humanity. When you feel alone and lost, find a friend. You are never alone.

Found a great mutual aid to help essential federal workers at Roanoke Airport. They have a pantry where they will take public donations near baggage claim 2. I shopped at a nearby Aldi and got a bagful of food that I could carry into the terminal.

🚨🗳️VIRGINIA UNRETURNED MAIL BALLOTS🗳️🚨 10/22/25 Update (estimates): Requested - 449,937 Returned - 232,620 Outstanding - 217,317 Some of these mail ballots may end up being cast in-person. But many won't, and they'll be overwhelmingly Dem votes that decide very close races. We need every last one.

Republican led US House has been in recess for 32 consecutive days. US Representatives receive a taxpayer funded salary of $174,000. Since the start of the Republican led 119th Congress, the House has been out-of-session 188/292 days (64% out-of-session).

Cannot recommend enough the act of walking into a library when the world is grim. If you can, go walk into a library

This is what solid team play looks like; a billboard funded by grassroots Dem donors, from all over the country, is up and being seen in rural Va. HD 44, supporting Cindy Green & the 3 Va. statewide candidates, Spanberger, Hashmi, & Jones. Thanks @charlesgaba.com. secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...

I’m a canvasser and knocked doors last Saturday in Virginia, literally encountered another reason for early voting. I knocked on a door of an elderly woman who had early voted. Her husband said his wife fell yesterday broke her hip, and was undergoing surgery. I did a video on it.

Finally got out there canvassing today in Roanoke County, Virginia for Dr. Ryan White for school board, and the rest of the ticket. Please early voted!! Ran into household where a lady had already voted, but fell and broke her hip the other day. If she hadn’t voted early she may not have.

Lawrence O’Donnell is right: the fight for Virginia’s future is the fight for America’s future. The most important election this year is Abigail Spanberger for Governor. Power, rights, and democracy itself are on the line—let’s raise hell and win. 🔥 #VoteVA #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

it’s really important that food growing and sharing begins now, at the zip code level

Rep Don Beyer, one of the wealthiest people in Congress, is rejecting his paycheck during the shutdown. I have a better idea. Take the check & donate it to the 27 Brave candidates running in the deepest red parts of VA. secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval... @90for90.bsky.social @charlesgaba.com

🚨“…Jennifer Boysko donated $5,000…bringing the total to over $6,500. This was followed by contributions by…other…legislators. …Senator Warner made a contribution… …this created the momentum for us to reach $116,000 in less than a month.”🌟🔥 www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Our final universe was equal parts triple prime AND zero prime with large numbers of M/SA voters & recent registrants. Shout out to Dev McManus, @jaggas1ngh.bsky.social, Asher Ross, Julian Graham, @maevehove.bsky.social, Austin Warrington, field staff (Tascha, Carmen, Ravi) & others for their work!

Nice job by our statewide and downballot Dems for running as a team with joint mailers promoting the ticket. Great example from what we’re getting in our mailboxes in Manassas Park, #Virginia. #vagov #valeg

I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen. Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

Using #postcards4va, I wrote 50 today for Joy Powers HD 51 and 5 for Melody Cartwright HD 48 for Virginia’s 2025 election. Early voting going on now. These cards go to hard to reach rural areas.

Thank you @markwarner.bsky.social for your generous donation to the @charlesgaba.com 27 Value Pack 🎉💙 secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...

Volunteered at Dem booth at Centerfest in downtown Bedford, VA. Both delegates Sam Soghor (53) and Joy Powers for Virginia (51) were there! Lots of people stopped by and said they had already voted yesterday!!!

First day of early voting in Virginia! I was #264. Voted Abigail Spanberger for Governor, Ghazala Hashmi for Lt. Governor, Jay Jones Attorney General and Joy Powers for Delegate. Let’s flip the state back to blue!!!

Virginia voters know that starting tomorrow, we get to cast our ballots and make clear — it’s time for a Governor who will stand up for Virginians.

Just saw where funds reaching Melody Cartwright HD48 She was able to fund two billboards from the $$ from this fundraiser. Just in time for early voting starting tomorrow.

Folks, if you’re (understandably) feeling antsy, we’ve got elections coming up in Virginia in less than seven weeks and the Progressive Turnout Project is looking for people to write GOTV postcards. There are polisci studies that show personalized notes boost turnout. Always better to do something.

These 27 Va. Dems are punching well above their weight-class by contesting the safest 27 GOP held HDs in the 2025 Va. election cycle. @charlesgaba.com created this ActBlue page because he understood their potential political impact. It’s made almost $78k so far. secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...

If you have opportunities to get out and do things with others, jump at the opportunity: meetings, classes, social events, etc... Get out and be with other people. It's essential. If virtual is more convenient, then take advantage of those opportunities to be with other people.

The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath. Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history. So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.

ATTN: Virginians in HD40!! ✔️ote *Donna Littlepage* @vademocrats.bsky.social starting Sept. 19 or on Election Day, Nov. 4. Bring friends! Bring hope! Your ✔️ote=Your ✔️oice ✔️oting is the beating 💓 of Democracy. #Postcards4VA For more info.: vavoter.net/evlist

JUST IN: Democrat James Walkinshaw won the Sept. 9 Virginia special election to fill late Rep. Gerald Connolly’s seat.

Just completed 50 postcards for Virginia House of Delegates candidate Joy Powers - HD 51 #postcards4va