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@mel2lou

Connector of people & ideas, doer of action. Girl band in previous life. Too fabulous for fascism.

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Hi @ezralevin.bsky.social you didn't need to eat crow.๐Ÿ‘‡

07.03.2026 03:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent discussion! I'm thrilled to have found both you and Toby in a span of 2 weeks. Thank you.

07.03.2026 03:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW - Spring into Action!
Sat. March 7 from 11-1pm

NEXT WEEK - Dance Against DOGE turns 1 year!
Sat. March 14 from 11-1pm
52 weeks of protest, community, and refusing to give up.๐Ÿ’ƒ
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

07.03.2026 01:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loved this interview! I'm a mentor for @runforsomething.net and just spoke with someone running county commisioner in OR. Will send him your way! County seats have always eluded me but now that I know more, I can steer potential canditates toward these offices. thank you!

06.03.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It Wasn't Fascism All Along Conservatism was a distinct ideology but it is dead and it is not coming back.

"My view is that conservatism is meaningfully distinct from fascism. They have some similarities (both are regressive ideologies), and can sometimes pursue similar policies (both Trump and Bush started new wars in the middle east), but are ultimately different families of political beliefs."

06.03.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

VERMONT

Peter Welch's phone numbers:

DC: 202-224-4242

If you can't get through or leave a message on the DC number โฌ‡๏ธ

Burlington: 802-863-2525

06.03.2026 00:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 551 ๐Ÿ” 247 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Why, yes. Yes they did.

06.03.2026 01:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Noem is out largely due to massive public activism, especially in MN, Democrats expressing increasing interest in impeachment and investigations, and resulting media coverage.

Keep pushing. These people are not invincible or immune from public opinion.

05.03.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2318 ๐Ÿ” 464 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

She needs to be held accountable! WTF is wrong with you! If you donโ€™t want to use your power as US member of Congress, resign!

06.03.2026 01:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒธ Spring is comingโ€”and apparently so is accountability.
After months of organizing, some lawmakers who backed anti-immigrant policies are suddenlyโ€ฆhaving regrets. Funny how that works.

Turns out leaders follow us. Letโ€™s keep the pressure on.
๐Ÿ“… Sat, Mar 7 | 11 AMโ€“1 PM
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

06.03.2026 01:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Four of your democratic colleagues did too.

06.03.2026 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So is this what future Democrats look like? Whew, I donโ€™t have to do anything someone else took care of the problem.

05.03.2026 23:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pervert Politics: Trumpismโ€™s Body Obsessions How Republicans went from the party of prudes to the party of perversion.

No. Itโ€™s real.

โ€œHegsethโ€™s focus on the imagery of pain and ruin echoed Trumpโ€™s State of the Union last week, in which the president repeatedly described the bodily suffering of various individuals, including U.S. servicemembers.โ€ www.liberalcurrents.com/pervert-poli...

05.03.2026 23:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

donโ€™t let anyone rob you of your joy about kristi noem getting fired. we get to have a day.

05.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 808 ๐Ÿ” 111 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Surprised he hasnโ€™t suggested Paxton as consolation prize to being forced out of Senate race. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

05.03.2026 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No surprises here. Peeps we know what to do! Burn up the phones.โ˜Ž๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‡

05.03.2026 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒธ Spring into Action this Saturday!

Our organizing is workingโ€”lawmakers who backed anti-immigrant policies are already feeling the pressure. Thatโ€™s people power. Leaders follow us when we speak out and organize.

๐Ÿ“… Sat, Mar 7 | 11 AMโ€“1 PM
๐Ÿ“ 3307 M St NW, DC
Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

05.03.2026 03:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
From Principles to Politics. Freedom, equality, and fellowship are principles of the republican tradition, in the U.S. and globally. Echoes can be found in libertรฉ, egalitรฉ, fraternitรฉ ou mort (liberty, equality, and fraternity or death) in revolutionary France, in the revolutionary leader Simon Bolivarโ€™s Letter from Jamaica, and in countless constitutions across the world. These are universal values, and they are also quintessentially American. 
The Trump administrationโ€™s perversion of these American values explains why his second administration is so unpopular. But its opponents must not repeat the errors of the Biden-Harris administration, which activated a negative coalition to win the presidency in 2020 but failed to secure a durable settlement thereafter. The Biden-Harris administrationโ€™s fundamental error was refusing to confront the enemy of freedom, equality, and fellowship as the enemy. Biden and Harris knew exactly the stakes; they warned Americans of what the Trump administration would do if returned to office in 2025. Yet they believed that normal politics was possible, and hoped to turn the other cheek, to bless those who cursed them. โ€œThe fever will break,โ€ Biden had been predicting since Obamaโ€™s reelection in 2012.
The Nazi propagandist Carl Schmitt was right to identify liberal democracyโ€™s weakness: reducing political conflict to disagreement over economic policy or cultural values. But when the procedures of liberal democracy have been distorted by antidemocratic forces, the liberalโ€™s response to these distortions must be unequivocal. Every liberalโ€”republican, conservative, socialist, Christian, or any otherโ€”must draw the line when confronted with lawlessness, corruption, and perfidy by those who abandon freedom, equality, and fellowship for their personal ends. There can be no compromise on these principles.

From Principles to Politics. Freedom, equality, and fellowship are principles of the republican tradition, in the U.S. and globally. Echoes can be found in libertรฉ, egalitรฉ, fraternitรฉ ou mort (liberty, equality, and fraternity or death) in revolutionary France, in the revolutionary leader Simon Bolivarโ€™s Letter from Jamaica, and in countless constitutions across the world. These are universal values, and they are also quintessentially American. The Trump administrationโ€™s perversion of these American values explains why his second administration is so unpopular. But its opponents must not repeat the errors of the Biden-Harris administration, which activated a negative coalition to win the presidency in 2020 but failed to secure a durable settlement thereafter. The Biden-Harris administrationโ€™s fundamental error was refusing to confront the enemy of freedom, equality, and fellowship as the enemy. Biden and Harris knew exactly the stakes; they warned Americans of what the Trump administration would do if returned to office in 2025. Yet they believed that normal politics was possible, and hoped to turn the other cheek, to bless those who cursed them. โ€œThe fever will break,โ€ Biden had been predicting since Obamaโ€™s reelection in 2012. The Nazi propagandist Carl Schmitt was right to identify liberal democracyโ€™s weakness: reducing political conflict to disagreement over economic policy or cultural values. But when the procedures of liberal democracy have been distorted by antidemocratic forces, the liberalโ€™s response to these distortions must be unequivocal. Every liberalโ€”republican, conservative, socialist, Christian, or any otherโ€”must draw the line when confronted with lawlessness, corruption, and perfidy by those who abandon freedom, equality, and fellowship for their personal ends. There can be no compromise on these principles.

The anti-Trump coalition is a negative coalition, defined by what it opposes. Durable political change requires a positive coalition, defined by what it believes and the principles that will defend. Here is my outline of those principles... and the stakes.

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-republic...

04.03.2026 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 67 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very oftenโ€”and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

04.03.2026 04:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 8316 ๐Ÿ” 2490 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98 ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

I hope this isnโ€™t the case maybe sheโ€™ll take the Symone Sanders Townsend route.

04.03.2026 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@lonestarleft.com ๐Ÿ‘†

04.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, the Dem primary turnout among Hispanic voters in Texas is going to be giving the GOP sweats for the next 8 months.

Take Zapata County - turnout in the Dem primary there yesterday was 143% the total number of votes Harris won in the 2024 general election. That's wild.

04.03.2026 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1745 ๐Ÿ” 393 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

Reminder: those who hung out with Epstein AFTER his conviction CHOOSE to do so. ๐Ÿ‘€ @reidhoffman.bsky.social @ezraklein.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‡

04.03.2026 13:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Alex Holladay just FLIPPED Arkansasโ€™ HD-70, sending a powerful message that the state is ready for Democratic leadership!

Heโ€™s ready to be a strong voice for working families in one of the deepest red chambers in the country.

04.03.2026 03:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 520 ๐Ÿ” 169 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

ICE raids where people were confrounted with MAGA cruelty. Trump is a disaster for economy. Disaster funding. Take your pick a mix of all three.

04.03.2026 03:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HUGE thanks to @abreezeclayton.bsky.social who used her power to fight for working people! We need more leaders like her, willing to stand up for Democratic values.

04.03.2026 03:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Hill's called it for Democrat Alex Holladay!

thehill.com/homenews/sta...

04.03.2026 02:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจOFFICIAL FLIP REPORT๐Ÿšจ

Democrat Alex Holladay has FLIPPED Arkansas State House Seat 70 in the State Legislature!

This is the 2nd red-to-blue State Legislative flip of the year!

04.03.2026 02:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 469 ๐Ÿ” 132 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

It's a great night to consider running for office. It's still not too late in some states to get on the ballot for 2026 -- and definitely not too early for 2027 or 2028. runforwhat.net

04.03.2026 02:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 568 ๐Ÿ” 145 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

This is the race I'm most excited about! Well, one of the races.

04.03.2026 02:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0