I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
Carole Tarrant
@carolet.bsky.social
Once a journalist. Former editor, The #Roanoke (Va.) Times, with earlier stops in Fargo and Tampa. #WVU grad Teach Les Mills BODY PUMP, CORE and RPM on the side 🏋️🚴♂️
"Your music makes me want to fight." Yes, indeed, @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social! #powertothepeople
My parents are watching this to see Bruce Springsteen (he won’t be on for hours still) and I’m trying to think of how I would explain to my 16 year old self 30 years ago that my parents would be live streaming a Cypress Hill concert in 2026 powertothepeoplefest.com#top
Power To The People
October 3, 2026 • Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD • A Day of Peace, Love, Justice, and Music
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They can keep doing this, and @lwv.org will keep fighting! Last week my lil League of Voters chapter registered 2 young women to vote. Both had felony records but are now newly "re-enfranchised," thanks to court wins.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d agoThe White House’s proposal to penalize nonprofits that help disabled people vote is just part of the Trump administration’s broader attempts to restrict voting access, especially among groups that have historically faced disenfranchisement.
Look, if you were a journalist, suffered a relationship with a journalist or just think journalists are fascinating, conversation-dominating people, you need to donate to this journalist running for Congress. Yes, this is @bethmacy.bsky.social of "Dopesick." 1st A, baby! bethmacyforcongress.com
Beth Macy for Congress
Beth Macy is running for Congress because Roanoke and the Shenandoah Valleys deserve leaders who tell the truth about our challenges—and fight like hell to fix them.
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And don’t let her hack into the nut graf or it won’t survive the jump
In the great newsroom in the sky, I’m sitting on the metro desk next to David Simon. i’m working slot, he’s night cops.
David Simon@audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d agoWe are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty.
"Something has to change politically in this country,” said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist. “Seems like it just kept getting worse and worse and worse.” You aren't a centrist if you voted for Trump three times. apnews.com/article/trum...
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Seeing @bethmacy.bsky.social work so hard on this race makes me work harder. So proud of her! #VA06 #declinecline wapo.st/4dbOw8c
Democrats expand battleground for House, reaching into bloodred districts
The additions include Kansas’s 2nd, Michigan’s 1st, North Carolina’s 13th, New Jersey’s 2nd, Oklahoma’s 5th, Texas’s 9th, Virginia’s 6th and Washington’s 5th.
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Since this is Jack Smith Week, let's revisit a moment in Ben Cline buffoonery. And remember to vote early for the buttkicking journalist who will take him out, @bethmacy.bsky.social! #declinecline #VA06
#TuckFrump@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Score: Jack Smith Wins, Rep Ben Cline Loses So Badly He Is Underwater
Lookee here, @timmiller.bsky.social has added @bethmacy.bsky.social and Virginia’s 6th District to the in-play column. I like Tim’s crystal ball! #VA06 #midterms open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
More Democrats Who Can Win Red America
Tim Miller has more candidates to watch and support.
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"Government of the broligarchs, by the broligarchs, and for the broligarchs"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump claims the AI leaders signed "almost a Constitution, in a way" and "it really is a form or protection"
If you live in Illinois, please let your senator know what the Constitution says about impeaching criminals in the executive branch. If @durbin.senate.gov ever knew we had a Constitution he has clearly forgotten.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoCNN: Anything you can do about Trump using taxpayer dollars for his new ad? DURBIN: I wish. I hope it's challenged in court. I think it's the only place to go.
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.There’s a “pro-data center party” taking place in D.C. right now, with a generative AI photo booth, AI themed cocktails
Early voting has started across VA. ATTN: VA 6th There once was a rep named Ben Cline Who did very little but whine. Good bills he would nix, but nothing he'd fix. Vote him out-Beth Macy will shine!! @bethmacy.bsky.social www.bethmacyforcongress.com
Ben Cline in the news: 180 House Members We Track Voted a Third Time to Keep Trump's Iran War Going. Congress's Budget Office Says It Has Already Cost $38 Billion. www.magareportcards.com/blog/house-i...
180 House Members We Track Voted a Third Time to Keep Trump's Iran War Going. Congress's Budget Office Says It Has Already Cost $38 Billion.
On September 15 the House voted 220-204 to end the war with Iran — the third time since June. Republicans voted 203 to 7 against it, and 180 of the members who voted no are on our report cards. The sa...
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Electing Beth Macy is crucial for Virginia! Get your asses to the polls! Early voting is open, Virginians. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I’m not JD Vance’: the Appalachia memoir author running for Congress
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, is drawing on her reporting experience to win Virginia voters in a longtime Republican district
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If you want to hear the best candidate running for the House of Representatives watch this. Beth Macy is flawless. youtu.be/yYoHXuA1LHs?...
Beth Macy wants to bring people-first journalism to Congress
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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J.D. Vance deserves every callout he gets from @bethmacy.bsky.social. He “mocked poor people for being poor and said it was a lack of masculinity and a lack of thrift. I would never blame poor people for their poverty.” #VA06 #midterms
‘I’m not JD Vance’: the Appalachia memoir author running for Congress
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, is drawing on her reporting experience to win Virginia voters in a longtime Republican district
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Hey Ben Cline, this you? 🐔 “It’s just kind of gotten to this farcical stage where, unfortunately, the candidates … are bending over backward to try to avoid actually being on a stage with their opponent.” 🐔 Vote for @bethmacy.bsky.social! #VA06 thefnp.com/tncms/asset/...
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Another good article on this from Kate Riga at TPM, with a note that the Trump administration is limited in how it can use this in this cycle, because it comes with a "90-day period in which states are prohibited from systematically purging voters from their rolls." bsky.app/profile/josh...
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2w agoKate has good details here about the corrupt Court's latest outrageous decision. But also what it does and what it doesn't. states can only use this in a pretty limited way for the next 90 days. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…” cc: @MarshaBlackburn
“If he’s talking, he’s lying.” @bethmacy.bsky.social calls out Ben Cline for his new-found opposition to data centers at early voting rally. #VAO6
“Everything is on the table,” says Dr. Brenda Hale, Roanoke NAACP leader, at early voting rally outside Roanoke elections office. “We must continue to participate in the process. Vote!”
