Cody Vidmar
@codyvidmar.bsky.social
He/him These posts could be about literally anything. All sourced posts should be accompanied with links to the source.
7/ Last night wasn't the finish line. It was the beginning. And after years of feeling like we're moving backward, seeing so many people ready to move forward was something I didn't know how much I needed. I'm emotional. I'm hopeful. And I'm ready. Love, Your Local (former Texas) Epidemiologist.
Her fierce opposition in committee literally led to an anti-trans activist changing her mind live in a hearing. www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-am-i-h...
"Why Am I Here?" Anti-trans Witness Questions Herself In Missouri After Seeing Trans Kid During Grueling 9 Hour Hearing
Missouri heard 8 anti-trans bills in a single committee overnight on January 24, 2023. One 11 year old trans boy stole the show. The witness following closed with, "why am I even here?"
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Oh my god! Keri Ingle won her state senate seat in Missouri last night. For those who don't know, she was one of the fiercest opponents to trans bans. She unseats the former House Speaker in a senate seat R's have held for decades. She was partly responsible for the MO Ban's sunset clause!
Democrat Keri Ingle defeats House Speaker Jon Patterson, flips Missouri Senate seat • Missouri Independent
Republican Jon Patterson and Democrat Keri Ingle face off in Missouri Senate District 8, a closely watched race for a suburban Jackson County seat.
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I stopped by Renee and Alex’s memorials today and was inspired to see all those who showed up to pay their respects and leave an “I voted” sticker. We have not forgotten. Accountability is coming.
hard to rank the downfalls worth relishing - Abbott and Ramaswamy belong in the convo somewhere if we're gonna - but this feels pretty good to see
GOP Rep. Max Miller loses re-election in Ohio following abuse allegations from his ex-wife
Miller has denied the allegations, which featured prominently in the campaign. Democrat Brian Poindexter defeated the two-term congressman, NBC News projects.
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Mid Sized American City is now going to be stuck in my head thanks @dropout.tv @jacob all the clips of Cleveland were excellent thanks guys 🤣
I do think Musk is responding to this in the single funniest way possible in that he’s just deleting posts he made
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 13h agoTOP ARMED SERVICES HOUSE DEMOCRAT SEEKS PENTAGON PROBE OF MUSK - WSJ
Like you spent half a billion dollars, you can’t just delete some posts and go white genowhat? That doesn’t sound like me I care about global warming
NEW: Thousands of Mississippians — whose votes may decide a critical U.S. Senate race — are still waiting to have their ballots counted. That’s because of the GOP secretary of state’s contract with Experian, a global credit reporting agency whose data has been described as riddled with errors.
Mississippi made thousands of valid voters inactive ahead of critical Senate race
“It just kind of blew me away,” one voter told Democracy Docket. “And a few people I was in line with to get the affidavit, they felt the same way. They had all been registered to vote there. One guy ...
democracydocket.com
UPDATE: Scott Colom's lead in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race has grown from 65 votes to 1,138 votes, with 96% of votes in, AP reports. Substantial ballots are outstanding in Democratic-friendly Hinds County as well as thousands of affidavit votes. www.mississippifreepress.org/rolling-cov-...
Colom Lead Over Hyde-Smith Grows to 1,138 Votes, AP Reports - Mississippi Free Press
Democrat Scott Colom's lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has grown from 65 earlier to 1,138 votes with an estimated 96% of votes counted. Significant votes are still…
mississippifreepress.org
Oh also fire DeJoy and fix the postal service, restore the White House renovation damage, and put Hegseth in Guantanamo.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
Toilet paper, feminine hygiene products and diapers covered by SNAP/EBT. No tax on them in states with a sales tax.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
Elon has 24 hours to make good on his product pronouncements whose deadlines have passed or pay every American $1 billion.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
Fold SpaceX into NASA, ditch their environmental irresponsibility and poor labor conditions, and keep the cool shit that works. And de-orbit all the Starlink satellites.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
Post office delivers a basic e-bike to every address.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
ANY SPORTING EVENT PLAYED IN A STADIUM/ARENA BUILT WITH TAXPAYER MONEY SHOULD BE ON A CHANNEL THAT'S OVER THE AIR AND NOT CABLE OR STREAMING
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)
THEY MAKE THE TEXTBOOKS THIS IS HUGE
Texas Democratic Party@texasdemocrats.bsky.social · 16h agoTHIS JUST IN: Democrats have FLIPPED the Texas State Board of Education! This is a monumental win for Texas students, families, and the entire education community in our great state. Congratulations to our incredible candidates!
This is a huge win *nationwide* because of the massive influence that the Texas Board of Education has over K-12 textbook content.
Texas Democratic Party@texasdemocrats.bsky.social · 16h agoTHIS JUST IN: Democrats have FLIPPED the Texas State Board of Education! This is a monumental win for Texas students, families, and the entire education community in our great state. Congratulations to our incredible candidates!
TRUMP: I read at Fox that I'm not popular. The Fox polls are terrible. You ought to get yourself a good pollster 'cause your polls are the worst BAIER: But tonight actually the results are pretty close to what the Fox polls showed TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that
Hell yeah. @amyactonoh.bsky.social and @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social this is the energy ohioans want when we're talking about trans rights. Dr Acton, your race could've been called so much sooner.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayEllison: "Trump demanded we turn on our Somali neighbors, and we said 'no way, never!' He demanded that we turn on our immigrant & refugee neighbors, and we said, 'never!' He demanded that we turn on our trans neighbors, and we said 'absolutely not' ... tonight, we showed up for each other again."
Ellison: "Trump demanded we turn on our Somali neighbors, and we said 'no way, never!' He demanded that we turn on our immigrant & refugee neighbors, and we said, 'never!' He demanded that we turn on our trans neighbors, and we said 'absolutely not' ... tonight, we showed up for each other again."
Q: Fighting crime is a noble thing & you talk a great game, but how do you reconcile that with Trump pardoning 1,500 people who rioted at the Capitol & almost 100 subsequently committed crimes, including sexual assaults of children? BLANCHE: Our Constitution gives pardon power to the president.
If Colom wins Mississippi? Whew chile. Coastal Dems need to invest more in the south—in organizers in the south. People like @smartstatistic.bsky.social and @andreagrimes.com have being saying this for YEAAAAARS. There's more to the Democrats than New York and California.
Over the next several months, it should be impossible for Hakeem Jeffries to go into his offices without hearing phones ringing round the clock and people physically going there to tell him to grow a spine and hold villains accountable.
MS NOW@ms.now · 22h ago"The American people don't want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.
