Operation Democracy ✊🏼 Free DC!
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Active pro-democracy warrior since U.S. election 2024. Anti-oligarchy. Escape the profit-first Meta matrix. AOC for Senate!
We must continue supporting him to ensure he defeats the Republican. Lock in!
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 4h agoSen. Bernie Sanders calls Abdul El-Sayed's win "one of most extraordinary victories in modern American political history." "He withstood $70M of outside funding. He was outspent 9-to-1," he says. Plus establishment Dems in MI and DC opposed him. "Never heard" of a major candidate overcoming that.
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DC is killing it in jury duty because of Free DC’s trainings. Get trained!!!
Juror Information Project: Overview Session — Free DC
Jury duty is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a powerful tool for ensuring fairness and justice.
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🚨BREAKING: Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new map from appearing on the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence voters
Voter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.
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From the perspective of one who is Jewish American 🇺🇸- being opposed to AIPAC is actually fighting antisemitism. For no other organization (along with the Israeli government) has done more harm to Jews + caused hatred against Jews in the 21 century.
Can’t tell if these rage-filled centrists taking over Bluesky are trolls or just bots. But this was a pretty nice and peaceful place up until they started trolling everyone.
Michele Dostert@micheledostert.bsky.social · yesterdayIN BLUE DISTRICTS. Jeesh. Reading comprehension problem here?
Yesss. Let Michigan be next! I loved voting via RCV in DC this year!!
Rank MI Vote@rankmivote.bsky.social · 2w agoThe evidence grows: More data showing Ranked Choice Voting gives voters more voice and more choice. In DC’s first RCV primary, most voters ranked multiple candidates, supporting their favorite while still having a say if that candidate was eliminated. More voice. More choice.
Why are some people in Alaska so against RCV? 🤔 This country desperately needs electoral reform. Alaskans already voted to approve this, but opponents just won’t let it go.
Alaska Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2026)
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James Talarico: Today is the the anniversary of Ken Paxton’s famous mugshot. What's fascinating about that story is that he was scamming his own friends. If Ken Paxton is willing to scam his own friends for a quick buck, what makes you think he's not going to scam you in the United States Senate?
day ending in Y so Trump is blaming a woman he hired
Pirro’s future in question amid break with Trump on Reflecting Pool
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s clash with President Trump over the handling of the Reflecting Pool case is raising questions about her standing with the president, with whom she has enjoye…
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“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
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I’m noticing an uptick in ostensibly left-leaning trolls on Bluesky who seem to be here primarily to attack progressives, whine about “blue MAGA,” attack anyone pro-Palestine, etc. With midterms right around the corner it’s starting to give electoral interference bot army vibes. #elections
Anyone else getting notifications for messages from people they already blocked? Like wtf, why are you still showing me this? It will show it and then hide it only after I refresh.
Here are some trolls I recommend blocking ahead of time for your sanity.
Still dead. I hope Beshear challenges the 2024 law that defies the Kentucky Constitution, by appointing a replacement.
Kentucky Governor Issues Clear Warning to Mitch McConnell—and Trump
Governor Andy Beshear pointed out that McConnell’s prolonged absence is only hurting his own party.
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It is unfortunately not the people who innovate who are most rewarded. It is those who have the power and capacity to monetize it who are rewarded. People copying me like crazy nowadays, and the one who’s on top is the one who knows online marketing professionally. This is demotivating for me.
Say Julian Bailey’s name in the same breath as Alex Pretti and Renee Good. They were all senselessly murdered by Trump’s federal agents.
Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 4d agoJulian Bailey's widow finally received the autopsy report in his death this week. The findings? U.S. Marshals shot him six times in the back. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.
In Memphis, an 'anti-crime' task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown
The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.
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As much as I love that AOC is polling so well as a potential presidential candidate for 2028, I think I’d like to see her run for either Senate or governor first. It’s gonna be tough getting a Latina woman in the White House, and having some higher level experience will help her show her talent.
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
Other journalists who aren't doing nearly as much work as Gillian should respect the research and recognize that what Trump is doing is ethnic cleansing.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6d agoNEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...
.@JocelynBenson.bsky.social If you were MI Gov today, would you bring your troops home from DC before school starts? Chris Swanson, a former sheriff running for Gov, has said he would. Michigan voters - and the people of DC - want to know your stance! 🏛️✊🏾 www.npr.org/2026/07/11/n...
Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows ...
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The boycott is working! Drivers felt an immediate impact when it was declared last week, and a massive impact (70% reduction) one week later. Incredible. Boycotts work. #boycott #deletedoordash #gigeconomy #dc #homerule #democracy
Kentucky is losing 300 acres of farmland a day due to industrialization + data centers. Farmers are struggling and rural areas face a housing crisis. Instead of solving those challenges, Rep. James Comer has prioritized 20 different bills attacking DC. www.washingtoninformer.com/comer-dc-tax...
James Comer: The House Republican More Focused on D.C. Than His Own District
Rep. James Comer faces backlash from Kentucky constituents and D.C. officials over his new D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act bill.
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