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Official arm of the US Democratic Party in France. We help Americans living outside the US vote. VoteFromAbroad.org ✅ All the links to help you vote: https://bit.ly/LinkInBioDAF

Great group (Network NOVA!) hosting an impressive speaker* @antoniascatton.bsky.social tomorrow! Wondering how to message these last 26 days? Antonia Scatton will lay it out 💪 *We don't know @knittingcultlady.bsky.social but look forward to hearing from her--sounds fascinating 💙 (Cults! 😱)

Network NOVA@networknova.bsky.social · 3d ago

READ THE MOMENT. MOVE THE PEOPLE. Friday Power Lunch, 10/9 Noon ET RSVP tinyurl.com/fpl2026b @knittingcultlady.bsky.social The Culting of America, coercive group dynamics in political movements & trusted institutions @antoniascatton.bsky.social political messaging expert & author Reframing America

READ THE MOMENT. MOVE THE PEOPLE. Friday Power Lunch, 10/9 Noon ET. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/fpl2026b

This week on the Friday Power Lunch, we talk about two forces that shape politics long before anyone casts a ballot: The stories people believe and the groups they belong to.

How do people come to believe what they believe, and how do we reach them when identity, fear, belonging and political messaging all collide? How do we move people toward action before November?

Daniella Mestyanek Young - author, Army combat veteran, cult survivor and researcher of group behavior, extremism and leadership demagoguery. Her book, The Culting of America, examines how coercive group dynamics show up far beyond traditional cults, including in political movements and trusted institutions. Knitting Cult Lady: https://knittingcultlady.com/pages/about

Antonia Scatton - political messaging expert and author of Reframing America. On how Dems can communicate more effectively, why simply repeating facts is not enough, how better messaging can help reach people beyond the already-convinced. https://antoniascatton.com/about/

#PoliticalMessaging #KnittingCultLady #ReframingAmerica #TheCultingOfAmerica #VirginiaGrassroots #NetworkNOVA #FridayPowerLunch

Deep dive from: ✨ @jamellebouie.net ✨: We're not seeing polarization but radicalism: a roll-back of Constitutional rights and equality under the law... rejection of ethnic, racial, religious pluralism. (ex: Extreme Republicans hate "diversity.") Our values aren't the same ⬇️ youtu.be/gwW90Xrfon4?...

Forget about "polarization"; the real problem with American politics is the radicalized right-wing

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Part of why life in the US is unaffordable unless you’re a billionaire: Trump and cartoonishly evil Vought spent your tax dollars illegally promoting Trump via TV ads to feed his ego. Another pricey vanity project (arch, ballroom) funded by us, and Republicans remain silent. VOTE THEM OUT 👋

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d ago

Trump ordered OMB Director Russ Vought to embezzle funds from the federal government to fund ads designed to glorifying himself during the election season. The agency’s general counsel and WH counsel both signed off on the move as legal, although it clearly was not. The money was

The Republicans are complicit in all of Trump’s crimes. Only we can stop them. Request your ballot today at www.votefromabroad.org/ and vote! If your state allows, please request/submit via email or electronic means! All Americans abroad can vote in the 2026 midterms!

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Wow 😮A new study calculated the economic impact of Chicago's ICE raids. GONE: $1.26 billion in retail/restaurant activity GONE: $107 million in local sales-tax revenue Just one city. Trump & Republicans hate Black and Brown people more than they care the economy is awful 🤬 They don't care abt us.

Democrats Abroad Canada@demsabroadcanada.bsky.social · last wk.

Immigration crackdowns don’t just affect the people being arrested! A new study says the economic effects spread much further! ICE raids in Chicago caused roughly $1.26 BILLION in lost retail/restaurant activity, plus about $107 million in foregone local sales-tax revenue. 🧵 @demsabroad.bsky.social

"I'll let you know what you do and do not want, little lady." Blatant mansplaining with abuser vibes from sitting US Attorney General Todd Blanche, pushing AI surveillance: Is he getting rich off this, or just Trump? Trump and Republicans have made it clear: They want AI. Why? Power & profits 💰

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

BLANCHE: AI has a lot of benefits. The fact that AI is able to understand what you want, where you want to shop -- you don't know it, but you actually benefit from that CAMPOS DUFFY: I don't want that! BLANCHE: I know you think you don't, but it's not all bad CD: I don't want my govt spying on me

DYK? Americans end up living abroad for a variety of reasons. We study abroad (and some stay)... we take a job outside the US or get transferred... we fall in love... we seek adventure. But we're always Americans. We care about what folks in the US are going through. So we vote. VoteFromAbroad.org

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2U@2unow.bsky.social · 2w ago

@demsabroadcanada.bsky.social So you left the country?

As the ultimate battleground for the political soul of the South, Georgia is primed for a historic election cycle where your vote from abroad can carry us across the finish line! 🍑🗳️ Go to votefromabroad.org to fill out your Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) and receive your ballot by email.

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PENNY BROWN REYNOLDS, Secretary of State."
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As a vital Midwestern stronghold, Illinois and its race for Secretary of State are crucial. Your vote from abroad can help protect our progress! 🏙️🗳️🌍 Request Your Overseas Ballot Today: Go to votefromabroad.org to fill out your Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) and receive your ballot by email.

As a vital Midwestern stronghold, Illinois and its race for Secretary of State are crucial this November. Your vote from abroad can help protect our progress! 🏙️🗳️🌍

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