Gene Valentine

@genevalentine.bsky.social

A progressive, submitting frequent musings on the state of the nation as we contend with the lunatic fringe. I do not read DMs...

Mitch McConnell did not show up to the U.S. Senate today. Despite speculation surrounding his potential return as the chamber reconvened following its summer recess, the 84-year-old Kentucky senator remained absent.

In a major Texas Senate race endorsement, Hall of Fame former Texas Ranger David Maxwell spoke out against Ken Paxton. After blowing the whistle on Paxton's corruption in 2020 and being fired, Maxwell is endorsing James Talarico for US Senate. "Texans deserve a Senator who serves the people."

NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried

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