It would take $7 billion to start a 12 week paid parental leave program in the US. It would have cost $30 billion to extend the ACA subsidies for a year. Instead, they spent $37 billion on a war-that-is-not-war.

Bold choice to remind everyone what a nightmare Covid was as we struggle to find SAFE SALAD GREENS, two bags of groceries are over $100, and RFK Jr decides to meet this moment by launching a cooking show.

Just waiting for the wellness grifter “veggie wash” that’s proven to make your veggies safe to eat again* and only costs $9.99 (with a weekly subscription). *results vary

Hey friends! Join me tonight at 5pm Pacific to kick off @fieldteam6.org’s Swing State Voter Drive Training! Let’s register Democrats and save the world! 💙 www.mobilize.us/ft6/event/75...

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SPECIAL GUEST Michele Hornish, amazing Substack writer (https://michelehornish.substack.com) and ED of Every State Blue will kick us off this time! Want to do something concrete to fight fascism and...

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Goal: to make people healthier. MAHA: we will remove food safety monitoring and let folks eat parasites as nature intended! Mamdani: we will make healthy food cheaper for everyone.

This session will cover: 🔶Bills Gov DeWine has recently signed/vetoed 🔶Bills that could move when #Ohio lawmakers return in the Fall 🔶Who's sponsoring the bad bills, so you know who to watch 🔶 Actions you can take this Summer! REGISTER: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @everystateblueoh.bsky.social

An elite group of 900 or so billionaires holds more wealth than 66 million Americans. For perspective, a group of folks that could fit onto one Airbus A380-800 holds more wealth than the *combined* populations of Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, and New Jersey.

It would have cost around $15-20 million to continue testing for all 8 major food borne pathogens. Instead, RFK Jr. cut back to two. The reflecting pool renovations have cost (so far) $16.4 million. Would happily exchange a newly-painted reflecting pool for the ability to eat a salad.

To put it in perspective. The $16M spent on the Reflecting Pool is enough to fully fund 8 multi-year RO1 grants - the NIH’s flagship, gold-standard grant. That grant gave us statins, pacemakers, and LASIK (& lots more). It’s not just the waste. It’s the lost opportunity that the waste represents.

If you spent $1 million a day, it would take you 2,739.7 years to spend a trillion dollars. The first trillionaire is not something to applaud. It’s a symptom of a broken system and a serious national security risk.

Was just reminded of this quote by Maya Handa, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign manager. “The only way you do impossible things is by continuing to try to do impossible things.”

Permanently extending the ACA subsidies would cost $350 billion over 10 years. Incandescently angry doesn’t begin to describe it.

Dave Carney – who the TX Observer has called "Abbott's Attack Dog" has spent decades helping the GOP dominate Texas politics. When Texas 💙 said they were contesting *every* state legislative district in 2026 – something neither party had done in modern Texas history – Carney had a message for them.

So excited to be included among this group of incredible people - and to speak at the Women’s Summit! You should come! 💙

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@simonwdc.bsky.social. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social @hornish.bsky.social. @rbhubbell.bsky.social. All in one room. August 21-23. Tysons Virginia. Early bird ends June 15. Are you BADASS enough? Tix: networknova.org/ws2026/ networknova.org #WomensSummit2026 #BIG10 #FightBack

“When they go low, we go high” should mean when they commit crimes we hold them accountable. When they come for people we stand in the breech. When they lie we come at them with receipts. Not rolling over or “keeping the peace”. Sometimes being unreasonable is the most reasonable thing you can be.

TONIGHT (Tuesday 5/26) at 7:00 pm! Learn about key bills #Ohio Statehouse Republicans are trying to pass before their Summer break Register: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Friends! Join us Tuesday for a special virtual statehouse briefing – Rachel Coyle will give us a rundown of what's happening and what we can do about it. See you then! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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Who runs in red districts? The Township Supervisor. An urban planner. A nurse-turned VP. A community organizer. A counsellor. A real estate developer. A disability attorney. A 3rd generation soybean farmer. A certified fraud examiner. An environmental chemist. A school board member.

This morning we got a note from a PA candidate who was in a special election earlier this month. In that special, after being outspent TEN TO ONE, jumping through various hoops, and withstanding a variety of shenanigans...he overperformed 2024's top of the ticket. By TWENTY points. But he "lost."

Yesterday I called a nominee running in a red Ohio district to see if he was interested in being considered for Blue Ohio funding. He paused and said yeah- I’ve not raised much because times are so hard and my neighbors need to eat and I don’t want someone to go without because they gave me $25.

Please join @hornish.bsky.social, @lizkellynelson.com, @prashiya.bsky.social and me on Thursday at 6:30 pm EST as we discuss the evolution in independent journalism and why more writers are publishing on their own. The nominal sign-up fee supports the Georgia chapter of the @spj-posts.bsky.social.

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Hot take: investing in down-ballot statehouse races is one of the most efficient uses of political money. Hotter take: when they're in red or previously uncontested districts, your $ is even more efficient because those races are about direct voter contact and you've got a lot of low-hanging fruit.

“They do not know the sleeping giant that they just awakened.” -Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The ‘24 TN voter turnout was 58%. But in the last midterm it was 33%. Elections are won by the people who turn out to vote. In this election, we have to run hard everywhere. 💙

Very much looking forward to this conversation next week with @hornish.bsky.social, @lizkellynelson.com and @prashiya.bsky.social. Please join us!

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Being reminded by @hcrichardson.bsky.social that Mothers’ Day (plural apostrophe) was part of an effort to “take control of politics from the men who had permitted [the] carnage” of war feels … right. Mothers are soft but strong; loving but fierce. May we bring that energy to the work before us.

I was delighted to join @joesudbay.bsky.social on State of the States to talk about @everystateblue.bsky.social and our project First In Line! 💙 Thanks again for the wonderful conversation. And check out our new national project First In Line! everystateblue.org/first-in-line

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@siriusxmprog.bsky.social State of the States @repmorales145.bsky.social, Chair Texas House Dem Campaign Cmte - candidates in all 150 seats! texashdcc.com @hornish.bsky.social, co-founder, Every State Blue on "First in Line" to fund more state leg candidates everystateblue.org/first-in-line/

“Why don’t you move?” Because being in a blue state doesn’t protect you. Red state legislators have no original ideas - they’re foot soldiers for bigger fish with bigger designs. Big corporations and billionaires with resources and the patience that comes from having more money than most countries.

This just happened in the TN House. We've got to do something with this "HELL NO" energy. Maybe you feel the same? So it feels like a good time to introduce you to our crowdfunding page for TN 💙 who are running against some of these folks.

Did you know that Every State Blue now has crowdfunding pages for BLUE DOTS running in RED DISTRICTS all over the country? We're directly supporting the folks running hard in the hardest places – in every state with state leg elections this cycle. It's true! ->

First In Line — Put a Democrat First in Every State

These races have always been last in line for resources. We put them first. Find your state and support Democrats showing up where it matters most.

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