Julie S

@jsecor.bsky.social

Fan of bikes, cycling, coffee

Refusing to accept defeat, current Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn seeks corrupt rule changes to maintain power. From NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and more, political leaders agree: this is wrong. Swipe through to learn more.

What if we all just made a pact to support our indie bookshops and public libraries to the best of our abilities instead of massive corporations 🙃

The Supreme Court is an illegitimate institution built on minority rule. 5 of the 6 Republican justices were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote for their first term and confirmed by senates that Republicans controlled despite Democrats winning more votes and representing more people

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thread: Republicans won the Senate in 2024 despite Democrats winning more votes & representing more people nationwide. Republicans last won more support than Democrats in the 1990s but won the Senate anyway in 7 of 13 elections since 2000. Data & charts below: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A chart of the U.S. Senate popular vote and the population represented by each party from 1990 to 2024. Republicans have won the Senate in 7 of the last 13 elections starting with the year 2000 despite continually winning fewer collective votes and representing fewer Americans than Democrats.

70% of Minnesotans do NOT want copper nickel mining near the Boundary Waters. The Senate has a chance to do right by them by leaving the mining moratorium in place.

As soon as today, the US Senate will vote on a House resolution that allows copper mining by a Chilean company near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Boundary Waters is the most-visited wilderness area in the country, and it cannot be replaced.

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Once again we must ask, where in the world is Congress? They should be pursuing every action possible to rein in Trump's raging lunacy. How is there no sense of urgency? (2/3)