Maurice Mitchell 🐺

@mauricewfp.bsky.social

National Director: @workingfamilies.org | Co-Founder: Blackbird | Board: Brooklyn Movement Center, Center for Popular Democracy Action, United for Respect | Always: Movement for Black Lives | Text MOE to 30403. he/him

Two more ICE murders, two more families mourning loved ones, two more communities terrorized by the Trump administration, two more rounds of DHS lies, blaming the victims and their families while blocking justice and accountability.

🧵Corporate Democrats, AIPAC and big money groups are scared shitless about Michigan and are now trying to use the last competitive primaries of 2026 to salvage their abysmal performance in races all over the country this year.

I have to tell you... I AM NOT tired of winning. Congrats @villegas4congress.bsky.social for sending a clear & powerful message that the Central Valley is not for sale!

Working Families Party 🐺@workingfamilies.org · 2mo ago

@villegas4congress.bsky.social is advancing to the general election in his race for Congress in California. Big money and the establishment spent millions to defeat an educator and auto shop owner who believes in lowering costs, protecting families from ICE, and guaranteeing health care. He won.

Working Families Party victory! Randy Villegas advances. U.S. House, California's 22nd district

What gives us hope? Movements that expand democracy instead of shrinking it. We support fusion voting, which gives voters more choices, encourages coalition-building, and creates a politics that’s less polarized and more representative. @msifry.bsky.social theconnector.substack.com/p/what-gives...

What Gives Us Hope?

Seventeen organizers, politicians, academics and media makers from my "This Old Democracy" on how they are coping with our challenging times.

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