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TYoung

@travas-young.bsky.social

On weekdays, I'm at my computer doing DevOps work. On weekends, I try to get projects at home done in spite of my ADHD, or overcome my anxiety enough to spend time with my amazing family in public. Annually, I'm a Naruto Army shadow clone recruit.

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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3d ago

🚨 TEXAS: THEY’RE TRYING TO CLOSE 92 ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES Tarrant County officials are set to vote TODAY on cutting Election Day voting locations from 316 to 224, nearly 1 in 3 polling places gone. Civil rights groups warn the cuts could disproportionately burden Black, Latino & Asian voters

TYoung@travas-young.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gov. Spencer Cox and House Speaker Mike Schultz stood next to Trump as he lied about how much the people of Utah value the 3 million acres he's cutting from our public lands. 71% of Utah voters support Bears Ears, and 74% support Grand Staircase-Escalante. (townlift.com/2025/01/utah...)

Utah voters show support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in recent poll - TownLift, Park City News

Utah voters from both sides of the political spectrum support national monuments and the president’s power to create national monuments, according to a

townlift.com

@marikosegawa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#ResistanceUnited #wtpBLUE #DemsUnited #DV1 Hawaii’s new law: Citizens United bans limiting corporate spending in politics, but States can decline to accept corporate spending on elections. www.ktvu.com/news/new-haw... Montana is pushing a similar plan for a ballot initiative in Nov.

New Hawaiian law limits corporate spending on politics, other states work to follow suit

Hawaii’s Democratic Governor on Thursday signed into law a bill to stop corporations and "dark money" groups from spending unlimited amounts of money on politics.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

TYoung@travas-young.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year,” www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

theguardian.com

Po Murray@pomurray.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🗞️The Supreme Court ruled today to allow California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election! This ruling comes two months after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Texas map that kicked off a nationwide gerrymandering fight. www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly ma...

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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 7mo ago

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Elon Musk's net worth just hit $800 billion. How? One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations. Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. Not one more penny for ICE.

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TYoung@travas-young.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Brian King, the Chair of the Utah Democratic Party: For the first time in 100 years, Utahns will have a map free of rigging and interference. With fair maps, we have a real shot at flipping seats across the state in 2026 and helping Democrats nationally take back the House Majority.

TYoung@travas-young.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Republicans have refused to appoint Adelita Grijalva for 10% of her term. Arizonans should therefore receive a 10% federal tax break. Otherwise it will truly be taxation without representation.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Millions will go hungry because Trump and Republicans won't use available funds to keep SNAP running during the shutdown. And they won't end the shutdown because they refuse to extend ACA subsidies that will keep insurance premiums from doubling for millions. Policy choices.