Just me trying to remind you that if your googling about the Michigan primary, you’re a weirdo
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Formerly Winter Texan on X/Twitter. No DMs! I am still never going back!!!!! We The People but it must be ALL of us. Democrat. I Vote Blue up and down the ballot. Yeah, I'm a liberal. đźš«DMs đźš«MAGA đźš«Crypto Blocks happen if you DM me, no bio, no posts.
It’s normalized now but back in 2016 it was weird to see a prez candidate lie with every breath but Trump did. You can see how much he lied compared to entire field. Yet this was HRCs word cloud, compared to Trump. Propaganda works
Like rats from a sinking ship: “Last month, Pirro offered prosecutors in her office a $25,000 retention bonus to stay for the next two years, according to people familiar with the matter.” The office is irredeemably screwed up and will stay that way as long as she’s in charge
Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I
5 August 1905 | A German Jewish woman, Martha Voss, was born in Loesnich. During the war she lived in The Hague. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.
Voters Reject Republicans’ Attempt to Ban Abortion in Kansas Through Back Door
Voters Reject Republicans’ Attempt to Ban Abortion in Kansas Through Back Door
Kansas voters foiled state Republicans’ latest scheme to snatch back their abortion...
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MacFarlane: I think it's an anti-establishment era we may be entering here. Look at all the different ways in which people are bucking against establishment. If El-Sayed is somebody who channels people who don't want the establishment to run and to reign, he's going to have a big night…
“I will not stand beside someone who has allowed distinctly anti-American sentiment to enter our public dialogue.”—Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich. So much for "vote blue no matter who." Wild how Stevens took $60M in dark money from a foreign lobby, but its the brown guy Scholten calls anti-American
Thank you to everyone who voted today. And a special thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped at the polls! đź’š
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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My Latest: I am not a gambler. But if I were, I would always bet against congressional Republicans acting with integrity or demonstrating political courage. newsletters.democracydocket.com/tillis-and-c...
Tillis and Cornyn had nothing to lose — and still folded
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My advice to ANY Democrat who thinks it’s a good idea to go on Fox News would be - DON’T GO ON FOX. You are entering the lion’s den of propaganda and spin. A few folks have navigated a Fox appearance successfully but it’s very tricky.
The group behind an effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri Republicans’ 7-1 gerrymander filed a new lawsuit Tuesday night — obtained by TPM — challenging the Secretary of State’s finding that its petition is “insufficient.”
New Lawsuit Challenges Missouri’s Rejection of Citizen Challenge to GOP Gerrymander
The group behind an effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri...
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Another late night in the fight for democracy. Thanks to everyone who has supported Democracy Docket. If you haven't yet signed up, now would be a great time to do so. demdock.com/4w6emld
Turner Prize winning Zanzibar-born British artist, curator, and writer Lubaina Himid has been an important voice on issues of race, feminism, identity, and representation in Britain for the past thirty years #WomensArt
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) US painter who worked in the American Impressionist style, and whose mentor was Claude Monet #womensart
5 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Bella Rubin, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 July 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy together white her mother Marta and a younger sister Micheline. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.
Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian photographer known for her photography in black and white particularly #WomensArt
'Scarlet poppies' by contemporary Impressionist style US contemporary painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
Currently… •Will Lawrence won MI-7 •Donavan McKinney leads in MI-13 •Abdul El Sayed leads for US Senate We have the chance to make history happen tonight. Let’s go!
El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
BREAKING: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social HAS WON MICHIGAN’S DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR US SENATE! Donate to Abdul, Will, & Donavan: act.link/gi-S6cJzx?re... Lets goooooo!!!
5 August 1874 | A Polish Jew, Majer Tepper, was born in Mrzygłód. A farmer. In #Auschwitz form 16 April 1942. No. 29748 He perished in the camp on 31 May 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
5 August 1907 | A Pole Adam Kopyciński was born in Osielec Podhalański. In #Auschwitz from 8 January 1942. No. 25294 He played piano & lyre in the camp orchestra. In May 1944, he became its conductor. Liberated in Ebensee. After the war the director of the opera in Wrocław.
