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10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 185
ZenTrainer 12/09/2025 1
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 183
ZenTrainer 12/06/2025 26
Texas Canvass Wrapup
Our final state wrapup�for the year. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to �Texas in 2021, but skipped a year because of the existing organizing groups in the state.� Turned out�
snowbored 12/05/2025 2
Supreme Court Grants Stay; Gerrymandered and Racist Texas Maps Are Okay
Super bad redistricting news thanks to our lovely Extreme Court this evening. By a 6-3 decision, the racist Texas maps that will cost us between 2 to 5 seats WILL go into effect for 2026. This is a temporary stay until the Extreme Court rules on the...
bilboteach 12/04/2025 133
LIVE: What Can We Learn From The TN Special Election
Here’s This week’s edition of Thursday Kos with Markos and Rev. Mark, LIVE! Please subscribe to Make It Plain wherever you get your podcasts!
Make It Plain 12/04/2025 4
Ohio Canvass Wrapup
Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � in our second year to organize for the Senate race and redistricting.� We ...
snowbored 12/04/2025 3
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 181
ZenTrainer 12/04/2025 29
Don't threaten us with a good time, Mike Johnson
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson faced questions Wednesday over his party’s disastrous underperformance in Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District—one that ...
kos 12/03/2025 118
Florida Canvass Wrapup
Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] basically ended the year like it began —�knocking on doors for another special ...
snowbored 12/03/2025 1
GOP in crisis mode after Tennessee special election
Republicans' unimpressive victory in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District Tuesday night has the party terrified, with lawmakers and strategists alike fearing that a number of House races once ...
Emily Singer 12/03/2025 147
Q: What's wrong with Janet Mills to replace Susan Collins?
www.levernews.com/… A: It depends on what’s more important to you. Do you want a Senator that’s good on social issues or one that good on labor and kitchen table issues? Judging from her record as Governor of Maine, you can’t have both with her. In...
Robpos 12/03/2025 64
Given the Tennessee special election result, the GOP is so f'd in 2026
How do you win an election, yet still lose the night? While votes are still being counted, Republicans have held on to their House seat in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by a ridiculously slim margin—single digits. This is a district Donald...
kos 12/02/2025 339
How to fix the Electoral College
As you probably know, Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 but became President due to the Electoral College. As you probably also know, Trump lost the popular vote in 2016, but became President due to the Electoral College. There is a way to fix the...
tedfuller 12/02/2025 29
TN 7th Congressional District: GOP Meltdown in the Special Election? (Updated with Results Links)
UPDATE #1, 7:15 pm EST — For Analysis and Live Results Analysis — Voting Trend, begins LIVE at 7:15 pm EST — MS Now, Steve Kornacki — begins LIVE at 7:45 pm EST Live Results (Polls close in TN at 7:00 pm CST, or 8:00 pm EST) — Tennessee Secretary of...
JekyllnHyde 12/02/2025 161
California Canvass Wrapup: Resisting Trump's hostile takeover of our Democracy
Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � circumvent� president felon’s hostile takeover of our Democracy.� It’s ...
snowbored 12/02/2025 2
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 179
ZenTrainer 12/01/2025 42
Kitchen Table Kibitzing ~ 12.1.25
�I pay my electric and gas bills with a budget program called the Equal Payment Plan (EPP).� After a year of service, the companies�average out your monthly payments. I’ve done this for years and ...
ZenTrainer 12/01/2025 102
Mutual Aid or as I say Community
Mutual Aid groups have been growing since the Pandemic and the #Snap shut down really showed what they can do. So much that AP news is covering them. When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’ “One of...
Smurf 12/01/2025 4
Trump rushes to rescue GOP in surprisingly tight special election
President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps on Monday, calling into a Nashville rally for the special election that has grown uncomfortably tight for the GOP. “The whole world is watching Tennessee...
Alex Samuels 12/01/2025 67
Why Dems Can Ill Afford to Share "Affordability" With Trump's Cult
Affordability. Granted, that 6-syllable juggernaut amounts to a polite way of broaching the human costs of decades of governance of/by/for the have-mores. But still. At least the term resonates with countless GOP-ravaged (and potentially enraged)...
Inspector Clueso 12/01/2025 3
Trump literally phones in rally appearance
During a Monday rally for Republican Matt Van Epps, whose Tennessee spe cial election is on Tuesday, House ...
Walter Einenkel 12/01/2025 70
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Is Impressive
I saw Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear address a Nebraska Democratic Party fundraiser on November 7. I was very impressed with what I saw and heard. Beshear’s superb remarks were interrupted numerous times by applause. He is a rare political talent. I...
NebraskaDemocrat 12/01/2025 25
Arizona Canvass Wrapup: Sure, there's no Climate Change... SMH
Continuing on with our state wrapups where we’ve ended canvassing. � Hope Springs from Field PAC � [website ] came to � Arizona initially because of Presidential and Senate elections.� But we ...
snowbored 12/01/2025 2
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 178
ZenTrainer 11/30/2025 13
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 177
Sound up Holy Shit! This is where my story ends. Anything between this and the comments has nothing to do with me. ZT
ZenTrainer 11/30/2025 35