Abigail Skalka

They’re never gonna fix the damn roads, are they? 😔

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get

And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

I would also mention the lawless disappearances of innocent people by masked agents of the state

Tweet from the ADL, dated July 10, 2025. Text reads: On this day in 1941, local Poles in Jedwabne, Poland, rounded up the Jews of the town and brutally murdered them. The pogrom became a symbol of the local populations turning on their Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust, often of their own accord. This week, seven plaques were placed at the memorial site that dangerously distort the history of the massacre and desecrates historical truth. Deny the atrocities that took place during the Holocaust dishonors the victims and survivors and fuels antisemitism. As our Global 100 survey showed, 20% of the global adult population has not heard about the Holocaust at all. The need to educate, remembrance, and push back against the vile assault of Holocaust denial and distortion is more critical than ever. Tweet has 7 quote tweets, 23 likes, and 14 retweets. Comments are disabled.

This is the ADL tweet. It wildly understates the incident and does not direct the reader to anywhere they might learn more.

This is what it looks like when our “counter-antisemitism” apparatus cares more about shutting down any criticism of Israel than it does about Jews themselves.

Po zbezczeszczeniu mogiły w Jedwabnem. Pytania do władz świeckich i kościelnych Budowa swoistego antypomnika na prywatnej posesji w Jedwabnem to akt antysemityzmu i wymaga reakcji władz oraz autorytetów społecznych.

Jonathan Greenblatt has appeared on television, podcasts, and the Fox News op-ed section all on the topic of Mamdani & a phrase that, all evidence suggests, he has never used.

While this actual instance of grotesque antisemitism gets only a singular tweet, not even a statement on ADL’s website.

Genuinely pondering what Americans are getting these days for upholding their end of the Lockeian social contract — if your electeds are this callous about letting you drop dead, what is a government even for?

Bracketing for a moment how awful this story is, what a stunning abuse of passive voice. Noor Abdalla is not only unnamed but unmentioned in the headline & lede about her own labor. Instead, it says “son arrives,” giving a baby boy more agency in his birth than the grown woman who delivered him.

Disgusted that @nationals.com is choosing to put on a concert featuring known abuser Chris Brown this summer. Do better.

So I just deleted my Twitter account and because I had made a “developer” profile to use the API for research years ago, they emailed me that profile would be deactivated. The weird thing is it’s all still Twitter branded — name, logo, etc. “X” only appears once at the bottom. It’s kind of eerie…

Every single one of the 200+ comments is begging Peters to pick up the phone & vote no on cloture. Astounding how unresponsive you can apparently be to constituents if you’re not running for reelection. There isn’t a single one of Peters’ 8 office phone lines where we can currently leave a message.

Buttigieg’s name ID and fundraising advantages were freezing the Democratic field in Michigan. With him ruling out a bid, the floodgates could open. Keep an eye on:

-state Sen. Mallory McMorrow
-Rep. Haley Stevens
-Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed

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He has been completely unresponsive to all of my messages since January. And I’m not alone.
www.reddit.com/r/Michigan/c...

Hey, @peters.senate.gov, why are my calls being dropped? I’ve tried your offices in DC, Lansing, and Detroit 5 times this morning and not been able to even leave a message. Pretty uncool way to treat constituents the day of an extremely consequential vote.
P.S. vote no on cloture.

NED v. United States

NEW: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, alleging that it is unlawfully withholding NED’s congressionally appropriated funding.

Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

They sent her home to die because her pregnancy voided her humanity. The duty of care doesn’t exist for women if it can evaporate like this.

Arizona 2 Poll: Sleeper Race Awakens The latest Inside Elections/NPI poll finds a tight race in an under-the-radar district.

🚨New Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights House battleground poll in ARIZONA's 2nd🌵:

Eli Crane (R-inc) 42
Jonathan Nez (D) 42

Trump (R) 52
Harris (D) 43

Gallego (D) 48
Lake (R) 43

Fav/unfav
Crane 32/28
Nez 29/11

10/10-12, 414 LVs, live caller/sms

www.insideelections.com/news/article...

Dare I say this is possibly the best moment for a democrat discussing abortion on the debate stage this cycle

The force and humanity with which she delivers “it’s not a talking point for women — it’s our lives.”

“Do not trust him.”

I can’t wait to vote for her.

The degree of voter literacy required for most opposition voters to understand that they have to decline the referenda ballot (not just leave it blank!) is staggering. In a record-turnout election, only ~40 percent of voters accepted the ballot. Polish case can teach us all a lesson.