Swing Left Howard County

💡Want to discuss ways you can do more to RESIST the Trump administration? Drop by one of our IndivisibleHoCoMD “office hours”! We’re hosting the get-togethers twice a month. Bring your questions, your thoughts, and your friends. 🍃

Columbia IN-PERSON letter/postcard writing to Voters with SwingLeftHoCoMD · Swing Left This event is ONLY for IN-PERSON letter/postcard writing attendees. There is a separate zoom event for a monthly status update and letter/postcard writing on your own. We intend to continue writing m...

Tue, Mar 10 - take a break from horror scrolling!

*Elkridge* in-person (6-8pm): tinyurl.com/Columbia-at-...
Crownsville in-person (*7-8:30 pm*) tinyurl.com/Crownsville-...
Virtual Meeting (6-8pm): tinyurl.com/Virtual-Mont...
**Notes a change from usual schedule or location

Changing how Democrats do voter contact | Ground Truth By starting early, listening deeply to voters, and sending real insights to Democratic campaigns, we can win critical elections in 2026 and beyond.

We’re helping Democrats win back power by reimagining the way we talk to voters.

Join us now to help knock doors or make calls in your closest swing district, and flip the House!

ourgroundtruth.org

"The president is disgraceful, and I don't think it's worth our time to give him an audience," says @repsummerlee.bsky.social, who chose not to attend Trump's State of the Union address last night. "When you take away the lie, there is no foundation for President Trump."

PSA: When Trump brags about “cutting regulations” he means letting his Fossil Fuel oligarch donors poison babies and children to increase profits.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

I did this post quickly and totally got all the district number wrong, my apologies.

The bluest PA district was HD42.

The less blue PA district is HD22.

And the Maine district is HD94.

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today:

—Democrats won HD94 by 63 points.
(Harris won it by 30 in 2024.)

—Democrats won HD42 by 35 points.
(Harris won it by 17 in 2024.)

[The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com].

Rep. Summer Lee with the Working People's SOTU response: "Look at Mayor Mamdani, who took on Andrew Cuomo and his corporate backers and won ... he proved that when you show up, when you speak clearly about how to meet people's basic needs, the people respond."

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

Rep Ramirez in a pink coat turns toward a board on an easel full of photos

Delia Ramirez brought the photos of people killed by ICE and is reading names

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028.

He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

"Susan Collins wants to make it harder for Maine married women to vote" should be a pretty easy attack ad.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "Our president has sent poorly trained federal agents into our cities where they have arrested and detained American citizens…They have ripped nursing mothers away from our babies, they have sent children — a little boy in a blue bunny hat — to far off detention centers"

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "Costs are too high — in housing, healthcare, energy, and childcare…[Trump's] reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs…And Republicans in congress remain unwilling..."

Spanberger: "Trump continues to cede economic power and technological strength to Russia, bow down to China, bow down to a Russian dictator, and make plans for a war with Iran…Is the president working to keep Americans safe both at home and abroad? We all know the answer is no."

SPANBERGER: “His reckless trade policies have forced 🇺🇸 families to pay $1,700+ each in tariff costs. Even though the supreme court struck these tariffs down, the damage has been done. Meanwhile, the president is planning for new tariffs, another massive tax hike on your family.”

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

Best quote I heard tonight was Gov Abigail Spanberger on Trump’s immigration policy: “Every minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings.”

Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union.

This could have tremendous implications for voting:

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "Is the president working to make life more affordable for you and your family? Is the president working to keep Americans safe both at home and abroad? Is the president working for you?"

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "In his speech tonight, the president did what he always does — he lied, he scapegoated, and he distracted. He offered no real solutions to our nation's pressing challenges, so many of which he is actively making worse."

Gov. Spanberger: "In his farewell address, George Washington warned us about the possibility of 'cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men' rising to power. But he also encouraged us, all Americans, to unite in a common cause to move this nation forward."

Governor Spanberger: They're even making it more difficult to see a doctor. Rural health clinics in Virginia and across the country are already closing their doors, thanks to the so-called 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' championed by the president and Republicans in Congress.

Spanberger is evolving to meet the moment. She realizes where people are and moving there instead of playing milquetoast center.

Trump spent all of 2 minutes talking about affordability during his SOTU address, according to NBC News — the same amount of time he spent talking about the performance of the U.S. men's olympic hockey team substack.com/profile/4791...

Request for a Floor Vote of HB 488 in the Maryland Senate Democracy Dies Behind Closed Doors: In a representative democracy, legislation is supposed to be debated, amended, and voted on in the light of day. Currently, HB 488 is being stalled by Senate Presid...

If you want a vote on redistricting in MD, tell Sen, Pres. Bill Ferguson: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Meanwhile, in Maryland, Senator Bill Ferguson has sent our redistricting bill to the Rules Committee to die. Marylanders, contact members of that Committee and demand that they give it a vote!