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Trevor Southerland

@tmsoutherland.bsky.social

Democratic Campaign Operative. Flipped the Virginia House in 2019 & the Pennsylvania House in 2022. Opinions my own, except those that are shared by others.

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DNC Chair Ken Martin smiles and poses for a photo with other Mikie Sherrill supporters in front of a blue curtain.

DNC Chair Ken Martin smiles and poses for a photo with other Mikie Sherrill supporters in front of a blue curtain.

The energy on the ground today in Newark was off the charts.

New Jersey is ready to elect Mikie Sherrill as its next governor.

Let’s land this. Text GOTV to 43367 to help make it happen.

02.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Reflects poor Republican leadership in Virginia... kinda tough to build a party when your own Governor is more interested in his next job than his current one.

31.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna have to ask my therapist why I put myself through things like listening to Virginia Senate Republicans... you gotta be really damaged to put yourself through something like this.

So very, very painful.

cc: @vaplan.bsky.social

31.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We’re very concerned’: Q&A with Pennie Executive Director Devon Trolley On the eve of open enrollment, the state’s health insurance marketplace chief told City & State how her team is preparing for the termination of federal subsidies – and what’s at stake for consumers a...

My office is getting calls from folks who get health care from Pennie/ACA. Imagine currently paying $286/month for premiums & get the quote for next yr at $1800/month. The only reaction is to panic. Our neighbors need Congress to extend the ACA subsides.
www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/202...

30.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Voting board shows 51 yeas and 42 nays on HJ6007

Voting board shows 51 yeas and 42 nays on HJ6007

By 51-42 vote, the Virginia House votes to pass a resolution that would allow a mid-decade redistricting. This must pass the Senate and then pass both bodies once more after the upcoming election, and then the voters of Virginia will weigh in.

29.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 379    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
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HJ6007 - 2024 Special Session I | LIS

The proposed Constitutional amendment would allow Virginia's General Assembly to "modify one or more congressional districts" before 2030 standard redistricting, if and only if another state has altered their districts b/w decades without court mandate. lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

28.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to these GOP members cry about redistricting, and history of losing "their seats" (they ain't YOUR seats anyway) is a tell--they KNOW exactly how Virginia voters are feeling and how they would vote on retaliating against Trump's redistricting if given the chance.

28.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

@ssurovell.bsky.social is on πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ talking about this hyperpartisan governor who from day one was running for president & hasn't worked at all w the legislature, plus the utterly corrupt US President w a Congress that can't or won't stand up to him and a SCOTUS that won't protect rights now.

28.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NY Times: β€œVirginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push” This is a potentially huge story: "The next front in the nation’s pitched battle over mid-decade congressional redistricting is opening in Virginia, where Democrats are planning the first step toward ...

Reminder (which shouldn't even be needed, really): If Republicans controlled the VA Senate and VA House of Delegates, they'd 100% be pushing for a mid-decade redistricting to draw @RepVindman @RepSuhas, etc. out of their seats. 100% guaranteed. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/ny-t...

25.10.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

25.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 44054    πŸ” 15356    πŸ’¬ 1709    πŸ“Œ 715
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Our public schools are under attack from extremists who want to privatize and politicize them. I’m running to make sure Virginia invests in teachers, students, and the future. Watch Rose from Bristow share why she’s with us in our new ad. #ProtectPublicEducation

24.10.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss when an absolutely batshit level of corruption in our government wasn't normal

24.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Republicans control our government. They are causing pain for New Jerseyans from working families to small business owners.

24.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push | Trevor Southerland Encouraged to see Virginia Democrats taking steps to correct a major mistake from a few years ago. At the time, leaders like Marcus Simon, Marcia "Cia" Price, Lashrecse Aird, Tram Nguyen and others s...

Encouraged to see Virginia Democrats taking steps to correct a major mistake from a few years ago.

www.linkedin.com/posts/trevor...

23.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯🎯

21.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15705    πŸ” 6368    πŸ’¬ 717    πŸ“Œ 281

Today was a good reminder: The people are wayyyy braver than the powerful.

19.10.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 725    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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Huge turnout in CHATTANOOGA today

#NoKingsInAmerica πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

19.10.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6110    πŸ” 1106    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 24
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken.  How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

17.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 50382    πŸ” 10372    πŸ’¬ 1816    πŸ“Œ 775

Gotta get me one of them $50M buy out jobs…

12.10.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never felt more seen.

12.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called β€œpresident” when he says he is β€œAmerica first”, is an idiot.

11.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2804    πŸ” 821    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 24

Both candidates performed as if their internals matched the public polling showing Abigail up by 8-12.

β€œBut how about the half-dozen R-affiliated ones from the last month?! They’re closer!”

Everything on stage was indicative of where each of them believes they are, 26 days out. #vagov #debate

10.10.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Winsome Sears is unhinged and doing her best Trump impression in this debate. Abigail Spanberger is remarkably poised and disciplined. The contrast is undeniable. Only one candidate is fit for office, Abigail Spanberger!

09.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A couple in Fulton County making roughly $85K a year could see their premiums go up by nearly $1,600 if ACA subsidies expire. I will not give up the fight for the health care of working families in the #FightingFifth and across the country.

06.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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How four new Virginia laws impact those living with sickle cell disease: 'This will raise awareness' On July 1, four new laws go into effect that directly impact those living with sickle cell disease and those who are unaware that they may have the disease and/or be a carrier of the trait.

πŸ’” Our hearts grieve with @candimundonking.bsky.social; losing a child like this is horrific, we are holding your whole family in our thoughts. Candi has worked for years to improve awareness, tracking, and treatment of sickle cell disease, passing 4 bills this year: www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

06.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s be clear, unless you’ve called for Trump and Reid to step down, sit this one out.

05.10.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What Jay said was horrific, and I’m still processing everything. But I won’t be lectured by a guy who has encouraged an insurrectionist to destroy our economy and democracy and hasn’t said a word about a dude linked to literal Nazi porn. You demand Trump and Reid step down, and then we’ll talk.

04.10.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mikie Sherrill for Governor U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Navy helicopter pilot, former federal prosecutor, wife, and mother of four kids – Mikie Sherrill is running for governor to make life easier and more affordable for Garden...

I’m proud to stand with Mikie Sherrill.

She is facing relentless and even unlawful attacks on her character.

Will you join me in supporting her?

28.09.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1474    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 17

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

28.09.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 22606    πŸ” 5338    πŸ’¬ 603    πŸ“Œ 259

I like your optimism.

26.09.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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