Former Republican congressman ๐๐ฝ
05.11.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 639 ๐ 149 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 2@dheber.bsky.social
Eclectic reader and lover of books & music, tree hugger, nature observer. Proficient daydreamer. PhD in aquatic biology.
Former Republican congressman ๐๐ฝ
05.11.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 639 ๐ 149 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 2BERNIE: "One of the great political upsets in the history of ๐บ๐ธ. Zohran has taken on the oligarchs who spent millions trying to defeat him. He's taken on Trump, the Republican establishment, the Democratic establishment.โ
05.11.2025 15:21 โ ๐ 600 ๐ 96 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 6Mississippi Democrats flipped 3 legislative seats & broke the GOP's Senate supermajority, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social writes: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
05.11.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 345 ๐ 83 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 7This, too.
Congratulations, PA.
Let's go, everyone!
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
For those who want a minute-by-minute blow-by-blow account of this morningโs Supreme Court argument in the tariffs case, which starts at 10 am ET, the always trenchant @amyhowe.bsky.social & friends will be hosting a live blog on SCOTUSblog & shared on C-SPAN. Blog is already up and running.
05.11.2025 14:42 โ ๐ 160 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 0Trump saying the country turned against Republicans because they shut down the government.
Feels relevant.
I actually feel a little sorry for Mike Johnson. Before he became Speaker only a handful of people knew what a smarmy little idiot he was. Now, several hundred million people know.
04.11.2025 15:45 โ ๐ 5776 ๐ 1079 ๐ฌ 259 ๐ 65Tonight, California made it clear: weโre taking back our voice and democracy.
Hereโs to proof that when we act together, we win.
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
05.11.2025 03:17 โ ๐ 27615 ๐ 5147 ๐ฌ 214 ๐ 117Really good read at @lawfaremedia.org
05.11.2025 01:46 โ ๐ 123 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.*
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower. https://to.pbs.org/4qJU4fc
05.11.2025 03:34 โ ๐ 102 ๐ 56 ๐ฌ 29 ๐ 10So much big news in local elections.
05.11.2025 03:32 โ ๐ 1238 ๐ 197 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 6โYou all lost because it wasnโt about me,โ said the most unpopular president in modern history
05.11.2025 03:13 โ ๐ 1782 ๐ 230 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 2AOC: "We will not be intimidated by an administration that is violating rights and making life hard and unaffordable for every single American in this country. And we will send in a wave of Democrats that not bow to this administration, but stand up to this administration."
05.11.2025 03:16 โ ๐ 2479 ๐ 414 ๐ฌ 26 ๐ 13AOC: "The Supreme Court has given Trump a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and danger of this moment, but we cannot respond to that threat with cowardice."
05.11.2025 03:19 โ ๐ 3619 ๐ 779 ๐ฌ 40 ๐ 40AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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02.11.2025 14:41 โ ๐ 596 ๐ 122 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 6Abigail Spanberger said she's proud of winning the support of Virginians on both sides of the aisle after winning the commonwealth's governor race.
05.11.2025 02:54 โ ๐ 539 ๐ 71 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2Democrat Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his reelection bid in September but remained on the ballot.
https://to.pbs.org/3LgtCK1
Democrat Mikie Sherrill will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, marking the first time since 1961 that one party has won three consecutive terms in the New Jersey governorโs mansion. https://to.pbs.org/47GNkpO
05.11.2025 03:01 โ ๐ 382 ๐ 72 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroitโs newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. https://to.pbs.org/3JjiHyB
05.11.2025 03:10 โ ๐ 321 ๐ 59 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 3Forgive the Revolutionary War symbolism.
Today, NJ & VA were at a pivotal moment โ just like during 2 defining periods of the Revolution. This time, two strong women stood against the pull of authoritarianism.
NJ & VA became beacons of victory & democratic strength for a nation needing it.
Trumpโs voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump jackhammered museum-worthy friezes the Met once asked him to preserve on the Bonwit Teller building. Now heโs reduced the East Wing to rubble. My column on 45 years of Trumpโs gold rush and a monarchical presidency:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Protecting people's health care is worth fighting for. Stopping our health care system from going into a death spiral is worth fighting for. People want Democrats to stand for something.
04.11.2025 23:50 โ ๐ 1302 ๐ 263 ๐ฌ 51 ๐ 13Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Gift Article!
I never thought I would loathe a person as much as I did Dick Cheney. Then came Donald Trump...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Most Americans support the Paris Agreement.
Seems hard to believe right now.
But notice the downtick/ uptick after presidential elections. Less people care when they think the government is on it. But when the government is out, interest grows again.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...