31% of Registered Voters voted for gop/trump

"in the Senate . . . [only] 15 Republican Senators voting alongside their Democratic colleagues in favour of the bill . . . . ultimately passed in a late-night 65-33 vote." [2/2]

Progressives, Leftists, Democrats, Berniecrats, Veterans, Real Patriots, Americans have always fought gun violence.

From 2022, "The US Congress has passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. . . . [Only] 14 Republicans joining [all] Democrats in the House to approve the bill by 234 to 193 votes. . . . 🧵[1/2]
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And, Dems should have more Super Pacs that coordinate like repubs do.

A pretty consistent theme that is emerging in this period is that regular people are prepared to risk what they have to stop fascism while the most protected, wealthy and powerful people are willing to risk nothing at all.

This thread contains YEARS worth of advice that many of us have had to learn through trial and error. Please read.

1) Since Bluesky is lagging behind on moderation, here’s a fresh bIock/mute Iist of N*zi Content & Far Right Trolls.

I’ve checked through them and most violate TOS, all are worth a bIock. Beware of the “parody” accounts pretending to be libs. Report content when possible.

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VP Kamala Harris graces the cover of EBONY Magazine’s November issue. ✊🏾

This is not Israel’s “right to defend itself.” It is the wanton destruction of Palestinian life & property in a punitive genocidal war. Tens of thousands dead, over 100,000 wounded, 87% of homes laid waste, 90% forced to flee, & widespread malnutrition & disease.

Analysis: The Limits of a Tragic Story Savita Halappanavar's death is widely seen as a catalyst for Ireland's abortion reform, but the truth is more nuanced—and offers important lessons for the U.S.

✍️ @garnethenderson.bsky.social on why tragic stories of abortion denials didn't shift the presidential election to Democrats, and what lessons we can learn from abortion reform in Ireland rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/11/21/a...

What Biden Must Do to Help Gaza Now The outgoing administration has one last chance to do the right thing.

What Biden must & still can do to save some Palestinian lives in Gaza. Unfortunately he won’t. And Trump will only let the Israelis “finish the job.” This is genocide & we will be judged as complicit. My heart aches for Gaza foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/g...

If you’re having a debate inside the Democratic Party about the role of pressure groups & special interests in determining your agenda, & making you take unpopular positions that cost you swing states, & you’re not mentioning AIPAC then you’re not actually having a real debate.

I’m on the DNC for 32 yrs: 16 on the Executive Committee, 11 as chair of the resolutions committee, & on the Unity/Reform Committee. I’m pushing for budget transparency & accountability, & party democracy.
But I guess all I’ll ever be is that “pro-Palestinian” guy. It’s bigotry

I remember Howard Dean and Hillary Clinton agreeing in 2006 that "nobody is pro-abortion"

Woke up this morning remembering how, after Kerry's 2004 loss to W, the Democratic party and the press decided it was abortion's fault. When I tell you that this is not an exaggerated memory:

Green gradient with text reading, "Ohio Abortion Clinics There are 9 abortion clinics in Ohio, with 3 clinics providing medication abortion only and 6 clinics providing both procedural and medication abortion." A map shows medication abortion clinics in Toledo, Cleveland, and Columbus. Then, it shows medication and procedural abortion clinics in Toledo, Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati.

Ohio used to have dozens of abortion clinics. Now, there are only nine.

It was also Ladapo's office that threatened TV stations over pro-abortion advertisements. This is the man who would invoke Comstock to try and ban abortion nationwide.

Jodi Kantor Jodi Kantor is a Times investigative reporter and co-author of “She Said,” which recounts how she and Megan Twohey broke the story of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein.&#16...

Hi, new people + place. Great to meet/see you. Here’s a little about what I do. You might know my work on Harvey Weinstein/SHE SAID; if you've been a part of that journey, thank you. For two years, I’ve been on a new mission: illuminating the Supreme Court. (🧵) www.nytimes.com/by/jodi-kantor

Up next, are labor unions an unconstitutional infringement on a corporation's 1st amendment free speech rights?

I see 3% militia, Oath Keeper, white nationalist, and "molon labe"/punisher iconography EVERY SINGLE DAY on my daily rounds in my town of Salem, Oregon. FFS, I saw a dude with a swastika tattoo on his arm that was just casually hanging out his car window last year. Car also had a valknut decal.

Joe: We’re Americans. We don’t boo a criminal who has been credibly accused of sexual assault.
Mika: Now please welcome back our friend Mark Halperin.

Also in 2024:
• Google's market cap grows ~$400 billion and reaches record high.
• Meta's market cap grows ~$500 billion and reaches record high.

Just a sampling of this year's journalism job cuts:
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more

This is the hardest I've seen it rain in Lincoln City along the Oregon Coast in a long time! 🌧
@koin6.bsky.social #ORwx #PNW #PNWWeather

Despite Biden’s promise to protect old forests, his administration keeps approving plans to cut them down In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.

"The Blue and Gold timber sale [on BLM land in western Oregon] is just the latest old-growth logging project that Biden’s executive order has failed to stop. 'There is a massive disconnect between the administration and what’s happening on the ground.'" www.opb.org/article/2024...

Will you be offering a 2025 calendar on your website? Your photography is gorgeous!

Where on the Santiam was this taken?

Senate floor Text: Vote to confirm Mustafa Kasubhai to be a U.S. District Court Judge for Oregon

FYI: The Senate is back at it, voting now on the confirmation of Mustafa Kasubhai to be a district court judge in Oregon.

My recent interview on Oregons Fox 12 ❤️ www.youtube.com/live/juXL8zV...

Opinion | Rahm Emanuel’s potential new gig is offensive on many levels Democrats can embrace police reform or Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan — but not both.

To the #Democratic Party,

So far it appears only men are running for #DNC chair. Why? How about having co-chairs instead? You know, like 1 woman & 1 man (but not former #Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel), and not both being white.

Signed, a lifelong #Democrat #voter

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Voices: The LDS Church’s transgender policies are morally indefensible. They will backfire. “By denying transgender people opportunities to use the restroom, attend overnight activities and serve with youth or children, the church reinforces harmful misconceptions that trans people are someh...

Opinion: The LDS Church’s new transgender restrictions reinforce harmful misconceptions and will not make women or girls any safer.