Horrific
02.08.2025 00:56 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@20thdems.bsky.social
Official account of the 20th Legislative District Democrats in Washington.
Horrific
02.08.2025 00:56 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Today I'm sending this letter to our legislators to demand a response to Trump's appointment of a registered child sex offender to a program that oversees children. Silence is complicity.
-Zac, Chair
In rural communities, Community Action programs are a lifeline, bridging gaps where resources are scarce. From transportation and food access to medical care, weatherization, and rising energy costs, CA programs ensure families arenβt left behind simply because of where they live. #CommunityAction
22.07.2025 22:25 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Olympia Indivisible made us this banner for our event on August 2nd in Centralia, Washington please join us if you are in the area. It's almost done. I pick it up tomorrow.
Thank you Olympia Indivisible our sister city.
#olympiaindivisible
#3E
#USprotest
#standwithimmigrants
The state must act to preserve jobs and services for the people of Washington. We should implement the wealth tax and use it as a safeguard against the predations of the Republicans. We must improve our fiscal independence to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone living here.
29.07.2025 22:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(above an image of Governor Tim Walz) "Shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus. ... That child deserves our support. Don't worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity."
28.07.2025 02:21 β π 2583 π 469 π¬ 22 π 17DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
27.07.2025 13:55 β π 7990 π 3648 π¬ 316 π 415It's voting season and the WA Bus wants you to GOTV!!! Ballots have been mailed, so make sure you are registered and up to date with yours. Your voice matters and we want to hear yours this August 15th!
27.07.2025 17:32 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The solution to βDems canβt talk to votersβ is not to create and go on shows like Pos Save America.
The solution is toβ¦actually talk to voters as if theyβre ordinary people who have other interests besides politics, and meet them where theyβre at.
If you canβt do that, get out of politics.
Some ideas:
1οΈβ£ Do as AOC has done and focus on direct to camera vertical videoβInstagram and TikTok.
2οΈβ£ Go on podcasts and YouTube shows that arenβt expressly political or partisan.
3οΈβ£ Become a sports guy/gal and go on platforms like First Take and College GameDay.
The possibilities are endless!
Today is a natl day of action in all 50 states to demand care β not cuts. Weβre in Seattle with SEIU siblings & allies, fighting back against attacks on healthcare, livelihoods & democracy. This is what fighting for families looks like. A better future is possible!
#FamiliesFirst #SolidaritySummer
When I see Dems equity-wash entrenched wealth, I want to scream. Much of the permission structure for young/working class/BIPOC voters to turn to a politics of nihilism is that many in our party are fighting for abstraction, not the people the abstractions are aboutβwho have bills to pay.
26.07.2025 21:10 β π 32 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0Trump said again today some countries βare just gonna have to pay tariffs.β
The news is reporting that Japan, and possibly Scotland, may have to pay a βbaseline 15% tariff.β
COUNTRIES DONβT PAY TARIFFS. AMERICANS BUYING THE GOODS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES PAY THE TARIFF.
Anyone STILL not get that?
Chair Conrad is right, this initiative isnβt about protecting elections, itβs about making it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot. We should be expanding access to voting, not putting up new roadblocks.
25.07.2025 17:56 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0It is now more important than ever that we create single payer healthcare in this state. By legislation, or ballot measure, we must protect and expand our citizens access to healthcare. @wholewashington.org @governorferguson.bsky.social
03.07.2025 19:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0 UGH. The enormity of trauma baked into Trump's bill! See how it will impact WA & what to do.
If you live in:
CD 4 Central WA -Yakima/Tri-Cities, call Dan Newhouse 202 225-5816
CD 5 Eastern WA - Spokane/Lewiston, call Michael Baumgartner 202 225-2006
Tell them to VOTE NO
youtu.be/EZ3RBNC3fKM?...
It would be awesome to have actual choices instead of a duopoly in literally everything.
02.07.2025 17:04 β π 40 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0Bar chart from the CATO institute article called βDeportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the βBig Beautiful Billβ. Not shown in image, but here is text from the article that introduces the graph: βThe House plans to distort this wildly out-of-whack law enforcement system beyond recognition. H.R. 1 appropriates $168 billion to agencies whose primary purpose is immigration enforcement. It adds $1.2 billion to all other law enforcement for the Secret Service. This sum comes on top of the $33 billion, meaning that if this bill passes, about $200 billion will be made available for immigration enforcement starting in FY 2025.β The bar chart is titled βH.R. 1 Adds $167 Billion in Funds for Immigration Enforcementβ and shows the reconciliation amounts for Immigration enforcement vastly exceeding that of the other law enforcement agencies, where it appears the other agencies have no change whatsoever whereas Immigration enforcement more than quadruples in size.
These fascists are taking billions of our taxpayer dollars and using them to drastically expand the Gestapo and build concentration camps, all to bring about a white Christian nationalist state theyβve dreamed of recreating since losing the Civil War.
30.06.2025 00:07 β π 498 π 175 π¬ 23 π 15The MAGA vision is that the federal government should essentially be a massive concentration camp network with a side hustle doling out the occasional subsidies to political clients
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29.06.2025 13:34 β π 13002 π 6317 π¬ 618 π 337A great lunch with some great people in the 20th LD. Thank you all for coming, its a pleasure to work with you.
29.06.2025 22:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0HUGE win!: Mike Leeβs Public Land Sale Plan Is Dead
"Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee tonight withdrew his proposal to sell millions of acres of public land to help balance the federal budget."
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The American people have the right to know, word for word, what's in Trump's Budget Bill. Dems have forced a full reading on the floor and I'm streaming all of it on YouTube.
29.06.2025 03:08 β π 2822 π 855 π¬ 169 π 74When Microsoft and Amazon and Boeing and the rest whine about it, we just say βwhatβs the problem, this amount of taxation was fine for you since 2017, now youβre paying it to the state rather than the feds.β
That wonβt convince the corporations of course. But the public will support it.
Democrats in #waleg and @governorferguson.bsky.social should call a special session to pass new taxes on the rich and big corporations to backfill federal cuts especially to health care. The rich and big corporations can clearly afford it - itβd essentially restore the rates theyβre paying now.
29.06.2025 04:24 β π 76 π 17 π¬ 2 π 0Sheβs doing a great job leading in the Senate and representing WA. Wish it was her and not Schumer running the caucus.
29.06.2025 00:03 β π 34 π 3 π¬ 3 π 058% of voters in Eastern and Central Washington oppose Trumpβs ugly vulture budget
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Man, y'all gotta read this whole piece about a rally in San Antonio yesterday. Texas Democrats β led by big names β are organizing and moving away from DC and the DNC. And they're getting wild, cheering crowds.
29.06.2025 01:58 β π 1731 π 477 π¬ 39 π 58If you are a dem in the 20th LD in Washington, we will be meeting up tomorrow at the 49er restaurant in Castle Rock. It will be wonderful to get together as an LD and get to know one another. Come join us any time from 1 - 3 pm!
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