Kat Maybury

UVA undergrad Aleena Patel created a very cool resource that helps voters in Charlottesville and Albemarle County both find where their polling place is and how to get there via various means of transportation, keeping in mind that not everyone drives. transittoturnout.org

“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy.... Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” — Dr. Gustave Gilbert, U.S. Military Chief Psychologist in the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Diary

John McGuire is apparently super proud of being endorsed by a dude who threw boiling water at this wife & held a gun to her head, (allegedly) fractured his child's collarbone, put nude photos of his kid online and abused his former girlfriend to the point she had to file a restraining order.

Hey all - we have a crazy idea: WHAT IF we had someone representing the Fifth District who didn’t run away from their constituents? we could get someone (cough @tomperriello.bsky.social) who actually shows up (maybe with a cookie), does the job, and REPRESENTS THE cough PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM?

We are gonna have pizza & salad from LAMPO! Award-winning wine from Knight's Gambit, local beer, and the good fizzy water! Plus, friendly tech support (first-time phone bankers welcome)! Join us and help Tom win! Dinner @ 5; phone banking @ 5:30. Registration + info: tinyurl.com/mru4wur6

You cannot tell me that John McGuire's lone vote supporting CHILD MARRIAGE wasn't a pick-me to Trump who, just a few short week's later, endorsed him to be our congressman. Nothing signals "I will suppress the Epstein files" more than failing to protect children! Vote @tomperriello.bsky.social

The temperature says summer but the asters say fall.

No Kings: Vote Early Button and Sign Making Party!! Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14, 5-7 pm @ Ting Pavilion. We'll bring the supplies, you bring a friend! Or come make a new friend!

Thank you @freedcproject.bsky.social for sending so many beautiful people down this weekend to knock doors for @tomperriello.bsky.social and #FliptheFifth! And thank you to all the drivers (and canvassers!) who answered the call from @indivisiblecville.bsky.social to come join and help!

MAGA John McGuire messed with the wrong people. We’re over 100 people strong today knocking doors for @tomperriello.bsky.social for VA-05!

Today’s a great day to get on the phone, be kind, and remind folks that they can always change their mind, do something different, and be part of building a better world.

They need people just willing to drive too. Can you do that? Sign up.

If it ever arrives, that $90 Trump check is going to smell of flop sweat, isn't it?

VA05, we're up.

Happy October, it is 90 degrees and there is a watermelon from my garden on my porch.

I knew something had to be deeply (and weirdly) wrong with ACPS when it was clear the entire central office staff went along with sexual mocking of this person for being in their college's dance club. heidigilmanbennett.substack.com/p/acps-organ...

Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.

the one about the price of gas being $2.85 last year is 😘

I think all the folks who say they believe in these things but don't want to put one of these signs up because they try to appear neutral and stay out of politics should be forced to exclusively listen to Ed Sheeran's music from here out.

omg check out these cars!

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

On June 23, the Greene County Sheriff's Office conducted a massive immigration sweep, as part of its 287(g) agreement with ICE. Per ICE, the agencies detained 49 people that day. By law, GCSO's supposed to report data on every traffic stop to the Virginia State Police. But ... what if it didn't?

More evidence surfacing that Iran has dealt major damage to U.S. military bases and equipment throughout the Middle East region since America began the war.

Canada, Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales. The EU is looking veeery attractive for some reason. www.tribuneindia.com/news/london-...

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

No idea why I was over on Nextdoor but...yikes 💀

A Tale of Two Candidates: MAGA Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) paid $25k to be in Dallas for the Trumpapalooza lunacy; @tomperriello.bsky.social spoke in front of a packed house of VA05 voters... bluevirginia.us/2026/09/vide...

We are in approximately the 973rd day of summer at this point. I am so over it.

The other guy spent $25K for a ticket listen to Nazi speeches in a mostly empty convention hall in Dallas. www.cbs19news.com/news/5th-dis...

We need a Politics of Yes in Albemarle County. Yes to allowing the people who work here to afford to live here. Yes to vibrant active farms that can afford to continue the legacy of farming. Yes to smart, dense development in designated areas.

Hi from Charlottesville.

MAGA John McGuire has spent the last 19 months attacking DC, so this fall we’re teaming up with @indivisiblecville.bsky.social and @robertwhite-dc.bsky.social’s DC51 PAC to get out the vote for @tomperriello.bsky.social in VA-05!! When we fight, we win!

Impeccable energy today knocking doors with @freedcproject.bsky.social here in Cville! As Kristin Szakos noted in our sendoff this AM: the 5th IS winnable!! So let's GOTV and get @tomperriello.bsky.social elected! (And if you missed today's canvass, join the next. As you can see, it was a BLAST.)

Yep, they got me .

Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.

The article says this is because "Congress" let the ACA subsidies expire. But WHO in Congress, @virginiamercury.com? A few minutes on Next Door will convince you that people do not know! Hint: it's people like Rep. John McGuire. virginiamercury.com/2026/09/02/d...

I’ve given to this! Help if you can. It’s rough out there, we keep us safe.

Watching this show isn’t going to get you cancelled, you won’t lose your job, you won’t be tied to a flagpole in your underwear. It just makes you a shitty person, contributing to the wealth of a bigoted monster, against the request of the people she’s harming.

Area peeps—esp. those in Albemarle County—here’s a chance to speak out in favor of housing more local residents