SeekingTheRoot

SeekingTheRoot

@seekingtheroot.bsky.social

Working for a blue Hudson Valley, a blue New York State, and a blue America.

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Indivisible NY-18@indivisibleny18.bsky.social

Early Voting continues today in NY. Check your county clerk website for locations. Tired of runaway inflation, ICE brutality and corruption? Get out and vote for Pat Ryan in #NY18 Time to hold Trump and the MAGA GOP accountable. Your vote matters!! 💯

So many reasons to send Mike Lawler home on November 3. Here's yet another one, and it's a doozie. He may not be blatantly corrupt like Trump and his family, Noem, Lutnick, and the others, but he very clearly works to enrich his buddies and himself while squeezing ordinary people. VOTE CAIT CONLEY!

First day of early voting in New York State! I voted, and the energy was great! Keep Blakeman out of Albany. REELECT HOCHUL. Send Lawler home. VOTE CONLEY in #NY17. Keep Oberacker out of #NY19. REELECT RILEY. Keep Auringer out of #NY18. REELECT RYAN. Flip Stefanik's seat. VOTE GENDEBIEN IN #NY21.

Lawler brought an actual rapist and a more than credibly accused pedo rapist up to campaign with him. Conley brought some people who believe in improving people's lives. Vote Cait Conley. She doesn't pal around with rapists or crooks.

The friendly smile and folksy cup of coffee do not mask the Nazi sympathizer inside. Oberacker saluted his Nazi grandfather's service to Hitler, and he salutes Trump today by aligning himself with the regime, including giving Trump's rapes, tariffs, Iran Epstein war, corruption a pass. Vote Riley.

So now Lawler will be beholden not only to Trump, but also to Musk. And since we've seen that Lawler never votes or otherwise stands against Trump, it's reasonable to expect that he would do Musk's bidding, too. He's already endorsed all the catastrophic DOGE destruction. VOTE CAIT. Not a puppet.

NY-19 Votes@indivisibleny19.bsky.social

The billionaires are trying to buy seats in the house and Senate in hopes that Republicans will block attempts to regulate AI and other corporate products that endanger Americans. #VoteBlue if you want a government that works for you. #NY17 #Corruption dccc.org/daddys-home-...

Lawler is a Trump puppet. He always puts Trump & MAGA above the people of #NY17 and America. Even his incessant crowing about lifting the SALT cap is a cynical, misleading, and partisan. It would have expired on its own without him, and the higher cap is temporary, unlike his billionaire tax cuts.

Eric P. Marmon@ericmarmon.bsky.social

Costs are the top issue in NY-17. My guys Pete Harckham and Chris Burdick made sure Albany sent rebate checks, free school lunches, and a property tax cap. Mike Lawler down in DC sent tariffs and a war. Vote for the people who touched your wallet kindly.

See @cnn.com reinforce White Christian racism. This is not journalism; it's MAGA propaganda. Their characterization of the exchange is grossly misleading in every way. Watch the short exchange here and see for yourself: bsky.app/profile/abdu... Shame on CNN and @paramountnewsbr.bsky.social.

CNN@cnn.com

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political movement, during a heated exchange at a town hall. https://cnn.it/4s7r1TL

Lawler is not the good guy the media likes to portray him as. He's a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. A Trump puppet. People are not safe with Lawler in office, because he gives ICE terrorism as pass, like he does rape and pedo rape and climate change and inflation for no good reason.

TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com

Mike Lawler cruelly blamed Renee Good for her own murder. He'll say that he didn't, but look no further than his tweet below. Every single bullet point faults Good, absolves ICE and lies to you in the process. He thinks you’re stupid, #NY17. That's #TheRealMikeLawler.

MIKE LAWLER DID THIS⤵️ Vote early to send Lawler home and give Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social a chance to start reversing Lawler's catastrophic policies that have caused prices on everything to skyrocket. #NY17 and America cannot afford another day of Lawler licking Trump's boots.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

ABC: With jet fuel at new records, airfare for Thanksgiving and Christmas is soaring to the highest price in 10 years. A round trip domestic ticket over Christmas is averaging $452, up 23% from last year.

More blatant racism by Blakeman. He really is a die-hard Trumpist. As governor he would invite ICE Gestapo to rove through the state terrorizing Brown people & peaceful protesters. Notice Blakeman doesn't post memes about Republican-promoted White supremacists who massacred Black people in Buffalo.

Blakeman gets uglier every time he opens his mouth. Criticizing Mamdani for things he's actually said or done is legitimate; making up shit to sow racist fear is despicable. And note that Blakeman NEVER calls out the raging antisemitism throughout MAGA, including Trump. Blakeman is a fraud.

nytimes.comBlakeman Launches Graphic Attack on Mamdani in Meeting With Hasidic Jews (Gift Article)While seeking support from Hasidic leaders, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not act if riots hit their community.

Lawler is making our lives more and more expensive. He supports the tariffs and the Iran Epstein war, he voted to make healthcare more expensive, and he refuses any measures to make life more affordable, like raising the minimum wage or rolling back inflationary tariffs. We can't afford Lawler.

Lawler crows about raising the SALT cap (temporarily) but the savings for those who can benefit are eaten up by rising fuel costs--gas, heating oil--caused directly by Lawler's illegal & failing Iran Epstein war. Lawler supports this war 100%. We can't afford Lawler's obedience to Trump. VOTE CAIT!

Lawler celebrates the Navy but fails to mention that he voted to cut veterans benefits/services and only backtracked and voted to protect them from cuts after a massive national backlash. Also, he voted multiple times to restrict abortion access/care for women in active service. Lawler is a fraud.

Blakeman: "People are miserable under Kathy Hochul.” I am not miserable. I am furious that prices for gas, coffee, decent fruit, health insurance, and so much more are so high, but that has nothing to do with Kathy Hochul and everything to do with Trump, and Blakeman by extension. REELECT HOCHUL!

nytimes.comTrump Rallies With Blakeman in Syracuse as G.O.P. Seeks to Spur Turnout (Gift Article)The president appeared on Friday at a rally with the Republican nominee for governor in New York, where his party is hoping that upstate voters will sway key races.

This is what Trump venerates when he venerates Xi JinPing. It's pretty much the exact opposite of what America is supposed to be, and what we were until Trump came along in many respects and what we aimed for in other respects, despite falling far short in some. Standing with Trump is traitorous.

nytimes.comA Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid. (Gift Article)Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.

Bruce Blakeman loves to blame Kathy Hochul for New York being expensive, but he never admits that it's his party, and his puppet master Trump in particular, who are making New York more expensive. And hurting tens of thousands of people for sport. Blakeman is BAD for New York. Reelect Hochul!

timesunion.comState steps in as federal cuts to immigrant health coverage take effectRefugees, humanitarian parolees and survivors of abuse are among those affected by an Oct. 1 loss of federal health coverage, while the long-term future for coverage remains unclear.

Peter Oberacker glorified his Nazi grandfather. Glorifying a Nazi is not a mistake; it's a defect of character. And we see that defect in his willingness to hurt the people he's supposed to be serving. He stands by Trump and the super rich. We need Josh, whose focus is on the people.

NY-19 Votes@indivisibleny19.bsky.social

#NY19's Rep. Riley is working to restore the #Healthcare his opponent's party cut. The GOP doesn't prioritize vital services that all Americans need. Josh does! He's a true public servant, not a corrupt politician like #Oberacker who serves rich donors. #VoteBlue! riverreporter.com/stories/rile...

Lawler is a staunch supporter of the Iran Epstein war. He's bought into the lie that Iran was on the verge of having nuclear weapons, and he refuses to see what a catastrophe his war has been--Iran is stronger, gas prices are skyrocketing, our military is depleted, there's no way out. But Obama...

Today, Bruce Blakeman will voluntarily stand next to, cheer on, & accept accolades from, an actual rapist & a more-than-credibly-accused pedo rapist. If you support a rapist, you should expect to get raped, & you should expect everyone else to get raped, too. Blakeman is dishonorable. VOTE HOCHUL!

This is a bald-faced lie from Lawler. He did NOT increase Medicaid funding by 30%. In fact, he CUT Medicaid funding by $900 billion, roughly 14%. Lawler, like the dutiful puppet he is, is spouting a regime talking point that is grossly dishonest. Care about healthcare? Vote Cait Conley.

Once again Lawler claims he speaks up when Trump says or does something he disagrees with, and once again he stays mum when Trump spews rabid racist filth and incited racist violence. Lawler is a fraud. He's a Trump puppet dressed to look like a moderate. DON'T BE FOOLED. Vote Cait Conley.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

So Lawler shows himself to be a coward on top of everything else. He votes with Trump over 95% of the time, and he never calls out the breathtaking outrages, including the racism, misogyny, antisemitism, and violence. Lawler is a Trumpist through and through. Slinking away from a rally is WEAK.

WFUV News@wfuvnews.bsky.social

Rep. Mike Lawler will not attend tomorrow’s upstate New York rally with President Donald Trump and Blakeman, underscoring the reluctance of some embattled House Republicans to be tied to the leader of their party ahead of the midterms, Bloomberg reports. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

More than a day later, and still 🦗🦗🦗 from Lawler. Lawler is a Trump puppet. He plays a moderate on TV & the media slobber all over him. But he's a MAGA wolf in moderate sheep's clothing. He talks pretty, but votes ugly. And he never stands up to his puppet master. #NY17 NEEDS CAIT CONLEY. VOTE!

SeekingTheRoot@seekingtheroot.bsky.social

Mike Lawler: "When I agree with the president, I say it. When I disagree with the president, I say it." Trump: "Let Iran take out L.A. Let them take out San Diego. That's a very small price to pay." Mike Lawler: 🦗🦗🦗 VOTE CAIT CONLEY. She doesn't condone attacks on America.

Mike Lawler: "When I agree with the president, I say it. When I disagree with the president, I say it." Trump: "Let Iran take out L.A. Let them take out San Diego. That's a very small price to pay." Mike Lawler: 🦗🦗🦗 VOTE CAIT CONLEY. She doesn't condone attacks on America.

Maybe he also has a plan to ban pink elephants from community dog runs. Bruce Blakeman is not a serious candidate. He wastes time & energy on pretend problems like this while promoting ICE terrorism, the Iran Epstein war, and skyrocketing prices, and he gives rape and sex assault a complete pass.

Maybe he also has a plan to ban pink elephants from community dog runs. Bruce Blakeman is not a serious candidate. He wastes time & energy on pretend problems like this while promoting ICE terrorism, the Iran Epstein war, and skyrocketing prices, and he gives rape and sex assault a complete pass.

Sadly there are a number of actors who are okay with rape and bigotry and ICE terrorism and skyrocketing prices. If we elect Blakeman and watch our neighbors or coworkers get violently abducted and deported, if we watch gas process go even higher, are we supposed to say, yeah, but Debra Messing?

Vote Mike Lawler, or Bruce Blakeman, Peter Oberacker, or Jackie Auringer, and lose your job...or your kid loses theirs or just can't find one, or your brother or sister, or neighbor, or trusted coworker. Reps are BAD for jobs, always. Vote blue down the line.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Blakeman is inviting an actual rapist to campaign with him. There are so many reasons to reject Blakeman, but cozying up to a rapist has to be top of the list. Reject rape. Reject Blakeman. (P.S. Mike Lawler also invited the rapist to campaign with him in #NY17. Reject rape. Reject Lawler.)

Indivisible Cortland County@indivisiblecortcty.bsky.social

Blakeman, aka Fakeman, is a Trump mini-me. They will be campaigning together in Syracuse in a few days which will give us more opportunities to point that out.

These are Trump puppet Mike Lawler's "accomplishments," and what ICE terrorist Bruce Blakeman, Nazi-stan Peter Oberacker & deeply unserious Jackie Auringer promise if we elect them in November. Vote Cait Conley in #NY17 Vote Kathy Hochul for governor Vote Josh Riley in #NY19 Vote Pat Ryan in #NY18

Bruce Blakeman is a fraud and a Trump puppet. Here is a detailed chronicle of his economic failures in Nassau County. Everybody knows taxes & cost of living are high in NY, but Blakeman is obviously not the person to bring them down. And that's on top of his passion for ICE terrorism. VOTE HOCHUL!

timesunion.comCommentary: Blakeman’s fiscal record tells another storyThe Republican gubernatorial candidate's stewardship of Nassau County raises questions about his campaign promises to cut taxes and utility rates.

He'll fight against the Brown man who killed a White girl, but not against the White men who've killed a White woman and a White man who were peacefully protesting the ICE terrorism that Lawler endorses and votes for. Lawler shows his true racism and hypocrisy as the election draws near. VOTE CAIT.

Also because people like Mike Lawler, Bruce Blakeman, Peter Oberacker, and Jackie Auringer are happy to give rape a pass if it will help them get or keep the job they want. Vote Cait Conley. Vote Kathy Hochul. Vote Josh Riley. Vote Pat Ryan. They don't condone rape.

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social

Lawler reaffirms his racism and obedience to Trump and Miller. Immigrants, both documented and not, commit WAY fewer crimes than U.S. citizens. And Lawler refuses to stand with the families of children massacred in school shootings or peaceful protesters executed by ICE. VOTE CAIT for no racism.

This is a poignant symbol of what today's Republicans have done and are doing to America. We MUST vote blue in massive numbers. Vote Cait Conley in #NY17 Vote Kathy Hochul for NY governor Vote Josh Riley in #NY19 Vote Pat Ryan in #NY18 Vote blue to stop the destruction & put the people first.

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social

This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.

Well, if this is not the best reason to fire Mike Lawler and send Cait Conley to the House in November. "Exactly what we have been doing already" = tariffs & failing Iran Epstein war raising prices on everything, ICE terrorizing Brown ppl & peaceful protesters, degrading women's freedom/equality.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"