texastess

texastess

@tessfromtx.bsky.social

Vintage liberal. 🩵 Choosing hope every time. 💙 When Texans vote, good things happen.

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❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.

vote.nycRegister to Vote | NYC Board of ElectionsYou can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.

How fast does government run? That’s up to you. This November, there will be 5 questions on your ballot aimed at making government work more efficiently for New Yorkers. Make sure your voice is heard. Register to vote by October 24th. Learn more about the ballot props by heading to nyc.gov/fast.

loving KAPOW more and more. Thank you.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

Over four days in SW Michigan, we knocked 2,286 doors and had 805 conversations. The KAPOW team knocked more than 4x as many doors as the region did the week before, through three days of rain. And we’re not done.

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If you're concerned about the number of outbreaks happening, you're not alone. This is a direct result of the incompetent leadership from RFK Jr. at HHS. We deserve better. We deserve a public health champion fighting for us. That’s why I’m running.

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Former special counsel Robert Mueller was asked if Russia is still interfering in our elections. He responded “They’re doing it as we sit here” during his 2019 congressional testimony.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

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📌Now that you soft-ballers in the press FINALLY understand this felon is playing hardball, it's time for you to band together and refuse to cover the WH. Start calling it the way WE see it. The way it IS: A lawless regime hellbent on destroying this country. Get your heads out of your asses.

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This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.

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With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

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A win! The Supreme Court has denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to enforce new mail-ballot restrictions ahead of the midterm elections. The decision leaves the lower court’s injunction in place, meaning the new USPS restrictions will not take effect for this election.

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It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.

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If you live in a congressional district represented by a Republican, or if either of your US Senators is a Republican – call their office and/or email them (or both) today and say: "I demand that you protect my right to vote – including my right to vote by mail." Do it now.

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This rant goes HARD. Amen, brother. If you want to be remembered, be a good person. Be a kind person. Invest in people unlike yourself. Make the world a better place.

Garry@thegmcconnachie.bsky.social

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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ROSIE: “.. I'm back in the spotlight all thanks to President Ompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart. You know, I couldn't have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back just like you did with fascism and the measles." $DIS

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Canada has officially started building the wall at the U.S. border🇨🇦😂 Budget: a few trees Construction crew: 1 beaver 🦫 Payment: maple syrup 🍁 Sorry for the inconvenience, eh? 😂 #Canada #CanadianHumour #SheShed

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Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Gina Hinojosa visited the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial in Houston's East End alongside Ronaldo Salgado today. The memorial has a sign that reads, "Somos Lorenzo," or "We are Lorenzo," in Spanish.

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💥 We've got our first-ever monthly KAPOW calendar!!! August is packed with movie nights, game nights, Mutual Aid Days, tax workshops, park cleanups, art builds, livestreams, door knocking, mending, and more. Take a look, save the dates, and come hang!!

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Replying to @maddow.bsky.social

Omg. This so unacceptable. Our government needs an overhaul and not in 2028. If you are eligible to vote, VOTE. If you can speak out, SPEAK. If you believe in democracy and have the ability to donate to great candidates, DONATE. But whatever you do, don’t sit on the sidelines.

good. hope that means he will stand strong against this regime.

Troy Jackson is the nominee. Mainers see Jackson as a capable, grassroots-aligned candidate with progressive credentials. Ad’s out already saying he’s argumentative & a bully. One man said, nope he’s passionate & gets worked up when ppl are taken advantage of. @troyjackson207.bsky.social #Pinks

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The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside.

So about Rubio's communism speech. People with vast wealth have built impressive businesses, and most of us respect that. But most of our stories don't look like theirs. The folks he's tying to communism are just trying to keep hardworking Americans from falling through the cracks.

Healthcare, childcare, worker protections. The safety net Americans paid into all their lives is not communism, and covering more people with it isn't either. Communism means the government owns industry. It's this administration that owns 10 percent of Intel and has veto power over U.S. Steel.

Rubio says communism is a resentment driven by the need to tear down what great men have built, by people who can't create. Except countries with the strongest safety nets rank near the top in creativity. People build more, not less, when they aren't worried about eating.

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a) ossoff's whole "bring it, dipshit" attitude is exactly the right response to trump's election shenanigans b) good lord has he ever leveled up as a political communicator, I continue to think he's a very serious 2028 contender if he wants it

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

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Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."