I voted!
Giddily sprinted across the hallway on my way to the polling site, because I still can’t believe I’m actually a citizen and get to vote in the USA now.
Don’t take it for granted, folks. Some of us hoped our whole lives to have the privilege to contribute to our democracy.
Decent piece from last summer arguing why the Senate Dems should dump the filibuster, which they can do by simple majority vote: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-the-filibuster-absolutely-has-to-go
First openly gay Senator elected: Chris Pappas! 'grats Senator! #NH #elections #midterms #uspol @lisamelton
So . . .
Things are looking good
Still — I will not feel a relief to my ongoing & paralyzing anxiety until Trump’s Department of “Justice” has finished litigating the election.
#USpol #midterms #election #vote #VoteBlue #USpol #fascism #democracy #trump
[Someone is super freaking out.
[I know the whole Nero fiddling while Rome burned is an amalgamation of real historical events in order to create a “moral of the story” — but still, yikes, this is some modern day celeb-u-wannabe neuroses on display . . . ]
On this very consequential midterm night, #Trump offered some harsh criticism of his formerly preferred cable news channel on his social media account.
#FAFO #midterms #election #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/business/media/trump-fox-news-gutfeld-tarlov.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N1E.5f4r.gx4EV88BI8mG&smid=nytcore-ios-share
US midterm election results are coming in
https://piefed.social/c/politics@piefed.social/p/2562913/us-midterm-election-results-are-coming-in
While watching this stream of lies, otherwise known as a prime time Presidential address to the nation, I just realized that Donald Trump is basically our Jim Lahey. He is our country's trailer park supervisor. He's a drunk off his ass, mental midget with a severe substance abuse problem who couldn't do anything right if his life depended on it.
Fuck you fascist clown piece of shit.
Jeff Bezos for Prison | 2026
#JeffBezos #WillLewis #AdamONeal #WashingtonPost #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #BoycottWholeFoods #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
"TRADERS🚨PLACED $760M BET ON OIL DECLINE 20 MINS BEFORE #IRAN'S FINMIN ANN THE STRAIT WAS OPEN"
-Tradfi News
"$760M🚨in leveraged pos' worth $Bs.
Right before Trump’s ann that misconstrued the Iranian stmts on Strait opening.
There've now been >40 of these insider trading moments, each worth $2B-$3B+
Trump’s🚨inner⭕has grifted the American public out of *100s of $Bs*
Much of which was held by mutual funds, pension funds & retirement accts."
-A Cochran
#Corruption #TrumpRegime #Congress #USPol
I'm just a simple European but when you ask me what "American Greatness" should mean I would reply with
"Real American greatness is fighting for the little ones, creating equality, fairness, looking our for another"
and not:
"To rebuild a white nationalist christian America"
The latter is what the Nazi's also said
Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250 million on the midterms. In competitive races, their candidates got clobbered: nine losses out of 12 called so far, including Ohio, where crypto spent $64 million and still couldn’t beat Sherrod Brown.
https://www.citationneeded.news/2026-election-results/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #artificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #midterms
One of the surprises, to me, of last night’s election drama, was watching Ossoff’s victory speech. That guy’s got major mojo. Worth having a look: https://www.wsbtv.com/video/local-video/raw-video-jon-ossoff-gives-victory-speech-after-winning-reelection-us-senate/a5ec26c2-899c-45b9-b7a6-04d464b5e57a/ - start at 2:30 to skip the thank-you’s and I-love-you’s.
#MAGA US Department of #Education Officially Ends Title IX Protections for LGBTQ+ Students - GO Magazine
#news #uspol #politics #society #progressive #left #lgbtq #queer #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #nonbinary #asexual #vsn #equality #SupportIndependentMedia #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #Resist #Project2025
Interview: AI is not the threat. It's the people building it "that are the existential risks to humanity."
"If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” And really, AI is no different than that."
When we describe these systems as if they have their own agency, we’re helping the companies market themselves. "We’re also helping them sidestep accountability."
~Timnit Gebru
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/timnit_gebru_ai
#USPol #EUPol #News #AI #TechFascism ...2
You don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win an election.
You don’t have to cater to the bigots.
You don’t need to abandon the disabled, marginalized and LGBTQ+.
It was a big night for the Dems, but they need to meet the moment.
No more centrist bs.
It’s time for progressive change
#uspol #TransRightsAreHumanRights #disability #ableism #lgbtq #inclusivity
… #Texas #Republicans haven’t been washed like this since the end of Reconstruction, when Black Texans were overwhelmingly Republican & the state #Democratic Party was run by a secessionist. The last time a #Democrat won a #Senate election in TX, the Soviet Union was still in Afghanistan, Big Daddy Kane & Salt-N-Pepa had just released new albums, & Americans poured into theaters to watch that *classic* of…cinema, Crocodile Dundee II.
1/
#USpol #BlueWave
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/texas-blue-democrats-win/689278/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxSLJ5KYXLCXwcEu0MapoWVw
#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #SonaliKolhatkar and #VietThanhNguyen to discuss their book #BreakingICE: #CommunityDefense Against State Terror and #MAGA Fascism.
#ICE #ICEterror #resistingICE #USpol #stateRepression #activism #mutualAid #books @bookstodon
Scott Colom's lead in Mississippi has crept up to nearly 2,500 votes.
https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/mississippi-us-senate-results/
#ICE🚨🚨🚨took an 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody after calling him in for a check-in Wed, sparking outrage among San Diego Unified School District leaders, who said Friday they were UNSURE WHERE THE CHILD WAS BEING HELD.
#AbolishICE: can’t come soon enough. #Children & adults are being threatened, trafficked, traumatized, terrorized, detained, deported, abused, injured, sickened, killed… by ICE.
#Brutality #Sadism #Racism #DeathCamps #Deportations #DHS #USPol
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ice-takes-8-year-old-haitian-boy-into-custody-at-san-diego-check-in/4098472/?taid=6aeeb0ca93ecc90001db76f0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
" #NaomiKlein and #AstraTaylor have identified ‘ #EndTimesFascism ’ as a feature of our time, offering a portrait of arsonists and accelerationists who are knowingly pushing the world towards new and greater catastrophes.
"On this episode Klein and Taylor join Adam Shatz to discuss what #fascism looks like in the age of #AI, drone warfare and influencers..."
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/videos/lrb-films-interviews/fascism-in-a-time-of-ai
#farRight #newRight #SiliconValleyRight #USpol #polycrisis #tech #politicalTheory #books @bookstodon
RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mzsvphfd3c2p
Definissimo!
For #Utahns, there is so much we can do to continue to chip away at the #LDS church and #GOP stranglehold on the state.
Right now, there are a bunch of new people coming in to the first legislative session in January. The governor is going to issue his budget, but it's up to the legislature what actually gets budgeted.
Connect with the nonprofits you support. They will tell you what bills are being voted on, whether they support or reject them, and how to contact the legislature to push those views.
For example, I care about domestic violence prevention, so I go to https://udvc.org/public-policy-work/ Soon that page will be updated with their info on the 2027 session.
#utpol #utleg #uspol #Utah
