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I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

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GOOD MORNING FROM THE TRAIN!! Things are feeling bad right now but the moments of joy feel SO GOOD! Strom Thurmond can rot in hell! Wisconsin joined Lancaster in rejecting Elon and his agenda of chaos, selfishness, and craven hatred!! Don’t just look for the helpers, BE THE HELPERS! Volunteer! LFG!

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NO ONE LIKES BILLIONAIRES. Despite Elon Musk pouring money into this election, Wisconsin chose something else.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

like I really try to restrain my instinct for hyperbole but like, this seems extraordinarily bad and I really worry about how bad it has to get before it gets better, and what "better" even looks like if this is not the worst that's yet to come. I am committed to staying horrified.

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It may be performative but it is MESSAGING. If democrats do this, they become the story and they get coverage. The more people stand up and Do Politics, the better chance we have of breaking through.

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It's election day in Wisconsin. Wisco, you know what to do.

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“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”

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Good morning from the train! I actually don’t care at all about my neighbors APRIL FOOLS I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS!!! Caring means bringing dinner when someone is sick! It means helping carry in groceries and lending books! It means organizing for what we need to thrive! Care is a VERB! LFG!

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A conspiracy-peddling gossip blogger and RFK megafan is feuding with her entire staff (i.e. people who helped write her Substack). While this is too stupid to recap in full, if you need a primer on who Jessica Reed Krauss is, I profiled her a few months ago: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 @britcrampsie.bsky.social

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"I think the brute force of this cut would cause the most damage. It would make it really infeasible for Pennsylvania and other states to provide the kind of benefits they do now." A Pittsburgh researcher weighs options to cut Medicaid www.publicsource.org/medicaid-cut...

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Gender-affirming care had been a literal lifesaver for Salem. With their family’s full support, Salem was scheduled for top surgery on March 24...until UPMC decided to “obey in advance”

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Me every time another country applies the rule ofnlaw to block authoritarians

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GOOD MORNING FROM THE TRAIN! Happy trans day of visibility to my gender expansive friends!! A world without trans people has never existed and never will! I’m in this fight for every trans person’s freedom to seek care, build community, live loudly, and move freely! We are all we got! Let’s get it!

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An iPod I used to own is now on display at the national museum of American history

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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

submitted 4 days ago • 180 comments

President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, issued Tuesday, has caused alarm among voting rights advocates, who fear that the measure’s restrictions on mail voting and its attempt to impose proof of citizenship requirements could disenfranchise millions.

submitted 4 days ago • 133 comments

For Christmas I got tickets for me and Jordan and my parents to take a bus tour to DC to see the cherry blossoms with some of Lancaster’s most adventurous senior citizens and we actually got to take a picture with some of our nation’s most impactful leaders at the museum of American history

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I know there’s a lot going on re: Lancaster but I don’t want yall to miss that the county’s foremost space country quintet released another single off their forthcoming album “whatever reality” and you should listen to it open.spotify.com/album/1YRTAT...

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SCOOP—State Dept. now requires "enhanced" social media vetting for student visa applicants suspected of "ties to terrorist orgs/activity" or applicants who previously held a visa starting Oct. 7th, 2023. Source: "Pretty clear immediate target is anyone who participated in pro-Palestinian protests."

submitted 7 days ago • 53 comments

We’re building the largest one-day mobilization in years. Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country. All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...

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Introducing Lancaster's own James Malone as the newest member-elect to the Pennsylvania Senate!

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@aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov's rallies have been so successful that it's "worrying some moderate Democrats who fear Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez could tug the party to the left." www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 7 days ago • 528 comments

I wrote about the two Republican Lancaster County Commissioners right before the election, of which Parsons was one, and their ties to election deniers, Russian intelligence linked operatives and their claims of dubious voter fraud in 2024 in the county. theintercept.com/2024/11/01/l...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Inaction is no longer an option. Passing protections of the Affordable Care Act into law ensures our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians will continue to receive health care even with the attacks from the Trump administration. The State Senate must act now.

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Morning, all. Please call your reps. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

The guy who lost in his bid to represent Lancaster in the PA Senate versus the Lancaster House Democratic delegation this morning!!! Lancaster is not a place of hatred!!! We love it when people work hard and pursue the American dream!! We reject those who foment hatred!! We embrace kindness!!

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The United States Congress passed a law requiring schools to help students overcome language barriers. Nixon signed it. Another law also creates the Office of English Language Acquisition. It now has just one remaining employee responsible for the entire country. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/21/t...

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Lookin forward to onboarding a new member of the @pasenate.com here soon!!! TY @britcrampsie.bsky.social !!!

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If Trump issued an Executive Order requiring all newspapers to send articles to the WH for review before publication, would newspapers report it is a “requirement” or “mandate”? Or would the fact it’s preposterously illegal and unconstitutional make right into the lede and headline?

submitted 7 days ago • 348 comments

I would pay a lot of money to see video of musk being told about Malone winning.

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GOOD MORNING FROM THE TRAIN!! LANCASTER SENT A DEMOCRAT TO THE STATE SENATE INSTEAD OF A RACIST HOMOPHOBIC HATEFUL LIAR WHO TERRORIZES MY FRIENDS!!! I am in disbelief!!! My neighbors were prepared for Baby Elon to be elected but our values won!!! Craven hatred lost!! Knock a school board door TODAY!

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Thing I never thought I'd be posting at 11 p.m. tonight: lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

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The Worst Person You Know Just Lost A Special Election

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News: Pennsylvania Democrats have held the state House and appear to have flipped a Lancaster County state Senate seat Trump won by double digits in a pair of special elections held Tuesday.

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Jamelle is Lancaster-posting ???

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When we say Lancaster County is ultra-ancestrally GOP, we're not kidding. It's voted GOP for president since it narrowly voted for LBJ in 1964; the last Democrat to win it before that was Lancaster County resident James Buchanan in 1856.

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Guys @aoc.bsky.social is Lancaster-posting do u have any idea what’s happening right now like

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My state rep needed a friend up there!!!!

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Lmaoooooo

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Just 2 years ago, Parsons helped his wife Christina get elected to county judge. The local bar association didn't recommend her bc of a very thin resume as a practicing attorney, but she got through the party's nomination process anyway. It was quite the flex in local power politics for Parsons.

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Thaddeus Stevens this one was for you baby !!!!

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