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Why do we only remember how much power we have when we're afraid of losing it? Elections matter. But our influence doesn't disappear when the polls close. We shape the future through the questions we ask, the people we organize with, and the decisions we refuse to leave to someone else. Democracy…

cried happy tears last night, and I'm not sorry. Minnesota made history twice, and so did a lot of the country. A blue win is no free pass, though. We hold both parties accountable, including the people we just voted for. Big money and #CitizensUnited still have a grip on both sides of the aisle…

Three companies. Three checks. Three favors. Every date is public record from FEC filings and reporting by the NYT, AP, CNN and the Brennan Center. Watch to the end. #CitizensUnited #SuperPAC #CampaignFinance

You may trust the current president. But who inherits the power you’re willing to give him? Limits on power aren’t obstacles to your side winning - they’re protections you may need when someone else takes over. These #MidtermElections are about more than one president. They’re about whether…

Minnesota fraud deserves accountability. So do convicted politicians who get presidential pardons. But calling it “Somali fraud” shifts the blame from specific criminals to an entire community. Follow the money. Scrutinize the oversight. And ask why the demand for accountability changes depending…

Midterms help decide who leads congressional committees, pursues investigations, writes legislation, and votes on agency funding. No election guarantees accountability. It determines who holds important tools and whether they are willing to use them. #CongressionalOversight…

We’re already paying. The question is what that spending buys us. Employer-sponsored family coverage averages $28,303 annually, including employer and worker contributions. Meanwhile, a new survey finds half of working-age adults went without needed care because of cost. Universal coverage is not…

Voting for someone doesn't mean they've earned your unconditional loyalty. It means you're trusting them with power, and you have every right to expect accountability. With the midterms a week away, I'm starting a seven-day series about government power, our rights, and what we should expect from…

A headscarf doesn’t tell you which rights a candidate will protect - or take away. Their policies do. Oppose religious control over women no matter whose religion is behind it. Same standard. Every candidate. #WomensRights #ReligiousFreedom #SeparationOfChurchAndState

You don’t have to feel inspired to vote. You deserve a say even when you’re exhausted. The midterms are November 3. Check your registration, confirm your voting options, and make a plan now deadlines vary by state. Official resources in the comments. #Midterms2026 #VoterRegistration #MakeAPlanToVote

Why do people defend an economy that's emptying their wallets? Psychologists call it identity-protective thinking. When a fact threatens your place in your group, your brain reads it as danger, so people hold the story even tighter. All of us do this, me included. If we want people to hear the…

Prosecute fraud. Recover the money. Fix the systems that allowed it. But stop treating an entire community as a criminal suspect. Fraud happens across state lines and party lines. Accountability means following the evidence—not weaponizing someone’s ethnicity. Somali families do not owe us an…

My parents were genuinely surprised when I came out. Apparently, the walking lesbian starter kit wasn’t obvious enough. 😂🌈 We’ve fought hard, changed minds, and built lives once thought impossible. This moment is scary, but we are not a fragile community. Imagine what the next generation could…

My humanity is not my political party. Speaking out about Donald Trump isn’t about partisan loyalty. It’s about refusing to make human dignity negotiable. Nobody should have to vote like you to matter to you. #HumanRights #HumanDignity #DonaldTrump

Taxpayer-funded government ads that look like campaign ads - weeks before the 2026 midterms. The administration calls them public service announcements. DHS has allocated $20 million for the effort. I think we should all be paying a lot more attention to where the line is between public…

I’m pissed today. These are not all the stories. They are the stories I found in one 24-hour pass through the news: A former Cornell student says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple men. A Minnesota woman was allegedly abducted outside work. A woman near Boston was found held…

Title IX was never just about sports. It was a promise that students should be able to learn, participate, and build a future without discrimination. Removing explicit protections for LGBTQIA+ students is not “clarity.” It is a decision to make some young people’s safety and dignity more…

Power has time. We have attention. And our exhaustion is where accountability goes to die. #Accountability #PayAttention #Power

“Small government” gets complicated when private companies profit from making government more powerful. The real question isn’t government good or bad. It’s who gets the power, who profits, and who gets accountability. #PeterThiel #GovernmentTech #CivilLiberties

We spend as much through our government on health care as other rich countries, and they cover everyone. We don't. Here's how we got here, and what taxes are actually for. #Taxes #HealthCare #Medicare

Keeping your health insurance could soon depend on how many hours your boss gives you. Section 71119 of the Big Beautiful Bill requires 80 hours of work a month, and proof every six months. #bigbeautifulbill #politicsexplained #80hours

Peter Thiel got New Zealand citizenship in 12 days. Sam Altman keeps a bag packed with a gun, gas masks, and antibiotics. Reid Hoffman says over half of Silicon Valley has an escape plan ready. These are the men building the AI systems their own scientists just warned could end us. #AI #PeterThiel…

He invests in a private city and sells you on it as the future. He also keeps a bag packed with a gun, gas masks, and a plane ticket to New Zealand, just for himself. If he believed his own pitch, why would he need an exit from it? #Democracy #SamAltman #Prospera #AI

A small group of billionaires has spent 20 years building governments that don’t need your vote. Palantir’s tools now run inside DHS, ICE, and the Pentagon. This isn’t a left or right story. It’s happening right now, quietly. Start w/ link in the comments. More to come. #Democracy #AI #NetworkState

We can disagree about politics, policy and leadership. We cannot make facts optional. Truth requires evidence not loyalty. And when repetition makes misinformation feel true, knowing the difference matters more than ever. The question shouldn’t be: Whose side are you on? It should be: Is it true?…

Left. Right. You use these words daily and probably couldn’t tell me where they came from. Turns out it’s furniture, not philosophy. 1789, French Revolution, one side of a room supported the king, the other wanted him gone. That’s it. That’s the whole origin. Liberal, conservative, progressive…

We didn’t run out of solutions. We ran out of people willing to let the other team have one. Final video in the series, and it’s the one that explains all the others. Watch it, then tell me what I missed. #Tribalism #Politics101 #ThinkForYourself

Everyone says “patriarchy.” Almost nobody can define it. This one breaks down what the system actually is, why the claim that Gloria Steinem “destroyed the family” doesn’t hold up, and the defaults you’re probably still running on autopilot. Drop your own in the comments. #Patriarchy…

Everyone will call her an icon today. I want people to know what she actually built: the pipeline that trains women to run for office, the fund that bankrolls women’s leadership from the ground up, the newsroom that proved we could run one. Gloria Steinem didn’t just inspire women to lead. She…

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