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50501 is proud to announce our newest Rising Star: Dotie Joseph for Florida Governor. Dotie’s fundraising deadline is tomorrow night, so make sure to check out her campaign!Support Dotie & the rest of our Rising Stars at linktr.ee/50501_Rising_Stars
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#DotieJoseph #FloridaGovernor #RisingStar #50501 #CampaignFinance #Election2024 #VoteDotie #FloridaPolitics #DonateNow #PoliticalCampaign
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Our team & Meidas have made the call: we simply do not see a conceivable path to victory for Craig.Congratulations to progressive fighter Peggy Flanagan!
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#CraigCampaign #MeidasImpact #ProgressivePolitics #PeggyFlanagan #Election2024 #PoliticalNews #CampaignUpdate #VictoryPath #ProgressiveFighter #MinnesotaPolitics
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50501 is proud to announce our newest Rising Star: Elijah Manley for Florida's 20th Congressional District! We need leaders who actually represent the constituents they serve!To support Elijah & the rest of our Rising Stars, visit linktr.ee/50501_Rising_Stars
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#ElijahManley #Florida20th #RisingStar #Election2024 #CivicEngagement #VoteFlorida #PoliticalCampaign #ConstituentVoice #CommunityLeadership #50501RisingStars
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⬆️ >> That #ingrate #Netanyahu snubbed then-incumbent #Biden was obvious a year before #US #Election2024. Then he snubbed #KamalaHarris after their one-on-one meeting in Washington, paving way for #Trump.
Now #Israel says STFU to #DonaldTrump.
>>>> #GOP: "Trump is ending the #foreverWar that #Iran has waged against #US for last 47 years"
Meanwhile, Iran also says STFU to Trump and issues a 9-point list of terms for Trump's surrender.
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Join us later today on r/50501 for an AMA with Florida Senate candidate, Angie Nixon. The AMA begins at 5 PM EST and will run for 1 hour, this is your opportunity to ask any questions about Angie’s campaign that you might have! We hope to see you there!Link to AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/r1rTiGD6wL
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#AngieNixon #FloridaPolitics #AMA #RedditAMA #FloridaSenate #VoteFlorida #JoinTheConversation #PoliticalCampaign #AskAngie #Election2024
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It’s Official: Justin J Pearson Has Won TN-9’s Democratic Primary! We always love to see a friend of 50501 thrive!
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#JustinJPearson #TN9 #DemocraticPrimary #Election2024 #PoliticalNews #TNPolitics #ProgressiveWin #LocalElections #Democrats #50501
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It's time for a new generation of leadership! 50501 is proud to announce our newest Rising Star: Patrick Roath, who is a candidate for Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District. We the
People must stand together!
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Who Won the Michigan Senate Primary? The Shocking Results Are In!
Full story 👇
Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/08/michigan-senate-primary-results.html
#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #MichiganPrimary #SenateRace #Election2024 #BreakingNews #TrendingNow
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It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
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This Friday, August 7th, 50501 is hosting an AMA on Reddit with Angie Nixon who is fighting to represent Florida in the senate. Hope to see you there!Use the link below to ask questions until then!
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/jmbxJwYEzO
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#AngieNixon #FloridaSenate #AMA #RedditAMA #PoliticalCampaign #FloridaPolitics #VoteNovember #SenateRace #AskAngie #Election2024
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This Friday, August 7th, 50501 is hosting an AMA on Reddit with Angie Nixon who is fighting to represent Florida in the senate. Hope to see you there!Use the link below to ask questions until then!
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/jmbxJwYEzO
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We are proud to announce our newest Rising Star: Rep. Angie Nixon, who is running for U.S. Senate in Florida!@angieforfl.bsky.social is a proven fighter running on Medicare-for-All & universal childcare & is being political prosecuted for protesting against DeSantis’s racist gerrymandering.
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We are proud to announce our newest Rising Star: Rep. Angie Nixon, who is running for U.S. Senate in Florida!@angieforfl.bsky.social is a proven fighter running on Medicare-for-All & universal childcare & is being political prosecuted for protesting against DeSantis’s racist gerrymandering.
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Watch: Rep. Haley Stevens (who is running for MI Senate) runs from local BIPOC leader & constituent Jai Singletary after he says the words “human rights.”Video by: Reporter Samuel J Robinson
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These traitors, including every House GOP member running for reelection, voted for the NDAA. They voted to spend $1.15 trillion of taxpayer funding to support Donald Trump's military policies: the War on Iran & the integration of U.S.'s military with a genocidal pariah state.Vote accordingly.
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Why Trump’s New Tariff Obsession is a Dangerous Gamble
The Tariff Trap: Why Trump’s Economic Obsession Risks a "Catastrophic" Reckoning by Winston Wendell Watching the latest news about Donald Trump and his planned wave of new tariffs, I can't help but feel like we've seen this before—and not in a good way. Trump likes to talk up these tariffs, spinning them as a way to force other countries to play by our rules and to shield the American economy. But truthfully, the reality looks a lot harsher. What we're seeing is a strategy built for […]https://bluepress.blog/2026/07/21/why-trumps-new-tariff-obsession-is-a-dangerous-gamble/
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Why Trump’s New Tariff Obsession is a Dangerous Gamble
The Tariff Trap: Why Trump’s Economic Obsession Risks a "Catastrophic" Reckoning by Winston Wendell Watching the latest news about Donald Trump and his planned wave of new tariffs, I can't help but feel like we've seen this before—and not in a good way. Trump likes to talk up these tariffs, spinning them as a way to force other countries to play by our rules and to shield the American economy. But truthfully, the reality looks a lot harsher. What we're seeing is a strategy built for […]https://bluepress.blog/2026/07/21/why-trumps-new-tariff-obsession-is-a-dangerous-gamble/
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Editor's Note: This might be our easiest Rising Star pick so far, given how anti-human rights the incumbent has been.50501 is proud to announce our newest Rising Star, Brent Hennrich, who is a Democrat running in Washington's
3rd Congressional District!
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DATE: July 17, 2026 at 10:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Donald Trump and Hunter Biden convictions shed light on the mental gymnastics of political scandals
Recent research provides evidence that voters spend greater mental energy defending politicians from their own party and finding faults in politicians from the opposing party when faced with news of criminal convictions. The findings suggest that political party loyalty directly influences whether people view legal proceedings as legitimate or as politically motivated weapons. The study was published in the American Behavioral Scientist.
The 2024 United States presidential election presented an unusual situation in American political history. Both major political factions faced significant legal controversies involving high-profile figures. Former President Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records related to hush money payments. Around the same time, Hunter Biden, the son of sitting President Joe Biden, was convicted of illegally purchasing a firearm.
Despite the serious nature of these legal issues, public reactions were highly divided along political lines. News outlets noted that many partisans dismissed the charges against their preferred candidate or their candidate’s family member as politically motivated. The research team, a group of communication and language scholars from the University of Arkansas and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, aimed to map out how these mental processes unfold.
To explain this divide, the authors looked to social identity theory. This concept proposes that individuals define themselves partly through their group memberships, such as their political party. Because people want to protect their group’s status, they tend to view new information through a biased lens that favors their own group and dismisses competing groups.
This group loyalty leads to an effect known as motivated reasoning. When processing political news, voters often prioritize reaching a conclusion that matches their existing beliefs rather than finding the most accurate objective truth. This mental habit helps people avoid the psychological discomfort of admitting their chosen political party might be flawed.
The researchers also explored a concept called identity-motivated elaboration. Elaboration refers to the cognitive effort a person uses to think about a specific issue. Valenced elaboration means that this mental effort takes on a positive or negative emotional direction.
When people encounter information about their own party, they tend to engage in positively valenced elaboration. They brainstorm reasons to support the information if it is good, or excuse it if it is bad. When evaluating the opposing party, they engage in negatively valenced elaboration, actively searching for reasons to criticize the rival group.
The authors designed the study to test how these mental pathways operated during the specific context of the 2024 election. They wanted to understand if persuasion and attitude formation happened through a central route or a peripheral route. The central route involves deep, effortful thinking, whereas the peripheral route relies on simple mental shortcuts.
To test their predictions, the researchers recruited 231 university students enrolled in communication and political science courses at a large Southern university. The sample had an average age of roughly 22 years old. The group included 117 women, 112 men, and two participants who identified as gender non-binary.
Regarding political affiliation, the sample leaned slightly conservative. There were 132 participants who identified as Republicans or leaned Republican. Another 99 participants identified as Democrats or leaned toward the Democratic party.
During the experiment, each participant read two brief, informative articles written to be as objective as possible. Each article was exactly three paragraphs and 219 words long. One article detailed the background and legal context of Donald Trump’s business records conviction. The other article described the details of Hunter Biden’s illegal firearm purchase.
The researchers randomized the order of the articles so that half the participants read about Trump first and the other half read about Biden first. After reading each text, participants completed a thought-listing exercise designed to measure their valenced elaboration.
For the Trump article, participants were asked to write down reasons why someone might refuse to vote for him due to the convictions, representing negative elaboration. They were also asked to list reasons why the convictions should not affect a person’s vote, representing positive elaboration.
A similar prompt followed the Biden article. Participants wrote down reasons why Hunter Biden’s conviction might reflect poorly on his father, as well as reasons why it should not affect public perception of the president. Finally, participants completed a six-item survey measuring whether they believed each conviction was politically motivated.
The data provides evidence that partisan identity heavily dictated how participants spent their cognitive energy. Republican participants generated significantly more positively valenced elaboration to defend Donald Trump than Democrats did. In contrast, Democrats dedicated more mental effort to negatively valenced elaboration, listing reasons why Trump’s convictions were disqualifying.
A similar pattern emerged regarding Hunter Biden’s conviction, though with a slight variation. Democrats engaged in much higher levels of positively valenced elaboration to defend the president’s son compared to Republicans. Republicans generated more negatively valenced elaboration against Biden than Democrats, though unaffiliated voters also generated a high amount of negative thoughts.
The strength of a person’s political identity also played a major role in their responses. Participants who identified strongly with their party displayed greater identity-congruent elaboration. This means strong Republicans were even more likely to defend Trump and criticize Biden, and strong Democrats were even more likely to defend Biden and criticize Trump.
This biased thinking process directly influenced how participants viewed the justice system. The more a person engaged in positively valenced elaboration defending a candidate, the more likely they were to believe that the legal charges were a political weapon. Higher levels of negatively valenced elaboration led participants to view the convictions as legitimate and fair.
The authors noted that this attitude formation process happened simultaneously through two distinct mental routes. The central route was visible in the way participants brainstormed specific reasons to excuse or condemn the political figures. Their active mental elaboration served to build up and reinforce their eventual conclusion about the fairness of the trials.
At the same time, the peripheral route was also highly active. Participants used their political party as a mental shortcut, dismissing the charges against their own group simply because of shared identity. This direct effect of party loyalty predicted the belief that a conviction was politically motivated, even without factoring in the effortful elaboration process.
Several limitations exist within the research design that require consideration. The reliance on a single university student sample restricts how broadly these findings can be applied to the general American public. University students often possess different political engagement levels and demographic backgrounds than the wider electorate.
The study also focused on two specific, distinct events. Donald Trump was the actual presidential candidate convicted of a crime, whereas Hunter Biden was only a family member of the incumbent candidate. The researchers acknowledge that these two situations carry different types of political weight.
Future research could expand on these findings by examining a broader range of political issues with varying levels of importance. Testing different types of scandals or policy disagreements might reveal the limits of identity-motivated elaboration. Studies could also recruit more diverse, nationally representative samples to capture a wider array of political backgrounds.
The current findings are exclusively focused on the two-party system found within the United States. Voters in countries with multi-party systems might process political information and form attitudes in entirely different ways. Exploring these mechanisms in international contexts would help clarify how universal these cognitive biases truly are.
The study, “Partisan Social Identity in the 2024 Presidential Election: Motivated Elaboration on the Criminal Convictions of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden,” was authored by Jihye Park, Freddie J. Jennings, Farzana Fahmee, Nicholas Purintun, and Cindy Sing Bik Ngai.
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DATE: July 17, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Donald Trump and Hunter Biden convictions shed light on the mental gymnastics of political scandals
Recent research provides evidence that voters spend greater mental energy defending politicians from their own party and finding faults in politicians from the opposing party when faced with news of criminal convictions. The findings suggest that political party loyalty directly influences whether people view legal proceedings as legitimate or as politically motivated weapons. The study was published in the American Behavioral Scientist.
The 2024 United States presidential election presented an unusual situation in American political history. Both major political factions faced significant legal controversies involving high-profile figures. Former President Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records related to hush money payments. Around the same time, Hunter Biden, the son of sitting President Joe Biden, was convicted of illegally purchasing a firearm.
Despite the serious nature of these legal issues, public reactions were highly divided along political lines. News outlets noted that many partisans dismissed the charges against their preferred candidate or their candidate’s family member as politically motivated. The research team, a group of communication and language scholars from the University of Arkansas and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, aimed to map out how these mental processes unfold.
To explain this divide, the authors looked to social identity theory. This concept proposes that individuals define themselves partly through their group memberships, such as their political party. Because people want to protect their group’s status, they tend to view new information through a biased lens that favors their own group and dismisses competing groups.
This group loyalty leads to an effect known as motivated reasoning. When processing political news, voters often prioritize reaching a conclusion that matches their existing beliefs rather than finding the most accurate objective truth. This mental habit helps people avoid the psychological discomfort of admitting their chosen political party might be flawed.
The researchers also explored a concept called identity-motivated elaboration. Elaboration refers to the cognitive effort a person uses to think about a specific issue. Valenced elaboration means that this mental effort takes on a positive or negative emotional direction.
When people encounter information about their own party, they tend to engage in positively valenced elaboration. They brainstorm reasons to support the information if it is good, or excuse it if it is bad. When evaluating the opposing party, they engage in negatively valenced elaboration, actively searching for reasons to criticize the rival group.
The authors designed the study to test how these mental pathways operated during the specific context of the 2024 election. They wanted to understand if persuasion and attitude formation happened through a central route or a peripheral route. The central route involves deep, effortful thinking, whereas the peripheral route relies on simple mental shortcuts.
To test their predictions, the researchers recruited 231 university students enrolled in communication and political science courses at a large Southern university. The sample had an average age of roughly 22 years old. The group included 117 women, 112 men, and two participants who identified as gender non-binary.
Regarding political affiliation, the sample leaned slightly conservative. There were 132 participants who identified as Republicans or leaned Republican. Another 99 participants identified as Democrats or leaned toward the Democratic party.
During the experiment, each participant read two brief, informative articles written to be as objective as possible. Each article was exactly three paragraphs and 219 words long. One article detailed the background and legal context of Donald Trump’s business records conviction. The other article described the details of Hunter Biden’s illegal firearm purchase.
The researchers randomized the order of the articles so that half the participants read about Trump first and the other half read about Biden first. After reading each text, participants completed a thought-listing exercise designed to measure their valenced elaboration.
For the Trump article, participants were asked to write down reasons why someone might refuse to vote for him due to the convictions, representing negative elaboration. They were also asked to list reasons why the convictions should not affect a person’s vote, representing positive elaboration.
A similar prompt followed the Biden article. Participants wrote down reasons why Hunter Biden’s conviction might reflect poorly on his father, as well as reasons why it should not affect public perception of the president. Finally, participants completed a six-item survey measuring whether they believed each conviction was politically motivated.
The data provides evidence that partisan identity heavily dictated how participants spent their cognitive energy. Republican participants generated significantly more positively valenced elaboration to defend Donald Trump than Democrats did. In contrast, Democrats dedicated more mental effort to negatively valenced elaboration, listing reasons why Trump’s convictions were disqualifying.
A similar pattern emerged regarding Hunter Biden’s conviction, though with a slight variation. Democrats engaged in much higher levels of positively valenced elaboration to defend the president’s son compared to Republicans. Republicans generated more negatively valenced elaboration against Biden than Democrats, though unaffiliated voters also generated a high amount of negative thoughts.
The strength of a person’s political identity also played a major role in their responses. Participants who identified strongly with their party displayed greater identity-congruent elaboration. This means strong Republicans were even more likely to defend Trump and criticize Biden, and strong Democrats were even more likely to defend Biden and criticize Trump.
This biased thinking process directly influenced how participants viewed the justice system. The more a person engaged in positively valenced elaboration defending a candidate, the more likely they were to believe that the legal charges were a political weapon. Higher levels of negatively valenced elaboration led participants to view the convictions as legitimate and fair.
The authors noted that this attitude formation process happened simultaneously through two distinct mental routes. The central route was visible in the way participants brainstormed specific reasons to excuse or condemn the political figures. Their active mental elaboration served to build up and reinforce their eventual conclusion about the fairness of the trials.
At the same time, the peripheral route was also highly active. Participants used their political party as a mental shortcut, dismissing the charges against their own group simply because of shared identity. This direct effect of party loyalty predicted the belief that a conviction was politically motivated, even without factoring in the effortful elaboration process.
Several limitations exist within the research design that require consideration. The reliance on a single university student sample restricts how broadly these findings can be applied to the general American public. University students often possess different political engagement levels and demographic backgrounds than the wider electorate.
The study also focused on two specific, distinct events. Donald Trump was the actual presidential candidate convicted of a crime, whereas Hunter Biden was only a family member of the incumbent candidate. The researchers acknowledge that these two situations carry different types of political weight.
Future research could expand on these findings by examining a broader range of political issues with varying levels of importance. Testing different types of scandals or policy disagreements might reveal the limits of identity-motivated elaboration. Studies could also recruit more diverse, nationally representative samples to capture a wider array of political backgrounds.
The current findings are exclusively focused on the two-party system found within the United States. Voters in countries with multi-party systems might process political information and form attitudes in entirely different ways. Exploring these mechanisms in international contexts would help clarify how universal these cognitive biases truly are.
The study, “Partisan Social Identity in the 2024 Presidential Election: Motivated Elaboration on the Criminal Convictions of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden,” was authored by Jihye Park, Freddie J. Jennings, Farzana Fahmee, Nicholas Purintun, and Cindy Sing Bik Ngai.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #DonaldTrump #HunterBiden #PoliticalScandals #MotivatedReasoning #IdentityPolitics #PartisanLoyalty #Elaboration #CentralVsPeripheral #PublicOpinion #Election2024
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The Trump Campaign is shifting its strategy in a move nobody expected. What's next?
Full story 👇
Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/07/donald-trump-campaign-strategy-policy.html
#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Election2024 #BreakingNews #Trending #MustRead #TopStory
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New peer reviewed studies confirm TikTok and X algorithms really did tilt content toward Republicans in 2024. But do the numbers prove the election was rigged? We checked the actual research, and the honest answer is messier than the viral claim.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate:
https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/studies-confirm-real-algorithm-bias/
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New peer reviewed studies confirm TikTok and X algorithms really did tilt content toward Republicans in 2024. But do the numbers prove the election was rigged? We checked the actual research, and the honest answer is messier than the viral claim.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate:
https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/studies-confirm-real-algorithm-bias/
📊 #Election2024 #TikTok #AlgorithmBias #BigTech #Accountability -
CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.
We interviewed @justinjpearson.bsky.social who is running for Congress (TN-9) about fighting back against gerrymandering, data centers, & billionaire megadonors.Thank you to our friends @couriernewsroom.bsky.social for filming!
Link: https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social/post/3mpypehuhp22l
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CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.
We interviewed @justinjpearson.bsky.social who is running for Congress (TN-9) about fighting back against gerrymandering, data centers, & billionaire megadonors.Thank you to our friends @couriernewsroom.bsky.social for filming!
Link: https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social/post/3mpypehuhp22l
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Donald Trump's Latest Speech: Why Security Experts Are on High Alert
Full story 👇
Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/07/donald-trump-speech-security-analysis.html
#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Election2024 #BreakingNews #Trending #MustRead #TopStory
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“Democratic Primaries Reveal What the DNC Autopsy Buried”
by Jamal Kanj in The Palestine Chronicle
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@palestinenews“The Gaza omission was not an oversight. It was a cover-up. The IMEU Policy Project’s executive director was blunt, demanding the release of findings that the autopsy’s own author had reportedly acknowledged in private: DNC officials’ internal data showed Biden’s support for Israel was a net negative for Democrats in 2024. That finding never appeared in the report. It was buried. Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg said publicly that he told Rivera directly, ‘We need to acknowledge the role that Gaza played in us losing younger voters’.”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/democratic-primaries-reveal-what-the-dnc-autopsy-buried/
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MoU #Democrats #DNC #Report #Election2024 #CoverUp #AIPAC #GenZ
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“Democratic Primaries Reveal What the DNC Autopsy Buried”
by Jamal Kanj in The Palestine Chronicle
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@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews“The Gaza omission was not an oversight. It was a cover-up. The IMEU Policy Project’s executive director was blunt, demanding the release of findings that the autopsy’s own author had reportedly acknowledged in private: DNC officials’ internal data showed Biden’s support for Israel was a net negative for Democrats in 2024. That finding never appeared in the report. It was buried. Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg said publicly that he told Rivera directly, ‘We need to acknowledge the role that Gaza played in us losing younger voters’.”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/democratic-primaries-reveal-what-the-dnc-autopsy-buried/
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MoU #Democrats #DNC #Report #Election2024 #CoverUp #AIPAC #GenZ
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"Much as broadcast news in the ’60s made it hard for Southern white supremacists to hide their brutality, social media has made it impossible for Israel, and thus the American empire, to hide its own."
Excellent Vanity Fair piece by Ta-Nehisi Coates about Kamala Harris' awful record on Gaza and her unceasing support of Israel.
#KamalaHarris #Election2024 #TanehisiCoates #Gaza #USpolitics
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"Much as broadcast news in the ’60s made it hard for Southern white supremacists to hide their brutality, social media has made it impossible for Israel, and thus the American empire, to hide its own."
Excellent Vanity Fair piece by Ta-Nehisi Coates about Kamala Harris' awful record on Gaza and her unceasing support of Israel.
#KamalaHarris #Election2024 #TanehisiCoates #Gaza #USpolitics
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Faye Kingston knew. She named the shame plainly — and then named whose it actually was. "The shame was never mine. I was just carrying it for other people."
Set down the bag that was never yours and find your arms were strong all along. Just full.
#VotingRights #ClimateScience #SCOTUS #Democracy #TransRights #Election2024 #Politics #FoxPoll #MentalHealth #Grounding #SelfCare #Resilience #VoteBlue #DemocracyDefender #LGBTQIA+ #AntiFascist #Trans #Queer
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Faye Kingston knew. She named the shame plainly — and then named whose it actually was. "The shame was never mine. I was just carrying it for other people."
Set down the bag that was never yours and find your arms were strong all along. Just full.
#VotingRights #ClimateScience #SCOTUS #Democracy #TransRights #Election2024 #Politics #FoxPoll #MentalHealth #Grounding #SelfCare #Resilience #VoteBlue #DemocracyDefender #LGBTQIA+ #AntiFascist #Trans #Queer
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@mallenbaker.bsky.social
Why Calls To 'Save Democracy From Trump' Don't Work
https://youtu.be/oWv8ECGA9c4?si=YzlNX_TQIp_eBJKZ
#DEMOCRACY
#Election2024
#MAGA
#Trump still has a good chance folks 🗳️6/12/2026
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@mallenbaker.bsky.social
Why Calls To 'Save Democracy From Trump' Don't Work
https://youtu.be/oWv8ECGA9c4?si=YzlNX_TQIp_eBJKZ
#DEMOCRACY
#Election2024
#MAGA
#Trump still has a good chance folks 🗳️6/12/2026
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Trump-Endorsed Candidate Secures GOP Nod in Reshaped Congressional Race
A candidate supported by Donald Trump won the Republican nomination in a newly drawn congressional district. Learn who won and what it means for the GOP.
#TrumpEndorsement, #GOPPrimary, #Election2024, #CongressionalRace, #PoliticalNews
https://newsletter.tf/trump-endorsed-candidate-wins-gop-nomination/
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A Trump-endorsed candidate won the Republican nomination in a newly drawn House district. This win shows Trump's continued influence in Republican primaries.
#TrumpEndorsement, #GOPPrimary, #Election2024, #CongressionalRace, #PoliticalNews
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Paxton Unseats Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Showdown
Ken Paxton won the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, unseating John Cornyn. He will now face Democrat James Talarico in the general election.
#TexasGOP, #SenateRace, #Paxton, #Cornyn, #Election2024
https://newsletter.tf/texas-gop-senate-primary-paxton-wins-cornyn-out/
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Ken Paxton won the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, defeating incumbent John Cornyn. This was the most expensive Senate primary in history.
#TexasGOP, #SenateRace, #Paxton, #Cornyn, #Election2024
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@[email protected] 🔗 lgbtqia.space/users/AeonCy... - Tonight I and my #witch partner are going to #hex #DonaldTrump. I have some spells, but anyone have any favorite #spells or #curses for a #CyberWitch? #HexTrump #Witchcraft #Curse #Samhain #Halloween #Election2024 #2024election #Trump
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DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all
As the DNC blamed the author for the report’s shortcomings, a source who participated in the research said the author seemed to grasp that Gaza "clearly" hurt Harris.
https://theintercept.com/2026/05/21/dnc-autopsy-democratsgaza-israel/
#news #USnews #politics #USpolitics #DNC #DNCautopsy #Election #Election2024 #democrats #KamalaHarris #Israel #Palestine #Gaza
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#democrats #election2024 The autopsy report is right on a few issues that I’ve been screaming about for years. When we focus attention on urban/suburban areas and ignore the rural areas, the outcome is predictable. When we focus too much on fundraising and not enough on what matters to voters, the outcome is predictable. When we force-feed voters with dogmatic, pedantic rhetoric about how they should think, the outcome is predictable. What Democrats MUST do is listen, engage on an adult level, and get out and knock on every door, no matter how rural or remote. That is how FDR’s coalition did it, and we can do it again.
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Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw his endorsement for Lauren Boebert, calling it an 'honor' to do so. This comes after Boebert campaigned with Thomas Massie, whom Trump called the 'Worst Republican Congressman'.
#Trump #Boebert #Massie #RepublicanPolitics #Election2024
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DEMOCRACY'S ECHO: NOISE OR NARRATIVE?
A July 1, 2024 commentary suggests fears about democracy's end are overstated, especially concerning the 2024 US election.
#Democracy, #USPolitics, #Election2024, #NYTimes, #PoliticalCommentary
https://newsletter.tf/democracy-not-dying-july-1-commentary/
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A new commentary on July 1, 2024, argues that the widespread fear of democracy ending is greatly exaggerated.
#Democracy, #USPolitics, #Election2024, #NYTimes, #PoliticalCommentary
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Trump Declares Himself Democracy's Shield After Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Michigan after an assassination attempt. He said he was a 'shield for democracy'.
#TrumpRally, #MichiganPolitics, #Election2024, #PoliticalViolence, #Democracy
https://newsletter.tf/trump-says-took-bullet-for-democracy-michigan/
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Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail after an assassination attempt. He said he 'took a bullet for democracy' at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
#TrumpRally, #MichiganPolitics, #Election2024, #PoliticalViolence, #Democracy
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Trump Demands Mandatory Cognitive Exams for Presidential Candidates
Donald Trump wants all presidential candidates to take a mental test. This follows his own recent test where he said he got a perfect score.
#Trump, #PresidentialCandidates, #CognitiveTest, #Election2024, #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/trump-wants-mental-tests-for-presidential-candidates/