If they say, "I can work across the isle."

That means, "I value their acceptance more than I value your needs."

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@eunews/116687614336383493

we really needed this bit of #Ukraine good news and a reminder to the naysayers that…

🗣VOTING AND ELECTIONS MATTER

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> It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

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So, the age old debate and my take on it.

Those who don't vote, won't vote.

Those who vote conservative, vote conservative whether it's a conservative republican or democrat.

Those who vote progressive, often feel that they are forced to vote for conservatives (see above), which is accurate.

Those who vote progressive also often feel like their vote doesn't matter or that elections don't solve anything.

But elections are not supposed to be the only tool we possess to enact change. Elections and voting are one of several tools, and it will take us using every tool available just to be able to start to fix the damage being done.

Replacing our current democratic representatives with progressives means they will likely be ready to make changes that moderates would fear to take on or even talk about. Changes that pragmatists would attack for being unrealistic.

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