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Married, father of 2 boys and 3 granddaughters. Democrat from Illinois. 🌻🇺🇦
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Hey everyone, I'm building a list of congressional offices on Mastodon -- members of the House and Senate, committees, leadership offices, and non-partisan offices.

If you know of a member of congress that is on mastodon, please add them to the list, here: bit.ly/CongMastoForm

If you want to see who we have found so far, check out https://bit.ly/MastoCong

Thank you! Please help amplify to crowdsource the list.

#feditip for newbies, especially the ones who post a lot of politics stuff: use the CW or "Content Warning" feature if you want people to boost your posts.

For example, if you're posting about American politics, you might CW with the subject line "American politics" or "USPol" for short.

Using CWs has been part of the established culture here for years, and people generally don't boost unCW'd politics posts. If you think something's important and want to give it visibility, use a CW.

Well after a full day helping the kids I can now sit down and get caught up and learn more about #Mastodon #Newbie

@TonyStark @[email protected]

Take support away from Ukraine, under the guise of spending on America is BS.

They not only don't want to spend on America, they want to end Social Security and Medicare, all in the name of:

tax cuts for the rich.

That is their 'solution' to everything. So the rich will keep them in power...GOP minority rule over the majority of Americans.

Unless the majority rejects it by voting, while they still can.

🚨 LAST CALL: Instead of spending $8 to pay off a narcissistic billionaire's debt, use it to save democracy! #8DollarsToSaveDemocracy https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/11/5/2133879/-Instead-of-spending-8-to-pay-off-a-narcissistic-billionaire-s-debt-use-it-to-save-democracy
Instead of spending $8 to pay off a narcissistic billionaire's debt, use it to save democracy!

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, is running around begging everyone on the platform he just overpaid $44 billion to purchase to pay him $8/month just to prove that they’re who they say they are. Instead, how about making a last-minute $8...

Daily Kos

https://twitter.com/_brandoc/status/1588965236731691008

RT @[email protected]

welp, the blue check apocalypse where any troll can get a check to help spread misinfo etc has officially begun.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_brandoc/status/1588965236731691008

Brandon Caldwell on Twitter

“welp, the blue check apocalypse where any troll can get a check to help spread misinfo etc has officially begun.”

Twitter

You know what’s great about #mastodon?

I’m greeted w a timeline of friendly folks excited to share cool things: ‘Here’s #music I composed!’ ‘Check out my #art!’ ‘I took this photo of the stars bc #space is magical!’

Even on topics I’m unfamiliar with, the enthusiasm makes me curious to learn more.

I love that this network isn’t set up to encourage snark & reward cruelty. It’s not a race for 🔁 & ❤️ bc they’re not as obvious as on #twitter

It has a real community feel. 2022 needs more of that.

Showing real guts, Nancy Pelosi is out working in the face of the horrible attack on her husband. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/05/nancy-pelosi-makes-first-public-appearance-since-attack-on-husband-paul-pelosi
Nancy Pelosi makes first public appearance since attack on husband Paul Pelosi

The US House speaker rallied grassroots activists, telling them ‘democracy is on the ballot’ in the 2022 midterm elections

The Guardian

@TonyStark More detail:

When Trump left office, unemployment was 6.4% and more than 3,000 people were still dying daily from COVID.

Today, unemployment is down to 3.7%, schools are open, over 220 million Americans are vaccinated, and the US economy is leading the world in coming back from the pandemic.