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Tim Mocarski<p>"I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words."</p><p>Theodore Bikel</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/quoteoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quoteoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BeingHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeingHuman</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rmordecai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rmordecai</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> </p><p>Watching video. Piggott hasn't yet realised that she's now part of the Outgroup, the targets of MuskTrump, the poorly skilled, the baggage, the migrant workers, the unemployed, the rubes to be fleeced, the women, the uselessly educated. I doubt she's reliable yet.</p><p>But if she displayed reliability then making <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> with folk like her could be rather important.</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>The watchdog group <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a>, in cooperation with the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SouthernPovertyLawCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernPovertyLawCenter</span></a> (SPLC), had arranged for ads critical of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> to be placed in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a>. Everything had been approved, then <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporter <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> cancelled the ads.</p><p>Here they are on xcancel.com :<br><a href="https://xcancel.com/journalism/status/1891489819165151608" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xcancel.com/journalism/status/</span><span class="invisible">1891489819165151608</span></a></p><p>(just replace x. com with xcancel.com at the beginning of URL to see any <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> post)</p><p>You can also see the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> in large format here: <a href="https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MuskAd_LaughingElon_2025_FINALPRINT.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commoncause.org/wp-content/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2025/02/MuskAd_LaughingElon_2025_FINALPRINT.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> is hosting a series of protests over <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Griffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Griffin</span></a> attempting to subvert the election for <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> Supreme Court which he lost.</p><p>60,000 valid votes by North Carolinians are at risk. If you can, perhaps you can attend one near you?</p><p><a href="https://www.commoncause.org/north-carolina/griffin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commoncause.org/north-carolina</span><span class="invisible">/griffin/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> is organizing rallies in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> to counteract Griffin and his attempt to disenfranchise 60,000 North Carolina voters in a race he has lost.</p><p>If you're free, or reasonable, perhaps you can attend one?</p><p><a href="https://www.commoncause.org/north-carolina/griffin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commoncause.org/north-carolina</span><span class="invisible">/griffin/</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>I took action to save the Affordable Connectivity Program. Will you? </p><p>I contacted my members of Congress to urge them to renew funding for the ACP</p><p>Right now, 23 million Americans are at risk of being kicked off of the internet access they need to participate in our democracy because far-right extremists like Ted Cruz are opposing funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a></p><p><a href="https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-congress-save-the-acp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.commoncause.org/letters/te</span><span class="invisible">ll-congress-save-the-acp</span></a></p>
Mary Ann Horn<p>COMMON CAUSE trains ELECTION PROTECTION volunteers.<br> <a href="https://c.im/tags/commoncause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commoncause</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p><p>"Our volunteers are trained in their states’ unique voting rules. In just a single shift, each Election Protection volunteer may help dozens of voters."</p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a> You can underwrite one. <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonateNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonateNow</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://act.commoncause.org/fundraising/yes-ill-sponsor-a-volunteer-and-protect-voters-rights/?source=102523-octep1-sl&amp;link_id=0&amp;can_id=bf3ca06e97849394c0f27d87f7ba3f56&amp;email_referrer=email_2089980___from_2610390___subject_2610388&amp;email_subject=help-us-train-election-protection-volunteers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.commoncause.org/fundraisin</span><span class="invisible">g/yes-ill-sponsor-a-volunteer-and-protect-voters-rights/?source=102523-octep1-sl&amp;link_id=0&amp;can_id=bf3ca06e97849394c0f27d87f7ba3f56&amp;email_referrer=email_2089980___from_2610390___subject_2610388&amp;email_subject=help-us-train-election-protection-volunteers</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>In joint report, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CREW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CREW</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> find that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his allies targeted the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> in the days, weeks, months leading up to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/January6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6th</span></a> attack, and their continued attacks on our courts and govt institutions could lead to significant threats in the future. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StoptheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoptheSteal</span></a> movement’s targeting of judiciary included plans by a known <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/whitesupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacist</span></a> group to encourage their supporters to occupy court buildings, direct threats toward SCOTUS <a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Donald-Trump_threatening-courts.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2023/08/Donald-Trump_threatening-courts.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>«An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndianAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianAmerican</span></a> attorney is being hailed as a “national hero” and “true patriot” in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> after he successfully argued a case before the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> against a legal theory being promoted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a>, especially those who support former US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. The US-born attorney, named <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NealKatyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NealKatyal</span></a>, was representing the watchdog group ‘ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a>’ and won the judgement 6-3, with support from three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> and three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> judges.» </p><p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/why-americans-including-obama-are-in-awe-of-indian-american-attorney-neal-katyal-610282" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wionews.com/world/why-american</span><span class="invisible">s-including-obama-are-in-awe-of-indian-american-attorney-neal-katyal-610282</span></a></p>
Murshed Zaheed<p>Shocked, stunned, and heartbroken to find out about this news. Karen was such an incredibly beautiful soul and a ferocious fighter for our democracy.</p><p>She just helped me out just few weeks ago on a project I had been working on. Sending light and love to her family, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> team and community.</p><p>Rest in power Karen. ❤️</p>
Jay<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br>It helps to call if you are in the USA, no matter what party your Representative is -- the total volume of calls demonstrates public awareness.</p><p>You can log the call in defense of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OfficeOfCongressionalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeOfCongressionalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OCE</span></a> with <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CommonCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCause</span></a> here: <a href="https://act.commoncause.org/forms/log-your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.commoncause.org/forms/log-</span><span class="invisible">your-call-save-ethics-protections-for-congress</span></a></p>
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