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[batboyblog]

2026 House Elections

The Democrats House elections arm announced a jaw dropping 35 Republican seats it's targeting in its opening list for the 2026 (expect it to grow, first lists are always the most conservative target list)

So Check here if you're in one of the listed seats because control of Congress will rest on your vote, and getting out to volunteer will have a huge impact on what our country will look like.

Alaska

Volunteer

Alaska-At-Large: Flip

Volunteer

Arizona

Volunteer

AZ-01: Flip

AZ-02: Flip

AZ-06: Flip

Volunteer

California

Volunteer

CA-09: Hold

CA-13: Hold

CA-22: Flip

CA-27: Hold

CA-40: Flip

CA-41: Flip

CA-45: Hold

CA-47: Hold

Volunteer

Colorado

Volunteer

CO-08: Flip

Volunteer

Connecticut

Volunteer

CT-05: Hold

Volunteer

Florida

Volunteer

FL-07: Flip

FL-13: Flip

FL-27: Flip

Volunteer

Indiana

Volunteer

IN-01: Hold

Volunteer

Iowa

Volunteer

IA-01: Flip

IA-02: Flip

IA-03: Flip

Volunteer

Kentucky

Volunteer

KY-06: Flip

Volunteer

Maine

Volunteer

ME-02: Hold

Volunteer

Michigan

Volunteer

MI-04: Flip

MI-07: Flip

MI-08: Hold

MI-10: Flip

Volunteer

Missouri

Volunteer

MO-02: Flip

Volunteer

Nebraska

Volunteer

NE-02: Flip

Volunteer

Nevada

Volunteer

NV-01: Hold

NV-03: Hold

NV-04: Hold

Volunteer

New Jersey

Volunteer

NJ-07: Flip

NJ-09: Hold

Volunteer

New Mexico

Volunteer

NM-02: Hold

Volunteer

New York

Volunteer

NY-03: Hold

NY-04: Hold

NY-17: Flip

NY-19: Hold

NY-22: Hold

Volunteer

North Carolina

Volunteer

NC-01: Hold

Volunteer

Ohio

Volunteer

OH-07: Flip

OH-09: Hold

OH-10: Flip

OH-13: Hold

Volunteer

Oregon

Volunteer

OR-05: Hold

Volunteer

Pennsylvania

Volunteer

PA-01: Flip

PA-07: Flip

PA-08: Flip

PA-10: Flip

Volunteer

Tennessee

Volunteer

TN-05: Flip

Volunteer

Texas

Volunteer

TX-15: Flip

TX-28: Hold

TX-34: Hold

Volunteer

Virginia

Volunteer

VA-01: Flip

VA-02: Flip

VA-07: Hold

Volunteer

Washington

Volunteer

WA-03: Hold

Volunteer

Wisconsin

Volunteer

WI-01: Flip

WI-03: Flip

Volunteer

Control of the US House in 2026 runs through these seats, the map will expand, and it'll expand faster of Democrats see fired up volunteers ready to go in their target races. If you march in a protest you have no reason not to sign up to volunteer with your state party, so look, do you live in one of these districts? close to one of them? sign up! get going!

[thashining]

What the media won't show

[rubbishraven]

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[deathtokillian]

Seen someone say “I can’t die, I got graves to dance on that hasn’t been dug yet.” And honestly, that goes hard. We need to keep that energy.

[troythecatfish]

[vamptranny]

the trump administration is already slowly taking away our rights, no longer legally recognizing us and only seeing two genders in america — male and female — and passports no longer taking new gender maker changes or x gender markers. this is just the start of it most likely

they've erased mentions of LGBTQ on government websites and removed pages related to honoring nex benedict and matthew shepard, like they never existed. we know they existed though and we need to keep both nex benedict and matthew shepard's names alive and remember what horrible violence and hate crime took them away from us.

this is not to scare anyone. this is to inform the masses on what our government is doing. censorship is actively happening around us. do you know the world is protesting for us? no? the united states have already started their censorship, their propaganda for this administration. do not let them censor us and hide us from the truth. speak up, learn, adapt, and inform others.

[reading-writing-revolution]

Luckily protests aren't illegal. I encourage everyone campus to protest and we'll see what happens.

[batboyblog]

https://www.tumblr.com/batboyblog/779837967162343424

"dumb selfish people were dumb and selfish because the Democratic Party didn't give them the perfect utopia or make the perfect decisions, so they voted for the beavis and butthead of dumb and selfish people to get power because they wanted more money and clout for themselves, only to find out that beavis and butthead wanted to kill them all and all they did was metaphorically blow whatever remained of their own brains out."

to be clear I do understand why a lot of people vote for Trump, but like the Tariff highlighted a kind of person I find super confusing, people who voted for Trump believing he didn't mean the things he said.

and like other kinds of people who voted for him not *knowing* what he was saying I understand, to be clear I think such people are too stupid to be allowed anything sharper than a crayon. But at least I understand what happened, "oh you're dumb and didn't pay any attention so we all have to suffer now, got it great, glad you 'didn't vote for!' the thing you voted for"

but with the Tariffs there are SO many Wall Street guys who's job and only personality trait is this shit and they make it clear, they knew, they heard him.

and how could they not? clearly immigration was Trump #1 issue, but Tariffs were second, he mentioned them at every rally, interview, the debates. Harris mentioned them in every speech she gave too making it clear that every academic economist thought Trump's plan would make inflation go crazy and crash the economy.

so they knew, they say they heard him, but they didn't believe him... what? what? that my brain can't get around, not "I'm dumb and I didn't understand what he was saying" because these guys went to business school they know what a tariff is, no "I heard a candidate say he was gonna do a thing I hate and think is a terrible idea, but I voted for him because I didn't believe him"

and for these types its not "I voted for him for other reasons and just gaslit myself into hoping he wouldn't do this" these guys voted, or so they say, mainly on the economy and stock market. So Trump's main plan for the economy and policy that was most likely to affect the stock market they just didn't believe he'd do? but they voted for it any ways? what?

And even if you do believe that right? that the candidate is not gonna do the thing he says he's gonna do, what are you voting for? you know? "oh I don't believe he's gonna try his main campaign promises" is normally a reason people give for NOT voting for someone.

Ultimately, my best guess is that the largely white bros of Wall Street and big business decided that the Government was fake and gay and nothing it did would ever really effect them other than at the end, ie taxes. And they voted for Big Daddy Trump to give them a tax cut, but more importantly to do away with the last 10-ish years of having to treat women who work for you like they're human and not being allowed to say racial and homophobic slurs at work

but the ability to just ignore the loaded gun pointed at their forehead by the man screaming "I'm gonna blow your brains out!" is something that will always leave me confused, they saw the gun, they heard the ranting, but for no real reason they didn't think the gun was loaded, now their brains are all over the place.

[squidhominid]

So the National Park Service removed any mention of trans people from the page on the Stonewall National Monument. And removed the word 'transgender' from the page on Sylvia Rivera.

Hell no. Trans women of color built the gay rights movement. Full stop.

Check my Mastodon for a version of this at 300 DPI printable resolution! Take copies to a Stonewall protest and hand them out, if you're going to one!

[iamnmbr3]

Oh my Godddd. The US Army chorus was told to perform at the White House for Trump and his cronies and they chose to perform One Day More from Les Miserables. What a gutsy move. A giant middle finger to authoritarianism right in front of Trump's face. Good for them.

To every member of the military and every civil servant fighting in big ways and small, public and private, to protect the Constitution and uphold the oaths you swore, thank you for your service. We see you and we love you. We're counting on you and we're all behind you 100%. Hold the line.

This made me actually tear up and feel a little hopeful. Everyone, no matter who they are needs to do their part. The Fascists are dangerous but they are few. Together we can all defeat them and keep the freedoms so many have fought so hard for.

Also I am living for these comments!

[deathtokillian]

For the people who left TikTok after the “TikTok ban” and wonder if it’s going down hill. Yes!

Since it came back I’ve seen on my fyp

Swastika jewelry, shirts, hats, etc recommend in the TikTok shop

More Maggots (trump supporters)on my fyp

A guy doing a Nazi salute to an anti Nazi song

People are having to refollow leftist creators because TikTok made them unfollow

Hashtags are being removed/no longer exist that are critical of Trump and republicans

[iamnmbr3]

Also ask for filibusters to further stop/delay nominations. it's imperative to keep Trump's loyalists out of government. If aggressive action had been taken sooner we might've slowed down or stopped Hegseth and Pam Bondi's nominations. NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL!

More Democrats need to be like Sen Brian Schatz [D-HI]. Stand up. Have courage.

[infatuatedlilbitch]

SOCIAL MEDIA "ACTIVISM" IS KEEPING YOU FROM ACTUAL ACTIVISM - HERE'S THE TRUTH

You think you're staying "informed" by doomscrolling through your social feeds 24/7? That's exactly what they want. It's literally designed to keep you angry, scrolling, and - most importantly - doing absolutely fucking nothing.

HERE'S WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU:

It's OKAY to edit your feeds so you don't see that shit when you're just trying to exist

You do NOT have to consume the world's suffering every second of every day to be a "good activist" - and by the way? You're not even getting "informed" by scrolling. You need to actually look up real articles OFF of social media to understand what's happening

Hitting like and share isn't activism. Sorry. It just isn't.

You wanna actually do something?

Learn your neighbors' names. ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM about what's happening

Join your school board and ask them face-to-face why they're against queer education

Stand up to your racist uncle instead of "keeping the peace" (peace for WHO exactly?)

Find out what abortion rights groups are ALREADY DOING in your area instead of reinventing the wheel

Join an actually inclusive church (you know, like Jesus would've wanted) and see what they're ALREADY DOING to make the world better

And for fuck's sake, stop saying "oh I don't talk about politics" - YOUR SILENCE IS POLITICAL

NEWSFLASH: You don't have to start the fucking underground railroad by yourself. That shit ALREADY EXISTS - you just never had to use it before. Lucky you. So volunteer if you're a safe person, at whatever level works for you:

Send money

Show up in person

Pack supplies

Make pamphlets

Whatever you can do

Not everything's gonna get you in the history books and you know what? IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.

And here's something else that matters: Going to trauma therapy - REAL trauma therapy with a therapist informed in decolonization practices - is a RADICAL ACT. If you have the means to do it, DO IT. Healing yourself is part of the work too.

AND LISTEN UP BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT: IT'S OKAY THAT IT TOOK YOU THIS LONG IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE STARTING SMALL IT'S OKAY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING

NO ONE EVER PUNISHED THEMSELVES INTO SUCCESS.

You grew up with some racist/sexist views? Yeah, most of us did. You can't get stuck there. There's too much at stake. It's time to deconstruct. It's time to do the work.

But scrolling and sharing posts while feeling guilty? That's not the work. That's what they want you to think the work is.

Get off your phone. Talk to your neighbors. Show up at meetings. Stand up to family. THAT'S the work.

[troythecatfish]

[thestuckylibrary]

The GOP are already trying to make Trump king for life. They probably don't have enough votes to pass it this time but this is why every election counts. Assuming future elections are not rigged, local elections will make the difference between freedom and tyranny. And state and country governments have a huge impact too now. VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION. And get out and protest. Don't let them take our freedoms.