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Laura Erny's avatar

🥰 Thank you!

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Misty Hook's avatar

Thank you for all of your work on this. I appreciate your posts!

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Lauren Mahoney's avatar

🥰 thank you

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Barbara Woodward's avatar

Thanks so much for this ! I was especially impressed by ParkrosePermaculture’s video!

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Barbara Woodward's avatar

💙🇺🇸

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Ariella Elm's avatar

Yes! I was so in awe of the video I just had to share it!

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Graciegurl's avatar

Thank you, thank you! We have to remember there are over 300 million people in the US and only 535 members in Congress. We just need for people to wake up and demand to be listened to.

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Bambi is my real name's avatar

Thank you Ariella for these posts. I read them everyday. They are brilliant and helpful. Wow. Today's post is very powerful: Democratic Doctors Causcus, we are already in a shutdown, a dem offers to help Republicans with town hall meetings and well Senator Warren screaming at Musk to keep his hands off my social security check warms my heart. My Democracy Champion this week is Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland who posted one day on socialmedia, I think last week, can't remember (time is real weird lately) a post that began with "shit that ain't true..." and proceeded to tear down that weeks worth of bizarre lies. He speaks often of The Great Betrayal of the president. I am a Marylander and I am proud and grateful for his work. I sent him and a few other Senator a sign "thank you for Defending our Democracy," I had them printed on a light weight plastic. I want to say to them I know, I see you Senator Van Hollen.

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Ariella Elm's avatar

I love Van Hollen, but he’s still under the radar, which I don’t understand at all. he should be mentioned as much as Patty Murray or Chris Murphy. I try to highlight him at least once a week!

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Tracy S. Haughton's avatar

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Linda Peterson's avatar

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Jacqueline Martin's avatar

Thanks for this. I love every one of these stories!

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Kathryn Machi's avatar

You’re doing wonderful, positive work here, Ariela—so many good people I would never have known about otherwise. A huge THANK YOU to all of you!!!

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Jennifer Adams's avatar

I love these posts, thank you!! I know what you mean about the people screaming do something when the dems are actually showing you what they are doing. Makes me wonder if bots or right wing influencers are somehow infiltrating certain circles reiterating that message, just getting people riled up. The right has the house, the senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court. There's only so much dems can do, and your posts prove every day that they are doing something.

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Abby Rammelkamp's avatar

🥰 Excellent post! I just followed my own Congressman on Bluesky and commented to praise and encourage his contact with constituents and to urge him to do more.

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Ariella Elm's avatar

I hope you gave specifcs and didn’t just say “do more”

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Barbara Campbell's avatar

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Becca S.'s avatar

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Gidge's avatar

I read your posts daily. Thank you for sharing positive actions being taken. 🥰

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Taylor H's avatar

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