Vote-SaveAmerica

Supporting democracy in America against those who would sacrifice it for partisan or personal gain.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. A former @KochIndustries executive was installed as president of a public university in Kansas and immediately executed an ideological purge of left-leaning tenured professors, faculty tell https://t.co/JhoV1QULLq

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[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Play this on loop 24/7

[Jane Mayer @JaneMayerNYer]

This seems esoteric but is about an incredibly important power grab. Also Big Money is now drenching even the smallest races 12 years after the Citizens Untied decision. https://t.co/qSSAbiBbNn

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

of all Republicans running for congressional and state offices in the midterm elections.”
[Where Republican Election Deniers Are on the Ballot Near You, Washington Post, Oct 6, 2022]

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

Republican hypocrisy. How revealing and how typical. The same political party that consistently tries to limit Democrats’ ability to vote under the guise of preventing election fraud has 2020 election deniers running in 48 states this mid-term election “and make up more than half

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

The top corporate donors to members of Congress that voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election (through 9/29/22)

@KochIndustries ($1.05 million)
@Boeing (908K)
@HomeDepot (675K)
@ValeroEnergy (667K)
@UPS (690K)
@LockheedMartin (552K)
@ATT (488K)
@RaytheonTech (423K)

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

The best and only choice to save democracy and the will of the majority in America at this time is to vote for Democrats in November.

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[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

For some time, Americans have been rightfully upset that Washington hasn’t addressed important issues in ways that represent the views of the majority. A woman’s right to choose is an example. According to a Pew Research poll (June 2022), “a 61% majority of U.S. adults say

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

abortion should be legal in all or most cases.”

The 6 justices of the Supreme Court who voted in favor of overturning Roe v Wade, taking away that right, were all appointed by Republican presidents and approved by Republican-controlled Senates.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

"The Senate today is split 50-50 between the two parties. But the 50 Democratic senators effectively represent 186 million Americans, while the 50 Republican senators effectively represent 145 million." @DLeonhardt: https://t.co/p4eCALMUDI

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

Democrats, gerrymandering is one of the major threats to democracy in America. Legislation that would prevent states from allowing voting districts to be gerrymandered has stalled in Congress due to resistance by Republicans in the Senate.

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

Elections in which the outcome is predetermined are a sham. That is the practice in authoritarian regimes such as Russia, North Korea, and Venezuela. It's also the goal of gerrymandering in the U.S. - a predetermined outcome favoring one party. Whether sponsored by Republicans or

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

Two for One: Saving the Planet and saving Democracy in America (voting Blue)
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[David Leonhardt @DLeonhardt]

American democracy faces two major threats: 1) a movement within the Republican Party that refuses to accept election defeat; 2) a growing disconnect between public opinion and government power. 🧵

https://t.co/Ue1Nj3Qg2V

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his political party allies, and his supporters.” They remain “a clear and present danger to American democracy.”

J. Michael Luttig, Conservative Republican, former judge U.S. Court of Appeals

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[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

“A stake was driven through the heart of American democracy on January 6, 2021, and our democracy today is on a knife’s edge. [The insurrection represents] a war for America’s democracy, a war irresponsibly instigated and prosecuted by the former president [Trump],

[Vote-SaveAmerica @SaveAmericaVote]

When thinking about America and American Democracy today, the words that come to mind are divided, threatened, endangered. If this time in America were put into song a good choice would be Mary Gauthier’s Mercy Now https://t.co/jKLDC3LTiu

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This is the first post on Twitter from an account associated with the website https://t.co/DWZHrwiBf5 - a website about two existential threats to democracy and majority rule in America, and why every election going forward is critical to the future of the country.