Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!
July 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!
Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement
November 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement
Republicans should be denied enfranchisement
September 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Republicans should be denied enfranchisement
It's not "Women were given the vote", it's "Men withheld enfranchisement until they forced to give it up"
This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
May 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
It's not "Women were given the vote", it's "Men withheld enfranchisement until they forced to give it up"
Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!
August 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!
Inject all-encompassing automatic enfranchisement directly into my veins
NEW: Michigan lawmakers passed landmark voting rights legislation to fight against the exclusion of people with criminal records.
It'd be the first law in the country to require the state to automatically register people as they're released from prison.
It'd be the first law in the country to require the state to automatically register people as they're released from prison.
Michigan Law Would Be First to Automatically Register People to Vote As They Leave Prison
The legislature passed a bill last week that would expand automatic voter registration in a number of other ways, and likely add many new Michiganders to voter rolls.
boltsmag.org
November 17, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Inject all-encompassing automatic enfranchisement directly into my veins
Native rights (especially relating to land and enfranchisement) have long been a sort of canary in the coal mine in this country. When Native folks tell you where this is going…listen
trying to strip Native people of their birthright citizenship is a *litmus test* for all of YOU.
the regime is testing how far you’ll go when it comes to standing beside Natives for more immediate things. have you looked into Project 2025’s agenda to privatize and sell off National Forest lands?
the regime is testing how far you’ll go when it comes to standing beside Natives for more immediate things. have you looked into Project 2025’s agenda to privatize and sell off National Forest lands?
January 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Native rights (especially relating to land and enfranchisement) have long been a sort of canary in the coal mine in this country. When Native folks tell you where this is going…listen
The Supreme Court turns its back on 60 years of Black enfranchisement ft.trib.al/9HFBA7Z
The Supreme Court turns its back on 60 years of Black enfranchisement
Its decision in Louisiana vs Callais ignores the law and overturns precedent
ft.trib.al
May 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The Supreme Court turns its back on 60 years of Black enfranchisement ft.trib.al/9HFBA7Z
US society runs on the idea that full enfranchisement requires being able to read and engage with rhetorically complex texts and real world events but over half the adult population has the reading skills of a tween
It is a voting rights issue, a health care access issue, an economic issue...
It is a voting rights issue, a health care access issue, an economic issue...
April 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
US society runs on the idea that full enfranchisement requires being able to read and engage with rhetorically complex texts and real world events but over half the adult population has the reading skills of a tween
It is a voting rights issue, a health care access issue, an economic issue...
It is a voting rights issue, a health care access issue, an economic issue...
Cuz ppl growing more conservative a they age isn't just the natural state of things, it's a result of a lifetime of accrued enfranchisement in the social and economic contract. If your buy-in is rewarded, you see no point in agitating to change the system.
Rewards have been withheld for ~20 years.
Rewards have been withheld for ~20 years.
What makes you think that Woke 2.0 will actually happen?
June 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Cuz ppl growing more conservative a they age isn't just the natural state of things, it's a result of a lifetime of accrued enfranchisement in the social and economic contract. If your buy-in is rewarded, you see no point in agitating to change the system.
Rewards have been withheld for ~20 years.
Rewards have been withheld for ~20 years.
Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
WaPo editorial board launches a disgusting car-brained attack on Seattle's new mayor Katie Wilson.
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
"Why don't the disenfranchised simply vote for their enfranchisement?"
April 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Why don't the disenfranchised simply vote for their enfranchisement?"
These are a people constitutionally unequipped to handle enfranchisement
June 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
These are a people constitutionally unequipped to handle enfranchisement
If I was running for office one of my main platforms would be total universal immediate enfranchisement
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
If I was running for office one of my main platforms would be total universal immediate enfranchisement
As a counter to the "what's the point because things will never change" crowd, having current mayors in different cities so clearly challenge the premise that cars are good and necessary for full enfranchisement in society is not a thing that would have happened just a few short years ago.
“Having a car should not be a requirement to building a life of one’s choosing.”
🚶 🚴♀️ 🚌 🚆
-Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson at the Sound Transit Crosslake Light Rail Opening
🚶 🚴♀️ 🚌 🚆
-Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson at the Sound Transit Crosslake Light Rail Opening
March 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
As a counter to the "what's the point because things will never change" crowd, having current mayors in different cities so clearly challenge the premise that cars are good and necessary for full enfranchisement in society is not a thing that would have happened just a few short years ago.
Watching the halftime show has made me consider my position on puerto rican enfranchisement and statehood, i previously supported it but i now think that only puerto ricans should be allowed to vote in us elections
i don’t know what the result of that would be but it’s good to shake things up
i don’t know what the result of that would be but it’s good to shake things up
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Watching the halftime show has made me consider my position on puerto rican enfranchisement and statehood, i previously supported it but i now think that only puerto ricans should be allowed to vote in us elections
i don’t know what the result of that would be but it’s good to shake things up
i don’t know what the result of that would be but it’s good to shake things up
(Before anyone asks: yes, I support the enfranchisement of prisoners.)
August 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
(Before anyone asks: yes, I support the enfranchisement of prisoners.)
It legitimately does not make any sense to me that people vote for policies that can be unmade by the elected officials they choose. Like Florida voting for felon re-enfranchisement and then electing DeSantis to oversee it.
AP calls it for Missouri -- their abortion rights ballot measure passes!
November 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM
It legitimately does not make any sense to me that people vote for policies that can be unmade by the elected officials they choose. Like Florida voting for felon re-enfranchisement and then electing DeSantis to oversee it.
Universal childcare, reproductive rights in the state constitution, automatic voter reg., enfranchisement of formerly incarcerated, free public transit, significant land back for native population, and more
September 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Universal childcare, reproductive rights in the state constitution, automatic voter reg., enfranchisement of formerly incarcerated, free public transit, significant land back for native population, and more
60 years ago, when Black civil rights activists marched to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama to demand voting rights, they were met with police violence.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights | ACLU
Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans.
www.aclu.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
60 years ago, when Black civil rights activists marched to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama to demand voting rights, they were met with police violence.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
Circling back: the modern GOP looks a lot more like a corruption-based conservative party reacting to mass enfranchisement than a mass mobilizing conservative party reacting to mass enfranchisement. Elon Musk jumping up and down on the stage with Donald Trump last night is what nails it (7/n)
October 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Circling back: the modern GOP looks a lot more like a corruption-based conservative party reacting to mass enfranchisement than a mass mobilizing conservative party reacting to mass enfranchisement. Elon Musk jumping up and down on the stage with Donald Trump last night is what nails it (7/n)
"my friends deserve full enfranchisement while you and your friends dont" seems to be her main sentiment
Wow this is REALLY REALLY REALLY racist.
August 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"my friends deserve full enfranchisement while you and your friends dont" seems to be her main sentiment
I’ve interviewed many politicians who are nervous to publicly oppose felony disenfranchisement. Average voters, I’ve found, are much less timid.
We can learn something here from Virginia: Lawmakers proposed expanding re-enfranchisement and, whaddya know, the “yes” side is polling *34* points ahead.
We can learn something here from Virginia: Lawmakers proposed expanding re-enfranchisement and, whaddya know, the “yes” side is polling *34* points ahead.
We just got the first public poll I've ever seen of this referendum on restoring voting rights in Virginia.
It's by Christopher Newport University, just out, and it shows the YES leading 64% to 30%. (mailchi.mp/60b2cb28338a...)
The referendum is in November.
Details here:
It's by Christopher Newport University, just out, and it shows the YES leading 64% to 30%. (mailchi.mp/60b2cb28338a...)
The referendum is in November.
Details here:
JUST IN: Virginia's legislature just adopted a constitutional amendment that would end Virginia's rules that ban people from voting for life.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.
Now going to a referendum.
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I’ve interviewed many politicians who are nervous to publicly oppose felony disenfranchisement. Average voters, I’ve found, are much less timid.
We can learn something here from Virginia: Lawmakers proposed expanding re-enfranchisement and, whaddya know, the “yes” side is polling *34* points ahead.
We can learn something here from Virginia: Lawmakers proposed expanding re-enfranchisement and, whaddya know, the “yes” side is polling *34* points ahead.
i can has enfranchisement?
September 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
i can has enfranchisement?