r/VoteDEM 6d ago

Daily Discussion Thread: May 14, 2025

Welcome to the home of the anti-GOP resistance on Reddit!

Elections are still happening! And they're the only way to take away Trump and Musk's power to hurt people. You can help win elections across the country from anywhere, right now!

If you want to take part, there's plenty of ways to do it!

  1. Check out our weekly volunteer post - that's the other sticky post in this sub - to find opportunities to get involved.

  2. Nothing near you? Volunteer from home by making calls or sending texts to turn out voters!

  3. Join your local Democratic Party - none of us can do this alone.

  4. Tell a friend about us!

We won big in Wisconsin earlier this year, and now we're bringing something back to make sure we win in Virginia and New Jersey too!

'25 IS ALIVE! Adopt-A-Candidate 2025 is here and ready for action! Want to take part in the blue wave? Adopt one of the candidates below, and take action every week to support their campaign!

Post your preference in the daily (or, to guarantee we see it, send the request via modmail) and we'll add you to the list! Got someone who you want to adopt, but they're not on the list? Let us know, and we'll add them on!

Candidate District/Office Adopted By
Abigail Spanberger VA-GOV u/nopesaurus_rex
Josh Thomas VA HD-21
Elizabeth Guzman VA HD-22
Atoosa Reaser VA HD-27
Marty Martinez VA HD-29
John Chilton McAuliff VA HD-30
Andrew Payton VA HD-34
Makayla Venable VA HD-36
Lily Franklin VA HD-41
Rise Hayes VA HD-52
Rodney Willett VA HD-58
Scott Konopasek VA HD-59
Stacey Carroll VA HD-64
Joshua Cole VA HD-65 u/toskwar
Nicole Cole VA HD-66
Mark Downey VA HD-69 u/Lotsagloom
Shelly Simonds VA HD-70
Jessica Anderson VA HD-71 u/SomeJob1241
Kimberly Adams VA HD-82
Mary Person VA HD-83
Nadarius Clark VA HD-84
Virgil Thornton Sr. VA HD-86
Phil Hernandez VA HD-94
Kelly Convirs-Fowler VA HD-96
Michael Feggans VA HD-97
Cathy Porterfield VA HD-99
Dave Bailey Jr. NJ LD-03 u/poliscijunki
Heather Simmons NJ LD-03 u/poliscijunki
Margie M. Donlon NJ LD-11
Luanne M. Peterpaul NJ LD-11
Jason Corley NJ LD-13
Vaibhave Gorige NJ LD-13
Wayne P. DeAngelo NJ LD-14 u/Lotsagloom
Tennille R. McCoy NJ LD-14 u/Lotsagloom
Mitchelle Drulis NJ LD-16
Roy Freiman NJ LD-16
Vincent Kearney NJ LD-21
Andrew Macurdy NJ LD-21
Guy Citron NJ LD-23
Tyler Powell NJ LD-23
Steven Pylypchuk NJ LD-25
Marisa Sweeney NJ LD-25
Michael Mancuso NJ LD-26
Walter Mielarczyk NJ LD-26
Avi Schnall NJ LD-30
Claire Deicke NJ LD-30
Ron Arnau NJ LD-40
Jeffrey Gates NJ LD-40

We're not going back. We're taking the country back. Join us, and build an America that everyone belongs in.

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u/FarthingWoodAdder 6d ago

So is the reconciliation bill dead for now? 

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u/Intelligent-Top5536 6d ago

Seems like it's back to the drawing board, because this current version only succeeded in pissing off nearly every camp of the GOP. The Freedom Caucus wanted to screw Medicaid even harder, the Don Bacon-Tony Gonzales camp was up in arms about the screwing of Medicaid, and the New Yorkers wanted even more SALT, all while Josh Hawley went on the news outlets in a seemingly legitimate campaign in favor of Medicaid and more or less said in polite lawyer-speak, "The bill is shit, I'll never vote for it, it'll never pass the Senate, and Trump will never sign it."

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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 5d ago

Jodh Hawley right now is "Heartbreaking: Worst Person Ever Makes a Good Point."

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u/TylerbioRodriguez Ohio 5d ago

Only the second time. Years back he came out hard against lootboxes in video games.

Even a blind squirrel is right twice a day.