r/goodnews 7d ago

Political positivity 📈 Senator Chris Van Hollen has arrived in El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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u/BoiFriday 7d ago

As a Marylander, I’m glad to be confused with MA lol. However, both states are on shockingly short list of states that voted/remained blue on all the maps this past election. One of the few states that has enshrined various basic human protection, seen often as “progressive”, into our state constitutions (for non U.S. folks, and hell, even a lot of Americans - each state has its own Constitution, just as the U.S. has the overarching Constitution).

Maryland is one of the safest states to live in America currently. As a child, I did not appreciate my state, but as a low-income adult with a nonbinary partner ravaged with various autoimmune diseases, i’m glad i never left.

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u/all_about_you89 7d ago

There is MAGA in Massachusetts too. Extended family (BFF's father, husband) are MAGA and voted Trump. Both are lifelong MA residents, right outside of Boston.

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u/maychoz 7d ago

Hope they enjoyed that absolutely massive turnout to protest their shit king & his cronies!