@bethmacy
Candidate for Congress, Author of DOPESICK and PAPER GIRL, thrifting champ, compulsive note-taker, and miner of stories about outsiders & underdogs. To volunteer and/or donate to my campaign: http://www.bethmacyforcongress.com.
The news is absolutely brutal. The February jobs report shows 92,000 job losses. Inflation is creeping up. Citizens are being shot by their government in the streets. And now, a Middle East war. Trump must be stopped.
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I'm thrilled to have the endorsement of my dear friend Mayor Joe Cobb!
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who crushed it last night, from Texas to North Carolina to Arkansas! Dems have flipped 27 leg seats in Trump's second term. Republicans have flipped ZERO. We're going to continue that trend when we win the 6th this fall!
That is a GREAT cover and man do we need some hope!
This morning I was honored to attend a Quaker meeting. We had a beautiful conversation about what it means to be a peace maker, especially in times like this.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Once again, an unpopular Republican president has led us into a forever war which will only result in devastating consequences for the United States and the world. And Republican leadership in Congress appears set to fail to stand up for the Constitution and rein in this reckless presidency.
Congress must restrain the president, who is just trying to distract us from the terrible economy and Epstein files by endangering our troops and launching the United States into another forever war in the Middle East.
Not coincidentally, this attack comes at the end of a week that saw more bad inflation numbers, more fallout from the Epstein scandal and an incoherent State of the Union speech that flopped before America's eyes.
President Trump's attack on Iran is a colossal, dangerous blunder that threatens global security, underscores his own ineptitude as a self-proclaimed dealmaker and intends to distract us from his incompetence and corruption.
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Is this what MAGA voted for? I could have sworn Trump campaigned on NO NEW WARS. Now we're participating in attacks that kill children.
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Virginia's List 3rd Annual Signature Event on Sunday, March 8, in Richmond, honoring International Women's Day. Featuring keynote speaker author and Virginia US Congressional Candidate, Beth Macy. @virginiaslist.bsky.social @bethmacy.bsky.social.
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At a book club meeting yesterday, a retired teacher asked why I included the sexual abuse of my niece in Paper Girl.
Then she began to cry, describing an uncle who terrorized her as a girl. “I’m in my 80s, and I still feel like that scared child.” #BelieveWomen#ReleasetheUnredactedEpsteinFiles
Mayor Horton is a fighter for SWVA. I'm proud to have his endorsement!
If you love democracy, read this book. My review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky @bethmacy.bsky.social
So-called emergency concocted by the same folks who cooked up “birtherism.” (And we just rolled our eyes.) They can’t win except by cheating—and it comes so easy to them. Thanks WaPo.
Ten flu deaths in just the small medical practice I go to in the past year. In VA, already ten cases of measles this year, more than all of 2025 combined. Take it from the younger sister of a polio survivor: vaccines save lives.
Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Presses Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee Regarding the Efficacy of the Flu Vaccine; Gets Evasions in Response bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...
Removing Medicaid funding from Minnesota means that thousands of children will not be able to get medical treatment and will be deprived of proper nutrition
Apparently Trump and JD Vance think that “good stewardship” of Medicaid means creating policies that produce sick, starving kids
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Read this book by @andreapitzer.bsky.social :
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Aw Jeff, thank you!
Two of America’s most astute thinkers—Andrea Pitzer and Jamelle Bouie—on our slide into a concentration camp society and how to fight it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...
I might be a Hollins grad, but VT will always have a special place in my heart. These students asked such thoughtful and nuanced questions. They are truly a reflection of the best parts of our country. Thank you Virginia Tech Young Democrats for having me.
Last night, I was notified that another person has died in ICE custody.
That’s 39 people who have died on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term.
We cannot grow numb to this. There must be immediate oversight and accountability.
You are so boss! Thanks for your service and advocacy!
So honored and thrilled to be among the LA Times Book Prize finalists!
Notes from the campaign trail. It's a joy and a privilege most days, but it ain't ever kickball, y'all. Thanks to everyone who's supported, collected signatures, and banded together to help our neighbors.
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It’s was a 41-page document with footnotes, down to the precinct level. (Sorry if I mis-spoke.) But it’s true. Lordy, a lot has changed since then.
