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UNRIG Washington: Fight corruption
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UNRIG Washington: Fight corruption

People are exhausted by bad policy and the feeling that our political system is rigged. That no matter who you vote for, the same donors win, the same insiders profit, and nothing really changes for families working to make ends meet. This is why I've joined the End Citizens United "Unrig Washington" pledge — a public commitment to do this differently.

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Future Hindsight Podcast: The Offline Candidate
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Future Hindsight Podcast: The Offline Candidate

My students looked at me, and they said: ‘what is this country?’ This is so different than the America they were promised. I’m a Millenial, and I can count on one hand the number of friends who can afford to have kids because the cost of daycare is so impossible. That’s crazy. That’s not what we thought our lives would be like. I think there’s a level of cynicism that young people bring to politics because they don’t feel like their experiences are being taken seriously.

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Video Essay: “Look up.”
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Video Essay: “Look up.”

Can our democracy survive social media? Our democracy has survived slavery, segregation, and war. Of course, this democracy can survive social media. But whether our democracy survives social media is up to us.

That’s why I invited my fellow candidates here in NH-01 to join me for a month offline. It’s an invitation to look up from our phones and into the eyes of the people we want to represent. It’s an opportunity to connect what we’re fighting for with who we’re fighting alongside. It’s a chance to break out of this connection-starved era and build a new one where real connections and progress are possible. I hope you’ll join me.

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Video: Carleigh Beriont invites fellow candidates to quit social media in February
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Video: Carleigh Beriont invites fellow candidates to quit social media in February

On Monday, I invited my fellow candidates for Congress in NH-01 to join me for a “Social Media-Free February.” Campaigning for six months without social media has given me the opportunity to slow down and connect with people throughout the district without feeling the pressure to capture and create content for the internet. Going direct to the people also offers a chance to break the stranglehold these platforms and their right-wing billionaire owners have on our political system.

I’ll be talking more about my decision and what I’ve learned at the Wolfeboro Public Library on Saturday, January 17th. Click here to signup for the event!

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Video: “Carleigh Beriont says she’ll fight to break up Big Tech in Congress”
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Video: “Carleigh Beriont says she’ll fight to break up Big Tech in Congress”

I sat down with Adam Sexton of WMUR Channel 9 to discuss my plans to regulate and break up Big Tech, my decision to avoid social media; the government shutdown and the fight for health care policy changes; what Democrats should do if they win the majority in Congress in 2026; the immigration issue; and the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean.

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404Media.co: Can You Win a Congressional Seat Without Social Media?
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404Media.co: Can You Win a Congressional Seat Without Social Media?

“We're seeing people, pouring fuel on partisan fires and preaching to the choirs, and they're doing that to raise more money, and it's not winning over anybody, and it's not helping to de-escalate the situation that we're in right now. And I think that it's frankly making us a lot less safe, because instead of actually holding social media corporations accountable for what they're posting online, which they could be doing, they're choosing not to do that.”

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