Amber
ampope.bsky.social
Amber
@ampope.bsky.social
Former teacher, current IT/ID Manager, political junkie
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.

SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.

Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.

People need & deserve assistance

Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich

Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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If you come for my people, you come through me.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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My phone just served me this picture, from a March 2021 CNBC hit, and I want to put it in a museum of pandemic times.
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The White House doesn’t care about Garcia’s legal status because they’re not enforcing immigration law—they’re conducting ethnic cleansing.

They can’t justify their actions legally, but they don’t think they need to.
April 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Kidnapping.

Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.

Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.

A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.

-You cannot legally deport people without due process.

-You cannot legally deport citizens.

-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I’m not saying everyone needs to do *this*.

But @booker.senate.gov figured out the biggest best thing HE could do right now. And then he did it.

Everyone needs to do *that*.
April 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Walz: I own this. We wouldn’t be in this mess if we'd have won the election and we didn't. We have to make sure that Americans know it's not just that Donald Trump is bad, but we're offering them something better
March 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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1. Finally some fight.

"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.

McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."

Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.

Subscribe to support my journalism.
"Have You No Decency?": Republican Calls Sarah McBride "Mister," Dems Erupt And End Hearing
During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Very demure. Very iconic.
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.

(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
March 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Centrists bigots and right wingers have this all backward. YOU are the ones constantly bringing up trans issues. I would be happy to not think about this shit every day of my life unless I was talking to or reading something by one of my trans friends and thought of it in passing. SHUT THE FUCK UP
March 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk," Donald Trump says.

Cc:
@annabower.bsky.social
Federal judges in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
Yaakov Roth
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Anybody know what year of the week it is?
March 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
February 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Anyone in Alabama State Gov or with a large employer in the state ?

You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs.

www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...
Greg Reybold on LinkedIn: Dont know how Alabama employers can keep carrying the water of Big PBMs…
Dont know how Alabama employers can keep carrying the water of Big PBMs and Insurers after this. Big employers in Alabama are spending more than anyone on…
www.linkedin.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Donald Trump’s petty threats are beneath the Office of the President.

Governor Janet Mills embodies servant leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Maine governor tells Trump ‘see you in court’ amid faceoff over trans athletes
Trump threatened to withhold federal education funding if Maine does not comply with his executive order and bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I am grateful that so many people found my open letter to Elon Musk moving and want to share it. Some well meaning people are just cutting and pasting it on their social media feeds. I would appreciate it if people would link to the version posted on @democracydocket.com instead.

Thanks.

Marc
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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AGAIN: If they actually cared about the deficit they wouldn’t also be cutting trillions in taxes for the rich.

They think we are all very dumb.
Elon Musk: "If we don't solve the deficit, there won't be money for medical care, there won't be money for social security ... it's gotta be solved or there's no medical care, there's no social security, there's no nothing. It's gotta be solved. It's not optional ... that's why I'm here."
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.
February 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM