BloomingOak Design - Ellen Raugust
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Owner, designer, maker at BloomingOak Design. Handmade silver and gemstone jewelry. bloomingoakdesign.com
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Most people aren't tracking this, but the Big Ugly bill would effectively ban marketplace insurers from covering abortion care in ALL 50 states.
We can't let this stand. Please help spread the word.
Republicans are jamming this bill through—we have to speak up NOW.
We can't let this stand. Please help spread the word.
Republicans are jamming this bill through—we have to speak up NOW.
June 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Most people aren't tracking this, but the Big Ugly bill would effectively ban marketplace insurers from covering abortion care in ALL 50 states.
We can't let this stand. Please help spread the word.
Republicans are jamming this bill through—we have to speak up NOW.
We can't let this stand. Please help spread the word.
Republicans are jamming this bill through—we have to speak up NOW.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
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Something of interest for ecommerce folks.
(I stopped using them many years ago)
(I stopped using them many years ago)
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
propub.li
April 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Something of interest for ecommerce folks.
(I stopped using them many years ago)
(I stopped using them many years ago)
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The Tax Policy Center out today with a cost estimate for Trump's tax plan to extend the 2017 Trump Tax Law.
👉 It will REDUCE federal revenues by $4.4 TRILLION through fiscal year 2035.
👉 Taxpayers in the TOP income quintile would receive 65 PERCENT OF THE NET TAX CUT.
👉 It will REDUCE federal revenues by $4.4 TRILLION through fiscal year 2035.
👉 Taxpayers in the TOP income quintile would receive 65 PERCENT OF THE NET TAX CUT.
Extending Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
taxpolicycenter.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Tax Policy Center out today with a cost estimate for Trump's tax plan to extend the 2017 Trump Tax Law.
👉 It will REDUCE federal revenues by $4.4 TRILLION through fiscal year 2035.
👉 Taxpayers in the TOP income quintile would receive 65 PERCENT OF THE NET TAX CUT.
👉 It will REDUCE federal revenues by $4.4 TRILLION through fiscal year 2035.
👉 Taxpayers in the TOP income quintile would receive 65 PERCENT OF THE NET TAX CUT.
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The Chamberlain Network, a non-profit of veterans promoting democracy, organized an open letter calling on the Congressional Veterans Affairs Committees to protect veterans, & all civil servants, facing mass terminations.
You can sign - as a citizen- here: www.chamberlainnetwork.us/sign-on-vete...
You can sign - as a citizen- here: www.chamberlainnetwork.us/sign-on-vete...
Support Our Civil Servants — The Chamberlain Network
www.chamberlainnetwork.us
February 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Chamberlain Network, a non-profit of veterans promoting democracy, organized an open letter calling on the Congressional Veterans Affairs Committees to protect veterans, & all civil servants, facing mass terminations.
You can sign - as a citizen- here: www.chamberlainnetwork.us/sign-on-vete...
You can sign - as a citizen- here: www.chamberlainnetwork.us/sign-on-vete...
"...four trained physicians in the Senate...bound by an ethical obligation to champion science, evidence-based medicine, and policies that save lives."
Bill Cassidy (LA), Roger Marshall (KS), Rand Paul (KY) and John Barrasso (WY) should be sanctioned in some way for violating their oath.
Bill Cassidy (LA), Roger Marshall (KS), Rand Paul (KY) and John Barrasso (WY) should be sanctioned in some way for violating their oath.
They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting to confirm RFK Jr.
Opinion | Physician Senators, What Have You Done?
They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting to confirm RFK Jr.
www.medpagetoday.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"...four trained physicians in the Senate...bound by an ethical obligation to champion science, evidence-based medicine, and policies that save lives."
Bill Cassidy (LA), Roger Marshall (KS), Rand Paul (KY) and John Barrasso (WY) should be sanctioned in some way for violating their oath.
Bill Cassidy (LA), Roger Marshall (KS), Rand Paul (KY) and John Barrasso (WY) should be sanctioned in some way for violating their oath.
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Tips for calling members of Congress, plus sample scripts from someone who answered these calls as a staffer!
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
Tips for Calling Your Representatives
From someone who answered these calls.
quartzevelyn.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Tips for calling members of Congress, plus sample scripts from someone who answered these calls as a staffer!
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
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If you're in Michigan, please volunteer to help cure ballots.
We got Slotkin over the line and may be able to help others.
We got Slotkin over the line and may be able to help others.
OT, but Marcy, wanted to mention I'm trying not to lose it by calling MI Dems to get them to cure absentee ballots. Deadline for ballot cure in MI is 5 pm tomorrow. There are close down ballot races still in question, and we can use help. If you have time: Sign up here: tinyurl.com/nationalvopro
Harris-Walz Voter Protection Phone Bank · The Democratic National Committee
Call likely Democratic voters in battleground states with potential issues with their registration or ballots to ensure their votes are fairly counted! Every day, we strategize directly with state vot...
tinyurl.com
November 7, 2024 at 9:52 PM
If you're in Michigan, please volunteer to help cure ballots.
We got Slotkin over the line and may be able to help others.
We got Slotkin over the line and may be able to help others.