Deidre Reynolds
@commonsense98.bsky.social
Eternal Optimist | Yes We Can!
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GVP Advocate
Moms Demand Action
#EndGunViolence
Politics is my jam.
Cat family
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How can the U.S. substantially reduce shootings over the next 15 years?
Earlier this year, dozens of experts gathered at a first-of-its-kind summit to address that question. A new report details their ideas.
Earlier this year, dozens of experts gathered at a first-of-its-kind summit to address that question. A new report details their ideas.
A Blueprint for Reducing Gun Violence by 2040, According to Experts
The JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence convened thought leaders from a wide array of disciplines to discuss ideas for preventing shooting deaths and injuries.
www.thetrace.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How can the U.S. substantially reduce shootings over the next 15 years?
Earlier this year, dozens of experts gathered at a first-of-its-kind summit to address that question. A new report details their ideas.
Earlier this year, dozens of experts gathered at a first-of-its-kind summit to address that question. A new report details their ideas.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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"A healthy system involves setting real true expectations for the kind of care that people get and holding providers accountable.” Problems within the state's disability care system are many, so where does New Hampshire go from here? From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire’s disability system has a horrific past, and advocates say the path forward is unclear • New Hampshire Bulletin
As a monthslong Bulletin investigation into New Hampshire’s modern disability care network has revealed, systemic problems of abuse and neglect haven’t gone away. Tragic story after tragic story —…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"A healthy system involves setting real true expectations for the kind of care that people get and holding providers accountable.” Problems within the state's disability care system are many, so where does New Hampshire go from here? From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. • New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school special…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
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In the first part of a three-part series, "A System of Harm," a look at some of the individual tragedies within the state's intellectual and developmental disability care network. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
A series of tragedies exposes patterns of abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability system • New Hampshire Bulletin
A video recorded at a Dunbarton care home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in February 2019 captured caretakers pinning Lucas Houle to the ground and slapping him…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the first part of a three-part series, "A System of Harm," a look at some of the individual tragedies within the state's intellectual and developmental disability care network. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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This is so deeply cruel and unjust.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is so deeply cruel and unjust.
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What we value...is priceless.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What we value...is priceless.
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life. n.pr/4oBBioa
How one teacher's kindness changed a grieving teenager's life
When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life. n.pr/4oBBioa
"With health care tax credits set to expire, pain sets in for one New Hampshire business"
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With health care tax credits set to expire, pain sets in for one New Hampshire business » Nashua Ink Link
Last week, W.H. Bagshaw, a metal parts manufacturer based in Hudson, found out that its health insurance policies with Anthem would increase approximately 38% in 2026. Anthem specifically cited the ex...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"With health care tax credits set to expire, pain sets in for one New Hampshire business"
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“Although I spent many of my formative years living in the White House, I always knew it wasn’t my house. It was my home, absolutely, but not my house. The White House belongs to the American people, and that’s why we call it the People’s House.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive
President Trump has authority over the White House and the right to turn the East Wing into a ballroom. But authority is not the same as stewardship.
www.usatoday.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Although I spent many of my formative years living in the White House, I always knew it wasn’t my house. It was my home, absolutely, but not my house. The White House belongs to the American people, and that’s why we call it the People’s House.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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In North Carolina, a gunman opened fire at a waterfront restaurant, killing three people. In Texas, a shooting at a casino killed 2 people. In Michigan, at least one worshiper died after a shooting at a Mormon church.
All in the last 24 hours.
All in the last 24 hours.
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In North Carolina, a gunman opened fire at a waterfront restaurant, killing three people. In Texas, a shooting at a casino killed 2 people. In Michigan, at least one worshiper died after a shooting at a Mormon church.
All in the last 24 hours.
All in the last 24 hours.
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Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
www.usatoday.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.
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Hillary Clinton: "When I hear people like Kennedy talking about getting back to a time where we aren't vaccinating, we're drinking raw milk - yeah, & people didn't live! I mean, this is so crazy, it's so wrongheaded, it's so shortsighted and it's going to cause deaths... it already is costing lives"
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hillary Clinton: "When I hear people like Kennedy talking about getting back to a time where we aren't vaccinating, we're drinking raw milk - yeah, & people didn't live! I mean, this is so crazy, it's so wrongheaded, it's so shortsighted and it's going to cause deaths... it already is costing lives"
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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Trump vigorously opposed Biden's infrastructure program, calling it "a loser for the USA." But now that projects are being built, he's putting his own name on them, claiming credit for the law he tried to kill. @richardfausset.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump vigorously opposed Biden's infrastructure program, calling it "a loser for the USA." But now that projects are being built, he's putting his own name on them, claiming credit for the law he tried to kill. @richardfausset.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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