--Deb Boyken
dboyken.bsky.social
--Deb Boyken
@dboyken.bsky.social
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.

So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Imagine if RFK and co destroy childhood vaccination in the US?

A 50% decline in childhood vaccination could result in 51.2 million measles cases over a 25-y period, 9.9 million rubella cases, 4.3 million polio cases, 10.3 million hospitalizations, and 159 200 deaths

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US
This study estimates the number of cases and complications in the US under scenarios of declining childhood vaccination for measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria.
jamanetwork.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 28, the number is 100%.

Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Seniors on original Medicare be aware that the Republicans just announced that if they maintain the House after midterm’s they will do away with Medicare and replace it with a fixed price voucher system. You will have to use the voucher and potentially your own funds to buy private health insurance!
August 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thanks #visibilitybrigade
"Honk If You're Not In a Cult"
Morris County, NJ, August 18, 2025
(And yes, I honked!)
August 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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July Fourth—Independence Day—is the original No Kings Day.

Just saying.
July 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The little family of blue jays living under our deck
June 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Proud Mama blue jay outside our slider, under the eaves of the deck. (Zoom photography through a dirty glass door is challenging, but it's not like we're stepping outside to clean the door right now. Don't want to disturb the little family!)
May 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Morris County. New Jersey, folks!
May 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Something appears to be happening in the nest on our deck outside. We can't see INTO the nest, but this is the most activity there's been since they started sitting a couple weeks ago.
May 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I finished the second sleeve on my sweater and just need to do the button bands and collar. This will be done just in time for summer!
May 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”

Hannah Arendt
April 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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We revealed our Project 2025 tracker on last night’s Zoom, breaking down how this plan is already being put into action. This tracker is a great resource for understanding what’s happening, why it matters, and what we can do to stop it!

Check it out: go.redwine.blue/P25TRACK-BS
The Reality of Project 2025 - Red Wine and Blue
With many of its authors in top level positions, Project 2025 is being implemented. Keep track and find recommended actions to fight back!
go.redwine.blue
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A plea.

Can we stop declaring this a “constitutional crisis?”

It’s bigger.

It’s a crisis about fundamental American ideals and structures.

“Constitutional crisis” makes it sound like an abstract lawyerly crisis

It’s bigger.
April 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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If trump defies SCOTUS, the checks & balances the founders created to keep the USA from becoming a dictatorship are gone. Congress MUST step up as the 3rd equal branch of the government & save democracy.

You can read this NYT article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Man (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Thank you, @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
for a great webinar with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @repjasmine.bsky.social talking about the implementation of
Project 2025 by this regime. RWB is tracking it all here. Please read and share! social.redwine.blue/s/PvNfL7Xj
Track Project 2025
social.redwine.blue
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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I would like to introduce to you the pathetic GOP clown caucus, that voted to cut Medicaid.

**Please repost *"
April 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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We're sorry to people everywhere whose lives are now more tenuous, more violent, less safe, less secure than they had been before.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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We left this interview with Sen. Booker more inspired than ever.

Listen now on the MeidasTouch Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1yBH...
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” hits hard for anyone facing the loss of a loved one. Today, read it as someone facing the systematic dismantling of our Constitution.

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Everyone should watch this. Then share it with anyone who thinks these tariffs are a good idea and won’t crush small businesses.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIDAtyB...
April 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Considering the current state of, well, everything, it's REALLY HARD to tell what posts are April Fool's jokes and which ones are real!
April 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather

Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses

Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments

Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...

The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
March 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM