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Eliza Orlins
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Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/her
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Hey Bluesky! Just reintroducing myself. I’m Eliza Orlins, a career public defender in Manhattan for the past 15 years! I am often raging against injustice in the criminal legal system as well as helping people understand their rights—NEVER EVER TALK TO THE COPS! Let me know what you want to learn!
I’m sad and I’m furious. The Senate voted to reopen without securing healthcare protections. Millions still stand to lose coverage.

The fight shifts to the House now. There are cracks. Pressure matters. If you’re in a GOP district, call your Rep.

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Objection: The Fight Shifts To The House
I’m disappointed, I’m furious, and I’m not giving up on people who need care.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Watch @rosen.senate.gov lie about protecting people’s healthcare
I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.

Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.

She can still change her vote.

@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
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Senator Jacky Rosen Promised to Protect Healthcare. Then She Voted Against It.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.

Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.

She can still change her vote.

@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
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Senator Jacky Rosen Promised to Protect Healthcare. Then She Voted Against It.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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🚨🚨SHUTDOWN Is NOT Over‼️⬇️

📣 Listen To Eliza Orlins!⬇️

• There Are Still More Votes To
Take In This Process!

✅ Start Calling, E-mailing & Texting!
☎️(202) 224-3121

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Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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This is potentially ok news: we MIGHT be able to pressure the Senate enough, IF we press the 8 Dems who voted with the Republikkkans HARD.

PLEASE keep calling and leaving messages, find the numbers in my pinned post!

As many times as you can, as many Republikkkan as you can, and the 8 Dems!
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Concise, informative, important.
Resistance is not futile.
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Warren has a nice ring to it, right???
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The government is still shut down. People are struggling. And Big Pharma is still using patent abuse to squeeze billions from patients who need life-saving medication.

$40 billion a year from patent abuse.

Demand accountability. Demand reform.

🔗 Read more👇

bit.ly/47ALh6G
Big Pharma Can Tweak Drugs to Keep Generics Off the Market
Taking advantage of a broken patent system, Big Pharma is making minor tweaks to medications just to keep affordable generics off the market, a new report suggests. They’ve made billions of dollars in...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It's not over, folks. If you want Democrats to stand up for healthcare AND snap benefits, reach out to them and tell them what you need. Call the eight turncoats. Call your representative. Email them. Blast them on social media.

We still have time to get through to them.
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Okay so I'm watching this from overseas(given I used to live in the US and a lot of friends and family are there) and from everything I've seen in this video, the shutdown is NOT over, it's step like, 1 of 5 that still needs to get past

so why am I seeing 'the shutdown is over' everywhere
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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It’s NOT over!

Eliza does a phenomenal job explaining the upcoming process and the actions we can all take to pressure the 7 Dems + King to change their vote

Listen and then take action⤵️
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Great video about what’s happening in the Senate. Still time to apply pressure on key senators.
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Keep the pressure on, it's not a done deal yet!!
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Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House.
Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hassan, Shaheen.
Stay loud.
youtu.be/mdFRfeGRKfI
Shutdown NOT Over: What Tonight’s Senate Vote Actually Means
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Okay, folks, hold tight.

About to record a video explaining what happens next procedurally. This is NOT over.

And now we have a non-speculative list because we just saw the first vote.

Give me a few minutes and I'll have a clear explanation out for all of you.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for years. But the T stands for Trump now.

They carry Trump Mobile, killed DEI to please Trump’s FCC, union-bust, backed policies that strip healthcare, and are funneling millions to Musk.

I’m canceling my plan on Nov 15. Join me

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Boycotting T-Mobile: Trump ties, Musk money, and why I’m switching Nov 15
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Longest shutdown ever—and while families lose food and health care, Trump is throwing Gatsby parties and building a $300M White House ballroom.

Call Congress → 202-224-3121 Tell them to reopen the government, protect healthcare, & fund food assistance.

youtube.com/shorts/PABkq...
Longest shutdown ever, families losing food & healthcare, Trump throwing parties & a $300M ballroom
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Have you heard of patent abuse?

It’s how Big Pharma keeps drug prices high—costing Americans $40 billion a year.

Accountability. Reform. Now.

Details here. We deserve policy that puts people over pharma profits.

bit.ly/47ALh6G
Big Pharma Can Tweak Drugs to Keep Generics Off the Market
Taking advantage of a broken patent system, Big Pharma is making minor tweaks to medications just to keep affordable generics off the market, a new report suggests. They’ve made billions of dollars in...
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Eliza Orlins
We were talking about upcoming federal tax changes to gambling at the CPA firm I worked at. In 2026 you will only be able to deduct 90% of losses instead of 100% resulting in taxable income. This is going to drive people to offshore sites.
PA lawmakers want to spike taxes on legal sports betting. That won’t protect people—it’ll push them to offshore sites with zero safeguards.
Smart regulation and responsible gaming > sending people to unregulated markets.
Read more⤵️
bit.ly/47CFnSf
No One Knows What Kind Of Tax Hike Is Coming In Pennsylvania
Ahead of the holiday break, PA lawmakers are scrambling to make a budget — which was due July 1 — and it may include a betting tax hike.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
PA lawmakers want to spike taxes on legal sports betting. That won’t protect people—it’ll push them to offshore sites with zero safeguards.
Smart regulation and responsible gaming > sending people to unregulated markets.
Read more⤵️
bit.ly/47CFnSf
No One Knows What Kind Of Tax Hike Is Coming In Pennsylvania
Ahead of the holiday break, PA lawmakers are scrambling to make a budget — which was due July 1 — and it may include a betting tax hike.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Camera crews waiting for our rockstar mayor elect Zohran Mamdani to arrive at SOMOS in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Camera crews waiting for Zohran Mamdani to arrive at SOMOS in San Juan Puerto Rico.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
URGENT TRAVEL UPDATE. FAA SET TO CANCEL 10% OF FLIGHTS STARTING FRIDAY.

WHAT YOU CAN DO.
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URGENT TRAVEL UPDATE. FAA SET TO CANCEL 10% OF FLIGHTS STARTING FRIDAY. WHAT YOU CAN DO.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tonight feels like breathing again. People showed up for each other across the country and rejected hate, division, and fear. Georgia. Pennsylvania. Virginia. Ohio. NYC. From statehouses to city races, community power won. Celebrate. Rest. Then recommit. Follow for more.

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Election Night 2025! Dems win big in NY NJ PA VA and CA and Trump is furious!
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM