Judy Darnell
@jdarnell.bsky.social
Retired nonprofit public policy VP who fought for kids, families, health insurance income equality. MPP. Care about climate, science, animals and justice. Spend time in forests, beaches. Glad to be here.
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In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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A complaint: extending ACA/marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would be expensive.
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A complaint: extending ACA/marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would be expensive.
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
Once again, Trump proves that he's absolutely full of bullshit.
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Once again, Trump proves that he's absolutely full of bullshit.
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Once again, Trump proves that he's absolutely full of bullshit.
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
He said that "it would be his honor" to give food to starving kids and that he wasn't going to appeal the decision.
Then the slimebag fights to starve poor kids.
SNAP
Powerful reminder of the devastation and terror.
#CalFire learned so much from that fire. By the time the #CZU fire hit two years later, they evacuated everyone out of harms way in an early, organized, sequential way to keep roads from getting clogged. The #Frontline episode is worth watching.
#CalFire learned so much from that fire. By the time the #CZU fire hit two years later, they evacuated everyone out of harms way in an early, organized, sequential way to keep roads from getting clogged. The #Frontline episode is worth watching.
Seven years ago today, the Camp Fire began in Butte County—claiming 85 lives and destroying over 18,800 structures.
We remember those lost and the communities that continue to rebuild with strength.
🎥 INTO THE FIRE revisits the first hours of the Camp Fire: youtu.be/l7OUG_6QCG0
#CampFire
We remember those lost and the communities that continue to rebuild with strength.
🎥 INTO THE FIRE revisits the first hours of the Camp Fire: youtu.be/l7OUG_6QCG0
#CampFire
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Powerful reminder of the devastation and terror.
#CalFire learned so much from that fire. By the time the #CZU fire hit two years later, they evacuated everyone out of harms way in an early, organized, sequential way to keep roads from getting clogged. The #Frontline episode is worth watching.
#CalFire learned so much from that fire. By the time the #CZU fire hit two years later, they evacuated everyone out of harms way in an early, organized, sequential way to keep roads from getting clogged. The #Frontline episode is worth watching.
Kinda sums up state of nation currently. 😭
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Kinda sums up state of nation currently. 😭
Another hero among us.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Another hero among us.
Devastating but important thread plus link to short documentary. Children around the world are in crisis and dying.
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Devastating but important thread plus link to short documentary. Children around the world are in crisis and dying.
Link to resources at end of post.
While food benefits are delayed for 5.5 million residents, California is stepping up to protect families from hunger by fast-tracking $80 million in state funds to stabilize food bank food… | Californ...
While food benefits are delayed for 5.5 million residents, California is stepping up to protect families from hunger by fast-tracking $80 million in state funds to stabilize food bank food distributio...
www.linkedin.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Link to resources at end of post.
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Here it is. What democrats have been starving for bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Here it is. What democrats have been starving for bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hailing from Bucks County, I can’t love this enough!!❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hailing from Bucks County, I can’t love this enough!!❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃
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Boom!
Spanberger, Sherrill, and Mamdani All Win
Democrats dominate
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Boom!
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Congratulations to the people of MAINE
QUESTION ONE WAS DEFEATED
VOTED NO !!
QUESTION ONE WAS DEFEATED
VOTED NO !!
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Congratulations to the people of MAINE
QUESTION ONE WAS DEFEATED
VOTED NO !!
QUESTION ONE WAS DEFEATED
VOTED NO !!
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More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
😂😂😂
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
😂😂😂
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Repro wins so far:
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Repro wins so far:
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
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26 billionaires spent over $22 million to beat Zohran Mamdani.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
26 billionaires spent over $22 million to beat Zohran Mamdani.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.
That is how we win.
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On top of refusing to reopen the government while withholding SNAP funding, this regime has cancelled USDA's annual hunger report.
They can try to erase the data that proves their cruelty, but they can’t erase the pain of MILLIONS of hungry Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
They can try to erase the data that proves their cruelty, but they can’t erase the pain of MILLIONS of hungry Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump ends annual report on U.S. hunger amid rising food insecurity
The Trump administration is ending a decades-long report on U.S. hunger, calling it “politicized.” Last year, the USDA report warned of rising food insecurity.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
On top of refusing to reopen the government while withholding SNAP funding, this regime has cancelled USDA's annual hunger report.
They can try to erase the data that proves their cruelty, but they can’t erase the pain of MILLIONS of hungry Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
They can try to erase the data that proves their cruelty, but they can’t erase the pain of MILLIONS of hungry Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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