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Juan Peñalosa
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Child of the sun, God, and Oklahoma. Colombian American 🇺🇸🇨🇴🏳️‍🌈. Former: Deputy National Political Director, Harris for President. Alum Barack Obama, Joe Biden, National LGBTQ Task Force, FL Dems & others
Th only person in Trump world having a worse day than the former NSA Mike Walz, is Elise Stefanik.

After Trump promised Stefanik UN Ambassador he snatched it back. And now he’s giving that job to the disgraced — and fired — Mike Walz.

Ouch.
May 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We need more of these low-fi format Kitchen Table Convos right now. @peggyflanagan.bsky.social approach to her US Senate run is listening, engaging & connecting.

It feels as if she's building something bigger than just another campaign. #FlanaganForSenate
www.startribune.com/lt-gov-flana...
Olson: Flanagan launches U.S. Senate campaign focusing on hope, not hype
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s kitchen table conversations showcase her skill at connection.
www.startribune.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨This. Is. Big.🚨

Minnesota LG — and total badass — @peggyflanagan.bsky.social is running for US Senate.

A proud Native woman making history! And as someone who knows her firsthand, she's a force for justice and change.

Who's in?
#FlanaganForSenate #IndianCountry #NativePower peggyflanagan.com
Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota | Democrat for U.S. Senate
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan's ready to take our Minnesota values to D.C. — to fight to rebuild the middle class, protect our rights, and hold the extremist billionaires trying to run off with our coun...
peggyflanagan.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Donald Trump made a campaign promise to "immediately bring egg prices down"

Egg prices after election under Biden: $3.60
Today under Trump: $6.59
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Congrats to @kenmartin.bsky.social our new Chair of @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social 🩵

There is work to be done. I just donated and signed up to volunteer. Who’s with me?
February 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump hands oligarchs the keys to the castle.

JUST IN: private citizen and oligarch, Elon Musk, takes control of government computer systems, locking government workers out of federal computer systems.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dana White, Trump supporter & UFC owner, says he's angry his UFC fighter is a 'pro-Hitler' Nazi, Takes no action to sanction, fire, or punish him. Elon Musk, the muscle & money behind Trump's presidency, is funding the neo-Nazi global movements. #FriendsLikeThese

www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/s...
UFC president Dana White denounces fighter who made pro-Adolf Hitler comments | CNN
UFC president Dana White has slammed American fighter Bryce Mitchell after the 30-year-old made several antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments during a podcast in which he also praised Adolf...
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The resistance begins.

JUST IN from ABC News: New York Attorney General Letitia James announces that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
January 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Government website that outlines reproductive rights, abortion rights, and reproductive care is offline just hours after Trump takes office.

www.reproductiverights.gov
rights.gov
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Rest in Power Cecile. You were loved, fearless, and so many are better off because of you. www.npr.org/2025/01/20/n...
Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died
Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.
www.npr.org
January 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump declares a "National Energy Emergency" on Day One, claiming lack of energy access—in same orders he also rolls back support for EVs.

Nothing says #EnergyCrisis like making it harder to switch to clean energy EVs while opening up Alaska to oil drilling.

The irony is thick. #ClimateCrisis
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We’re getting a sneak peak of governing in the Trump/Musk era. Spoiler: it’s ugly.

Johnson is presiding over a trainwreck. Musk killed the CR & now Trump’s demanding a debt ceiling hike?

Stock market is tanking. Government will likely shut down. This isn’t governance—it’s chaos.

Change my mind👇
December 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM

🌟 Big news in the Senate: Biden’s final judicial confirmations could happen as soon as this afternoon.

Serena Murillo and Benjamin Cheeks are up for district court seats in CA.

If confirmed, Biden surpasses Trump’s record for Article III judges confirmed. 🏛️

This matters.
December 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM
“Buttigieg was introduced by an emotional Rashida Tlaib... She talked of a beloved uncle…who was hit and killed at a notorious intersection in town. Buttigieg heard about it…Now, there’s a multimillion-dollar federal investment to make the street safer for pedestrians. In short, government matters.”
December 17, 2024 at 4:31 PM
The resistance begins.

Axios: Secretary Deb Haaland to run for Governor of New Mexico.
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Of the 370 million people who live in USA. Who is our #SupremeCourt working for?

🚫43 million people w/ debilitating student loans
🚫22 Million LGBTQ peoples
🚫167 Million women who want to make health choices
🚫1.01 Million doctors who want to put medical safety above politics for women patients
July 2, 2023 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Juan Peñalosa
Best parallel I can think of is if we tried to invade Canada because we thought Vancouver was basically ours, the entire US military got tied up in the forest, then Blackwater turned on us and started heading towards DC overnight, except Blackwater was financed by Rachael Ray.
June 24, 2023 at 1:21 PM
BREAKING: Florida Protect Free just announced that they’ve collected more than 240,000 petitions to secure a constitutional amendment on the ballot to protect the right to abortion
In Florida!

Note: roughly 400,000
signatures are needed to get the amendment on the ballor.
June 23, 2023 at 4:59 PM
BREAKING: Toy manufacturer sells *actual* baby sharks as bath toys.
7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys recalled after reports of impalement, lacerations
There have been 12 reports of children falling or sitting on the regular-sized toys, with nine injuries needing stitches or medical attention.
www.cbsnews.com
June 23, 2023 at 4:18 PM
It’s a beautiful daaaaaayyyy.

My playlist for my bike ride to work. 🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
June 22, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Juan Peñalosa
If you’re in DC, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is hosting a free exhibit with originals Leonardo da Vinci drawings until August

At the exhibit’s end, the artwork must be placed back in total darkness for three years
Rare Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Make Debut In The United States
The artwork must be placed in total darkness for three years when the "Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius" exhibition ends.
t.co
June 22, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by Juan Peñalosa
welcome newskies!! 🤗

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June 21, 2023 at 10:20 PM
Actual live view from Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame…
June 22, 2023 at 12:08 PM