Lesa Thode
@lathode.bsky.social
Seeker of Peace, Equity, and Empathy. Celebrator of Life and Goodness. Merry Maker, Cook, Nature Lover, Advocate, Helper, Serial Volunteer working for a more perfect Union, For The People.
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov
Democrats are “considering” forcing clerks to read the entire megabill on the floor?!
This shouldn’t be optional. Force the full bill reading.
No more “I didn’t know what was in it” excuses. Make every Senator sit through it and own it.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
Democrats are “considering” forcing clerks to read the entire megabill on the floor?!
This shouldn’t be optional. Force the full bill reading.
No more “I didn’t know what was in it” excuses. Make every Senator sit through it and own it.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
DEMOCRATS—hell yes, do it‼️
Force the full bill reading on the floor. No more Senators pretending they didn’t know what was in it when they voted.
📌 Senate Dems may make clerks read the entire budget bill out loud. Good. People want fight—this is one way to show it.
@democrats.senate.gov
Force the full bill reading on the floor. No more Senators pretending they didn’t know what was in it when they voted.
📌 Senate Dems may make clerks read the entire budget bill out loud. Good. People want fight—this is one way to show it.
@democrats.senate.gov
June 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov
Democrats are “considering” forcing clerks to read the entire megabill on the floor?!
This shouldn’t be optional. Force the full bill reading.
No more “I didn’t know what was in it” excuses. Make every Senator sit through it and own it.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
Democrats are “considering” forcing clerks to read the entire megabill on the floor?!
This shouldn’t be optional. Force the full bill reading.
No more “I didn’t know what was in it” excuses. Make every Senator sit through it and own it.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
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One passed laws for your kids. The other passed his hat for your cash.
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One passed laws for your kids. The other passed his hat for your cash.
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For four long years I was told not to call what’s coming our way fascism but here we are:
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For four long years I was told not to call what’s coming our way fascism but here we are:
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🚨BREAKING: After @democracyforward.bsky.social successfully sues, OMB rescinds memo claiming to freeze all federal funding. Follow @democracydocket.com for details.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: After @democracyforward.bsky.social successfully sues, OMB rescinds memo claiming to freeze all federal funding. Follow @democracydocket.com for details.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
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We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.
The Survival of Democracy Depends on Our Willingness to Fight
Justice Riggs is right. We should not have to fight for democracy. But the reality is that we must.
www.democracydocket.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.
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TODAY’S ACTION ITEM: 98% of Americans live in range of more than 1000 public radio stations, which provide important local news coverage. For some, NPR stations are the ONLY source of emergency bulletins & the only news at all. Call & oppose cuts to our public broadcasting services.
☎️ @5calls.org
☎️ @5calls.org
Oppose Funding Cuts to NPR and PBS (UPDATED 5/1) ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates May 1, 2025: Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to cease all federal funding of NPR and PBS, calling the broadcasters …
5calls.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
TODAY’S ACTION ITEM: 98% of Americans live in range of more than 1000 public radio stations, which provide important local news coverage. For some, NPR stations are the ONLY source of emergency bulletins & the only news at all. Call & oppose cuts to our public broadcasting services.
☎️ @5calls.org
☎️ @5calls.org
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Please contact the International Surfing Association (ISA) and urge them to STOP using El Salvador for surfing events and championships.
BIG event coming up in September!
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned in El Salvador and needs to be freed!
www.isasurf.org
BIG event coming up in September!
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned in El Salvador and needs to be freed!
www.isasurf.org
International Surfing Association
A Better World through Surfing
www.isasurf.org
April 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Please contact the International Surfing Association (ISA) and urge them to STOP using El Salvador for surfing events and championships.
BIG event coming up in September!
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned in El Salvador and needs to be freed!
www.isasurf.org
BIG event coming up in September!
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned in El Salvador and needs to be freed!
www.isasurf.org
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1/30 🧵
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE OF EL SALVADOR
Presidente Nayib Bukele
Presidencia de la República de El Salvador
Palacio Presidencial
San Salvador, El Salvador
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE OF EL SALVADOR
Presidente Nayib Bukele
Presidencia de la República de El Salvador
Palacio Presidencial
San Salvador, El Salvador
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE OF EL SALVADOR
Presidente Nayib Bukele
Presidencia de la República de El Salvador
Palacio Presidencial
San Salvador, El Salvador
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE OF EL SALVADOR
Presidente Nayib Bukele
Presidencia de la República de El Salvador
Palacio Presidencial
San Salvador, El Salvador
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Today’s Action Item: the fight is not over! The SAVE Act goes to the Senate where we must defeat it. Make those calls to your senators!
☎️ 202-224-3121
@5calls.org
@aclu.org
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
@joannapopper.bsky.social
☎️ 202-224-3121
@5calls.org
@aclu.org
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
@joannapopper.bsky.social
The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote.
Tell your Senator to reject this harmful legislation.
Tell your Senator to reject this harmful legislation.
Stop the SAVE Act
The SAVE Act would keep millions of people from being able to vote – and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy. Urge Congress to vote no now.
action.aclu.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today’s Action Item: the fight is not over! The SAVE Act goes to the Senate where we must defeat it. Make those calls to your senators!
☎️ 202-224-3121
@5calls.org
@aclu.org
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
@joannapopper.bsky.social
☎️ 202-224-3121
@5calls.org
@aclu.org
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
@joannapopper.bsky.social
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A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
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You rested up? Good! Me too. LFG: RED MONDAY 🚨 FIVE ALARM FIRE CALL TO ACTION: Trump’s Tariff Terrorism against Americans and the world continues. CONGRESS CAN STOP THIS NOW! Bipartisan support is growing. Make those calls!
☎️ @5calls.org
☎️ @5calls.org
Reminder that Congress can pass a bill right now to block Trump's tariffs and end all of this. Right now. Today. And there are bipartisan options sitting right in front of them to do it.
So what's the hold up? Afraid of upsetting the king?
Call your reps 👉 5calls.org
So what's the hold up? Afraid of upsetting the king?
Call your reps 👉 5calls.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You rested up? Good! Me too. LFG: RED MONDAY 🚨 FIVE ALARM FIRE CALL TO ACTION: Trump’s Tariff Terrorism against Americans and the world continues. CONGRESS CAN STOP THIS NOW! Bipartisan support is growing. Make those calls!
☎️ @5calls.org
☎️ @5calls.org
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🖋️ “Protect worker’s rights and their ability to collectively bargain.” hit 1,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PLBCWQ to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PLBCWQ to 50409
Protect worker’s rights and their ability to collectively bargain.
Text SIGN PLBCWQ to 50409 — The collective bargaining agreements of federal employee unions were negotiated in good faith, yet the current administration's executive order is trying to nullify them. This is abhorrent and unacceptable. I urge you to cosponsor and support H.R. 2550, a bill to nullify this executive order that unlawfully excludes thousands of federal employees from labor-management relations programs.
This order undermined workers' rights and diminished their ability to collectively bargain for better working conditions. By cosponsoring this legislation, you would help restore protections for federal employees and reaffirm the importance of robust labor-management relations negotiated in good faith. Fair treatment and representation for workers is essential for an effective and motivated federal workforce that serves the public interest.
Cosponsoring this bill upholds democratic principles and ensures federal employees have a voice in shaping their workplaces. I encourage you to take action on this matter.
resist.bot
April 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🖋️ “Protect worker’s rights and their ability to collectively bargain.” hit 1,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PLBCWQ to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PLBCWQ to 50409
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Massive cuts to NIH will wreak havoc on UCSD and institutions all over the country. Our regional economy will suffer. Listen to UCSD researcher Srividya explain the real cost of these cuts, and help us spread the word. 🚨
April 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Massive cuts to NIH will wreak havoc on UCSD and institutions all over the country. Our regional economy will suffer. Listen to UCSD researcher Srividya explain the real cost of these cuts, and help us spread the word. 🚨
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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
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Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are a pathetic joke—he divides the trade deficit by exports and calls it policy. It’s not economics, it’s stupidity. And Congressional Republicans? They cheer it on like it’s genius. WAKE UP.
This is the dubious way Trump calculated his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs | CNN Business
President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations Wednesday were pitched as “reciprocal,” matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking in...
www.cnn.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are a pathetic joke—he divides the trade deficit by exports and calls it policy. It’s not economics, it’s stupidity. And Congressional Republicans? They cheer it on like it’s genius. WAKE UP.
@katieporteroc.bsky.social plz come speak "TRUTH TO POWER" at the 48th District's Empty Chair Town Hall. 💪💙
March 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@katieporteroc.bsky.social plz come speak "TRUTH TO POWER" at the 48th District's Empty Chair Town Hall. 💪💙
Help Flip Florida and watch Trump Flip his lid...happening today. bit.ly/43znzXN
What the Flip?! Florida Edition! · Florida Democratic Party
Floridians are fed up with chaos from the Republican-controlled House and billionaires like Elon Musk rigging the system. Now, Congress wants to cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, FEMA, and NOAA...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Help Flip Florida and watch Trump Flip his lid...happening today. bit.ly/43znzXN
@hcrichardson.bsky.social need your help understanding the merits of Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs' narrative of how we arrived at the present Ukraine/NATO conflict with Russia which you hinted at yesterday but did not elaborate. Thank you!!
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13K views · 3.1K reactions | For those flying Ukrainian flags.. Learn a little history before believing everything the media tells you. | Daniel Ferrer
For those flying Ukrainian flags.. Learn a little history before believing everything the media tells you..
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March 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social need your help understanding the merits of Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs' narrative of how we arrived at the present Ukraine/NATO conflict with Russia which you hinted at yesterday but did not elaborate. Thank you!!
www.facebook.com/reel/1813752...
www.facebook.com/reel/1813752...
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@douglinney.bsky.social When will we see a GOTV campaign for Valimont in FL-1, Weil in FL-6 and Gendebien in NY-21? Recent Musk dodgy-ness may have opened up opportunities in these ruby red districts. Can we focus on Dems who didn't vote in November, those who turned 18 afterwards, + Independents?
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@douglinney.bsky.social When will we see a GOTV campaign for Valimont in FL-1, Weil in FL-6 and Gendebien in NY-21? Recent Musk dodgy-ness may have opened up opportunities in these ruby red districts. Can we focus on Dems who didn't vote in November, those who turned 18 afterwards, + Independents?
@jasonberlin.bsky.social why aren't we running a GOTV campaign to support Valimont for FL-1, Weil for FL-6 and Blake Gendebien for NY-21? The Musk shenanigans may have created opportunity in these ruby red districts. How many Democrats didn't vote in November in these areas? How many are now 18?
February 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@jasonberlin.bsky.social why aren't we running a GOTV campaign to support Valimont for FL-1, Weil for FL-6 and Blake Gendebien for NY-21? The Musk shenanigans may have created opportunity in these ruby red districts. How many Democrats didn't vote in November in these areas? How many are now 18?
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Have you and @ezralevin.bsky.social run the numbers in FL-1, FL-6, and NY-21 to see if the dynamics have shifted to warrant a GOTV campaign for the Democratic candidates running to fill those house seats? Why not do all we can to support Valimont, Weil, and Gendebien?
Have you and @ezralevin.bsky.social run the numbers in FL-1, FL-6, and NY-21 to see if the dynamics have shifted to warrant a GOTV campaign for the Democratic candidates running to fill those house seats? Why not do all we can to support Valimont, Weil, and Gendebien?
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Have you and @ezralevin.bsky.social run the numbers in FL-1, FL-6, and NY-21 to see if the dynamics have shifted to warrant a GOTV campaign for the Democratic candidates running to fill those house seats? Why not do all we can to support Valimont, Weil, and Gendebien?
Have you and @ezralevin.bsky.social run the numbers in FL-1, FL-6, and NY-21 to see if the dynamics have shifted to warrant a GOTV campaign for the Democratic candidates running to fill those house seats? Why not do all we can to support Valimont, Weil, and Gendebien?