Robin Budd
@robinbudd.bsky.social
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Robin Budd
@robinbudd.bsky.social
· Nov 5
i couldn't vote for him; i am an LA resident, but i am proud to shlep this tote bag everywhere.
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Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social:
No War For Oil!!
No War For Oil!!
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social:
No War For Oil!!
No War For Oil!!
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There's nothing the Trump regime will not do to retain power. Unless we come to terms with that and act accordingly-you & me, reps, judges & cops & military officials who give a shit-we're done. They will not stop. They'll have to be stopped.
From Marc Elias:
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
From Marc Elias:
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump, Venezuela, and the threat to the 2026 elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
There's nothing the Trump regime will not do to retain power. Unless we come to terms with that and act accordingly-you & me, reps, judges & cops & military officials who give a shit-we're done. They will not stop. They'll have to be stopped.
From Marc Elias:
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
From Marc Elias:
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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It is January 6, 2026, and the Trump DOJ continues to violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It is January 6, 2026, and the Trump DOJ continues to violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Paging @indivisible.org !
@tovoters.bsky.social !
@fieldteam6.org !
@amandalitman.bsky.social !
@shawnforcongress.bsky.social!
@tovoters.bsky.social !
@fieldteam6.org !
@amandalitman.bsky.social !
@shawnforcongress.bsky.social!
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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New York’s private healthcare CEOs pocket millions in salaries while our nurses on the frontlines are overworked and underpaid.
Our communities and nurses deserve better.
I'm proud to stand with @nynurses.bsky.social as they fight for fair contracts and the dignity they deserve.
Our communities and nurses deserve better.
I'm proud to stand with @nynurses.bsky.social as they fight for fair contracts and the dignity they deserve.
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
New York’s private healthcare CEOs pocket millions in salaries while our nurses on the frontlines are overworked and underpaid.
Our communities and nurses deserve better.
I'm proud to stand with @nynurses.bsky.social as they fight for fair contracts and the dignity they deserve.
Our communities and nurses deserve better.
I'm proud to stand with @nynurses.bsky.social as they fight for fair contracts and the dignity they deserve.
Paging Assemblymember Caloza and Senator Durazo!!
cc @governor.ca.gov @lademocrats.bsky.social
-- signed your constituent
📢📢📢📢📢
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
cc @governor.ca.gov @lademocrats.bsky.social
-- signed your constituent
📢📢📢📢📢
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
This is why I’m pushing for a state escrow account that holds federal funds before sending them on to Washington. If Trump wants to steal our tax dollars that were legally appropriated by Congress, then we should just be paying ourselves.
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Paging Assemblymember Caloza and Senator Durazo!!
cc @governor.ca.gov @lademocrats.bsky.social
-- signed your constituent
📢📢📢📢📢
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
cc @governor.ca.gov @lademocrats.bsky.social
-- signed your constituent
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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
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With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.
MAGA Republican Doug LaMalfa has died. Gavin Newsom to call for a special election.
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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5 years ago, we had just won two "impossible" senate runoffs in Georgia. I was talking to a reporter about Indivisible's plans for major democracy reform. He had to drop because "something's apparently happening at the Capitol."
Two things then happened that brought us to where we are today:
Two things then happened that brought us to where we are today:
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
5 years ago, we had just won two "impossible" senate runoffs in Georgia. I was talking to a reporter about Indivisible's plans for major democracy reform. He had to drop because "something's apparently happening at the Capitol."
Two things then happened that brought us to where we are today:
Two things then happened that brought us to where we are today:
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What followed wasn't just a Trump-led assault on our democracy. It was also a failure of the Dem Party to respond. Garland's incompetence killed accountability. Biden sidelined democracy reform & Senate Dems failed to pass it.
5 years later, Trump's goons are trashing our democracy from the inside.
5 years later, Trump's goons are trashing our democracy from the inside.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
What followed wasn't just a Trump-led assault on our democracy. It was also a failure of the Dem Party to respond. Garland's incompetence killed accountability. Biden sidelined democracy reform & Senate Dems failed to pass it.
5 years later, Trump's goons are trashing our democracy from the inside.
5 years later, Trump's goons are trashing our democracy from the inside.
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In other news, Republicans are doing more eugenics.
Just reading our new Project 2025 CDC has just eliminated recommendations for RSV, Meningococcal disease, Hepatitis A and B for kids.
These people literally want non-white and people to die—especially babies and the elderly.
Just reading our new Project 2025 CDC has just eliminated recommendations for RSV, Meningococcal disease, Hepatitis A and B for kids.
These people literally want non-white and people to die—especially babies and the elderly.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In other news, Republicans are doing more eugenics.
Just reading our new Project 2025 CDC has just eliminated recommendations for RSV, Meningococcal disease, Hepatitis A and B for kids.
These people literally want non-white and people to die—especially babies and the elderly.
Just reading our new Project 2025 CDC has just eliminated recommendations for RSV, Meningococcal disease, Hepatitis A and B for kids.
These people literally want non-white and people to die—especially babies and the elderly.
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$1.2 TRILLION taken from rural hospitals.
$50 BILLION given back.
That’s not help. That’s a rip-off.
Rural communities deserve real care, not crumbs.
This is what Lauren Boebert voted for.
My name is Trisha Calvarese and I’m running for Congress to retire her for good.
$50 BILLION given back.
That’s not help. That’s a rip-off.
Rural communities deserve real care, not crumbs.
This is what Lauren Boebert voted for.
My name is Trisha Calvarese and I’m running for Congress to retire her for good.
Colorado rural hospitals to receive $200M annually, but Medicaid cuts total more than $1B
Rural hospitals will benefit from $200 million in federal funding each year for the next five years, but Colorado is losing at least $1 billion in Medicaid funding.
www.9news.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
$1.2 TRILLION taken from rural hospitals.
$50 BILLION given back.
That’s not help. That’s a rip-off.
Rural communities deserve real care, not crumbs.
This is what Lauren Boebert voted for.
My name is Trisha Calvarese and I’m running for Congress to retire her for good.
$50 BILLION given back.
That’s not help. That’s a rip-off.
Rural communities deserve real care, not crumbs.
This is what Lauren Boebert voted for.
My name is Trisha Calvarese and I’m running for Congress to retire her for good.
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It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
Please, shut it down.
@friedman.house.gov
@aoc.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov @jayapal.house.gov @pressley.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @pocan.house.gov
@friedman.house.gov
@aoc.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov @jayapal.house.gov @pressley.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @pocan.house.gov
Heads up—Republicans are working OT to protect pedophiles!
A new funding package aimed at averting the Jan 30th deadline was just released by appropriators.
The House is expected to vote on at least one funding bill later this week—as early as this week according to current reports.
What’s in it—
A new funding package aimed at averting the Jan 30th deadline was just released by appropriators.
The House is expected to vote on at least one funding bill later this week—as early as this week according to current reports.
What’s in it—
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
when you think grabbing people by the pussy is ok, of course you identify violence with love
Five years ago tomorrow, thousands of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol.
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
projects.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
when you think grabbing people by the pussy is ok, of course you identify violence with love
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We are dealing with the world's most shameless & terrible people.
I'm perfectly fine using these terms to describe the Trump Administration and MAGA movement.
I don't think they are owed any civility or grace based on their actions and behavior.
How do you shame people without shame or decency?
I'm perfectly fine using these terms to describe the Trump Administration and MAGA movement.
I don't think they are owed any civility or grace based on their actions and behavior.
How do you shame people without shame or decency?
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
We are dealing with the world's most shameless & terrible people.
I'm perfectly fine using these terms to describe the Trump Administration and MAGA movement.
I don't think they are owed any civility or grace based on their actions and behavior.
How do you shame people without shame or decency?
I'm perfectly fine using these terms to describe the Trump Administration and MAGA movement.
I don't think they are owed any civility or grace based on their actions and behavior.
How do you shame people without shame or decency?
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Proud to call @wutrain.bsky.social Madam Mayor for another term. And congratulations to our newly sworn-in Boston City Council.
Our city is in good hands.
Our city is in good hands.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Proud to call @wutrain.bsky.social Madam Mayor for another term. And congratulations to our newly sworn-in Boston City Council.
Our city is in good hands.
Our city is in good hands.
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Spotted today in LA. You’re welcome.
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Spotted today in LA. You’re welcome.
icymi:
@raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social (& my rep @friedman.house.gov)
b/c you are an ineffectual leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social (& my rep @friedman.house.gov)
b/c you are an ineffectual leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
icymi:
@raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social (& my rep @friedman.house.gov)
b/c you are an ineffectual leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social (& my rep @friedman.house.gov)
b/c you are an ineffectual leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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100%
My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
100%
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
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