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A4D is a nonpartisan international group in Bern, Switzerland dedicated to civil discourse and exchange of information. All are welcome here.
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Americans 4 Democracy @a4d-switzerland.bsky.social · Apr 6
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Here's a bright spot: today there's a ribbon cutting at UC Irvine, which is opening up the first all electric hospital in America! Awesome!
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UCI Health making history with nation’s first all-electric acute care hospital | UCI Health | Orange County, CA
UCI Health is poised to make history this December when it opens UCI Health ― Irvine, the nation’s first all-electric acute care hospital. Joe Brothman, director of UCI Health General Services, spoke ...
www.ucihealth.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.

The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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nytimes.com
A judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a change dictated in an executive order President Trump signed in March. A White House spokesman said the government would appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
A card reads: "Judge Bars Trump From Requiring Proof of Citizenship For Voter Registration. In a firm 81-page opinion, the federal judge wrote that President Trump’s order clearly violated the separation of powers, claiming authority over the voting process not afforded by the Constitution."
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
a4d-switzerland.bsky.social
Americans4Democracy showed up at the No Kings protest in Basel Switzerland
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
Vaccines save lives. Period.
September 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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ucs.org
UCS will join @womensmarch.com, @climatedefenders.bsky.social, @350us.bsky.social and DRUM NYC for the #MakeBillionairesPay march on Sat 9/20. Join us to stand up for our communities, democracy, and the climate. Sign up here to join us in NYC or find an action near you:
Make Billionaires Pay March
March in resistance to Trump's deadly agenda and to fight for a just and livable future for all: join the Make Billionaires Pay March on Saturday, September 20, in New York City and around the country.
secure.ucs.org
September 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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thirdactmaine.bsky.social
🎶 We may have come here on different ships, but we're in the same boat now ...🎶

#Indivisible #WorkersOverBillionaires #OldAndBold @thirdactorg.bsky.social #MEpolitics #LaborDay
September 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.

Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
A beautiful piece of art of farm workers laboring in the fields
September 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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lcv.org
Tribal groups are making it clear: clean energy cuts in the Republicans' Big Ugly Bill will cause major harm to their communities.

Thank you @heinrich.senate.gov, @wyden.senate.gov, and @schatz.bsky.social for heeding their call and fighting back against these reckless cuts 👏
Heinrich, Schatz, Wyden Slam Republicans’ Tax Bill for Gutting Tribal Energy Program and Energy Tax Credits
www.energy.senate.gov
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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moveon.org
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.

That means fewer cancer screenings. Less birth control. Less basic health care. All while Trump & the GOP give billionaires more tax breaks.

This is a theft of power, care, and dignity.
June 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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taraemcg.bsky.social
83% of Americans say they haven’t paid for any news in the last year, yet most quality reporting is still trapped behind paywalls. This leaves Americans less informed or trusting of media- and why @couriernewsroom.bsky.social will never charge for our local news.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls
Among adults who have not paid for news in the past year, the most common reason they cite is that they can find plenty of other news articles for free.
www.pewresearch.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ucs.org
The US Climate.gov, a key public climate science website, has been shut down by the Trump administration and is now redirecting to noaa.gov/climate.
Climate
NOAA experts provide data, tools and information to help people understand and prepare for a changing climate.
Climate.gov
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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aweiss.bsky.social
HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.

This isn't over, but this is a huge win.

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Provisions Subject to a 60-Vote Byrd Rule Point of Order Energy and Natural Resources NEPA compliance. These provisions deem offshore oil and gas projects as automatically compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act, nullifying these projects' environmental review processes. (Subsection 102(b)(4) and Subsection 102(b)(5)) Offshore oil and gas leasing. This subsection requires leases to be issued to successful bidders within 90 days after the lease sale. (Subsection 102(b)(6)) Ambler Road. This section requires the Secretary of the Interior to permit construction of Ambler Road, a controversial mining road in Alaska. (Section 201) Mandatory public land sales. This section mandates the unprecedented sale of millions of acres of public land, including from both Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. (Section 301) Renewable energy fees. This subsection removes the Secretary of the Interior's discretion to reduce fees for solar and wind projects on Bureau of Land Management land. (Subsection 303(e)) Geothermal leasing and royalties. These sections require the Secretary of the Interior to hold yearly geothermal lease sales and purport to change how geothermal royalties are calculated. (Section 305 and Section 306) Natural gas exports and imports. This section creates a pay-to-play regime for natural gas exports, allowing natural gas exporters to pay a fee to have their project be deemed "in the public interest," which is a requirement for approval. (Section 401)
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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erc.europa.eu
#ChooseEuropeForScience

commission.europa.eu/topics/resea...
Choose Europe: advance your research career in the EU
Move to the EU as a researcher or scientist. Discover how to relocate, find jobs and funding, and enjoy Europe's excellent quality of life.
commission.europa.eu
June 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
“Completely unqualified" is what Gov. Shapiro says about RFK Jr., & he’s right.

RFK Jr. is dismantling systems that keep us alive, from vaccines to research to basic public health.

Against RFK Jr., #StandUpForScience means standing for science, health & life itself.

zurl.co/D9LGb

#CutsCostLives
‘Completely Unqualified’: Pa. Governor Torches RFK Jr. at Pharma Conference
The Pennsylvania Democrat criticized Donald Trump and Republicans over their attacks on Medicaid, medical research, and public health.
www.rollingstone.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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bloomberg.com
What about the kids?
Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Nearly Half of America’s Kids
Regardless of the form cuts to the public insurance program take, the result will be worse health for about 37 million children.
bloom.bg
June 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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democracydocket.com
TOMORROW: On June 24 at 7 p.m. ET, join fellow Democracy Docket members for a live Zoom Q&A with founder Marc Elias. Be part of a community of thousands of like-minded individuals committed to protecting democracy — and get the clear answers you’re looking for.
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Members-Only Live Q&A with Marc Elias
We know you have questions, and Democracy Docket founder and voting rights lawyer, Marc Elias, is ready to answer them. Join us on Tuesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. ET — live on Zoom.
hubs.ly
June 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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democracydocket.com
Since 2024, voting restrictions have flown under the radar. Smaller red states are quietly passing laws that make it harder to vote, and will affect the 2026 elections.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...
Red States Target Voters in New Stealth Attacks
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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politico.eu
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is forcing Europe to reckon with a major digital vulnerability: The US holds a kill switch over its internet.
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it
Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.
ow.ly
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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politico.eu
OPINION: It is increasingly hard for Europeans to find common ground with the Trump administration. But saying it out loud carries the risk of worsening relations.

However, to feed false hopes of constructive engagement with the White House is both dishonest and irresponsible.
Europe needs action — and fewer high-stakes summits with Donald Trump
It is increasingly hard for Europeans to find common ground with the Trump administration. But even saying it out loud carries the risk of worsening relations.
ow.ly
June 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
a4d-switzerland.bsky.social
(Berner Zeitung June 14th) A4D joined Dems Abroad last Saturday to support the Feministische Streik Bern at the dr o against femicide and violence. 35k attended the event in Bern, Switzerland
June 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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protectdemocracy.org
1/ The Fourth Circuit issued a must-read opinion about the Trump admin’s latest move to erode checks & balances and Americans’ core constitutional rights in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan-appointee, had powerful words about what’s at stake: 🔗 bit.ly/3YF1eF1
“The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done. This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.” - Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
April 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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indivisible.org
Demand that your members of Congress speak out against Trump’s defiance of the Supreme Court, push for an end to the lawless abductions, and move to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home immediately.

Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/constit...
Senator Van Hollen on Bluesky: “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.”
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
a4d-switzerland.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
We had 33K people tune in to this conversation. Here it is for people who couldn't catch it live.

"Rebellions are built on hope."

With @hcrichardson.bsky.social

How Trump's Greed, Grift, and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment

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How Trump's Greed, Grift and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
Historian Heather Cox Richardson joins The Left Hook to discuss how the Trump Administration reflects America's tradition of the aristocracy abusing capitalism and racism to exploit the masses.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM