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Don’t give him what he wants. That easy
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Republicans know the consequences of these cuts, they just prefer playing politics.

I voted NO. Their “America First” agenda clearly doesn’t include the people actually living in it. (2/2)
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Last night we got another midnight special from House Republicans. A rescissions package that slashes public broadcasting, even though millions rely on it for life-saving emergency alerts. They also voted to cut foreign assistance, which helps keep us safe.

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July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I introduced the Stop NOAA Closures Act with @rephuffman.bsky.social to block Trump from shuttering NOAA facilities around the country.

NOAA protects lives, livelihoods, and property by helping us predict, prepare, and respond. Americans deserve nothing less. #StopTheCuts
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We were proud to talk civil liberties and some of our favorite summer reads with many members of the Albuquerque Community at @bkwrks.bsky.social this week.

During July, Bookworks is donating 10% of its proceeds from books on its "staff pick" wall to the ACLU of New Mexico. Be sure to stop by!
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Trump and Republicans are making your health care more expensive. www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...
July 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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249 years ago, The Declaration of Independence was read at the Old State House.

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness would be impossible without the right of privacy.

Declare digital privacy as an essential right, and support legislation to secure that right: aclum.org/data-independence
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Yes, computers can be hacked, even when air-gapped. Yes, election officials implement preventative measures to try to mitigate hacking. And YES, the 2024 U.S. election findings warrant more scrutiny.

Sink or swim.

Let's #VerifyTheVote and #SecureTheMidterms
July 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Volunteers with the ETA come from a range of professional backgrounds, from cybersecurity, fraud prevention, engineering, sciences, even anti-cheat in video games... But we all agree that if we saw similar statistical findings at work, we'd investigate further and audit...
July 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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73% of Americans wrongly believe emergency contraception can end a pregnancy in its early stages, according to a study by KFF. That’s a myth pushed by anti-abortion lawmakers to make access to these pills even harder. Here’s the real truth about pills like Plan B.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Every half-hidden sneer or bit of gentle condescension that he wrote about has been retroactively validated too. Those old money types had your fucking number, buddy. Should have treated you far, far worse. You were right, you didn’t belong, and it’s because everyone else there *was* better than you
JD Vance was a creation of American liberal institutions that went on to destroy those same American liberal institutions. Liberals who wanted to empathize with the noble savages of the White Heartland. Real Greek tragedy level story
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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JD Vance was a creation of American liberal institutions that went on to destroy those same American liberal institutions. Liberals who wanted to empathize with the noble savages of the White Heartland. Real Greek tragedy level story
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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New video just dropped!

Trump and Republicans just got their budget signed into law. Thought it was bad? It’s worse.
July 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Two days of Anti-ICE action:

Friday 8/1: Sick-out strike and Heroes Not Villians events: laculturadelmundo.org/la-marcha-de...

Saturday 8/2: #RageAgainstTheRegime
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Watch my full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Ly...
The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave
YouTube video by Sean Casten
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave. 739 lives were tragically lost.

Climate change-fueled extreme weather events are far too frequent. We owe it to our grandchildren to change course and ensure that we have a habitable planet to pass on to them.
July 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The cracks are getting bigger — far-right MAGA personality Nick Fuentes is finally coming to terms with the fact that Trump swindled all of them.
July 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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We don't need Trump or Bondi to sift through the stack and tell America what they think is “credible” in the Epstein files. Thanks, but no thanks—we’ll decide ourselves. The president should stop playing us for fools and suckers. Release everything—now.
July 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.

They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.

Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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⚖️ VICTORIA LEGAL: Un tribunal federal concedió estatus provisional de demanda colectiva y extendió una orden de restricción temporal en nuestra demanda contra el HB 135. Esto restablece el acceso al tratamiento del VIH a través del programa Ryan White para todos los inmigrantes en Idaho.
July 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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We are a nation under duress. People are being taken from their homes, from grocery stores, from safe places. People with no prior criminal history. People who have active cases for citizenship or asylum.
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Trump is stealing from the sick to give tax cuts to the rich.

People who get health insurance through the ACA will pay 15% more in 2026. The largest increase in seven years.

Billionaires get special treatment. Working people get screwed.
Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums
People who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see increases of more than 75% each month, one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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We are not here to negotiate with capitalism we are here to dismantle it.

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July 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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July 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Now we have 10 Republican sponsors. The Republicans have been huddling all day. Rules members are afraid to vote my bill down again! Let us vote on Massie & my bill to release the Epstein files. Populism & accountability can bring the left & right together to do the right thing!
@rokhanna.bsky.social: The Epstein bait-and-switch is "exposing the hollowness of their campaign promises. They said they were gonna take on the rich and powerful, they were gonna hold them to account, these corrupt men who exploited and abused young girls... and they're betraying their promise."
July 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM