Ames
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Just a middle aged human who is a little bit good at a lot of things, spending the days feeding my community while navigating the wild, sleepless depths of the early parenting years.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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Russia responds to Ukraine's call for a truce in the air with a massive air attack, targeting civilian targets all across the country.
With the US having cut off Ukraine's air defense shipments, Putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.
With the US having cut off Ukraine's air defense shipments, Putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.
March 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Russia responds to Ukraine's call for a truce in the air with a massive air attack, targeting civilian targets all across the country.
With the US having cut off Ukraine's air defense shipments, Putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.
With the US having cut off Ukraine's air defense shipments, Putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.
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There it is. Raskin always on point.
“…if you really want to proceed to censure the gentleman from TX for talking about no mandate to cut Medicaid, then certainly we're going to have to move to censure the President for using a racial & ethnic slur against a sitting US Senator."
💥 @raskin.house.gov
💥 @raskin.house.gov
March 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
There it is. Raskin always on point.
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This is leadership.
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is leadership.
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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
![Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmmdl5nok26w3zhmg2d3fvt/bafkreigihtf5o2suhsnecpwijziyhsmxflvzzogbjre2okvstqagg6bw6y@jpeg)
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
KEEP MAKING NOISE. KEEP. MAKING. NOISE. As a mother of very young kids, finding time this week looks like teaching my 4 year old to call representatives and using our voices while the baby scream babbles her addition in my lap. KEEP MAKING NOISE.
February 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
KEEP MAKING NOISE. KEEP. MAKING. NOISE. As a mother of very young kids, finding time this week looks like teaching my 4 year old to call representatives and using our voices while the baby scream babbles her addition in my lap. KEEP MAKING NOISE.
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Listen.
Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Listen.
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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A thought.
Many of us are wondering why the Democrats are not taking a more vocal and hard stand?
Maybe they’re wondering why we’re not marching outside the GSA, protesting the hijacking of our private information and that of our government by a private citizen.
Maybe we all need to get moving.
Many of us are wondering why the Democrats are not taking a more vocal and hard stand?
Maybe they’re wondering why we’re not marching outside the GSA, protesting the hijacking of our private information and that of our government by a private citizen.
Maybe we all need to get moving.
February 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A thought.
Many of us are wondering why the Democrats are not taking a more vocal and hard stand?
Maybe they’re wondering why we’re not marching outside the GSA, protesting the hijacking of our private information and that of our government by a private citizen.
Maybe we all need to get moving.
Many of us are wondering why the Democrats are not taking a more vocal and hard stand?
Maybe they’re wondering why we’re not marching outside the GSA, protesting the hijacking of our private information and that of our government by a private citizen.
Maybe we all need to get moving.
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
"Don't comply in advance" plays on repeat.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Don't comply in advance" plays on repeat.
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Freezing Federal funding is unconstitutional and we must do something about it. Too many lives are at risk due to these funds being frozen. Call your rep and senator TODAY.
www.house.gov/representati....
www.house.gov/representati....
Find Your Representative | house.gov
www.house.gov
January 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Freezing Federal funding is unconstitutional and we must do something about it. Too many lives are at risk due to these funds being frozen. Call your rep and senator TODAY.
www.house.gov/representati....
www.house.gov/representati....
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Trump's pause on tens of billions of dollars in federal spending is plainly illegal.
But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.
But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.
Clearly illegal
This isn't about cutting the size of government. It's about further concentrating power in Trump's hands.
robertreich.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump's pause on tens of billions of dollars in federal spending is plainly illegal.
But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.
But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.
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Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
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Food, clothing, shelter, access to healthcare, education, and a clean environment are human rights. Why is this something we’re still debating?
January 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Food, clothing, shelter, access to healthcare, education, and a clean environment are human rights. Why is this something we’re still debating?
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
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Having ordinary civil servants turn against one another is a critical aspect of the authoritarian project.
Again, the gateway is racism.
Again, the gateway is racism.
These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (the feds' H.R. department) is telling federal employees to rat out their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) colleagues by emailing "DEIAtruth@opm.gov."
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
January 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Having ordinary civil servants turn against one another is a critical aspect of the authoritarian project.
Again, the gateway is racism.
Again, the gateway is racism.
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I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It
Yesterday my colleague Kate Riga noted a trap Senate Democrats keep falling...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."