Andrea
@andreah3879.bsky.social
Mom, grandma, wife of Army vet, Democrat, currently waffling between disappointment, anger, eternal optimism, and probably about to order more garden seeds than I will ever be able to grow.
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NEW: Gavin Kliger, one of Elon Musk’s young DOGE delinquents who helped the Trump regime carry out mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling.
Not only does this constitute a conflict of interest,…
Not only does this constitute a conflict of interest,…
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
NEW: Gavin Kliger, one of Elon Musk’s young DOGE delinquents who helped the Trump regime carry out mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling.
Not only does this constitute a conflict of interest,…
Not only does this constitute a conflict of interest,…
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…but this is also a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
According to a public financial report, Kliger owns as much as $365,000 worth of shares in four companies that the CFPB can regulate.
A federal employee who works on the layoff team said that Kliger demanded…
According to a public financial report, Kliger owns as much as $365,000 worth of shares in four companies that the CFPB can regulate.
A federal employee who works on the layoff team said that Kliger demanded…
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
…but this is also a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
According to a public financial report, Kliger owns as much as $365,000 worth of shares in four companies that the CFPB can regulate.
A federal employee who works on the layoff team said that Kliger demanded…
According to a public financial report, Kliger owns as much as $365,000 worth of shares in four companies that the CFPB can regulate.
A federal employee who works on the layoff team said that Kliger demanded…
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"'Eliminating the Medicaid expansion would likely precipitate the biggest one-time increase in the number of people uninsured ever.'" ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social on the plan to do just that: www.thebulwark.com/p/health-ins...
Health Insurance for Millions Is Now on the Chopping Block
Republicans’ very quiet, very serious effort to go after Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.
www.thebulwark.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"'Eliminating the Medicaid expansion would likely precipitate the biggest one-time increase in the number of people uninsured ever.'" ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social on the plan to do just that: www.thebulwark.com/p/health-ins...
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Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
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The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
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I will never forgive the Supreme Court or at least 6 of the 9 for giving this bastard full immunity. They own the disaster that's unfolding in our government. They are one of the architects of the madness that we're going through right now.
May 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I will never forgive the Supreme Court or at least 6 of the 9 for giving this bastard full immunity. They own the disaster that's unfolding in our government. They are one of the architects of the madness that we're going through right now.
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It's open season on Sesame Street. Soon an elite team of assassins will be sent for Elmo. Elmo knows this. Elmo will be ready... with Sesame Heat 🔥
May 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's open season on Sesame Street. Soon an elite team of assassins will be sent for Elmo. Elmo knows this. Elmo will be ready... with Sesame Heat 🔥
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The military parade Mango Mussolini wanted in his 1st term had an estimated price tag of $92 million - and this one for his birthday will undoubtedly be even more costly than that one.
Someone should bring in DOGE to stop this wasteful use of taxpayer dollars!
More: bit.ly/44kPdsb
#CadetBoneSpurs
Someone should bring in DOGE to stop this wasteful use of taxpayer dollars!
More: bit.ly/44kPdsb
#CadetBoneSpurs
May 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The military parade Mango Mussolini wanted in his 1st term had an estimated price tag of $92 million - and this one for his birthday will undoubtedly be even more costly than that one.
Someone should bring in DOGE to stop this wasteful use of taxpayer dollars!
More: bit.ly/44kPdsb
#CadetBoneSpurs
Someone should bring in DOGE to stop this wasteful use of taxpayer dollars!
More: bit.ly/44kPdsb
#CadetBoneSpurs
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Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama?
Election records show Tuberville voted in Florida after he says a homestead exemption puts his residency in Alabama.
www.al.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
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Trump’s budget would devastate families—slashing funding for housing, schools, addiction treatment, and medical research.
All to let billionaires off the hook.
This is what we're up against.
Follow @taxwarroom.bsky.social to stay informed. #FamiliesOverBillionaires
All to let billionaires off the hook.
This is what we're up against.
Follow @taxwarroom.bsky.social to stay informed. #FamiliesOverBillionaires
BREAKING: Trump’s budget request is a betrayal of working families — and it’s all to pay for tax breaks to billionaires.
May 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump’s budget would devastate families—slashing funding for housing, schools, addiction treatment, and medical research.
All to let billionaires off the hook.
This is what we're up against.
Follow @taxwarroom.bsky.social to stay informed. #FamiliesOverBillionaires
All to let billionaires off the hook.
This is what we're up against.
Follow @taxwarroom.bsky.social to stay informed. #FamiliesOverBillionaires
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Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
May 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
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BREAKING — Beker was released last night from ICE custody in Tacoma! He was given no explanation for his detainment or his release. helenair.com/news/state-r...
NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
ICE abducts Montana resident with legal humanitarian status
Beker Rengifo is the latest victim of Trump's reckless and illegal war on migrants.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
BREAKING — Beker was released last night from ICE custody in Tacoma! He was given no explanation for his detainment or his release. helenair.com/news/state-r...
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State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
"We are fighting for our very survival."
www.motherjones.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
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Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines.
From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains.
His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.
From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains.
His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.
April 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines.
From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains.
His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.
From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains.
His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.
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Great news, folks!
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
April 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Great news, folks!
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
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Since around March of 2021.
Amazon owns stake in airline accused of abuses during ICE deportation flights
Company bought stake in airline for $131m in 2021
www.independent.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Since around March of 2021.
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I’m seeing concern about memos suggesting that the suicide hotline 988 will soon be shutdown. Some say that Canada has offered to share theirs with us. “no official statement from the Canadian government has confirmed the hotline is available to American citizens.” www.ibtimes.co.uk/canada-opens...
Canada 'Opens' Suicide Hotline to American LGBTQ+ Youth as Trump Moves to Shut It Down – What We Know
No official statement from the Canadian government has confirmed the hotline is available to American citizens.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I’m seeing concern about memos suggesting that the suicide hotline 988 will soon be shutdown. Some say that Canada has offered to share theirs with us. “no official statement from the Canadian government has confirmed the hotline is available to American citizens.” www.ibtimes.co.uk/canada-opens...
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Damn he'll make a helluva a president
When Pete Buttigieg speaks this clearly about authoritarian behavior, it’s a reminder: this is not normal, and it’s not acceptable.
Thanks to Jon Stewart and Pete for calling it out.
Every American—left, right, and center—should be alarmed.
Every American should protest.
Thanks to Jon Stewart and Pete for calling it out.
Every American—left, right, and center—should be alarmed.
Every American should protest.
April 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Damn he'll make a helluva a president
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Details we all need to know.
Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into.
Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
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Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Details we all need to know.
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Trump has been caught making millions pumping a meme coin in exchange for dinner with him and a tour of the White House.
This is not only unethical, it’s ILLEGAL.
This is not only unethical, it’s ILLEGAL.
April 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Trump has been caught making millions pumping a meme coin in exchange for dinner with him and a tour of the White House.
This is not only unethical, it’s ILLEGAL.
This is not only unethical, it’s ILLEGAL.
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This is much the same logic as arresting the judge in WI. There is obviously nothing wrong with asking law enforcement, including masked officials, to confirm they are, in fact, law enforcement. The goal is to create an absolutely subservient population.
ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
dailyprogress.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is much the same logic as arresting the judge in WI. There is obviously nothing wrong with asking law enforcement, including masked officials, to confirm they are, in fact, law enforcement. The goal is to create an absolutely subservient population.
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I can't wait to see what her husband's crewmates have to say about this.
April 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I can't wait to see what her husband's crewmates have to say about this.