@astartears.bsky.social
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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2026 will be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late to get started. Runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
Runforwhat.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
2026 will be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late to get started. Runforwhat.net
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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
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Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Across the country, voters support many of Zohran Mamdani's ideas, including:
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
-Increasing taxes on the rich
-Universal childcare
-Freezing rent
-Raising the minimum wage
Everything Democrats do must focus on enacting popular policies that help working people.
That is the path forward.
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THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
Supreme Court won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE IS LOVE
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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After yesterday's pre-election predictions showed a 3% lead for Mikie Sherrill in NJ, she trounced her GOP opponent by double digits
Last night was the start of something very good for democracy in America
Last night was the start of something very good for democracy in America
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
After yesterday's pre-election predictions showed a 3% lead for Mikie Sherrill in NJ, she trounced her GOP opponent by double digits
Last night was the start of something very good for democracy in America
Last night was the start of something very good for democracy in America
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Officially official
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Officially official
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Yes, I have. ✅
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yes, I have. ✅
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The war zone in Portland is out of control.
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One of my “progressive” opponents took thousands of dollars from a gas executive. Call me crazy, but so-called “progressives” shouldn’t be taking money from the fossil fuel industry.
That’s why I’m not taking any money from fossil fuel executives, and asking my opponents to make the same pledge.
That’s why I’m not taking any money from fossil fuel executives, and asking my opponents to make the same pledge.
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
One of my “progressive” opponents took thousands of dollars from a gas executive. Call me crazy, but so-called “progressives” shouldn’t be taking money from the fossil fuel industry.
That’s why I’m not taking any money from fossil fuel executives, and asking my opponents to make the same pledge.
That’s why I’m not taking any money from fossil fuel executives, and asking my opponents to make the same pledge.
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Government shutdowns hit American women harder than anybody.
- women are a HUGE portion of the government workforce
- Head Start has closed in the past b/c of those lack of funds. Where do these children go?
- domestic violence shelters close
- WIC, EBT, and DHS housing are all threatened
- women are a HUGE portion of the government workforce
- Head Start has closed in the past b/c of those lack of funds. Where do these children go?
- domestic violence shelters close
- WIC, EBT, and DHS housing are all threatened
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Government shutdowns hit American women harder than anybody.
- women are a HUGE portion of the government workforce
- Head Start has closed in the past b/c of those lack of funds. Where do these children go?
- domestic violence shelters close
- WIC, EBT, and DHS housing are all threatened
- women are a HUGE portion of the government workforce
- Head Start has closed in the past b/c of those lack of funds. Where do these children go?
- domestic violence shelters close
- WIC, EBT, and DHS housing are all threatened
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A week after her win in Arizona, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social still has not been sworn in by Speaker Johnson
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A week after her win in Arizona, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social still has not been sworn in by Speaker Johnson
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I can’t think of any reason to completely wreck the ag markets in entire United States other than purposeful sabotage.
A fire sale on farmland.
A fire sale on farmland.
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I can’t think of any reason to completely wreck the ag markets in entire United States other than purposeful sabotage.
A fire sale on farmland.
A fire sale on farmland.
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Good morning friends ☀️☕️ Jasmine Crockett speaks the truth!! I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday 😃🧡
September 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Good morning friends ☀️☕️ Jasmine Crockett speaks the truth!! I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday 😃🧡
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世界はこの子たちを見習うように！！！😭😭😭
September 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
世界はこの子たちを見習うように！！！😭😭😭
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ICE threw me and other protestors to the ground on Friday because we dared to stand up for our neighbors. I’m okay, but our communities aren’t.
We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.
We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ICE threw me and other protestors to the ground on Friday because we dared to stand up for our neighbors. I’m okay, but our communities aren’t.
We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.
We can't afford apathy or inaction from our leaders right now. Abolishing ICE is a moral necessity.