Bette Cole
@bettelee.bsky.social
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It takes no imagination to consider how Trump would use the new authority he'd get from the House GOP slush fund bill to threaten and bully states across the country—you do what he says or he blows up your entire state budget. I will vote NO.
March 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It takes no imagination to consider how Trump would use the new authority he'd get from the House GOP slush fund bill to threaten and bully states across the country—you do what he says or he blows up your entire state budget. I will vote NO.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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Our own @therickwilson.bsky.social hits the nail on the head: Trump is not “making deals” or “playing chess”, he’s just an idiot.
Watch the LP Podcast to hear more: apple.co/3eq7OHy
Watch the LP Podcast to hear more: apple.co/3eq7OHy
March 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our own @therickwilson.bsky.social hits the nail on the head: Trump is not “making deals” or “playing chess”, he’s just an idiot.
Watch the LP Podcast to hear more: apple.co/3eq7OHy
Watch the LP Podcast to hear more: apple.co/3eq7OHy
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If Trump wants respect, he can start by respecting the laws of this country and ending his coup. indivisible.org/coup...
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If Trump wants respect, he can start by respecting the laws of this country and ending his coup. indivisible.org/coup...
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Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
March 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
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Samantha Power: Musk’s DOGE spreading ‘lies’ about USAID www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
March 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Samantha Power: Musk’s DOGE spreading ‘lies’ about USAID www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
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MSNBC has canceled “The ReidOut” starring Joy Reid—a move that other network hosts like Rachel Maddow are calling a “bad mistake.” Reid has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump, and her departure from ...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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MSNBC has canceled “The ReidOut” starring Joy Reid—a move that other network hosts like Rachel Maddow are calling a “bad mistake.” Reid has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump, and her departure from ...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense.
This is a growing national security risk.
This is a growing national security risk.
February 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense.
This is a growing national security risk.
This is a growing national security risk.
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Exactly right
Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
February 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exactly right
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Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.
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Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.
February 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.
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Yes, this really happened.
If you've been paying attention, you've seen it. You may even be a victim of voter suppression yourself. This needs to be exposed on every level. @gregpalast.bsky.social is the go-to on this issue; he's been investigating this for a very long time.
youtu.be/w3Vm_D9xl50
If you've been paying attention, you've seen it. You may even be a victim of voter suppression yourself. This needs to be exposed on every level. @gregpalast.bsky.social is the go-to on this issue; he's been investigating this for a very long time.
youtu.be/w3Vm_D9xl50
Proof of Interference Revealed and It's CHILLING!
YouTube video by KCVOTES!
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yes, this really happened.
If you've been paying attention, you've seen it. You may even be a victim of voter suppression yourself. This needs to be exposed on every level. @gregpalast.bsky.social is the go-to on this issue; he's been investigating this for a very long time.
youtu.be/w3Vm_D9xl50
If you've been paying attention, you've seen it. You may even be a victim of voter suppression yourself. This needs to be exposed on every level. @gregpalast.bsky.social is the go-to on this issue; he's been investigating this for a very long time.
youtu.be/w3Vm_D9xl50
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Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
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BREAKING: 88 FBI agents who worked on Trump cases were just physically escorted out of the Washington Field office per a source.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
BREAKING: 88 FBI agents who worked on Trump cases were just physically escorted out of the Washington Field office per a source.
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Want to know what a federal funding freeze does? It takes money from families that just lost their home in a wildfire. It takes resources away from vets. It leaves 72M Americans without access to healthcare. Trump, Elon, & their billionaire buddies laugh their way to the bank while Americans suffer.
January 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Want to know what a federal funding freeze does? It takes money from families that just lost their home in a wildfire. It takes resources away from vets. It leaves 72M Americans without access to healthcare. Trump, Elon, & their billionaire buddies laugh their way to the bank while Americans suffer.
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Not Greenland?
Trump proposes relocating Palestinians of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan
Trump proposes relocating Palestinians of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan
'We just clean out that whole thing,' suggested US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters, an idea that for Palestinians would evoke the dark memory of mass displacement during Israel's creation.
www.lemonde.fr
January 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Not Greenland?
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This is a patently illegal order with which immigration agents cannot comply.
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is a patently illegal order with which immigration agents cannot comply.
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President-elect Trump and his family on Friday started selling a new cryptocurrency token, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
President-elect Trump and his family on Friday started selling a new cryptocurrency token, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...
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Trump politicized CA wildfire relief, blaming state policies & name-calling politicians. This has happened before: in 2020 Trump denied Fmr. WA Gov. Jay Inslee’s request for aid for the last 4 months of his administration after a devastating wildfire in WA. He joins me @10aET on #Velshi
January 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump politicized CA wildfire relief, blaming state policies & name-calling politicians. This has happened before: in 2020 Trump denied Fmr. WA Gov. Jay Inslee’s request for aid for the last 4 months of his administration after a devastating wildfire in WA. He joins me @10aET on #Velshi
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Donald Trump said that one of his first actions as president will be to pardon January 6th rioters.
We need your help sending a clear message that insurrectionists should NOT be pardoned: MoveOn.org/Jan6Petition
We need your help sending a clear message that insurrectionists should NOT be pardoned: MoveOn.org/Jan6Petition
Don't Pardon Insurrectionists!
Donald Trump does not care about easing the burdens facing everyday Americans—his priority is protecting himself and his MAGA loyalists. Trump will continue to sow division and stoke hatred,…
MoveOn.org
January 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Donald Trump said that one of his first actions as president will be to pardon January 6th rioters.
We need your help sending a clear message that insurrectionists should NOT be pardoned: MoveOn.org/Jan6Petition
We need your help sending a clear message that insurrectionists should NOT be pardoned: MoveOn.org/Jan6Petition
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House Republicans want to rip the rug out from under tens of millions of children and families who rely on Medicaid for health care—in order to pay for their agenda to reward billionaires. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g...
Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
www.cbsnews.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
House Republicans want to rip the rug out from under tens of millions of children and families who rely on Medicaid for health care—in order to pay for their agenda to reward billionaires. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g...