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Sonia Perillo
@desertsonia.bsky.social
Nonprofit professional, mom, coffee lover, activist, and Oxford comma enthusiast. IN-NC-AZ. Liberal Dem, she/her, #resist
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson plans to put up the SAVE Act for a vote any minute now!

This is THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY that will limit access to the polls and lead to voter purges. We must stop this bill.

Hands Off Her Vote

Toolkit ➡️
social.demcast.com/toolkit/stop...
April 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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NEW: Sen Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) requests "an accounting of which White House or Trump administration officials were part of the deliberations on the change in policy or announcement, and whether those individuals made stock transactions or communicated with financial proxies ahead of the announcement"
April 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Things still terrible, but: Viktor Orban was unable to stop protests in Budapest; Musk's money couldn't win the Wisconsin Supreme Court for Repugs; Marine Lepen is fuming over her court loss in Paris; and Corey Booker made a bravura stand against Trump in the Senate. More days like this please.
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The reality here is very simple: Trump thinks there is no limit on his power, that he can spend money how he likes, jail who he likes, rule by fiat, criminalize criticism of himself. He is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. And we can either acknowledge that or keep pretending he isn’t.
Dictator shit
March 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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I was recently floored by a line of dialogue in a children’s book—“We don’t ignore bigotry, Jack. That’s how cowardly bigots turn into brave bigots”—if you were wondering why children’s books are important, and why there has been so much concerted effort to ban them.
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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President Trump can't punish and deport someone for their political beliefs.

Mahmoud Khalil has not been charged with a crime — he must be released immediately.
March 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.

This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.

@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Why is Trump waging a war on the Department of Education?

Because he knows that his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations of learners who are unafraid to speak truth to power.

Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
news.harvard.edu
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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If you need a spot of good news... do not want to minimize awful things going on. But as a wildlife lover, this bird news is encouraging: In Chi, McCormick Place applied a film to its huge glass exterior & bird collisions are down **95%** Hope other bldgs do this blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/09/h...
How Window Dots At McCormick Place Are Saving Bird Lives
Following a mass collision in 2023, the installation of bird-safe window film and other measures have significantly reduced migratory bird deaths at the Chicago convention center.
blockclubchicago.org
January 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Eaton Canyon:

The nature center burned to the ground. We lost the newly renovated museum, many irreplaceable specimens, and worst of all, all our animal ambassadors except for our tortoises, who were hibernating offsite.

Donate below or email ecncag@gmail.com to volunteer.

www.ecnca.org/donate/
Donate | ECNCA - Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates
www.ecnca.org
January 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.

Neither do you.

Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
November 15, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Here is my response to the election, Trump's Christian support, and the perilous moment we find ourselves in today in American democracy. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18542...
Thread by @TaylorMatthewD on Thread Reader App
@TaylorMatthewD: I've tried to approach this election unflinchingly & w/ clear eyes, but this is the absolute worst case scenario. We're in an epochal shift in American history of the worst sort, &, w...
threadreaderapp.com
November 6, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:

National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org

Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org

Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org

Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org

ACLU www.aclu.org
November 7, 2024 at 3:45 AM