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I’m in the House Rules Committee to testify against the Senate’s broken deal to reopen the government. We need a funding agreement that protects healthcare, not one that betrays working families. House Democrats are holding the line.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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indivisible-oregon.bsky.social
NEWS FLASH Oregon: Newport City Hall meets Wednesday (11/12) on a proposed ICE detention center.
Indivisible + immigrant rights groups will be there
—peaceful and prepared.
Statewide solidarity:
❌🧊 NO ICE in Newport.
❌🧊 NO ICE in Oregon.
❌🧊 NO Fear in Our streets.
❌🧊 #AbolishICE.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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repbonamici.bsky.social
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: I will not support a bill that increases health care costs and cuts essential services for Oregonians and Americans across the country. I am a no.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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washcodems.bsky.social
Today is Veterans Day. Please join the Washington County Democrats in recognizing those who served.

Learn about the origins of Veteran’s Day: www.va.gov/opa/publicat...

Read “5 Facts to Know About Veterans Day:” www.war.gov/News/Feature...
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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indivhillsboro.bsky.social
This video is a tribute to the men and women who have served in our armed forces. Thank you for your service. - The Indivisible Hillsboro Team

#indivisible
#indivisibleguide
#democracyinaction
#resisttrump

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Honor the Brave: Veteran's Day Tribute
YouTube video by Indivisible Hillsboro
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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repbonamici.bsky.social
Today we recognize and celebrate veterans and remember the sacrifices and contributions they and their families make to protect our country and its values and freedoms. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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washcodems.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator Merkley!

Watch update on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/hx2jn...
November 9, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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washcodems.bsky.social
STATEMENT FROM DNC CHAIR KEN MARTIN ON SENATE SHUTDOWN VOTE For seven weeks, we have stood firm and spoken with one voice: we must save health care for millions of Americans. Donald Trump has made it impossible for families to make ends meet, forcing them to choose between putting food on the table or paying their medical bills. The last thing Americans can afford is their health insurance premiums doubling overnight. Let me be crystal clear: Donald Trump and the Republican Party that orchestrated this betrayal of the American people are responsible for the men, women, and children who will suffer because they cannot get the health care they need to survive. These are the same people who rushed to vote for tax breaks for billionaires. It is clear whose side they are on. As this vote moves to the House, | stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and | am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote. The voters will never forget the day Trump turned his back on them so he could focus on building his gilded ballroom.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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agdanrayfield.bsky.social
It is unconscionable that we have a president who wants to penalize states for feeding people who are hungry - and that's why we'll continue to fight like hell for Oregonians.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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wyden.senate.gov
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
wyden.senate.gov Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
The Senate needs to hold the line for a government funding deal that protects healthcare and lowers costs. Not one that sells out the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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agdanrayfield.bsky.social
Oregon will not let the president threaten and attack hungry families – and we are going to fight like hell to keep SNAP benefits where they belong.
AG Rayfield files motion to make sure Oregonians can keep accessing SNAP benefits Last night, AG Rayfield and a multistate coalition filed a motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to ensure that Oregonians can keep accessing their full November benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which were distributed last Friday. This morning, the district court blocked the Trump Administration’s efforts to “undo” the distribution of those benefits. As a result, SNAP benefits continue to be available in Oregon. “This kind of whiplash lands directly on families who are just trying to keep food on the table. The Trump Administration tried to threaten states. Oregon will not let them threaten and attack hungry families and we are going to fight like hell to keep those benefits where they belong.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
This never should have been a question, but today the Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that the right to love who you love isn't up for debate.

It is the law of the land.
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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indivisiblepolkor.bsky.social
Thank you Oregon senators Wyden and Merkley for holding out for healthcare!
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
docspkfree.bsky.social
Absolute malpractice

US health officials will remove long-standing warning about risks of menopause drugs

apnews.com/live/donald-...

Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia…
Live updates: Trump hosts Syrian president at the White House in first-of-its-kind meeting
President Donald Trump is meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in the Oval Office after lifting sanctions imposed on Syria. Al-Sharaa once had ties to al-Qaida.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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merkley.senate.gov
The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.

I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
Merkley: Voting No with Every Fiber of My Being - Merkley
Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act’s en...
www.merkley.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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If this so-called deal passes, thousands of Oregonians and millions of Americans will see their healthcare costs spike. I am a no.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
Calling what’s coming out of the Senate a ‘deal’ is an insult. It’s caving on millions of people’s healthcare, putting a bow on it, and calling it compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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wyden.senate.gov
My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
I didn’t spend 20 years saving lives to sit back in Congress while Republicans decimate our healthcare system. The deal being negotiated in the Senate to reopen the government does nothing to lower healthcare costs for a single Oregonian.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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repbonamici.bsky.social
Once again, hungry kids and families should not be used as a political bargaining chip.
Trump administration says states must "immediately undo any steps" to send full SNAP benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
docspkfree.bsky.social
Oregon reassures SNAP recipients their benefits are safe amid federal directive changes 11/9/25 12:25pm PT
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Oregon reassures SNAP recipients their benefits are safe amid federal directive changes
The Oregon Department of Human Services has reassured residents that their SNAP benefits remain secure despite recent directives from the Trump administration.
katu.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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agdanrayfield.bsky.social
This morning, the president ordered states to not distribute full SNAP benefits for November, and demanded that states “undo” any benefits payments that have already been sent to working families for food.

Read our statement in response.
The president is abusing his office and bullying hungry Americans. Putting food on the table is not a political bargaining chip. It’s our responsibility to hold him accountable. We will continue to do everything in our power to ensure that people continue to receive their SNAP benefits, and that includes the benefits that went out on Friday.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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washcodems.bsky.social
Trump's legal team has appealed the order to release SNAP benefits.

Apparently the suffering of Americans facing food insecurity don't count for much.

Read "In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food " abcnews.go.com/US/snap-appe...
In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food: ANALYSIS
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's requirement that it make full November SNAP payments.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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washcodems.bsky.social
As soon as a judge demanded release of full SNAP payments, Governor Kotek made it happen.

Now the Trump administration wants to claw them back.

Read the New York Times story, "Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM