@drphyllisanne49.bsky.social
Wife of Vietnam veteran/NYPD, Mother,Grandmother, Psychologist, FDR Democrat. Protesting republicanism since the 60’s. Union Strong.
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Sarah Matthews: "We want transparency for the American people and the victims of Jefferey Epstein."
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sarah Matthews: "We want transparency for the American people and the victims of Jefferey Epstein."
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
The House just voted to release the Epstein files; now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Follow us @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and join the fight!
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The Trump administration has ended federal support for SOAR, a program that helped disabled Americans access SSI and prevent homelessness. Without the $2.6 million in annual funding, states are now expected to shoulder the burden, despite many lacking the resources.
Trump administration ends support for disabled Americans facing homelessness
The cutback is the latest in a series of hits to the poorest Americans from the White House.
www.axios.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Trump administration has ended federal support for SOAR, a program that helped disabled Americans access SSI and prevent homelessness. Without the $2.6 million in annual funding, states are now expected to shoulder the burden, despite many lacking the resources.
Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
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Dear Elon,
Last week at work I
1. Joined Bluesky instead of X based on @staceyabrams Assembly Required Toolkit recommendation
2. Read books to my third graders about real American heroes like Mary Walker and George Washington Carver.
Last week at work I
1. Joined Bluesky instead of X based on @staceyabrams Assembly Required Toolkit recommendation
2. Read books to my third graders about real American heroes like Mary Walker and George Washington Carver.
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dear Elon,
Last week at work I
1. Joined Bluesky instead of X based on @staceyabrams Assembly Required Toolkit recommendation
2. Read books to my third graders about real American heroes like Mary Walker and George Washington Carver.
Last week at work I
1. Joined Bluesky instead of X based on @staceyabrams Assembly Required Toolkit recommendation
2. Read books to my third graders about real American heroes like Mary Walker and George Washington Carver.
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What a surprise: the MAGA justices handed Trump another victory on the shadow docket, this time allowing him to unilaterally withhold foreign aid that had been previously appropriated by Congress. This is why we need serious reforms to the Court.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Supreme Court clears way for Trump to withhold $4B in foreign aid approved by Congress
The ruling could further muddle negotiations over the impending government shutdown.
www.politico.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What a surprise: the MAGA justices handed Trump another victory on the shadow docket, this time allowing him to unilaterally withhold foreign aid that had been previously appropriated by Congress. This is why we need serious reforms to the Court.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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@joshorton.bsky.social has a clear vision for Demand Justice’s work–including holding Democrats accountable when they fail to meet the moment, and spotlighting how Trump’s judges are siding with corporate elites and billionaires at the expense of working Americans.
demandjustice.org/demand-justi...
demandjustice.org/demand-justi...
Demand Justice Names Veteran Democratic Strategist Josh Orton As President - Demand Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 30, 2025 CONTACT: press@demandjustice.org Orton to lead aggressive approach to pushing back decisively on Trump’s judges, spotlighting their radical agenda and ties to...
demandjustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@joshorton.bsky.social has a clear vision for Demand Justice’s work–including holding Democrats accountable when they fail to meet the moment, and spotlighting how Trump’s judges are siding with corporate elites and billionaires at the expense of working Americans.
demandjustice.org/demand-justi...
demandjustice.org/demand-justi...
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Demand Justice has been committed to courts that work for everyday people–and we now have a new leader in this fight:
Meet Josh Orton–a lawyer and veteran of progressive politics who is ready to mobilize opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees and attacks on the rule of law.
tinyurl.com/ybua4mtr
Meet Josh Orton–a lawyer and veteran of progressive politics who is ready to mobilize opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees and attacks on the rule of law.
tinyurl.com/ybua4mtr
A Liberal Group Returns to Push Democrats to Oppose Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Demand Justice has been committed to courts that work for everyday people–and we now have a new leader in this fight:
Meet Josh Orton–a lawyer and veteran of progressive politics who is ready to mobilize opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees and attacks on the rule of law.
tinyurl.com/ybua4mtr
Meet Josh Orton–a lawyer and veteran of progressive politics who is ready to mobilize opposition to Trump’s judicial nominees and attacks on the rule of law.
tinyurl.com/ybua4mtr
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I didn’t bsky.app/profile/will...
What happens when Grandpa Trump stays up too late and watches the incendiary and misleading news on Fox? In this case, it's troops in a major U.S. city, and a constitutional crisis
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The 79-year-old man with reality issues...and the nuclear football. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Grandpa Trump watches too much Fox News | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Hegseth covers up U.S. war crimes... from 1890.
www.inquirer.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I didn’t bsky.app/profile/will...
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So earlier today there were drones in Oslo flying over sensitive areas and now there are drones in Copenhagen and the resulting in the airport being shut down. Not sure if these incidents are connected but sure looks like a pattern
Last week, Russia sent 19+ drones into Poland, and this morning, 3 Russian fighter jets breached Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes. Russia is escalating, and I hope Europe is ready.
This emboldened escalation is a direct result of US actions and bringing a war criminal to Alaska.
This emboldened escalation is a direct result of US actions and bringing a war criminal to Alaska.
September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So earlier today there were drones in Oslo flying over sensitive areas and now there are drones in Copenhagen and the resulting in the airport being shut down. Not sure if these incidents are connected but sure looks like a pattern
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This old piece of mine is relevant today: How to think about the risk of autism, using the common yardstick of risk ratios.
The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
Opinion | How to Think About the Risk of Autism (Published 2014)
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This old piece of mine is relevant today: How to think about the risk of autism, using the common yardstick of risk ratios.
The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
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If you work for ABC (or Nexstar or Sinclair) and want to talk about how this decision was made or the reaction inside the company please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47
I will maintain your anonymity
I will maintain your anonymity
September 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you work for ABC (or Nexstar or Sinclair) and want to talk about how this decision was made or the reaction inside the company please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47
I will maintain your anonymity
I will maintain your anonymity
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
September 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.
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The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
The CDC’s Cuts to FoodNet Could Threaten Americans’ Health
Public health experts worry that downsizing the sprawling FoodNet surveillance system could make it harder to prevent food-borne illnesses.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
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Republicans triggered "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate on a party-line basis.
The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en bloc, rather than process each one individually.
The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en bloc, rather than process each one individually.
Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees
The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable them to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers.
www.nbcnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Republicans triggered "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate on a party-line basis.
The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en bloc, rather than process each one individually.
The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en bloc, rather than process each one individually.
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A whistleblower has revealed that DOGE staffers uploaded millions of Americans' Social Security information to an unauthorized server.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
DOGE mishandled your Social Security data. Here’s what that means.
A whistleblower alleges that staffers with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have exposed with Americans’ Social Security numbers.
www.msnbc.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A whistleblower has revealed that DOGE staffers uploaded millions of Americans' Social Security information to an unauthorized server.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
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EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins raked in $2 million from a billionaire private equity exec a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins raked in $2 million from a billionaire private equity exec a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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📣 OneAID is proud to support FedsForward + United Way for the Federal Day of Service! Join federal employees, families & neighbors Sept 12–15 in Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, NYC & DC to meet urgent community needs. ✏️ Sign up: www.fedsforward.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
📣 OneAID is proud to support FedsForward + United Way for the Federal Day of Service! Join federal employees, families & neighbors Sept 12–15 in Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, NYC & DC to meet urgent community needs. ✏️ Sign up: www.fedsforward.org
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It was back in July that NYT began series of scoops, four so far, from unnamed sources saying Harvard was about to cave.
Harvard has not yet caved. Could be true, but not yet.
Wonder who these sources might be? (Spoiler: 100% in MAGA interest to say even the biggest domino is about to fall.)
Harvard has not yet caved. Could be true, but not yet.
Wonder who these sources might be? (Spoiler: 100% in MAGA interest to say even the biggest domino is about to fall.)
September 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It was back in July that NYT began series of scoops, four so far, from unnamed sources saying Harvard was about to cave.
Harvard has not yet caved. Could be true, but not yet.
Wonder who these sources might be? (Spoiler: 100% in MAGA interest to say even the biggest domino is about to fall.)
Harvard has not yet caved. Could be true, but not yet.
Wonder who these sources might be? (Spoiler: 100% in MAGA interest to say even the biggest domino is about to fall.)
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Where this came from.
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August 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Where this came from.
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My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
August 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
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NEW: The perpetrator fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Annunciation Catholic church in Minneapolis, police chief says.
Mass shooters using AR-15s to cause carnage is a rising trend that accelerated in 2022 and 2023, as I've previously reported 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Mass shooters using AR-15s to cause carnage is a rising trend that accelerated in 2022 and 2023, as I've previously reported 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Rising horror from AR-15s: How a weapon of war has worsened the mass shootings epidemic
A rifle designed for maximum killing in combat is ever more popular with mass shooters.
www.motherjones.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The perpetrator fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Annunciation Catholic church in Minneapolis, police chief says.
Mass shooters using AR-15s to cause carnage is a rising trend that accelerated in 2022 and 2023, as I've previously reported 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Mass shooters using AR-15s to cause carnage is a rising trend that accelerated in 2022 and 2023, as I've previously reported 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Imagine if lefty pundits who've spent FOUR MONTHS whining that Dems aren't doing anything would instead, IN REAL TIME, figure out what the fuck they're doing and message that instead of making shit up months later?
Me, April 24: 16 House Dems Ask Law Firms that Capitulated to Trump If They've Thought about Their Bribery Exposure
Brian Beutler four months later: Why can't Dems pressure law firms that capitulated?
[Note: The Dem effort--and this wasn't the end of it or coverage of it--had a postitive effect]
Brian Beutler four months later: Why can't Dems pressure law firms that capitulated?
[Note: The Dem effort--and this wasn't the end of it or coverage of it--had a postitive effect]
August 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Imagine if lefty pundits who've spent FOUR MONTHS whining that Dems aren't doing anything would instead, IN REAL TIME, figure out what the fuck they're doing and message that instead of making shit up months later?
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Guess who’s making an appearance? No doubt she’d LOVE to see you there! I know we would 😉
indivisiblebangor.org/2025/08/25/a...
indivisiblebangor.org/2025/08/25/a...
ALERT! Sen. Collins will be in Searsport TOMORROW! August 26, 2025
From our friends at Indivisible Waldo County: You are invited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the downtown road work! It will take place by the new Se…
indivisiblebangor.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Guess who’s making an appearance? No doubt she’d LOVE to see you there! I know we would 😉
indivisiblebangor.org/2025/08/25/a...
indivisiblebangor.org/2025/08/25/a...
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Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)