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At the same time the Trump Admin is cutting health care, nutrition assistance, & emergency services in the name of ‘efficiency’ & ‘savings,’ they have enabled DOGE’s reckless waste of at least $21.7 billion. My new PSI report is a searing indictment of DOGE’s false claims.
July 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This Saturday, June 14th, join one of the 1,800+ No Kings protests across the country. While Trump celebrates his birthday with a military parade in D.C. like a wannabe king, we'll be joining together to uphold our democracy and protect our rights! @indivisible.org #NoKingsDay
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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JUST NOW: A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who was taken on the street in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities.

Ozturk has been detained in Louisiana for the past 6 weeks. But today, the judge ordered that she be allowed to go home.
HAPPENING NOW: Bail hearing for Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who remains in detention in Louisiana after she was taken from her home in Massachusetts by masked immigration authorities.

The hearing is before a Vermont judge. Ozturk is appearing virtually from Louisiana.
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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RFK Jr. says childhood vaccines weren’t tested and that COVID boosters need full trials every year.
That’s not how vaccines—or science—work. Time for a #FactCheckFriday!

Let’s talk about how vaccines are tested, and how this kind of talk puts real people at risk.

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/bas...
How Vaccines are Developed and Approved for Use
Learn how vaccines are developed and approved for use.
www.cdc.gov
May 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Why are Americans drowning in debt? Well many reasons but childcare is one of them.

Some of my studentsare paying more than half of their income for childcare! !

#MomsFightForChildcare
#MomSky
a woman sits at a table with a child while a boy stands in the background
ALT: a woman sits at a table with a child while a boy stands in the background
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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'Vastly more walkable': After decades of debate, Pike Place Market soft-launches car ban
www.knkx.org/transportati...
'Vastly more walkable': Seattle's Pike Place Market tests car ban
After decades of debate, local leaders hope revitalized public spaces and a restriction on non-essential vehicles will make the Market more connected.
www.knkx.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Frighteningly accurate
March 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The real state of the union address - join in
Don’t forget to tune in to our livestream today at 12:30PM PST as I will be joined by so many incredible leaders from our community. We’ll be giving the REAL state of the union — and how the actions of this administration are impacting our neighbors. Tune in!
March 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The FOTUS is posturing for television ratings, how presidential 🙂‍↔️🤮
The president brought to an end the tense Oval Office meeting by saying the exchange would be entertaining.
Trump Says Oval Office Spat With Zelenskyy, Vance Will Make For 'Great Television’
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The letter warned the firings could politicize the military and deter talented Americans from serving.
February 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Show him the door, please
Eric Engle on Substack
Discover and discuss great writing with the world’s smartest readers on Substack.
substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The republicans in the house just voted to increase the debt ceiling, reduce taxes to the most wealthy while gutting Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt

🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
BOOM: Rep. Mark Pocan takes the GLOVES OFF during my interview with him:

“Donald Trump is full of shit (and he) needs to get the fuck away from Mar-a-Lago” and instead come to talk to real people.

🔥🔥🔥
February 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.

Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
February 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This tragic incident was thankfully averted.
I miss DEI
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your constituents have a dedicated representative, thank you.
MUST-WATCH: House GOP leadership refused to allow Rep. Brittany Peterson, who's on maternity leave, to vote remotely, but that didn't stop her.

She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
February 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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MUST-WATCH: House GOP leadership refused to allow Rep. Brittany Peterson, who's on maternity leave, to vote remotely, but that didn't stop her.

She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
February 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
You can have an opinion about the flavor of jam; but when it comes to our democracy, come to the table as an informed citizen.
February 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
February 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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It's good to have opinions, but it's far better to be informed.

#opinions #informed #informedopinions #knowledge #HumansAreGreaterThanMoney #Humans>$
January 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
Enrique Tarrio denies involvement despite organizers attributing threat to someone claiming to be ‘Enrique T’ Attendees of a center-right political conference in Washington DC were forced to evacuate on Sunday, after someone claiming to be Enrique…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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These cuts have been made without reason and will do nothing to keep Granite Staters and visitors safe or protect the forest that drives our tourism economy.

I urge the Administration to rehire these essential employees.

www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/w...
WMNF employees among Forest Service staffers cut
CONWAY — U.S. Forest Service employees in the White Mountain National Forest are among the 3,400 recent hires in national forests throughout the country who are being terminated along with
www.conwaydailysun.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
February 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM