MelissaP
@gingerdoodle.bsky.social
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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
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Hard to tell the difference
June 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hard to tell the difference
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June 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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@handle.invalid @markwarner.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @handle.invalid
You can block the bill
www.commondreams.org/news/senate-...
You can block the bill
www.commondreams.org/news/senate-...
Senate GOP Gives Dems a Chance to Tank Trump's Budget Bill—Will They Take It? | Common Dreams
"Given the high stakes of the budget bill—soaring inequality as benefits for the poor are slashed to finance tax cuts for the rich—every tool at Senate Democrats' disposal should be employed," wrote j...
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June 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@handle.invalid @markwarner.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @handle.invalid
You can block the bill
www.commondreams.org/news/senate-...
You can block the bill
www.commondreams.org/news/senate-...
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Cruel and Dangerous…
The Trump administration just announced it’s shutting all Job Corps centers nationwide by June 30—no warning, no plan, just blindsiding students and families.
Any thought given to the lives this disrupts?
Any thought given to the skilled labor shortage this will make worse?
The Trump administration just announced it’s shutting all Job Corps centers nationwide by June 30—no warning, no plan, just blindsiding students and families.
Any thought given to the lives this disrupts?
Any thought given to the skilled labor shortage this will make worse?
June 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Cruel and Dangerous…
The Trump administration just announced it’s shutting all Job Corps centers nationwide by June 30—no warning, no plan, just blindsiding students and families.
Any thought given to the lives this disrupts?
Any thought given to the skilled labor shortage this will make worse?
The Trump administration just announced it’s shutting all Job Corps centers nationwide by June 30—no warning, no plan, just blindsiding students and families.
Any thought given to the lives this disrupts?
Any thought given to the skilled labor shortage this will make worse?
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
June 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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✅ DEI Employer of the Day, PRIDE Month 🏳️🌈
ISS
"Whoever you are, whoever you love, ISS is #APlaceToBeYou. As we kick off this month's celebrations, we're proud to reaffirm our commitment..."
ISS, the world's leading facilities management company. 330,000 people in 30 countries
#PrideMonth
ISS
"Whoever you are, whoever you love, ISS is #APlaceToBeYou. As we kick off this month's celebrations, we're proud to reaffirm our commitment..."
ISS, the world's leading facilities management company. 330,000 people in 30 countries
#PrideMonth
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
✅ DEI Employer of the Day, PRIDE Month 🏳️🌈
ISS
"Whoever you are, whoever you love, ISS is #APlaceToBeYou. As we kick off this month's celebrations, we're proud to reaffirm our commitment..."
ISS, the world's leading facilities management company. 330,000 people in 30 countries
#PrideMonth
ISS
"Whoever you are, whoever you love, ISS is #APlaceToBeYou. As we kick off this month's celebrations, we're proud to reaffirm our commitment..."
ISS, the world's leading facilities management company. 330,000 people in 30 countries
#PrideMonth
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The gross unfairness of #TrumpsBigUglyBill would worsen the nation’s already near-record of income and wealth inequalities.
But the provision inside it that neuters the federal courts, would remove the last remaining constraint on trump, and end US democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the provision inside it that neuters the federal courts, would remove the last remaining constraint on trump, and end US democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The gross unfairness of #TrumpsBigUglyBill would worsen the nation’s already near-record of income and wealth inequalities.
But the provision inside it that neuters the federal courts, would remove the last remaining constraint on trump, and end US democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the provision inside it that neuters the federal courts, would remove the last remaining constraint on trump, and end US democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"The saga around the boosters provides the clearest evidence yet that Kennedy was lying when he promised congressional overseers—and the American people—that his goals were to increase transparency and scientific accountability rather than impose his own agenda."
www.thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-ken...
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RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu
He just made two bad decisions on vaccines, and he made them in the worst way possible.
www.thebulwark.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"The saga around the boosters provides the clearest evidence yet that Kennedy was lying when he promised congressional overseers—and the American people—that his goals were to increase transparency and scientific accountability rather than impose his own agenda."
www.thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-ken...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-ken...
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"Shortly after becoming CEO of a cash-strapped Tesla in 2008, Musk fought hard to secure a low-interest loan from the Energy Department...holding daily briefings with company executives about the paperwork and spending hours with a government loan officer."
And now he hates government.
And now he hates government.
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"Shortly after becoming CEO of a cash-strapped Tesla in 2008, Musk fought hard to secure a low-interest loan from the Energy Department...holding daily briefings with company executives about the paperwork and spending hours with a government loan officer."
And now he hates government.
And now he hates government.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
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I feel like this tweet did not get enough attention this week
March 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I feel like this tweet did not get enough attention this week
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So it looks like Elon Musk is going to get a FORTY EIGHT BILLION contract from the federal government for Starlink.
The corruption is staggering. FORTY. EIGHT. BILLION.
The corruption is staggering. FORTY. EIGHT. BILLION.
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So it looks like Elon Musk is going to get a FORTY EIGHT BILLION contract from the federal government for Starlink.
The corruption is staggering. FORTY. EIGHT. BILLION.
The corruption is staggering. FORTY. EIGHT. BILLION.
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BREAKING NEWS: Democratic Marine and Navy Veteran JoAnna Mendoza announces she’s running to flip Arizona’s 6th Congressional district from Red to Blue.
And the best part? She can win.
Blast this to space and watch her video so can take over this pivotal seat!
And the best part? She can win.
Blast this to space and watch her video so can take over this pivotal seat!
March 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Democratic Marine and Navy Veteran JoAnna Mendoza announces she’s running to flip Arizona’s 6th Congressional district from Red to Blue.
And the best part? She can win.
Blast this to space and watch her video so can take over this pivotal seat!
And the best part? She can win.
Blast this to space and watch her video so can take over this pivotal seat!
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Along with publicly sharing classified information, Hegseth is also running the military with his family members
March 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Along with publicly sharing classified information, Hegseth is also running the military with his family members
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NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
March 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
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Followed All Jenna! Thank you and thanks for the shout out.
We unite and fight and together we will win.
We unite and fight and together we will win.
March 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Followed All Jenna! Thank you and thanks for the shout out.
We unite and fight and together we will win.
We unite and fight and together we will win.