Laura Barr Gerlach
@lbgerlach.bsky.social
No Kings! Helena, Montana
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
No Kings! Helena, Montana
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With the 2026 midterms approaching, Republican officials continue a push for more restrictions on overseas voters, including U.S. military members stationed abroad.
A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms
Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024.
n.pr
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With the 2026 midterms approaching, Republican officials continue a push for more restrictions on overseas voters, including U.S. military members stationed abroad.
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President Trump is directing the Justice Department to prosecute his perceived political enemies, upending the career ranks and raising questions about selective prosecution.
Unease grows at the Justice Department as Trump's threats get even more blunt
President Trump is directing the Justice Department to prosecute his perceived political enemies, upending the career ranks and raising questions about selective prosecution.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
President Trump is directing the Justice Department to prosecute his perceived political enemies, upending the career ranks and raising questions about selective prosecution.
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They cry “free speech” when it’s hate, violence, and lies. But the second we tell the truth or call them out, suddenly we’ve gone too far. That, my friends, is what you call selective outrage.
September 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
They cry “free speech” when it’s hate, violence, and lies. But the second we tell the truth or call them out, suddenly we’ve gone too far. That, my friends, is what you call selective outrage.
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Happy Monday!
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.–Herm Albright
Thanks everyone for helping make my first starter pack a success!
As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️
#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.–Herm Albright
Thanks everyone for helping make my first starter pack a success!
As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️
#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy Monday!
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.–Herm Albright
Thanks everyone for helping make my first starter pack a success!
As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️
#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.–Herm Albright
Thanks everyone for helping make my first starter pack a success!
As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️
#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew
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NPR - A senior federal judge ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in ongoing litigation over her efforts to effectively dismantle Voice of America despite Congressional mandates that it be maintained.
Judge orders Kari Lake to answer questions about Voice of America under oath
U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to be deposed about her plans for Voice of America, saying she was on "verging on contempt."
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August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NPR - A senior federal judge ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in ongoing litigation over her efforts to effectively dismantle Voice of America despite Congressional mandates that it be maintained.
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Authorities say a $473M maritime drug bust netted cocaine with enough lethal doses to fatally overdose all 23 million residents of Florida.
Coast Guard seizes enough cocaine to fatally overdose entire Florida population
Authorities say a $473M maritime drug bust netted cocaine with enough lethal doses to fatally overdose all 23 million residents of Florida.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Authorities say a $473M maritime drug bust netted cocaine with enough lethal doses to fatally overdose all 23 million residents of Florida.
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Let all Trumpists beware. Hitler murdered his henchman Röhm. This is Trump's Morning of the Short Shiv. You could be next. Loyalty does not sustain fascism. Fear does.
FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser
Bolton’s home allegedly part of investigation into classified documents as FBI director warns ‘no one is above law’
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Let all Trumpists beware. Hitler murdered his henchman Röhm. This is Trump's Morning of the Short Shiv. You could be next. Loyalty does not sustain fascism. Fear does.
FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump insisted he doesn’t back down on tariffs, but just hours before a midnight deadline on new China tariffs, he extended it by 90 days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UW...
‘It’s a lie’: Symone calls out Trump’s ‘deals’ as he extends China tariff deadline
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trump insisted he doesn’t back down on tariffs, but just hours before a midnight deadline on new China tariffs, he extended it by 90 days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UW...
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Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
n.pr
August 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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“The poor have no advocate because the poor can’t afford a lobbyist.
The Statue of Liberty says: ‘give me your tired, poor’ — not your wealthy, your gifted, & your endowed.”
Robin Williams was a GENERATIONAL talent
The Statue of Liberty says: ‘give me your tired, poor’ — not your wealthy, your gifted, & your endowed.”
Robin Williams was a GENERATIONAL talent
August 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“The poor have no advocate because the poor can’t afford a lobbyist.
The Statue of Liberty says: ‘give me your tired, poor’ — not your wealthy, your gifted, & your endowed.”
Robin Williams was a GENERATIONAL talent
The Statue of Liberty says: ‘give me your tired, poor’ — not your wealthy, your gifted, & your endowed.”
Robin Williams was a GENERATIONAL talent
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Last night a bunch of Republicans in the House were saying how awful this bill was.
Only took a couple hours, some merch, and a few words from Donald Trump, and they’re lining up to rip away health care from 17 MILLION people.
I’m sadly not surprised — but I am still outraged.
Only took a couple hours, some merch, and a few words from Donald Trump, and they’re lining up to rip away health care from 17 MILLION people.
I’m sadly not surprised — but I am still outraged.
July 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last night a bunch of Republicans in the House were saying how awful this bill was.
Only took a couple hours, some merch, and a few words from Donald Trump, and they’re lining up to rip away health care from 17 MILLION people.
I’m sadly not surprised — but I am still outraged.
Only took a couple hours, some merch, and a few words from Donald Trump, and they’re lining up to rip away health care from 17 MILLION people.
I’m sadly not surprised — but I am still outraged.
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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While Americans slept last night, Senate Republicans moved forward their Big Bad Betrayal Bill, which would:
- push millions off health care
- make electric bills more expensive
- strip food assistance for hungry families
All to pay for a tax break for billionaires.
- push millions off health care
- make electric bills more expensive
- strip food assistance for hungry families
All to pay for a tax break for billionaires.
June 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
While Americans slept last night, Senate Republicans moved forward their Big Bad Betrayal Bill, which would:
- push millions off health care
- make electric bills more expensive
- strip food assistance for hungry families
All to pay for a tax break for billionaires.
- push millions off health care
- make electric bills more expensive
- strip food assistance for hungry families
All to pay for a tax break for billionaires.
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Indivisible Helena stands in solidarity with the peaceful protestors in Paramount, CA as they seek to protect the Constitutional rights of their friends and neighbors.🌹
#NoKings #WeStandwithLA
#NoKings #WeStandwithLA
June 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Indivisible Helena stands in solidarity with the peaceful protestors in Paramount, CA as they seek to protect the Constitutional rights of their friends and neighbors.🌹
#NoKings #WeStandwithLA
#NoKings #WeStandwithLA
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Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipino American who served as under secretary of the Air Force during the Biden administration, won a runoff election on Saturday to become the mayor of San Antonio, making her the first openly gay leader of the seventh-largest city in the country.
Gina Ortiz Jones, a Progressive, Is Elected San Antonio’s Mayor
Ms. Jones, a former under secretary of the Air Force under the Biden administration, prevailed over Rolando Pablos, a conservative with ties with to Gov. Greg Abbott.
trib.al
June 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipino American who served as under secretary of the Air Force during the Biden administration, won a runoff election on Saturday to become the mayor of San Antonio, making her the first openly gay leader of the seventh-largest city in the country.
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I’m a mechanic, marine, and sports radio host, raised in a trailer park in Mason City, Iowa.
I'm fighting for a Democratic Party that people like me actually want to be a part of.
I'm Nathan Sage. I'm running for US Senate. And I'm going to kick Joni Ernst's ass next November.
I'm fighting for a Democratic Party that people like me actually want to be a part of.
I'm Nathan Sage. I'm running for US Senate. And I'm going to kick Joni Ernst's ass next November.
April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’m a mechanic, marine, and sports radio host, raised in a trailer park in Mason City, Iowa.
I'm fighting for a Democratic Party that people like me actually want to be a part of.
I'm Nathan Sage. I'm running for US Senate. And I'm going to kick Joni Ernst's ass next November.
I'm fighting for a Democratic Party that people like me actually want to be a part of.
I'm Nathan Sage. I'm running for US Senate. And I'm going to kick Joni Ernst's ass next November.
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“That’s the life I want everybody to be able to live and I think we can deliver that."
June 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“That’s the life I want everybody to be able to live and I think we can deliver that."
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Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
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AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
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Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a study aimed at identifying the “root causes” of autism.
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Federal health officials didn’t provide information on how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a study aimed at identifying the “root causes” of autism.