Mad_as_hell (Maddie)
@maddie-says.bsky.social
Proud Immigrant married to disabled Vet fighting to stay afloat
CoFounder of and curator for https://guardrailsofdemocracy.substack.com/
CoFounder of and curator for https://guardrailsofdemocracy.substack.com/
Pinned
Democracy isn’t only defended in protests or elections, it’s defended in living rooms, grocery aisles, and our everyday choices.
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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MAJOR UPDATE: Speaker Mike Johnson is working behind closed doors to strip IVF coverage for all active duty members of the military.
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
MAJOR UPDATE: Speaker Mike Johnson is working behind closed doors to strip IVF coverage for all active duty members of the military.
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
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December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
Mehdi Pays Tribute To His Late Father
YouTube video by Zeteo
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
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“When Americans were looking for some way to resist at the beginning of the second Trump administration, we kind of had to do it ourselves… What if we all went to our state capitals on the same day, protesting with the same message? And that spread rapidly"
- Hunter Dunn, @50501movement.bsky.social
- Hunter Dunn, @50501movement.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING: Hunter Dunn, 50501 (Ep 7)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“When Americans were looking for some way to resist at the beginning of the second Trump administration, we kind of had to do it ourselves… What if we all went to our state capitals on the same day, protesting with the same message? And that spread rapidly"
- Hunter Dunn, @50501movement.bsky.social
- Hunter Dunn, @50501movement.bsky.social
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My SIL came in fuming last night. Asking me did Trump do anything to the cattle ranchers again? He was making his normal order for the restaurant & was told that the beef is now UP $6 per pound—that’s in 1 day! A $124 fillet last year is $245 now. 😳
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My SIL came in fuming last night. Asking me did Trump do anything to the cattle ranchers again? He was making his normal order for the restaurant & was told that the beef is now UP $6 per pound—that’s in 1 day! A $124 fillet last year is $245 now. 😳
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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Public schools are the backbone of America. But they’re under resourced, over-tested, and asked to fix every social issue with too few tools.
Teachers haven’t given up on their students—maybe it’s time we make sure teachers have the support they need to help our kids learn & thrive.
##ProudBlue
Teachers haven’t given up on their students—maybe it’s time we make sure teachers have the support they need to help our kids learn & thrive.
##ProudBlue
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Public schools are the backbone of America. But they’re under resourced, over-tested, and asked to fix every social issue with too few tools.
Teachers haven’t given up on their students—maybe it’s time we make sure teachers have the support they need to help our kids learn & thrive.
##ProudBlue
Teachers haven’t given up on their students—maybe it’s time we make sure teachers have the support they need to help our kids learn & thrive.
##ProudBlue
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#HealingHearts
Those who've suffered abuse often adopt negative self-talk that came directly from the abuser(s). It's automatic to choose the inner critic (partly because it's louder).
Listen for the calm inner voice of the heart; it's there & it heals.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
Those who've suffered abuse often adopt negative self-talk that came directly from the abuser(s). It's automatic to choose the inner critic (partly because it's louder).
Listen for the calm inner voice of the heart; it's there & it heals.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#HealingHearts
Those who've suffered abuse often adopt negative self-talk that came directly from the abuser(s). It's automatic to choose the inner critic (partly because it's louder).
Listen for the calm inner voice of the heart; it's there & it heals.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
Those who've suffered abuse often adopt negative self-talk that came directly from the abuser(s). It's automatic to choose the inner critic (partly because it's louder).
Listen for the calm inner voice of the heart; it's there & it heals.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
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If the border is so secure, why is Hegseth so worried about small boats that may not even be carrying drugs? So worried that no survivors are allowed? Of course we know the answers, and they’re totally in line with this regime. #ProudBlue
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If the border is so secure, why is Hegseth so worried about small boats that may not even be carrying drugs? So worried that no survivors are allowed? Of course we know the answers, and they’re totally in line with this regime. #ProudBlue
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Is anyone surprised that ICE agents are so poorly trained they keep detaining American citizens, including Native Americans whose FAMILIES WERE HERE FOR CENTURIES before Kristi Noem was born?
Your hard earned tax 💰 at work.
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Your hard earned tax 💰 at work.
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Is anyone surprised that ICE agents are so poorly trained they keep detaining American citizens, including Native Americans whose FAMILIES WERE HERE FOR CENTURIES before Kristi Noem was born?
Your hard earned tax 💰 at work.
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Your hard earned tax 💰 at work.
#AbolishICE
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Grocery bills tell the truth trump won’t: he promised lower prices, but costs keep climbing. Biden slowed the spikes, but under trump, families are paying more for essentials every week.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#TrumpsAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#TrumpsAffordabilityCrisis
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Grocery bills tell the truth trump won’t: he promised lower prices, but costs keep climbing. Biden slowed the spikes, but under trump, families are paying more for essentials every week.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#TrumpsAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#TrumpsAffordabilityCrisis
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Someone has to stop this madman. Our country is NOT his private business to slap his name everywhere he wants & we’re definitely NOT his piggy bank.
Someone has to stop this madman. Our country is NOT his private business to slap his name everywhere he wants & we’re definitely NOT his piggy bank.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Someone has to stop this madman. Our country is NOT his private business to slap his name everywhere he wants & we’re definitely NOT his piggy bank.
Someone has to stop this madman. Our country is NOT his private business to slap his name everywhere he wants & we’re definitely NOT his piggy bank.
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Working families can’t afford their groceries anymore.
This is the #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
This is the #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Working families can’t afford their groceries anymore.
This is the #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
This is the #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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Tennessee’s 2026 ballot isn’t “business as usual.” Four quiet amendments work together to lock in one vision of power for decades, no matter who wins future elections. If voters don’t see the pattern, they’ll approve a permanent rewrite by accident.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Tennessee’s 2026 ballot isn’t “business as usual.” Four quiet amendments work together to lock in one vision of power for decades, no matter who wins future elections. If voters don’t see the pattern, they’ll approve a permanent rewrite by accident.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Tennessee’s 2026 ballot isn’t “business as usual.” Four quiet amendments work together to lock in one vision of power for decades, no matter who wins future elections. If voters don’t see the pattern, they’ll approve a permanent rewrite by accident.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Tennessee’s 2026 ballot isn’t “business as usual.” Four quiet amendments work together to lock in one vision of power for decades, no matter who wins future elections. If voters don’t see the pattern, they’ll approve a permanent rewrite by accident.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
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These strikes have been international war crimes from the first. They are murders.
Trials should be expected.
Since the ICC’s arrest orders for Putin, Netanyahu and others have been ignored, why would this U.S. regime fear prosecution for their crimes on International Waters?
#Pinks #DemVoice1
Trials should be expected.
Since the ICC’s arrest orders for Putin, Netanyahu and others have been ignored, why would this U.S. regime fear prosecution for their crimes on International Waters?
#Pinks #DemVoice1
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
These strikes have been international war crimes from the first. They are murders.
Trials should be expected.
Since the ICC’s arrest orders for Putin, Netanyahu and others have been ignored, why would this U.S. regime fear prosecution for their crimes on International Waters?
#Pinks #DemVoice1
Trials should be expected.
Since the ICC’s arrest orders for Putin, Netanyahu and others have been ignored, why would this U.S. regime fear prosecution for their crimes on International Waters?
#Pinks #DemVoice1
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Grocery prices are through the roof, insurance premiums are skyrocketing, energy bills are soaring all because "Dirty Donald" and Republicans gave their billionaire cronies a huge tax break. #TrumpflationKillsHealthcare Trump's economy sucks, and hard working Americans suffer.
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Grocery prices are through the roof, insurance premiums are skyrocketing, energy bills are soaring all because "Dirty Donald" and Republicans gave their billionaire cronies a huge tax break. #TrumpflationKillsHealthcare Trump's economy sucks, and hard working Americans suffer.
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#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
🗣Midterm: US House: WA03
Primary Aug.4, 2026
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov is an auto repair shop owner and your current House Rep.
Her priorities: rebuilding manufacturing, community safety, and more. marieforcongress.com
🗣Midterm: US House: WA03
Primary Aug.4, 2026
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov is an auto repair shop owner and your current House Rep.
Her priorities: rebuilding manufacturing, community safety, and more. marieforcongress.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
🗣Midterm: US House: WA03
Primary Aug.4, 2026
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov is an auto repair shop owner and your current House Rep.
Her priorities: rebuilding manufacturing, community safety, and more. marieforcongress.com
🗣Midterm: US House: WA03
Primary Aug.4, 2026
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov is an auto repair shop owner and your current House Rep.
Her priorities: rebuilding manufacturing, community safety, and more. marieforcongress.com
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If Republicans let ACA subsidies expire, millions will face massive premium spikes. A WV couple’s plan could jump from $300 to $4,700 a month.
This isn’t fiscal discipline, it’s a war on working families’ health & our wallets.
Republicans made this mess. Democrats will fix it but until then… 🤬
This isn’t fiscal discipline, it’s a war on working families’ health & our wallets.
Republicans made this mess. Democrats will fix it but until then… 🤬
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If Republicans let ACA subsidies expire, millions will face massive premium spikes. A WV couple’s plan could jump from $300 to $4,700 a month.
This isn’t fiscal discipline, it’s a war on working families’ health & our wallets.
Republicans made this mess. Democrats will fix it but until then… 🤬
This isn’t fiscal discipline, it’s a war on working families’ health & our wallets.
Republicans made this mess. Democrats will fix it but until then… 🤬
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Tennessee’s 2026 amendments aren’t 3 isolated changes. Together they form a coordinated takeover strategy that restructures power, weakens democracy, and locks future governments into a narrow ideological cage. This isn’t reform. It’s entrenchment.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Tennessee’s 2026 amendments aren’t 3 isolated changes. Together they form a coordinated takeover strategy that restructures power, weakens democracy, and locks future governments into a narrow ideological cage. This isn’t reform. It’s entrenchment.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Tennessee’s 2026 amendments aren’t 3 isolated changes. Together they form a coordinated takeover strategy that restructures power, weakens democracy, and locks future governments into a narrow ideological cage. This isn’t reform. It’s entrenchment.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Tennessee’s 2026 amendments aren’t 3 isolated changes. Together they form a coordinated takeover strategy that restructures power, weakens democracy, and locks future governments into a narrow ideological cage. This isn’t reform. It’s entrenchment.
#Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
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#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1 #ONEV1
Local Elections matter.
In Georgia, too, change is in the air.
Two Democratic winners:
Roswell has flipped and elected a new Mayor
The GA Assembly will welcome the youngest Rep ever.
With the momentum,
2026 cannot come sooner
Local Elections matter.
In Georgia, too, change is in the air.
Two Democratic winners:
Roswell has flipped and elected a new Mayor
The GA Assembly will welcome the youngest Rep ever.
With the momentum,
2026 cannot come sooner
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1 #ONEV1
Local Elections matter.
In Georgia, too, change is in the air.
Two Democratic winners:
Roswell has flipped and elected a new Mayor
The GA Assembly will welcome the youngest Rep ever.
With the momentum,
2026 cannot come sooner
Local Elections matter.
In Georgia, too, change is in the air.
Two Democratic winners:
Roswell has flipped and elected a new Mayor
The GA Assembly will welcome the youngest Rep ever.
With the momentum,
2026 cannot come sooner
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#BlueSkyVets Sen. Mark Kelly: “Donald Trump is so singularly unqualified for this job as President. He wants to shut people up, but he’s not gonna shut me up. I’m not gonna be intimidated by him or Pete Hegseth and his threats to court-martial me” #AZBoss
👏🏻🫡 @SenMarkKelly
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
👏🏻🫡 @SenMarkKelly
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#BlueSkyVets Sen. Mark Kelly: “Donald Trump is so singularly unqualified for this job as President. He wants to shut people up, but he’s not gonna shut me up. I’m not gonna be intimidated by him or Pete Hegseth and his threats to court-martial me” #AZBoss
👏🏻🫡 @SenMarkKelly
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
👏🏻🫡 @SenMarkKelly
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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#BlueSkyVets Seriously, what is wrong with these people? We have Moron governing us!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4oEnKrV
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4oEnKrV
'Shattered': Shock as student heading home for Thanksgiving wrongly deported to Honduras
A college student heading home for the holidays was instead picked up by immigration authorities and deported to Honduras despite a court order specifying she couldn't be sent there, her attorney said...
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#BlueSkyVets Seriously, what is wrong with these people? We have Moron governing us!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4oEnKrV
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4oEnKrV
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One step closer to getting a pardon from the convicted felon in our WH.
This administration is a moral slum of thugs.
Release all Epstein files!
Why are y’all still casting votes for ANY Republican right now?
Want better?
Vote better.
#DemVoice1
#voices4Victory
#Pinks
#wtpBLUE
This administration is a moral slum of thugs.
Release all Epstein files!
Why are y’all still casting votes for ANY Republican right now?
Want better?
Vote better.
#DemVoice1
#voices4Victory
#Pinks
#wtpBLUE
Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell say client will ask a judge to release her from federal prison, a new court filing shows.
Ghislaine Maxwell will plea for prison release, new court filing says
Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell say client will ask a judge to release her from federal prison, a new court filing shows.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One step closer to getting a pardon from the convicted felon in our WH.
This administration is a moral slum of thugs.
Release all Epstein files!
Why are y’all still casting votes for ANY Republican right now?
Want better?
Vote better.
#DemVoice1
#voices4Victory
#Pinks
#wtpBLUE
This administration is a moral slum of thugs.
Release all Epstein files!
Why are y’all still casting votes for ANY Republican right now?
Want better?
Vote better.
#DemVoice1
#voices4Victory
#Pinks
#wtpBLUE
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#BlueSkyVets 🔥🔥🔥ALL OF THIS!🔥🔥🔥Well, well, well…46% of Americans say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being—including 37% of Trump voters that say it’s Trump’s fault.
Source: bit.ly/4avKk2l
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4avKk2l
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis
Americans continue to say affordability is out of control, and they place the responsibility on Trump, The POLITICO Poll found.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#BlueSkyVets 🔥🔥🔥ALL OF THIS!🔥🔥🔥Well, well, well…46% of Americans say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being—including 37% of Trump voters that say it’s Trump’s fault.
Source: bit.ly/4avKk2l
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
Source: bit.ly/4avKk2l
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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Imagine if the Democrats had won in Tennessee? A sweet illusion. The Republicans are bolted in with their rock-solid advantages. But to see a Trump stronghold slide from 22 to just 9 points in one year? That’s enough to make the red strategists sweat.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Imagine if the Democrats had won in Tennessee? A sweet illusion. The Republicans are bolted in with their rock-solid advantages. But to see a Trump stronghold slide from 22 to just 9 points in one year? That’s enough to make the red strategists sweat.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1