Marian
@marianesq.bsky.social
Lawyer, advocate, wife, mother of 3 wonderful sons, believer in democracy however imperfect
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Marian
@marianesq.bsky.social
· Mar 3
Here is Senator McCormick's number. I am calling and leaving a voice mail every day:
Washington, DC
SD-B40C Dirksen Senate Office
Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6324
Senator Fetterman
WASHINGTON, D.C.
142 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4254
Washington, DC
SD-B40C Dirksen Senate Office
Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6324
Senator Fetterman
WASHINGTON, D.C.
142 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4254
I sent mine in but I actually didn't save my list I don't think! Love @wxpnfm.bsky.social Can't wait to tune in
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I sent mine in but I actually didn't save my list I don't think! Love @wxpnfm.bsky.social Can't wait to tune in
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
BravoSen. Fetterman! @fetterman.senate.gov These drugs should be available to more people because it will SAVE money that would otherwise be spent treating chronic illnesses #Handsoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Opinion | John Fetterman: GLP-1 Drugs Saved My Health. More Americans Need Access.
The government should make it easier to get access to GLP-1s.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BravoSen. Fetterman! @fetterman.senate.gov These drugs should be available to more people because it will SAVE money that would otherwise be spent treating chronic illnesses #Handsoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Because GOP are LIARS
Trump’s comments on serving a third term reflect a pattern, writes Mark Leibovich. “It begins with Trump musing over some seemingly outlandish idea,” followed by the GOP laughing it off. Then, he pursues it, and no one questions whether he was serious:
Trump Says He Is Serious About Staying in Office Past 2028
Why do Republicans keep claiming he isn’t?
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Because GOP are LIARS
So all the GOP lawmakers who told reporters they weren't going to cut the social safety net were LYING. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
House GOP adopts budget framework, paving the way for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Now Republicans will need to come together on the meat of their package of tax cuts, energy policy, border security investments and new military spending.
www.politico.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So all the GOP lawmakers who told reporters they weren't going to cut the social safety net were LYING. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
While he may be demonstrating this, US Congress is ceding their power to him and enabling his erratic and harmful behavior. With no brakes from the legislature, the sky is the limit. #UpholdtheConstitution
“In the past 48 hours, Donald Trump has just given us a pitch-perfect demonstration of why legislatures are necessary, why checks and balances are useful, and why most one-man dictatorships become poor and corrupt,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes:
Trump Is Showing Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
While he may be demonstrating this, US Congress is ceding their power to him and enabling his erratic and harmful behavior. With no brakes from the legislature, the sky is the limit. #UpholdtheConstitution
🤯 😮OMG the war against science and innovation continues. WTF? NIH funded science saves lives. Clearly the MAGA regime cares very little for the health and welfare of ordinary Americans. #Handsoff #supportscience
Exclusive: Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health were told they can't attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their way and go during time off, current and former NIH scientists told Reuters reut.rs/4j7rFLT
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🤯 😮OMG the war against science and innovation continues. WTF? NIH funded science saves lives. Clearly the MAGA regime cares very little for the health and welfare of ordinary Americans. #Handsoff #supportscience
Read this myth de bunker from Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. It will not go bankrupt and focusing on it is a red herring by the MAGA regime. #HandsOff
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The Clean Little Secret of Social Security
It’s a pretty good program, and we can afford it
substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Read this myth de bunker from Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. It will not go bankrupt and focusing on it is a red herring by the MAGA regime. #HandsOff
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Even Fox News can't avoid reporting it
www.foxbusiness.com/live-news/st...
www.foxbusiness.com/live-news/st...
Stocks tumble after Trump’s tariffs roil global markets: Live Updates
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell sharply after Trump slapped tariffs on a host of countries including China, Japan, India and Europe. FOX Business is providing real-time updates on the markets, commod...
www.foxbusiness.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Even Fox News can't avoid reporting it
www.foxbusiness.com/live-news/st...
www.foxbusiness.com/live-news/st...
Dismantling NIH,"the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research" for what purpose? MAGA regime is lessening America's influence, leadership and standing in the world and ordinary Americans will suffer. Don't get sick in the next few decades. Unless you are a billionaire #StopMusk
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dismantling NIH,"the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research" for what purpose? MAGA regime is lessening America's influence, leadership and standing in the world and ordinary Americans will suffer. Don't get sick in the next few decades. Unless you are a billionaire #StopMusk
So trump has a 1950s mindset, when the manufacturing jobs of bygone eras have been replaced by robots and AI. And BECAUSE of trump's tariffs, China ramped up its capacity and is forging ahead WITHOUT US. this is a must read. #tariffs #regression
My column: I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So trump has a 1950s mindset, when the manufacturing jobs of bygone eras have been replaced by robots and AI. And BECAUSE of trump's tariffs, China ramped up its capacity and is forging ahead WITHOUT US. this is a must read. #tariffs #regression
Another law firm kowtows to the orange bully #ForShame
President Trump said he had reached an agreement with Milbank which would require the law firm to perform $100 million in pro bono legal services during his second administration reut.rs/4iRNcYD
April 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another law firm kowtows to the orange bully #ForShame
Ending these grants will cause so much harm! trump, musk, kennedy and GOP leaders could care less. Wishing success in this lawsuit
Breaking news: A new lawsuit seeks to challenge the National Institutes of Health’s decisions to abruptly terminate hundreds of grants, totaling more than $2.4 billion, over the past month. scim.ag/3DZnylL
Lawsuit aims to broadly overturn NIH’s grant terminations
Multiple groups and NIH-funded scientists challenge agency’s decision as arbitrary and capricious
scim.ag
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Ending these grants will cause so much harm! trump, musk, kennedy and GOP leaders could care less. Wishing success in this lawsuit
Is he taking DOGE with him? and all the idiot 20-year olds? #FireMusk #Stopthechainsaw
One senior Trump official said Musk is likely to retain an informal role as an adviser and continue to be an occasional face around the White House grounds. Another cautioned that anyone who thinks he'll disappear entirely from Trump’s orbit is “fooling themselves.”
Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Is he taking DOGE with him? and all the idiot 20-year olds? #FireMusk #Stopthechainsaw
Ok @democrats.senate.gov who's next?!! You gotta keep this going. Kudos to @corybooker.com for getting it started
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ok @democrats.senate.gov who's next?!! You gotta keep this going. Kudos to @corybooker.com for getting it started
Defying court orders another sign of dictatorship. I really hope that this judge drags their a**es in court and jails them until she is brought back to Mass. #Notmycountry
The Trump administration moved the Turkish student detained near Tufts University to Louisiana, despite a judge’s order to keep her in Massachusetts.
Detained Tufts Student Moved to Louisiana Despite Judge’s Order
Prosecutors said Thursday that they had transferred Rumeysa Ozturk outside of Massachusetts by the time the judge issued the order.
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Defying court orders another sign of dictatorship. I really hope that this judge drags their a**es in court and jails them until she is brought back to Mass. #Notmycountry
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The Trump administration moved the Turkish student detained near Tufts University to Louisiana, despite a judge’s order to keep her in Massachusetts.
Detained Tufts Student Moved to Louisiana Despite Judge’s Order
Prosecutors said Thursday that they had transferred Rumeysa Ozturk outside of Massachusetts by the time the judge issued the order.
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Trump administration moved the Turkish student detained near Tufts University to Louisiana, despite a judge’s order to keep her in Massachusetts.
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More than 700 lawyers and legal groups representing diverse viewpoints have signed onto a letter urging US Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the independence of attorneys and law firms, as the Trump administration escalates attacks on some of the country’s top law offices reut.rs/41JYRmq
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
More than 700 lawyers and legal groups representing diverse viewpoints have signed onto a letter urging US Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the independence of attorneys and law firms, as the Trump administration escalates attacks on some of the country’s top law offices reut.rs/41JYRmq
If you can watch the video of her detention, it is absolutely horrifying. She is legally in the US and getting a PhD. This is what a dictatorship looks like, folks. #Notmycountry
Nobody should be disappeared from the streets of Somerville – or anywhere in America.
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Everyone should be alarmed by the video of Rumesya Ozturk being handcuffed and taken away by agents. The government must immediately release her.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...
Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe
An eyewitness said masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If you can watch the video of her detention, it is absolutely horrifying. She is legally in the US and getting a PhD. This is what a dictatorship looks like, folks. #Notmycountry
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National security is not a joke—but the irresponsible attempts of Trump’s top officials to evade responsibility for a major security breach have become so surreal that they’re comical, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. theatln.tc/OHNWV6ht
The Trump Team’s Denials Are Laughable
The president’s officials must know that what they did in the Signal group chat was wrong—and dangerous.
theatln.tc
March 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
National security is not a joke—but the irresponsible attempts of Trump’s top officials to evade responsibility for a major security breach have become so surreal that they’re comical, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. theatln.tc/OHNWV6ht
Yes it's true the president has NO authority over elections and he certainly has no authority to amend statutes duly enacted by Congress #Callyoursenators
Our Constitution is clear: Only Congress and states can set the rules for our elections.
President Trump does not have the authority to change our electoral rules and jeopardize our voting rights.
President Trump does not have the authority to change our electoral rules and jeopardize our voting rights.
Trump seeks to mandate proof of citizenship in voter registration
The order tests the power of Trump's authority and would require voters using a federal form to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It's sure to be tested in court.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yes it's true the president has NO authority over elections and he certainly has no authority to amend statutes duly enacted by Congress #Callyoursenators
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As Elon Musk and his allied groups pour more than $20 million to try to elect a conservative to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, his car company, Tesla, is suing the state over a law restricting vehicle sales.
Why Elon Musk and Tesla Have a Legal Bone to Pick With Wisconsin
As the billionaire and his allied groups pour more than $20 million into a race for the state’s top court, his car company is suing Wisconsin over a law restricting vehicle sales.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As Elon Musk and his allied groups pour more than $20 million to try to elect a conservative to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, his car company, Tesla, is suing the state over a law restricting vehicle sales.
Yesterday trump issued an EO usurping the role of Congress violating the constitution changing the way elections are run EO is illegal and unconstitutional. More appalling power grab and violation of separation of power. Call your senators and reps and ask them to stand up for the people
March 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yesterday trump issued an EO usurping the role of Congress violating the constitution changing the way elections are run EO is illegal and unconstitutional. More appalling power grab and violation of separation of power. Call your senators and reps and ask them to stand up for the people
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Now might be a good moment to check on your retirement funds,” William Cohan writes in this guest essay, describing how major shifts in stock trading are colliding with investment trends.
“Now might be a good moment to check on your retirement funds,” William Cohan writes in this guest essay, describing how major shifts in stock trading are colliding with investment trends.
Opinion | Trump Is Risking Your Retirement Portfolio
Trump’s tariff threats are hammering the stock market and could mean trouble for our already vulnerable retirement portfolios.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Now might be a good moment to check on your retirement funds,” William Cohan writes in this guest essay, describing how major shifts in stock trading are colliding with investment trends.
“Now might be a good moment to check on your retirement funds,” William Cohan writes in this guest essay, describing how major shifts in stock trading are colliding with investment trends.
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Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to suppress the vote, undermine election security, eliminate protections from foreign interference, and neuter the independent oversight of election administration.
Trump Is Still Trying to Undermine Elections
Now that Trump has installed election deniers throughout his Administration, he has been busy dismantling the guardrails protecting voting and voters.
nyer.cm
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to suppress the vote, undermine election security, eliminate protections from foreign interference, and neuter the independent oversight of election administration.