Sharon Foote
@mitdu.bsky.social
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Democracy is not freedom, it is a tool, and its virtue depends on who wields it. It can defend or destroy, uplift or oppress; it carries no guarantee of liberty or equality. It is up to us not only to uphold a just democracy, but to fight for it and defend it against corruption and injustice.
August 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Democracy is not freedom, it is a tool, and its virtue depends on who wields it. It can defend or destroy, uplift or oppress; it carries no guarantee of liberty or equality. It is up to us not only to uphold a just democracy, but to fight for it and defend it against corruption and injustice.
While others are quoting the Declaration of Independence, I will share these words from John Adams, written in 1814 and kept in the National Archives.😢
July 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
While others are quoting the Declaration of Independence, I will share these words from John Adams, written in 1814 and kept in the National Archives.😢
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While America slept, Republicans voted to advance a bill that will cause the largest:
• loss of health insurance in history
• cut to food assistance in history
• hike in college costs in history
• spike in utility bills in history
All to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
• loss of health insurance in history
• cut to food assistance in history
• hike in college costs in history
• spike in utility bills in history
All to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
June 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
While America slept, Republicans voted to advance a bill that will cause the largest:
• loss of health insurance in history
• cut to food assistance in history
• hike in college costs in history
• spike in utility bills in history
All to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
• loss of health insurance in history
• cut to food assistance in history
• hike in college costs in history
• spike in utility bills in history
All to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
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poll after poll shows that Trump's big bill is very unpopular
June 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
poll after poll shows that Trump's big bill is very unpopular
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Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
June 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissenting in 6-3 SCOTUS birthright citizenship case: "It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissenting in 6-3 SCOTUS birthright citizenship case: "It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Check the list. Cure your ballot. Save democracy!
If you voted for Allison Riggs in the 2024 NC election check here to see if your ballot is being challenged. If so, then you have 15 business days from whenever they mail the notices to cure your ballot, but best to check now & cure yours as soon as possible, even if this ruling might get overturned
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Check the list. Cure your ballot. Save democracy!
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🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...
thegriffinlist.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...
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"I spent past year and a half with The Lincoln Project... There, I learned some of the hard-line messaging tactics R's have used for decades to defeat Dems. R's know how to define opponents early, sharply, and relentlessly—exactly what Dems need to do."
Must read: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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The case for Democrats to start holding televised, primetime opposition hearings featuring civil servants fired by Trump & Musk, Americans hurt by baseless cuts, and scholars on authoritarian regimes.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
The Urgent Need for Televised Opposition Hearings
Unmasking Trumpism
quartzevelyn.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"I spent past year and a half with The Lincoln Project... There, I learned some of the hard-line messaging tactics R's have used for decades to defeat Dems. R's know how to define opponents early, sharply, and relentlessly—exactly what Dems need to do."
Must read: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
bsky.app/profile/evel...
Must read: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Didn’t take Trump very long to continue to add to his body count from 2020.
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Didn’t take Trump very long to continue to add to his body count from 2020.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!