Marianne Dungan
@rkymtnmama.bsky.social
"I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people." Maya Angelou.
Farm Girl turned Nurse, Artist, Poet, & Grandmother. Trials will arise. Love will overcome.
Farm Girl turned Nurse, Artist, Poet, & Grandmother. Trials will arise. Love will overcome.
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On the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, I'm reflecting upon the millions across Illinois who depend on these life-saving services.
I'll continue to fight to protect it even as Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans attempt to cut funding.
I'll continue to fight to protect it even as Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans attempt to cut funding.
Illinois marks 60 years of Medicaid
Illinois leaders are marking the anniversary of Medicaid by recognizing its importance to millions in the state and highlighting why they see cuts to the program as dangerous.
www.wrex.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, I'm reflecting upon the millions across Illinois who depend on these life-saving services.
I'll continue to fight to protect it even as Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans attempt to cut funding.
I'll continue to fight to protect it even as Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans attempt to cut funding.
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Timely reading - amongst other things, both of these books underscore the importance of sustaining strong public interest journalism, civic society and communities
#CroakeyREAD
#CroakeyREAD
April 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Timely reading - amongst other things, both of these books underscore the importance of sustaining strong public interest journalism, civic society and communities
#CroakeyREAD
#CroakeyREAD
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Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in!
April 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks to everyone joining the sit-in!
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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Foggy beautiful morning & a sleepy pup. 💕
April 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Foggy beautiful morning & a sleepy pup. 💕
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This post has been squashed on TikTok. Wow.
April 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This post has been squashed on TikTok. Wow.
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Booker still at it. "I will yield for a question while retaining the floor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...
WATCH LIVE: Sen. Cory Booker protests Trump’s agenda in marathon Senate speech
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Booker still at it. "I will yield for a question while retaining the floor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...
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Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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“The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths. … The girl’s oxygen saturation level was 70% ….”
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant recalled. A little girl had collapsed. She had a high fever and was taking ragged, frantic breaths. … The girl’s oxygen saturation level was 70% ….”
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President Trump’s mass HHS layoffs include employees who:
✅Oversee food and drug safety
✅Track bird flu
✅Administer health insurance programs for nearly half the country
If this administration is trying to make America healthier, they are doing a terrible job.
✅Oversee food and drug safety
✅Track bird flu
✅Administer health insurance programs for nearly half the country
If this administration is trying to make America healthier, they are doing a terrible job.
Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
President Trump’s mass HHS layoffs include employees who:
✅Oversee food and drug safety
✅Track bird flu
✅Administer health insurance programs for nearly half the country
If this administration is trying to make America healthier, they are doing a terrible job.
✅Oversee food and drug safety
✅Track bird flu
✅Administer health insurance programs for nearly half the country
If this administration is trying to make America healthier, they are doing a terrible job.
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Senator Schumer @schumer.senate.gov raised his voice to stand up for Medicaid and Medicare over tax cuts for billionaires.
It's bolstering to see our Senators stand up and raise their voices in this moment.
Let's see some more. Keep up the energy—let's go!
It's bolstering to see our Senators stand up and raise their voices in this moment.
Let's see some more. Keep up the energy—let's go!
I took to the floor to help @booker.senate.gov because so many Americans will lose health care if Republicans have their way.
Cutting Medicaid and Medicare will hurt seniors, hurt kids, and hurt veterans.
And all just so they can cut taxes for billionaires.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNbr...
Cutting Medicaid and Medicare will hurt seniors, hurt kids, and hurt veterans.
And all just so they can cut taxes for billionaires.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNbr...
So Many Americans Will Lose Health Care If Republicans Have Their Way.
YouTube video by Senate Democrats
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Senator Schumer @schumer.senate.gov raised his voice to stand up for Medicaid and Medicare over tax cuts for billionaires.
It's bolstering to see our Senators stand up and raise their voices in this moment.
Let's see some more. Keep up the energy—let's go!
It's bolstering to see our Senators stand up and raise their voices in this moment.
Let's see some more. Keep up the energy—let's go!
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Today is the last day of Womens History Month 💐 so let’s celebrate!
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today is the last day of Womens History Month 💐 so let’s celebrate!
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Saturday April 5. Find your local act of resistance: HandsOff2025.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Saturday April 5. Find your local act of resistance: HandsOff2025.com
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RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.
March 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.
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Illinois is one of the best places in the world for manufacturing companies to operate, and we are thrilled to welcome Epic Medical to Pekin.
With the $25M investment, the Central Illinois facility will create good-paying jobs for working families in the region.
With the $25M investment, the Central Illinois facility will create good-paying jobs for working families in the region.
Bolstered by EDGE incentives, Epic Medical will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Pekin. Read more: dceo.illinois.gov/news/press-r...
March 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Illinois is one of the best places in the world for manufacturing companies to operate, and we are thrilled to welcome Epic Medical to Pekin.
With the $25M investment, the Central Illinois facility will create good-paying jobs for working families in the region.
With the $25M investment, the Central Illinois facility will create good-paying jobs for working families in the region.
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IN ONE WEEK: We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement — because the fight against President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump is just starting. Please join us next Saturday: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
March 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
IN ONE WEEK: We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement — because the fight against President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump is just starting. Please join us next Saturday: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
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A couple of years ago, I noticed that Dems were losing ground with Latino voters. I launched a Spanish-language YouTube channel to reach those people. That channel is now on its way to 300,000 subscribers and has nearly 50 million views. We have be aggressive and go into spaces we're not already in.
Brian Tyler Cohen (español)
Brian Tyler Cohen es un anfitrión político progresista conocido por desglosar los principales contenidos políticos americanos. Y aun cuando su canal de inglés cuenta con sobre un (1) billón de visuali...
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March 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A couple of years ago, I noticed that Dems were losing ground with Latino voters. I launched a Spanish-language YouTube channel to reach those people. That channel is now on its way to 300,000 subscribers and has nearly 50 million views. We have be aggressive and go into spaces we're not already in.
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“It's never happened before, and just the cost will be astronomical” to move 1500+ people.
A USAID career foreign service officer and union rep for agency employees spoke with me for @scrippsnews about what evacuating employees abroad would entail. www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/logi...
A USAID career foreign service officer and union rep for agency employees spoke with me for @scrippsnews about what evacuating employees abroad would entail. www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/logi...
'Logistical nightmare': Future uncertain for USAID employees abroad as Trump, Musk eye cuts
In what has been a tumultuous few days for the U.S. Agency for International Development, employees working abroad are now worried they may soon be evacuated out of countries they're stationed.
www.scrippsnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“It's never happened before, and just the cost will be astronomical” to move 1500+ people.
A USAID career foreign service officer and union rep for agency employees spoke with me for @scrippsnews about what evacuating employees abroad would entail. www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/logi...
A USAID career foreign service officer and union rep for agency employees spoke with me for @scrippsnews about what evacuating employees abroad would entail. www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/logi...
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They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found.
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.