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Lauren Vreeland Long
@advoca8.bsky.social
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Advocate for Age and Disability Friendly cities and communities. Advocate and Community Educator for Alzheimer’s Assoc. League of Women Voters. Unitarian Universalist. Marin Organizing Committee. Older Adults. Physical Therapy. Caregivers.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h
ICE’s undercover officers in plainclothes abducted Sindi Moreno while she was leaving to drop her daughter off at elementary school in Houston. The agent in civilian clothing assaulted and attempted to kidnap Sindi as she and her child desperately fought him off.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 11h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h
There’s a special place in hell for anyone who can watch this and feel joy.

And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…
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Rep. Haley Stevens @rephaleystevens.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Halloween Michigan! I know the scariest part isn’t the costumes — it’s the prices on just about everything, even candy! 🍬

That’s why I introduced my No Tariffs on Groceries Act — to bring costs down and make sure Michigan families can afford the essentials without any frightening price tags.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h
Two Illinois Guardsmen claim to have sworn an oath over orders, stating that they will not turn on their city
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 21h
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.

I never made it out of the House.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP

You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670

Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem

If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?

You’re doing their dirty work.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
Remember when we saw video of big plastic bags being tossed out of the Lincoln bathroom window?
andrewmueller.bsky.social Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 1d
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 8h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
Cool optics bro
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 1d
"...detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water..."

Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers
apnews.com/article/immi...
Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers
A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.
apnews.com
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d
Every day, Mike Johnson blatantly lies right to the faces of the Capitol Hill press.

And every day they just take it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d
Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!
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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 1d
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d
Abigail Spanberger has an impressive plan for making Virginia America's Top Place for Business, Growing Virginia's Workforce and Strengthening Virginia's Schools. Attracting investment, helping workers and fighting for families. It's a win-win-win.

Elect Abigail Spanberger
Governor of Virginia
Graphic supporting Abigail Spanberger for Governor of Virginia. Election Nov. 4, 2025.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d
Letter to the Editor:

It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.
Letters: The demolition of the East Wing is an assault on the People’s House
We the people run this country, and yet we’ve been left in the dark during its governance for the past 10 months.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 1d
My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
Yikes…
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Nancy Pelosi @pelosi.house.gov · 1d
House Republicans have been missing for a month while public servants work without pay, health care premiums surge and working families suffer.

It’s time for them to come back to Washington and do the job they were elected to do.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d
Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains…

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year, report says
This year, Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains. That could present a challenge as the state prepares to face a budget shortfall.
thebeaconnews.org
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Kym Camryn @kymcamryn.bsky.social · 1d
These are the millionaires who don’t give one fuck if your child starves to death. Put their names on every street corner! Yell it from the rooftops! Make them known 😡
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