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Bobbie Sackman

@bobbiesackman.bsky.social

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Activist for older adults rights & age justice, Campaign Leader, NY Caring Majority/Caring Majority Rising/Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, MSW, Songwriter #DemocracyFirst #FairPay4HomeCare, #MedicareCoversHomeCare #Medicare4All NO DMS

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T. L. @poemless.bsky.social · 10h

Schools went on lockdown, people stayed inside. It lasted the entire afternoon. A constant din of whistles, sirens, helicopters, people shouting. Or dead silence.

I see the NYT, New Yorker, commentariat frame it as "activists clashing with ICE."

No.

ICE/CBP/DHS are terrorizing US citizens.

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11h

How incredibly evil and without conscience do you have to be to do this? They will literally starve low income people, including children and seniors to get what they want.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

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T. L. @poemless.bsky.social · 10h

And I cannot even get into how many people in our community are here because they or their parents or grandparents were being hunted and terrorized in Germany, Eastern Europe, Russia & the Soviet Union.

They know what this is. They know it's happening here.

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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 19h

The business owner from The Simpsons, cartoon with his fingers in a pyramid
The caption reads “ Reminder that universal healthcare would take about 5% of your paycheck instead of the 20 to 30% it takes for a “insurance“and it has very little to do with Health or caring

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Bobbie Sackman @bobbiesackman.bsky.social · 17m

bsky.app/profile/4whe... Hey, NYC - follow the Atlanta Mayor - he paused evictions & water shutoffs thru Jan 31 as SNAP is blocked by GOP & Trump.

4WheelMe @4wheelworkout.bsky.social · 57m

Text: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Announced An Immediate Pause On Evictions And Water Shutoffs Through January 31, 2026, As SNAP Funding Lapses

🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1h

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4WheelMe @4wheelworkout.bsky.social · 57m

Text: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Announced An Immediate Pause On Evictions And Water Shutoffs Through January 31, 2026, As SNAP Funding Lapses

🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1h

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, I’ve been indicted. But I don’t want people to lose sight of what got us here.

Thank you for having me, @chrislhayes.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social to discuss why these atrocities need to end and why there needs to be real accountability.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is once again running to the Supreme Court. His administration has asked the justices to block a D.C. appeals court ruling that determined he lacked the authority to dismiss Shira Perlmutter, the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

there are going to be a lot of stories in the next couple weeks about the generosity of ordinary people in helping their fellow Americans and all of them will be wonderful and none of them should be necessary

we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious

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Bobbie Sackman @bobbiesackman.bsky.social · 3d

4.8 million older Americans, age 60+, are on SNAP. And it’s wildly underutilized. www.ncoa.org/article/7-fa...

7 Facts about Older Adults and SNAP

Many myths abound in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We set the record straight with seven facts about the largest domestic hunger safety net program and seniors.

www.ncoa.org

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 3d

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Bobbie Sackman @bobbiesackman.bsky.social · 3d

open.substack.com/pub/peterbei... Peter Beinart gets it exactly right. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social speech about Muslims leaving the shadows,being their true selves reflects our history as Jews.Jews came to NYC 4 safety.Imagine Muslims & Jews feeling safe. Time for change-for all NYers to feel safe.

Mamdani’s Extraordinary Speech About Being Muslim

A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a few lifelines while SNAP hangs in limbo. NYC has community fridges, food banks, and mutual aid hubs still feeding families. Check City Harvest, Food Bank for NYC, and local churches—they’re the real safety net when the system plays games. #Pink #Momsky

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3d

Republicans are taking away health care from 15 million Americans.

They are doubling premiums for 20 million.

Now, they are illegally withholding emergency SNAP funding that keeps millions of children from going hungry.

All so they can give $1 trillion in tax breaks to the 1%.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 3d

On SNAP:

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

Trump sent the military into a hurricane to distract from Epstein, and they had to turn around. Endangering troops for personal gain. Our military has never been so poorly managed.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3d

The rise in costs you’re feeling, it’s by design. Skyrocketing prices, government shutdowns, and fear mongering aren’t accidents, they’re part of a deliberate strategy to break our trust in government and keep power concentrated in the hands of a few.

THIS HALLOWEEN, THE SCARTEST COSTUME ISIN ECONOMY UNDER DONALD TRump

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Bobbie Sackman @bobbiesackman.bsky.social · 3d

www.facebook.com/share/1BKYh6... Lists increases in Obamacare subsidies based on geography & age. Age 60+ will see largest increases. But it’s sucks for everyone. Does the GOP care??

Redirecting...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack