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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3h

"It appears the administration is using those Americans who depend on food assistance as pawns to put more pressure on Democrats to cave to Trump’s will..."What are we doing?" Know the history of food assistance in America...Read on. October 25, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 25, 2025

Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.

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Dennis Pitt @dennispitt.bsky.social · 4h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 4h

Corruption is not a sideshow
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Corruption is not a sideshow

Autocracy is the few vs. the many

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 21h

Context matters. Watch out for misinformation spin.
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Unraveling claims about $376M White House renovation under Obama

While a large White House renovation project took place during Obama's presidency, some posts omitted key context or shared misleading claims.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 2d

My constituents need the GOP and Trump to come to the table and address their needs.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 23h

Where are the Reagan Republicans?

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 1d

The nugget in today's newsletter. "Republicans have embraced the destruction of the modern government...The Democrats are defending the government that has been in place since the 1930s,..." An alarming read. October 24, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 24, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled House business again next week, meaning that over the last 17 weeks, the House of Representatives will have worked on Capitol Hill for just 20 days.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

A win! The 9th Circuit allowed Judge Karin Immergut’s restraining order against deploying National Guard troops in Portland to remain in effect while the full appeals court decides whether to rehear the case.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 1d

#GOPShutdown #DemocracyinCrisis

Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

As we watch the horrific and illegal demolition of the East Wing of the White House, it is shockingly clear that Trump is, indeed, acting like a king or dictator, operating without accountability or regard for our democracy or the American people. October 22, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 22, 2025

“It’s not his house.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

Well, well, well...

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, other presidents before Trump made changes while occupying the White House, but this destruction, coming after 8.1 million concerned Americans gathered peacefully to protest the destruction of our democracy by this rogue Project 2025 extremist administration, is just over-the-top disturbing.

Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 4d

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White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

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Debby Johannes @peacebewithyouall.bsky.social · 3d

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A maga repub finds out that she has been lied to.

A born and bred Republican turns into a Democrat after actually doing the research.

This lady isn't MAGA, she was just duped. And she admits it, and advises others to do the research too!

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

"Government in the right hands can be a force for good."
#bipartisanleadership #nhpolitics

PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 3d

What Governor Whitmer has ACCOMPLISHED in Michigan is EXACTLY why we need MORE bad ass Governors like Mickie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger to join her in the fight. These women kick ass and Virginia and New Jersey can vote for them on November 4th!

PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 3d

What Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been able to accomplish in Michigan is so hopeful for the future of this country…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

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‘Our hands are tied’: Can anyone stop Trump’s tear-down of the East Wing?

Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

"... the "fascist playbook" to undermine the media is a set of strategies centered on delegitimizing and controlling the press to suppress dissent and shape a narrative that benefits the ruling power...: Google AI Overview
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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

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Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout

A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 3d

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... #fascismishere

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout

A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 4d

The GOP shutdown drags on; Trump Admin. bails out Argentina, but not U.S. farmers; attacks Colombia; is buying jets for agency heads; demolishes the East Wing of the White House. Nothing seems normal. October 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 21, 2025

On this, the twenty-first day of the government shutdown, President Donald J.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 4d

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The Right's Most Unhinged Reactions to the Historic 'No Kings' Protests

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Speaker Mike Johnson's attacked "No Kings" attendees, who were peaceful as they protested authoritarianism.

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