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Democracy is in danger—anyone who says otherwise is high. #FightFascism #EndGerrymandering #VetsResistSquadron #WarrenDemocrat💙🌊🌊
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freyjja5 @freyjja5.bsky.social · Nov 10
As a proud Minnesota farm girl, I watched my father work before dawn past dark, seven days a week ~ I’d like Sonny Perdue to explain exactly when any hard-working farmer would have time to take a second job! He basically said “Let them eat cake”!!!
www.motherjones.com/food/2019/11...
Trump ag secretary to struggling farmers: Get a job!
Prices are tanking and the trade war drags on. That's the best advice you have, Sonny Perdue?
www.motherjones.com
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2h
It's official: Trader Joe's is coming to Fulton Market. blockclubchi.co/4qdNnSh
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h
Seems worth reupping—

“How Boston became the safest big city in America”

by @economist.com

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How Boston became the safest big city in America
Murder is declining across the country, but Boston has led the way
economist.com
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RSB @rod2b.bsky.social · 4h
A rose is a rose.

This one gets a "WoW!"

#photography #roses #wow
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d
It's day 13 of the shutdown. What's Trump doing?
 
Negotiating a budget deal? No.
 
Preventing premiums from doubling? No.
 
Stopping 15 million Americans from losing health care? No.
 
He's meeting the Pres. of Argentina to reward him with a $20 billion bailout.
 
America first?
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 23h
Despite huge advancements in technology & worker productivity since the 1970s, wages for American workers have remained stagnant and almost all new wealth has gone to the people on top.

Will it be any different with AI and robotics?

I don’t think so. Maybe even worse.
Was Life Better 50 Years Ago? | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 8h
No. I will not vote to allow 15 million people to lose their health insurance and watch 50,000 Americans die each year unnecessarily.

No. I will not vote to double premiums for 20 million.

Republicans must come to the table and negotiate an end to the shutdown.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5h
Trump wants to DOUBLE Argentina's bailout to $40 billion to save his political ally.

Yet he is doing nothing to prevent 15 million Americans from losing their health care and 20 million from seeing a doubling in their premiums.

Is this what Trump means by America first?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
Health insurance companies are finalizing their rates RIGHT NOW.

Doesn't matter if you're in a red or blue state, your premium might skyrocket.

And somehow, Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.
Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
While he helps Wall Street get richer, Trump wants to make it harder for you to open up a small business.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
Donald Trump is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina – to help his political ally stay in power and bail out Wall Street hedge funds – while Americans at home can't afford health care or groceries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 1d
You can understand this shutdown with 3 numbers.

15M — the number of people Republicans want to kick off health care

20M — the number of people Republicans want to 2x health premiums for

0 — the number of times Republicans have called the House back to reopen the government
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
You might be losing your health care, but don’t worry — Republicans are hard at work wining and dining billionaires to fund Trump’s new ballroom.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear
Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.
www.wsj.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7h
We need rules in place to protect regular investors in crypto and private equity – not a shadowy system that lines the pockets of crypto billionaires and giant private equity firms.

A downturn in these markets could put our whole economy at risk.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7h
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...
The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?
www.nytimes.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h
Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.
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terrymoranabc.bsky.social @terrymoranabc.bsky.social · Aug 19
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4h
Now that Trump has delegated his preposterous politicking for a Nobel Peace Prize to sycophants, he can finally get around to declaring unilateral war on Venezuela, a war crime, as he murders Colombian civilians at sea, another war crime, and endorses collective punishment in Gaza, another war crime
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6h
This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h
CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university system and an engine of social mobility for the city's working class.

But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.
Cuomo’s controversial CUNY record resurfaces as affordability concerns dominate mayor’s race
Advocates, union leaders and lawmakers have criticized his previous push to cut state aid.
www.politico.com
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 4h
NEW: America’s unions are launching the Workers First Initiative on AI, which provides a blueprint for how employers and lawmakers can advance AI implementation at work so it benefits both working people and our economy, and respects workers’ rights. aflcio.org/press/releas...
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h
Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 10h
nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi
www.science.org
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h
🚨NEW: Louisiana v. Callais Oral Argument LIVE BLOG🚨

Starting at 10am, the Democracy Docket team will be offering live coverage of today's blockbuster SCOTUS redistricting argument. Follow and bookmark. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
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