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Dr. Niki PhD
@furiousvoter.bsky.social
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😷 💉 PhD Primatologist (Currently a grant writer), #Fulbright alumna, NSF DDRIG recipient: Conservation, Stress, Ethnoprimatology. Do more than vote| Antifa by blood| She/Her | My personal skeets - if I follow you, it was intentional and not “just because”
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Dr. Niki PhD @furiousvoter.bsky.social · Aug 28
Heads up if you’re trying to schedule the 2025-2026 Covid vaccine at Walgreens
1. Staff didn’t realize scheduling was open - they have no news
2. They usually only carry Pfizer
3. The app requires that you have a prescription
Screeenshot of Walgreens vaccine scheduler page reads Prescription required before appointment The following vaccine(s) require a prescription in the patient's state. Please contact the patient's healthcare provider to obtain the prescription(s) prior to their vaccine appointment. • COVID-19
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 15h
On Saturday, millions of Americans, including children, could go hungry because the federal government wants to illegally suspend SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

We're suing.

The USDA has funds to stop people from starving, but instead it's playing politics. It's wrong.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d
A lot of trolls out tonight on various platforms about the new lawsuit my firm filed in New York.

I told you we fight hard.
I told you Trump doesn't scare us.
And remember, I told you we usually win.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14h
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d
we aren’t in charge
we are merely smol beans running every branch of government
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d
Last night, I asked you to turn on your light if you’ve knocked on a door.

Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift.

Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win.

zohranfornyc.com/gotv
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d
🚨BREAKING: A group of Staten Island voters filed a lawsuit in state court Monday arguing New York’s 2024 congressional map dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino residents in violation of state law.

My law firm represents the plaintiffs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Voters Challenge New York Congressional Map, Claiming Racial Vote Dilution
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d
You should care that kids, seniors & disabled people can eat. But even if you don’t, grocers have been swallowing tariff costs for months. SNAP keeps them afloat with billions in steady spending. Cut it and prices spike while we all fight for what’s left on the shelves.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
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Dr. Niki PhD @furiousvoter.bsky.social · 2d
The last 3 seconds
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · 2d
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
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Nikki🥀💀🌱Zombie Queen🔓👑💋🏳️‍⚧️ @nikkiwhat.bsky.social · 2d
"Pure Cinema"
Awesome Grandma at a No Kings Rally, laughing at grifter Girl famous for shitting her pants at an astronomically large amount
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d
I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d
POLLS ARE NOW OPEN.

Find out where you early vote ⬇️ 🗳️
findmypollsite.vote.nyc
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d
We have never needed fearlessly pro-democracy media more than we do right now. The 21 person team at Democracy Docket works around the clock to keep you informed. No corporate overlords. No compromises. Never bows down.

Support its mission by signing up now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Dr. Niki PhD @furiousvoter.bsky.social · 3d
I got put on a block list because I was following dol.gov - I was like what? And sure enough… I was still following them from the before times.
DOL
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Dr. Niki PhD @furiousvoter.bsky.social · 4d
@dieworkwear.bsky.social waiting patiently for you to cover the dapper gentleman somehow connected to the recent Louvre heist
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d
i'm just a simple oyster farmer who only supplies my mom's restaurant and my grandpa invented a $5,000 chair and i went to GW and i worked for blackwater and i accidentally got a nazi tattoo even tho i luv history and i said some racist stuff on reddit and i'm offering my staff $15k NDAs and and and
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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Aaron McCall @aaronmccall.bsky.social · 6d
If you’re in California - TURN IN UOUR #YesOnProp50 Ballot.

If you’re not in California (or have already voted) CALL A FRIEND & REMIND THEM TO VOTE!

Retweet this post and tag a friend who needs to vote #YesOnProp50 !

Together we can fight back to make sure we have fair representation in congress!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5d
🥳🗳️💪⚖️
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Surprise Move, Virginia Dems to Announce Redistricting to Counter GOP Gerrymanders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d
I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.

This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6d
AI is like that time I woke up and found a U2 album I didn't ask for on my iPod.

I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7d
This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House – who indisputably meets the constitutional qualifications of the office – may be denied her rightful office simply because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of “regular session.” 2. If the Speaker were granted that authority, he could thwart the peoples’ choice of who should represent them in Congress by denying them representation for a significant portion of the two-year term provided by the Constitution. 3. Fortunately, the Constitution does not give that authority to the Speaker—or anyone else
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11d
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
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