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Trudy Gonzales

@trudygonzales.bsky.social

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Ca grandma Democrat who wants equality and equity for all Happily married Focus of my posts Veterans Seniors Health care Education Monetary policy Economy My feeds The Reformers #DemCast #DemsUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · Nov 16

Ramaswamy & Musk under their DOGE scam want to CUT Veterans benefits

Veterans benefits under discretionary spending are NOT fraud waste & abuse

It's the okie doke because House Republicans stalled 2025 budget approval

HOLD Congress accountable to fund Veterans benefits

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Riley Huff @rileymh231.bsky.social · 17d

This might be the best political cartoon in my lifetime

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17d

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 24m

#ResistanceRoots

Eugene Patterson was born on this day in 1923 in Valdosta, Ga. A Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and journalist, Patterson used his platform to advocate for civil rights, speaking directly to white Southerners about ending segregation and racial violence. /1

Eugene Patterson in 1984. Photo credit: AP / The Tampa Bay Times.

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 2h

Why are they doing everything possible to protect pedophiles?

It’s time for Speaker Johnson to quit stalling & swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva to secure the final vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Call Your Reps & Demand She’s Sworn In Now!

#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 2h

If not Nazi then why Nazi shaped?

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 26m

All due to Trump's economic policies

Tariffs

Rich tax cuts while cutting ACA subsidies

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 27m

I am past childbearing age now

I had 3 miscarriages until I had my daughter at 38

Not only were they heartbreaking they were painful

NOW it's criminal

WTF?

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Sandy K @sandrako.bsky.social · 2h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 1h

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

WHAT IN THE MF HELL‼️

Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela

President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that he had authorized the spy agency to take unspecified action in Venezuela.

www.nbcnews.com

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 29m

40 BILLION to Argentina

America 1st my ass

Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 1h

US taxpayers are facing skyrocketing healthcare costs, and US soybean farmers are being undercut by Argentinian ones,

but billionaire investors are happy

and so is Milei:
“There will be an avalanche of dollars… We’ll have dollars pouring out of our ears.”

open.substack.com/pub/populari...

UPDATE: Trump admits Argentina bailout will not benefit the U.S.

A remarkable statement about the $20 billion plan that will greatly benefit a well-connected hedge fund manager.

open.substack.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1h

This stupid f*ck. These are the emergent leaders of the Republican Party. Every fucken Republican should be condemning them and the group should be disbanded. They are all the same. Every one of them.

I give you the comment of J. D. Vance, the Vice President of the United States re: the vile chats of the Young Republicans.
"Kids do stupid things, especially young boys."
Chat:
Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.
wner ao we oning ut
Also ... we are officially under consideration for a Trump endorsement. ©
Great. I love Hitler
you're giving nationals to much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest
Stay in the closet f--t
I'm ready to watch people burn now
Are you g takes?
If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr
I'd go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball
When do we start bullying dude?
It was rape
Boom - they're dead
Kick the b--h And everyone that
endorsed but then votes for us is going to the gas chamber.
He also hates the
They love the watermelon people
Y00000000

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1h

Angelo Elia, a congressional staffer for Rep Dave Taylor (R-OH), appeared on Zoom with an swastika American flag behind him—just a day after thousands of antisemitic & racist GOP staffer texts surfaced.

Republicans have a Nazi problem & they don’t care.

Tip of the iceberg.

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 1h

Afternoon 🙂🙂 courtesy of the brave inflatables (and the dumbass goons that look so foolish trying to intimidate them)

The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)

This timeline is so weird.

substack.com

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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · 59m

Trump’s shutdown is abuse of power. Democrats’ CR reins him in: blocks his budget games, ends DHS slush funds, restores ACA subsidies, funds PBS, and installs oversight.

Congress protects people, Trump protects himself.
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 1h

"Here Comes the Sun," by McKibben:“We’re not talking stopping global warming. But we are talking the first thing that’s happened in the 40 years that we’ve known about climate change that scales to at least begin taking a serious bite out of the trouble we’re in.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How a climate doomsayer became an unexpected optimist

On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmentalist Bill McKibben examines how the remarkable rise of solar power could (finally) begin to slow climate change.

www.motherjones.com

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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 1h

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had enough of the right wing-lies. As Dems continue to show up to try and make a deal to reopen the government, Pelosi was confronted by a reporter asking about January 6th. Pelosi snapped back telling her to "shut up".

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 32m

To what end?

Fascism

Trump using the military against American citizens who are exercising their Constitutional Rights?

A free press who cannot report on it

Very scary times ahead

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Nana Boricua 🇺🇸🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊 @nana-mary.bsky.social · 48m

“The authorization coincides with a broader U.S. military buildup in the region. The Pentagon has deployed more than 4,500 troops, most of them based in Puerto Rico, along with a contingent of Marines aboard amphibious assault ships.”
Bullies! 💔😢😡
#Pinks #DV1

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Trump won’t rule out land strikes in Venezuela as CIA given authority for lethal action

President Donald Trump did not rule out land strikes in Venezuela on Wednesday, a move that comes as his administration has quietly granted the Central Intelligence Agency new powers to conduct covert...

www.miamiherald.com

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1h

The election to retain Pennsylvania's three Democratic Supreme Court Justices is one of the most critical this year. Repubs have spent millions trying to oust them. Vote YES to retain judges who will respect the constitution.

Vote YES! Retain All Three Democrats
on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Graphic supporting the re-election of Kevin M. Dougherty, Christine Donohue and David N. Wecht on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Election Nov. 4, 2025.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1h

This is some truly terrifying stuff.
The Supreme Court wants to hand the House to Republicans forever.

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 43m

Thank you

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

#YesOnProp50

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

Whoa‼️ Dems could lose 19 seats due to GOP gerrymandering.

CA, UT & MD can’t fight fire with fire alone. Other blue states must step up, and every Democrat needs to vote. Don’t sit out any election.

Push your governors and legislators to act. Tell friends and family to vote. Help them. #YesOnProp50

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 8h

No person of color is surprised by this.

We've all overhead things like this we weren't supposed to. At work, school, social situations.

"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening."

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 5h

🧵University of California Regents and President myst make the Trump settlement demand letter to UCLA publicly available

dailybruin.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge rules UC must publicize Trump administration settlement demands - Daily Bruin

This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA.

dailybruin.com

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