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The Time is Now! Meeting The Moment - Featuring Heather Cox Richardson · Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · 23d

I'm attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “The Time is Now! Meeting The Moment - Featuring Heather Cox Richardson” - sign up now t www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...

The pace of the damage being inflicted on our country is increasing with every passing week. Whether it’s immigration, the environment, our inalienable rights, or economic justice, we have no time to ...

Pharmacies Block Online COVID-19 Vaccine Access — Even Where It’s Legal

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · 27d

Sixteen states have bucked new Trump restrictions and allow all residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but major pharmacy chains’ websites still say otherwise.
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Sixteen states have bucked new Trump restrictions and allow all residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but major pharmacy chains’ websites still say otherwise.

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Workers lose $22.5 million annually in wages due to not having paid leave.

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · 28d

Working families are already struggling in this economy, they should not have to choose between financial wellbeing and the welfare of their loved ones. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/FAMILYA... via @momsrising.org #PaidFamilyLeave

When serious personal or family health needs arise, many working people face impossible choices between their jobs and caring for their families.

Sign petition for SB 42 - California Clean Money

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · 29d

SIGN THE PETITION for #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act to empower voters and fight Big Money by allowing public financing of campaigns anywhere in California!

SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb42

Sign the petition for SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public financing of campaigns so elections are won, not bought!

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Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 20

Tell Your State Legislators and Governor: Free Pre-K For All Now rootsaction.org/free-pre-k-f...

Tell Your State Legislators and Governor: Free Pre-K For All Now

If New Mexico can do it, so can other states. Urge your representative to make this enormous difference to everyone. Make pre-K universally available and free to anyone who wants it.

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 19

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs! #ProtectOurCare action.momsrising.org/sign/hc-cost...

Families are feeling the strain of rising costs—from everyday essentials like groceries and gas, to back-to-school supplies, childcare, and health care.

Tell Republican Leaders: No Reverse Robin Hood Funding Bill

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 18

Tell Republican Leaders: No Reverse Robin Hood Funding Deal action.momsrising.org/sign/CR2025?...

Add your name to our letter urging Congress to pass a funding bill that lifts families and our economy!

Tell Congress to Pass War Powers Resolution to Prevent War on Venezuela

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 14

No war on Venezuela: rootsaction.org/war-powers-v...

Congress may soon be voting on a war powers resolution on Venezuela, and has a responsibility to vote Yes. Tell them so!

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 14

If you're concerned about the direction AI development is going in, you should visit ControlAI's new campaign and use their tools to contact your lawmakers!

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ControlAI @controlai.com · Sep 12

Top AI experts say AI poses an extinction risk on par with nuclear war.

Prohibiting the development of superintelligence can prevent this risk.

We’ve just launched a new campaign to get this done.

Tell Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "You're fired!"

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 10

Quick signature: Tell Trump and U.S. Senators RFK Jr. should be fired! #FireRFK action.momsrising.org/sign/fireRFK...

Since becoming U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken dangerous steps to sow vaccine mistrust and also to take away people’s access to lif...

Sirota’s Signals: John Roberts Doesn’t Wanna See You In Court

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 7

What is John Roberts’ real passion in life? What daily habit is shortening your life? Why did a Hollywood studio almost discard an iconic artifact? And more.
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Plus, how social media shortens your life, a reclusive billionaire’s private bridge, and the Biden legislation that quietly fueled mass foreclosures.

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Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Sep 2

DiCaprio is investing in Israel rootsaction.org/dicaprio-sto...

Tell Leonardo DiCaprio to Stop Supporting Israel

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Tell Congress and White House to Stop Deepfakes

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 30

How to avoid getting deepfaked: rootsaction.org/stop-deepfakes

Horrible damage can be done to people's lives with deepfake video, audio, and images. Tell Congress to take action!

PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.

Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.

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Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters

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Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call · May Day Strong

Join us to hear front line reports from Free DC and Chicago as working people across the country stand up to the billionaire agenda and demand a country that works for workers. Get the details you ne...

Get Informed, Get Ready: NDWA Know Your Rights Calls · National Domestic Workers Alliance C3

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm attending National Domestic Workers Alliance C3's event, “Get Informed, Get Ready: NDWA Know Your Rights Calls” - sign up now to join me! #carecan www.mobilize.us/ndwa-c3/even...

Join us for our upcoming “Get Informed, Get Ready” series of immigrant rights workshops for domestic workers. Come to learn from lawyers at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and get your ques...

Sign petition for SB 42 - California Clean Money

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 25

SIGN THE PETITION for #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act to empower voters and fight Big Money by allowing public financing of campaigns anywhere in California!

SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb42

Sign the petition for SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public financing of campaigns so elections are won, not bought!

bit.ly

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 23

Funding for WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program, which is a lifeline for millions of families, is at risk. Tell your U.S. Representative to fully fund WIC. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/protect... via @momsrising.org

Protect WIC!

Funding for WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program, which is a lifeline for millions of families, is at risk. Tell your U.S. Representative to fully fund WIC.

Tell Congress: End Trump's Takeover of DC

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 13

Write Congress to tell them to end Trump's authoritarian takeover of Washington, DC.

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Write Congress to tell them to end Trump's authoritarian takeover of Washington, DC.

Fighting Back: A Conversation with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta · Indivisible CA: StateStrong

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm attending Indivisible CA: StateStrong's event, “Fighting Back: A Conversation with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta” - sign up now t www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

Indivisible Sacramento and Indivisible CA: StateStrong are hosting a statewide virtual townhall with California Attorney General Rob Bonta. We'll have a conversation moderated by Indivisible's Co-Exe...

Take on the Billionaires: Labor Day 2025 · May Day Strong

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Take on the Billionaires: Labor Day 2025” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

The billionaires are waging a war on working people—and on May Day, international workers’ day, hundreds of thousands of us stood together and stood strong, fighting for public schools over private pr...

URGENT: No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW.

Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 11

URGENT: The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter Anas Al Sharif.

No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW. action.eko.org/a/gaza-invas...

The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter, Anas al-Sharif. We are

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Carolcsme @carolcsme.bsky.social · Aug 10

I'm attending Pramila for Congress's event, “Pramila Jayapal's Resistance Lab: SEPTEMBER Virtual Organizing Training” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/pramilaforco...

Pramila Jayapal's Resistance Lab: SEPTEMBER Virtual Organizing Training · Pramila for Congress

Interested in hosting an organizing training with your friends and family on September 7th? We'll show you how! Simply fill out this form:https://forms.gle/35dJaGjnpWQX9JvX7. Once submitted, a member ...