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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 1d

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This should make everyone in the world rise up!

Pristine Forest and Endangered Gorilla Habitat at Risk as Half of DRC Opened to Bids for Oil and Gas Drilling: Report - EcoWatch

The Democratic Republic of the Congo plans to open 306 million acres of tropical forest and gorilla habitat to oil and gas drilling.

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 16h

Natural Disaster

Western Alaska

#MomSky

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 13h

Terrible. So much bad news.

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Silver Spring Progressive Action @sspaction1.bsky.social · 17h

Join us on Wed, 10/15 at 6:30pm ET to call CA voters and educate them on and urge them to vote YES on 50! TX’s gerrymandered maps threaten our democracy—CA must lead. Help ID supporters & share info before the 11/4 vote. In partnership w/ CA Dems. Sign up now!

Phonebank to California – Vote YES on Prop 50! · Mobilize

As partisan gerrymandering in states like Texas threatens to undermine democracy, California is stepping up with Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act. It is vital that voters are informed...

www.mobilize.us

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 17h

More Americans blame the shutdown on Republicans, but still trust Republicans more than Dems on the economy.

Even though the Dem economic track record has far surpassed that of the GOP.

Dems really really suck at communicating and messaging.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Shutdown polls show Democrats’ economic messaging still falling flat

Democrats are struggling to erase Republicans’ polling advantage on the economy even as they fight to stop health care costs from rising.

www.politico.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 17h

“I am not going to vote to extend these subsidies.” - Lindsey Graham.

About 600,000 South Carolinians are on subsidized Obamacare. That’s about 10% of the population.

#MomSky

Sen. Lindsey Graham pans negotiations on Obamacare subsidies as government shutdown drags on

The South Carolina Republican urged Democrats to "have a rational discussion, but not with the government shut down."

www.nbcnews.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 18h

We make sure we and everyone we know votes. We talk to Trump and swing voters and try to make sure they understand who is responsible for the pain.

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

As a mother, I can’t even imagine how terrible and painful this must be. Children…!!

#MomSky

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

In town near me, a 13 yo was abducted by ICE and sent to a facility in Virginia. He is sleeping on a concrete floor with an aluminum sheet for a blanket, and is being held with adults. He calls his mother crying. I can’t imagine how traumatized this child is. 1/
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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

Then the Republicans need to do something about it! They control all branches of government. The shutdown - and the terrible harm to millions of families across the nation - is on them!!

#MomSky

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/f...

Trump refuses to negotiate
Speaker Johnson refuses to bring House Republicans back in session
Senate Republicans refuse to negotiate

Now this 42 MILLION people could have SNAP BENEFITS CUT..Food for Families and Children
And your insurance premiums rise

Scoop: Trump administration warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps if shutdown continues

It's the administration's latest warning of painful consequences of a lengthy government shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

This clown, however, is scarier than Stephen King’s. 🙁

Lisa Maatz @lisamaatz.bsky.social · 1d

Calling Stephen Miller a “clown,” AOC said “Laugh at them,” because it’s “one of the best ways you can dismantle a movement of insecure men.” #momsky

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

South Carolina has one of the worst gun violence rates in the country…and among the loosest of gun laws.

#MomSky

Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 1d

Mass Shooting Breaking News!

4 people were killed & at least 20 were injured at a crowded Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island South Carolina.

Their GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who stands with the gun lobby, sends thoughts & prayers.

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4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

apnews.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

South Carolina has one of the worst gun violence rates in the country…and among the loosest of gun laws.

Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 20h

#MomSky

Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 20h

Do you have a child w/ special education needs? The fascist regime doesn’t care about your child.

In the 2022-2023 school year, 7.5 million students ages 3-21 in the U.S. received special ed services, which represented about 15% of all public school students.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 1d

So the idea is toprosecute Letitia James for the crime of helping out relatives and loved ones..?!

Compared to Trump’s own outrageous nepotism…

This is clearly a witch-hunt.

#MomSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 1d

If MAGA don’t even care to help children, then who are they really in power for? (Answer: $$$$$$ cronies)

#Momsky

Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 2d

The Donald Trump villain squad cut the Special Education office in Department of Education.

“The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”

This is foul. Even for them.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 1d

Another heartbreaking mass shooting, this time in Leland, MS. Perhaps it’s barely getting coverage because MS is No. 1 nationally for worst gun violence… something it surely encourages with some of the loosest gun safety policy in the the nation.

#MomSky

Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 2d

Barely making the news!

The mass shooting took place in downtown Leland, Mississippi after the local high school's homecoming football game.

According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been more than 330 mass shootings this year.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked by the shooting, which took place late Friday. n.pr/46LOd0X

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

This is way past that.

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

Such facilities with Middle Eastern “allies” have not worked out well in the past?

In 2019, Saudi Air Force officer @Pensacola Naval Air Station shot to death 3 U.S. service members & wounded several others. After, 21 Saudi military students were sent home for jihadist or anti-American sentiments.

Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if matriarchal government were more common! I am 💯 sure we’d have a more caring, peaceful world.

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femiwonk.bsky.social @femiwonk.bsky.social · 3d

@representwomen.bsky.social is out with a new report: In Portland OR, for the first time, women hold half the seats on the city council, and four of those six women are women of color.

This must be why Trump has declared it a war zone.

Just imagine. Equal representation for women.

#momsky

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 3d

Sound up! Sing it!

Trump is trying to rule like a king. Sending masked agents into our cities. Targeting immigrant families. Terrorizing our communities.

But this country does not belong to kings or dictators. It belongs to us.

On Oct 18, we rise to say #NoKings !
social.demcast.com/s/YHOzHX6K

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

No one is safe.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 2d

When masked secret police are crashing into cars & violently pulling women out & beating them to a pulp with no warrant, answering to no one, this isn't democracy!

We have 1 chance to retake power—Prop 50!

If you care about our country, VOLUNTEER or DONATE.

WE NEED YOU!
(Anyone can volunteer)🧵

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm… I have a feeling Idahoans won’t be happy seeing foreign military personnel from the Middle East planted in their community, esp a sponsor of Hamas.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 3d

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