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Everlast2 @everlast2.bsky.social · 1d

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 3d

"I am a huge fan of Eleanor. She is a living civil rights icon,” said Chuck Thies, a DC political consultant.“She has been [in Congress] forever. She built strong relationships that helped the city. But she has outlasted her usefulness..."

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jonetta rose barras: What does a nonvoting DC congressional delegate do?

A line of political aspirants is forming for the DC delegate job currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton, a onetime firebrand whose heat seems to be cooling and whose age many believe makes it increas...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon.

The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people.

Enough is enough.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 4d

This is the crime DJT committed. Does anyone remember classified documents in the golden bathroom? Merrick Garland should be excoriated for waiting to bring in Jack Smith.

Live Updates: Former Trump Aide John Bolton Is Indicted Over Handling of Classified Information www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Former Trump Aide John Bolton Is Indicted Over Handling of Classified Information

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David Brooks @dgbrooks.bsky.social · 6d

Happy October 15th! (It just happens to be my birthday AND my sons birthday too). Here, for no particular reason at all, is an image from Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand…. a wonderful place. ENJOY THE DAY!
#EastCoastKin #NewZealand
#WackyWednesday #Enjoy

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 5d

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 5d

There is nothing more quintessentially American than rejecting Kings.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

Chronic absenteeism means there are problems at home. Child welfare is the job of the child welfare agency. The council's gives the job to another agency. How about CFSA oversight & mandating CFSA officials do their jobs or fire them?

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Under pressure to curb crime, D.C. Council examines school absences

The D.C. Council is considering a bill to address gaps in the city’s truancy referral system.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

Really? Susan Collins is upset. She & other Repubs relinquished control long before now. It's too late in the game to try to claw it back without a huge fight.

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Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money

Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

Further proof of the waste and abuse of the public's money by DJT & and his band of sycophants who claimed DOGE was about cutting wasteful spending.

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Airports say they won’t air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

I'm happy some folks got back their jobs. But the whiplash is more evidence of what happens when incompetents and sycophants are put in charge of a major agency.

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Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for a splendid literary afternoon with two award-winning DC authors.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7d

DO NOT BE DISTRACTED!!!

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!!!

We are sorry we stole your land, murdered & raped your ancestors, then blamed you for wanting to exist in peace.

Please forgive us.

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trumpdisasters.bsky.social @trumpdisasters.bsky.social · 7d

Trump’s proven he’d rather shut down the gov than stop health insurance premiums from soaring by thousands of dollars a year from millions of hardworking Americans. He’s taking away health care from 14+millions to keep those huge tax breaks for the super rich.

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jonetta @jonetta.bsky.social · 7d

You have my deepest sympathy on your loss. I hope memories of him wrap you like a warm quilt.

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Indivisible Bellingham @indivbellingham.bsky.social · 7d

Indivisible Bellingham's October 13 Newsletter is in your Inbox, or you can read it here: mailchi.mp/bb87041a62c7...

Lots of actions you can take.

Additionally, sign up to help/volunteer at the Saturday #NoKingsBellingham rally. The newsletter has ways to help. Get the word out to your networks.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

Nice recap

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Indivisible ❌👑 @handle.invalid · 9d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9d

Yep. Difficult now for people under 65 to get the vaccine.

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