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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 21h

This is sabotage, not governing. And we can’t allow our freedoms to be bargaining chips.

Read my full piece in Ms. Magazine: msmagazine.com/2025/10/09/r...

This Manufactured Shutdown Threatens Healthcare and Reproductive Freedom

Republicans and Trump's Manufactured Shutdown and Attacks on the Affordable Care Act Threatens Healthcare and Reproductive Freedom

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 21h

Slashing Medicaid. Defunding Planned Parenthood. Attacking the ACA. These decisions have life-and-death consequences, and they fall hardest on women, families, and communities already struggling to access care.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans in Congress manufactured this shutdown, and it’s putting millions of Americans’ healthcare and reproductive freedom at risk.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 2d

It was so great to kick off the canvass launch with @ppadvocatespa.bsky.social and @retainwecht.bsky.social and to see so many people ready to defend our freedoms at the ballot box.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 2d

These are the leaders who’ve stood up for reproductive freedom, healthcare access, and democracy. They have helped ensure that Pennsylvanians, not politicians, make decisions about their own bodies.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 2d

State Supreme Courts are the last line of defense for our rights, and this year, Pennsylvanians have the chance to vote YES to retain Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 3d

It was so great to kick off the canvass launch with @ppadvocatespa.bsky.social and Justice Wecht and to see so many people ready to defend our freedoms at the ballot box.

Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 3d

These are the leaders who’ve stood up for reproductive freedom, healthcare access, and democracy. They have helped ensure that Pennsylvanians, not politicians, make decisions about their own bodies.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 4d

Governor Pritzker isn’t mincing words: Trump sending military troops into American cities is dangerous and undemocratic.

Watch more in our first episode of My Body. My Pod., out now whenever you get your podcasts!

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 5d

Watch and share her powerful response ⬆️

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s be clear about what’s really happening here. AG Tish James dared to hold Trump accountable. These charges are nothing more than political retribution.

@newyorkstateag.bsky.social is a fighter for New Yorkers and a champion for reproductive freedom nationwide. It’s our turn to stand with her.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 5d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 6d

Political violence is unacceptable. During the first episode of our new podcast,
@mintimm.bsky.social and Gov. JB Pritzker discuss ways to turn down the heat on our civil discourse and much more. Get it wherever you get your podcasts!

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 8d

They know we’re winning. That’s why they keep changing the rules — state ballot measure thresholds, politicizing the FDA, anything to rig the system. But the truth is simple: when abortion is on the ballot, we win.

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Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 9d

It’s here! Listen now to “My Body, My Pod,” our new podcast. Find it wherever you find your podcasts!

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Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 11d

Even showgirls need reproductive freedom. 3 days until the release of “My Body, My Pod,” our new podcast with host @mintimm.bsky.social. Be sure to text POD to 59791 to get the episode as soon as it drops!

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12d

When the news is coming this fast, I need a place to talk it out—and that means a livestream. This week, I couldn’t think of a better partner-in-fire than @mintimm.bsky.social of @reproductivefreedomforall.org

Join us live: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 12d

Read the full statement: reproductivefreedomforall.org/news/reprodu...

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to FDA Approval of New Generic Mifepristone - Reproductive Freedom for All

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 12d

When career scientists do their jobs, it shouldn’t make headlines. But in today’s climate, even routine approvals of safe medication are turned into political drama.

We can’t let anti-abortion extremists politicize science or patients’ access to care.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 14d

We’re grateful to Congressional Democrats—led by Leaders Schumer and Jeffries who are actually listening to their constituents—for holding the line to protect our health care and reproductive freedom.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 14d

This is not governing—it’s sabotage. Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are deliberately manufacturing chaos in order to push their deeply unpopular agenda of dismantling health care.

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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 14d

Anti-abortion extremists are using the budget process to push an agenda that voters have rejected again and again. They are using every tool they can grab to attack health care and reproductive freedom—even if that means shutting down the government.

They are manufacturing this crisis.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15d

NYT/Siena poll confirms what most other polls have shown of late - the country has rejected his "strongman" authoritarian tactics, and he is deeply unpopular.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

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Ali Vitali @alivitali.bsky.social · 16d

A big Monday - ahead of a big week - with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ Mychael Schnell
☕️ Akayla Gardner
🌞 @barbmcquade.bsky.social
🌅 @mintimm.bsky.social

Starting your week up early? Tell us why, here or email [email protected]. #waytooearly

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Reproductive Freedom for All @reproductivefreedomforall.org · 19d

Trump is the most anti-abortion president in our lifetime. Full stop. Get the rest of this conversation when “My Body, My Pod,” our new podcast with host @mintimm.bsky.social, drops on 10/6! Make sure you don’t miss it! Text POD to 59791 to get a link to the episode as soon as it drops.

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