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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 10h

As the chaos and discord continue to swirl, find time to not only step back from that, but to connect to the people who provide calm and joy along the way.

Dark sky with a rainbow extending to the ground.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican.

As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

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nursesarah18.bsky.social @nursesarah18.bsky.social · 17h

❤️❤️

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 18h

I phone banked tonight for 1.5 hours - very positive experience - you can sign up to phone bank here #YesOnProp50

"Want to join me for this Grassroots Democrats HQ event?" mobilize.us/s/Ksqxww

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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nursesarah18.bsky.social @nursesarah18.bsky.social · 21h

I get that for sure. Stay safe.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

California voters, are you paying attention?

North Carolina Republicans are redrawing the map to hand Trump another seat. They’re bragging about locking down Congress for him.

Prop 50 isn’t optional, it’s how we fight back. #YesOnProp50

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.

These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22h

The current ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which the Trump administration helped broker, has major shortcomings, experts warn.

"There’s no actual plan for getting any further," says Daniel Levy, the president of the US/Middle East Project. "Israel is still occupying about 50% of Gaza.”

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

"It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

www.motherjones.com

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

For those of you attending the #NoKingsMarch; please stay safe and keep it peaceful. Please be mindful that there may be bad actors among us.

Their purpose is to cause chaos to get a reaction from the police. Report them when you see them.

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone!😊💙 Here's very important information that you need to know before joining the #NoKingsMarch this weekend. Also, please subscribe to The Double V on Patreon.

Thank you, my friends!🙏🏽

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t say that ICE is “arresting people,” they are abducting people.👇

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Peace” update: “5 killed by IDF in Gaza despite ceasefire…”

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“Total destruction”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 2d

In the past week, a White pastor was shot in the face with a pepper ball and a White reporter was handcuffed and detained by federal officers.

Congratulations, America.

Everybody's Black & Brown now.

🔥☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#NoKings

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

GOP hypocrisy: “bring down the temperature” when it comes to Dems calling out Trump.

Meanwhile, he’s cranking up the heat, falsely painting Democrats as violent radicals with zero evidence in order to justify sending troops into LA, Chicago, DC, and Portland. It’s all part of the Project 2025 plan.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2d

Truly disgusting

ICE detained an autistic 5 year old girl in Leominster, Mass

Using this child-a US citizen-as bait to lure her father-who has lived in the country for 20 years-out so they could arrest him

How do these people live with themselves

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AmrWut/

A Leominster family who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years said federal immigration agents held their 5-year-old daughter, who is a US-citizen and autistic, in custody outside their...

TikTok video by The Boston Globe

www.tiktok.com

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