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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 37m

DAY 15 OF TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN 🏛️

The message from voters is clear: stand firm.

A recent poll shows most voters say Democrats should only back a funding bill if it reverses Republican healthcare cuts, even if the shutdown continues.

#SaveOurCare

Poll by @dataforprogress.org

Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People’s Day, today and EVERY DAY!

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 9d

DAY 6 OF TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN 🏫
“The longer the shutdown, the worse for schools.” — Kate Terenzi

Federal funding is frozen, leaving schools in limbo.
We stand and fighting alongside educators and everyone fighting for fully funded public schools!

Read more: 🔗 popdemoc.org/3WcghVj

#StopTheShutdown

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 11d

DAY 4 OF TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN:
🍎 More than 6M including parents, children, and families tely on WIC for food and nutrition support.

WIC funds could run out in just 2 weeks! That means empty fridges and skipped meals for families who need it most.

👉 Add your name: popdemoc.org/shut
#SaveOurCare

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

👀 "Trump and Republicans will use the shutdown as just another tool to do what they’ve been trying to do all year, including dismantling the Dept of Education, slashing programs that serve English language learners, migrant students, shutter community schools and services for young people..."

thehill.com

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

The facts are simple: Republicans control the White House, the Senate + the House. If the govt shuts down, it's because they decided to shut it down rather than protect healthcare.
Demand they protect our healthcare: popdemoc.org/sep30pet

popdemoc.org

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

Here's what "negotiate" means in this context: give up healthcare for 22 million people, let premiums spike 75%, keep the tax cuts flowing to the top, and call it compromise.

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

They're already running the same playbook Trump used in 2018 - threaten the shutdown, then flood the media with talking points about Democrats "holding the government hostage" and "refusing to negotiate."

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

Democrats have drawn a clear line - they’re not passing a budget that strips healthcare from working families while the tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy stay intact.
Republicans could prevent this shutdown by simply including healthcare protections in the budget.

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 14d

We're close to a government shutdown.
Here's what's actually happening: Republicans are refusing to extend the enhanced ACA in the next budget. Those subsidies keep 22 million people covered and prevent premiums from spiking 75% for millions more.

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 16d

Exactly!

Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House.

If the government shuts down, it's because they chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the people.

Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 16d

Trump and Congressional Republicans are willing to cut what Americans depend on most - health care, education, and food assistance.

But they're not willing to negotiate on the budget.

If this refusal leads to a government shutdown, they will be to blame.

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 16d

We’re still grieving our north star. Fly high Assata Olugbala Shakur.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 19d

Rest in Power Assata Shakur

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 20d

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Indivisible Upper Cape @indivisibleuppercape.org · 22d

F*** ICE

ICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family says

Video appears to show federal immigration agents trying to coax the man out of his Massachusetts home while asking, “Is that your daughter?”

www.nbcboston.com

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 21d

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#AbolishICE

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22d

Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared

In immigration news, hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have disappeared.

www.democracynow.org

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Lies, lies, and more lies and lies on top of lies.

#47 lying in a post about lowering costs.

Double-digit percent price increases under Trump's Tarrifs.

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Republicans' priorities are clear: they prefer to fund private prisons and ICE over public schools.

They gut pay for teachers and programs, even cutting services for blind and deaf students, then blame kids for “falling behind.”

Call it what it is 📢 #GOPCutsKillEducation

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27d

They target Historically Black Colleges and Universities because they fear Black excellence.

They choke off funding to keep Black students from climbing higher, then lie about “budget priorities.”

Call it what it is: #GOPCutsKillEducation

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Families need fully funded public schools, not politicians who want to steal from our kids’ futures.

#NoMoreCuts #RejectTheCuts #FightForFamilies #FundOurSchools
#GOPCutsKill

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Public schools are already under attack from Republican cuts that strip away afterschool programs, teacher support, and resources for low-income students.

Johnson’s plan goes even further — erasing federal protections and giving more power to billionaires and corporations.

#GOPCutsKillEducation

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Students and educators shut down Speaker Johnson’s office to protest his continued push to dismantle public education.

We are fighting back because education is our right!

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Republicans are defunding public schools to funnel billions into private schools for their rich friends.

They want to leave public schools hanging on by a thread while keeping the 1% happy.

Every child deserves a quality education. We need to fight the cuts!

➡️ popdemoc.org/cuts

popdemoc.org

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Our schools and families are under attack.⁠
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The proposed federal budget slashes $12 billion from education and guts programs like Title I, after-school care, and teacher training.

It also puts 18 million kids’ meals at risk.⁠

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Popular Democracy in Action🎙 @popdemocaction.bsky.social · 27d

Rain or shine we'll demand our rights!

Today, we came together to fight back against the cuts to our life-saving programs.

Because our children deserve more than overcrowded classrooms and broken promises.⁠
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📚 Reject the Cuts. Invest in our Communities.

#GOPCutsKillEducation

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