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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 6h

Go. No excuses. At 3.5% of the population gets out to protest a government, it tends to fall. We need over 12 main people to show up. Just do it.

ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 7h

Are you attending this Saturday’s #NoKings protest events?

Find an event near you at Indivisible.org or
or www.nokings.org
or moveon.org/nokings
or www.fiftyfifty.one

Need some ideas for protest signs? 🪧

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PHL SportsNut @ispw8842.bsky.social · May 2

Love it!

moonrushn.bsky.social @moonrushn.bsky.social · May 1

Perfect!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 7h

The only people that can’t understand this are Republicans apparently.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, let’s not forget this. He let people die because it was not advantageous for his campaign. He thinks people are so stupid, because he is.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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fauxrrari1.bsky.social @fauxrrari1.bsky.social · 9h

CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 16h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 7h

I love seeing fascism fought by frogs. Delightful!!!🐸

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 7h

Electric vehicles with bi-directional charging, solar panels, and on-site batteries could make every American homeowner, or even house renter, energy independent. Can you see why the oil and gas companies and electric distribution companies are losing their minds? Republicans get it & gonna stop it.

Car expert shares inside look at unbelievably tiny EV truck set to shake up US market: 'What the heck is this?'

A new electric truck is set to take the U.S. EV market by storm in the coming months, with the video host showcasing the Telo MT-1.

flip.it

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 7h

I posted about this last week, but it bears repeating. The Republicans have the ability to rig elections. The coup is probably complete. Remember the Republican Senator who said if you’re gonna get raped lay back and enjoy it? Are we there? Or do enough people care enough to save our country?

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 16h

He thought Xi needed the American middle class for Chinese prosperity. He’s spent 10 years killing the American middle class so his Oligarchs could appropriate their assets. Now USA has a diminished middle class. Not a position of power to negotiate from. No smart.

Trump bet China would face ‘tremendous difficulties’ without U.S. consumers—Beijing just focused on the rest of the world instead | Fortune

China’s trade diversification has been so successful that its export market is growing significantly despite the trade war.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21h

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 19h

Somebody finally said the quiet part out loud. You all know this is true.

👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 22h

Jasmine on fire 🔥

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 22h

Columbus aint do a damn thing but get lost. Happy Indigenous People's Day

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 19h

I hope Dems cut bait and let people feel the full brunt of Republican policies. Otherwise it’s just not clear. They can’t stop lying to save their souls. Outcomes will speak volumes in truth. More people will be hurt but thousands already are. It’s going to take sacrifice.

Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 19h

“Republicans have been working on an alternative to the ACA for roughly 16 years. To date, they’ve produced nothing.”
Repubs will not negotiate to lower healthcare costs cause they don’t believe in it. They never have.

Republicans are quadrupling premiums, decimating federal agencies. Not Dems!

On keeping health care coverage affordable, the GOP’s Steve Scalise gives away the game

Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are ready for “thoughtful conversations” about the ACA’s future. That’s not, however, what the majority leader said.

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 1d

Ever seen a country so carelessly and casually malign about their children? Maybe I just haven’t been paying attention. Whether it’s gunshots or germs or promoting ignorance in our children, our willingness to sacrifice them on the altar of greed, Trumpism, white Christian nationalism is staggering!

Dollyanna @my2centsay.bsky.social · 1d

Stupid parents.....

I had measles in the 50s.
I didn't die from it but it scarred my skin for the rest of my life.

I have little white blotches where my measles or chickenpox once were.

DISEASES LEAVE A MARK.
SOMETHING IS DAMAGED THAT WASNT HARMED BEFORE.

GET VAXXED.
ITS WORTH IT.

WEIGH IT OUT.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 1d

They’re always projecting. That means that they’re paying their own protesters and rally participants to be there. They can’t imagine any other way.

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, no way that people having votes rights, friends hauled off by ICE, losing their jobs to AI, unable to afford groceries, Businesses failing, healthcare insurance stripped, denied healthcare access when pregnant, etc would volunteer to protest without being paid for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 1d

Feel safer? This is about “small government” and selling off government piece by piece to oligarchs so you have no control, pay higher prices, get poor service and wonder how you got here.