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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 22

Hayes: Every provision in this program is cruel and they know it. That's why none of them spoke on it in committee. That's why they have no response. That's why they don't hold town halls. That's why they don't answer questions. All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote yes

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NPR @npr.org · May 21

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

www.npr.org

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · May 22

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · May 22

MUST WATCH: They didn’t just burn Tulsa — they burned proof.

Black wealth. Black futures. Gone.
And now they’re banning books so you never learn it happened.

📚 ERASED tells the truth they’re scared of.

Read it before they erase that too: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 22

AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 22

Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · May 22

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.

NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%

Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%

Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.

#GiftLink ⚛️🔭

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

www.nytimes.com

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Geek Grrl @xegeekgrrl.bsky.social · May 22

Thanks for this, it took a minute because I was traveling and I delete all social media from my phone when I do

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · May 20

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

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Geek Grrl @xegeekgrrl.bsky.social · May 1

Traveling so deleting all my apps again be safe and make good trouble and play all those awesome games out there!

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Most people aren’t glued to politics. They’re living their lives—retired, raising kids, working, golfing. They’re not tracking the latest outrage. That’s not apathy. That’s reality. And it’s why we need to speak up. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

Dark blue background with bold white text that reads: “Your mission, should you choose to accept it: #ConnectTheDots”

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Apr 30

Noticed strange activity on my computer—turns out remote access was enabled. Maybe I did it, maybe not. Either way, I shut it down fast. Our privacy is paramount as we are living in perilous times. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue www.defendersofdemocracyacademy.com/digitalfortr...

Download Digital Fortress Free Today

Discover how to protect your data, resist surveillance, and build digital safety. Download the free guide now.

www.defendersofdemocracyacademy.com

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auntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · Apr 30

@aoc.bsky.social look at this please

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Apr 30

I forgot to upload this video that provides ideas on how to fight back against Neurotargeting. There will be more on this topic in the future.

#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

youtu.be/5sxf5D4anOY?...

bsky.app/profile/digi...

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Apr 30

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It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Apr 30

If #HB366 passes, you could face 1 YR IN PRISON for posting political jokes, memes, and political criticism without a gvt-approved disclaimer.

This is about silencing dissent, and classic authoritarianism.
CALL YOUR REP

via Sam Hooper from the #InstituteOfJustice
www.instagram.com/reel/DJEh2lz...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · Apr 30

“The systematic federal workforce destruction has left the government unable to react to changing circumstances or carry out important functions.” prospect.org/justice/2025...

Hatchet Job on CFPB Even Worse in the Details

Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency.

prospect.org

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Geek Grrl @xegeekgrrl.bsky.social · Apr 30

I don’t talk a lot about this, I scan the headlines once a week and come here for reality doses but not everyday. I was once told a resistance is made up the revolutionaries loud and in the street, those that are quietly in the background helping and those that are the underground.#hiddenresistance

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Geek Grrl @xegeekgrrl.bsky.social · Apr 30

My one thing today:
Sent an email to my representatives. One step from Dr Pru Lee’s treatise everyday.
1) Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition.
Deputize the resistance. Build a real-time archive.
Make it public.
This is about receipts.
We need truth in the sunlight.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · Apr 30

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𝕲𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖔 @gmf1369.bsky.social · Apr 29

#GVerse #Attention 😡

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 30

The so-called “moderate” GOP position on Medicaid cuts is no cuts above $500 billion.

Hello? That would mean 18 million children and 2 million adults with disabilities lose health care coverage, according to the latest estimates.

What’s “moderate” about that?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 30

ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · Apr 30

Why is my pen squeaking!?

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · Apr 30

20 federal immigration agents mistakenly raided the Oklahoma City home of a family of U.S. citizens, held the mother and her three daughters at gun point, and seized the family’s phones, laptops, and life savings.

Agents from the FBI, ICE, and DHS were cruel and abusive, treating the mother and…

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 30

Anyone else find it strange that a man with a 14-year heroin addiction is railing against Narcan—the lifesaving drug that helped drive a sharp drop in overdose deaths after a federal distribution program?

No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts 👇🏾

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