Denise Friday
@19friday.bsky.social
Center-left liberal ensconced in a blue state, broken-hearted (and mad!) about the state of our country. “I’m not giving up … and neither should you.” Kate McKinnon, 2016
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/mo...
Mount Prospect ICE OUT Petition
The far right is scapegoating noncitizen residents as the source for every problem facing the United States. In turn, the Supreme Court has green-lit the indiscriminate detention of our neighbors base...
sign.moveon.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/mo...
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Gavin Newsom holding a mirror up DJT
August 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Gavin Newsom holding a mirror up DJT
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Thanks, GOP!
Thanks, Trump!
"Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium...
plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Thanks, Trump!
"Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium...
plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
www.npr.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thanks, GOP!
Thanks, Trump!
"Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium...
plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Thanks, Trump!
"Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium...
plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Sen Britt, goes to her signature response, the BLANK stare, as a constituent points out people will die if the Republicans Big Ugly Budget is passed.
51k preventable deaths can be avoided yearly if just 4 Rs have the guts to vote NO!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives #DemVoice1
51k preventable deaths can be avoided yearly if just 4 Rs have the guts to vote NO!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives #DemVoice1
June 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Sen Britt, goes to her signature response, the BLANK stare, as a constituent points out people will die if the Republicans Big Ugly Budget is passed.
51k preventable deaths can be avoided yearly if just 4 Rs have the guts to vote NO!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives #DemVoice1
51k preventable deaths can be avoided yearly if just 4 Rs have the guts to vote NO!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives #DemVoice1
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Yes there are millions of people who buy in to white Christian nationalism and some have shown how to turn it into very profitable businesses, but at its core is ignorance, racism, fear, insecurity, and perversion of the teachings of Jesus.
June 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes there are millions of people who buy in to white Christian nationalism and some have shown how to turn it into very profitable businesses, but at its core is ignorance, racism, fear, insecurity, and perversion of the teachings of Jesus.
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As a CIA officer and Pentagon official by training, I believe that the single, greatest security threat to the United States is the shrinking middle class here at home.
Today, I laid out my Economic War Plan.
Today, I laid out my Economic War Plan.
Slotkin delivers speech on her Economic War Plan
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
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June 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As a CIA officer and Pentagon official by training, I believe that the single, greatest security threat to the United States is the shrinking middle class here at home.
Today, I laid out my Economic War Plan.
Today, I laid out my Economic War Plan.
More lethal insanity from this administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations
The agency is working with the ATF general counsel to slash upwards of 50 regulations as the administration cuts the number of agency inspectors.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
More lethal insanity from this administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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1/3 Justice Sotomayor’s scathing dissent isn’t just a legal opinion—it’s a warning flare. SCOTUS sided with an administration that defied court orders on immigration. When the highest court rewards lawlessness, it isn’t just 1 case at risk—it’s the foundation of our democracy.
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Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of ‘rewarding lawlessness’ by Trump in fiery dissent | CNN Politics
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s senior liberal, slammed the Trump administration’s handling of immigration matters in a fiery dissent Monday and accused her colleagues of “rewarding lawle...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
1/3 Justice Sotomayor’s scathing dissent isn’t just a legal opinion—it’s a warning flare. SCOTUS sided with an administration that defied court orders on immigration. When the highest court rewards lawlessness, it isn’t just 1 case at risk—it’s the foundation of our democracy.
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This is just insanity. www.rawstory.com/women-prosec...
'Traumatized': Women prosecuted for miscarriages at record levels
The day before Brittany Watts miscarried at home in Warren, Ohio, medical staff at Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital told Watts that her nearly 21-week-old fetus had no chance of survival. And w...
www.rawstory.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is just insanity. www.rawstory.com/women-prosec...
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You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
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Reason #67542 why I'm against the death penalty.
June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reason #67542 why I'm against the death penalty.
Gift op-ed from NYT on political violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
Opinion | The Nation Encourages Political Violence by Allowing It to Seem Normal
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Gift op-ed from NYT on political violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
For an alleged “genius”, his stuff blows up and/or incinerates pretty frequently. www.unilad.com/news/us-news...
Widow of man who died in Cybertruck accident alleges Tesla burned so hot in crash that his bones disintegrated
The family of the deceased man has launched a lawsuit against the Cybertruck company Tesla, owned by Elon Musk.
www.unilad.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For an alleged “genius”, his stuff blows up and/or incinerates pretty frequently. www.unilad.com/news/us-news...
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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He was detained outside church.
“He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”
“He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”
Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
He was detained outside church.
“He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”
“He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”
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And the fkn idiot can make this decision with no congressional approval by framing it as an imminent threat... WTF! #fucktastrophy
Trump says he'll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within two weeks
As Israel and Iran exchanged more attacks, U.S. President Donald Trump sought to keep open the door to diplomacy on Tehran’s nuclear program, saying he would make up his mind within two weeks on wheth...
apnews.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
And the fkn idiot can make this decision with no congressional approval by framing it as an imminent threat... WTF! #fucktastrophy
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Two National Guards in uniform escorted their mother to her Immigration hearing to make sure she was not nabbed by ICE and deported. Think about that. The mother left without incident.
June 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Two National Guards in uniform escorted their mother to her Immigration hearing to make sure she was not nabbed by ICE and deported. Think about that. The mother left without incident.
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I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.