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thetnholler.bsky.social
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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katiephang.bsky.social
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.

I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.

youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Are those number good? Cause they seem bad
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
That a federal judge had to block the Trump administration from pushing millions of Americans into hunger says everything about this President and the party he leads.

Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.
newyorkstateag.bsky.social New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · Oct 31
In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.
 
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
 
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:

TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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meidastouch.com
NEW: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago spa was a predator’s playground. Mar-a-Lago sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops. Epstein noticed—and so did Ghislaine Maxwell.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein
The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops
www.meidasplus.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott's legal threat against fleeing Democrats may not have the teeth it appears — it could take months to resolve and is not certain to work even if he wins in court.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
August 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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warren.senate.gov
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
June 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
drdobbs.bsky.social
If this big, ugly bill passes 1 in 4 nursing homes are at risk of closing.
June 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
Guest Host Diego Luna on Trump’s immigration policies and the importance of immigrants in the United States…
Guest Host Diego Luna on Trump’s Immigration Policies & the Importance of Immigrants in the U.S.
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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June 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.

That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:

Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
An Onion front page with the headline: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice Who will stand up for our democracy? This question, fraught in even the most peaceful times, has only grown more pressing as our country approaches its 250th anniversary. Each passing day brings growing assaults on essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process. Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against peaceful protesters. We teeter on the brink of collapse into an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing. Members of Congress, now more than ever, our nation desperately needs your cowardice. Our republic is a birthright, an exceedingly rare treasure passed down from generation to generation of Americans. It was gained through hard years of bloody resistance and can too easily be lost. Our Founding Fathers, in their abundant wisdom, understood that all it would take was men and women of little courage sitting in the corridors of power and taking zero action as this precious inheritance was stripped away—and that is where we have finally arrived. Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone on about what’s happening to their precious democracy. This is the time for getting down on all fours and grov- eling. Now is not the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and have the tough conversations about resisting the ongoing assaults on American liberty. This is the time to let the wave of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama. But what can I, one coward, do alone? you might ask.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
drdobbs.bsky.social
www.floridadems.org/2025/06/22/c...
Chair Nikki Fried Responds to U.S. Bombing of Iran
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued the following statement after learning of the U.S. bombing of Iran: “Last night, just after stepping off stage at the Florida Democratic Party’s annua...
www.floridadems.org
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social
Y'all notice they're rounding up most of these "freeloading" immigrants AT WORK???!!
June 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that the organization will donate $1 million to immigrant families impacted by recent raids.
Dodgers commit $1M to families of immigrants after pushback from community groups
The Dodgers announced that the organization will donate $1 million to immigrant families impacted by recent raids.
abc7.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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democrats.org
DNC Chair Ken Martin's statement on Trump's unilateral act of war with Iran.
In January — speaking to the entire nation at his Inauguration - Donald Trump proclaimed ‘We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.’ Today, against his own words, the president sent bombers into Iran. Americans overwhelmingly do not want to go to war. Americans do not want to risk the safety of our troops abroad. Americans do not want a president who bypasses our constitution and pulls us towards war without Congressional approval. Donald Trump needs to bring his case to Congress immediately.
June 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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muellershewrote.com
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
All the hawks who led US into the disastrous war in Iraq and Afghanistan fell up in life. They're still on TV and writing columns and advising elected officials. Very few ever apologized. The same people are here now as Trump leads US into another reckless war with Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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geronsociety.bsky.social
Thank you to the 75 members who mobilized for #GSAHillDay! We met with the offices of 47 representatives and 33 senators to ask them to safeguard funding for aging research and programs. And you can be just as effective: everything you need is in GSA’s Advocacy Toolkit. www.geron.org/Advocacy/How...
April 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
drdobbs.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules

"The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
This ICE agent tells an immigration attorney of her three clients: "I'm not picky so I'm giving you the options cause I have to take one. If not I'll take all."

He is quite literally saying that ICE is simply deporting people at random to meet a quota.

www.instagram.com/reel/DKzbcQe...
On Instagram, a pictured ICE agent says he is "not picky" about who he deports.
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM