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Now volunteering for @wholewashington.org Actually artistic; calligraphy, colored pencil & photography. Studied Aikido ‘75 - ‘15. Now tryna’ learn Yang Family Style Tai Chi. Those who say it can’t be done are frequently interrupted by those doing it.
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Florida State Senate District 11 special election. Register, check your registration, follow and amplify (on FB), volunteer and donate for Ash Marwah. Election day is Dec 9.
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No place in the country will feel more pain from Trump’s premium increases than Florida. In many parts of the state, 20% of families get their health care from the ACA. The stories were gut wrenching.
Senate Democrats head to Trump’s ‘backyard’ to press him on Obamacare
Senate Democrats head to Trump’s ‘backyard’ to press him on Obamacare
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy and Tina Smith traveled to Miami to hear from people who will see higher prices in the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
dlvr.it
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
No place in the country will feel more pain from Trump’s premium increases than Florida. In many parts of the state, 20% of families get their health care from the ACA. The stories were gut wrenching.
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Protecting people's health care is worth fighting for. Stopping our health care system from going into a death spiral is worth fighting for. People want Democrats to stand for something.
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Protecting people's health care is worth fighting for. Stopping our health care system from going into a death spiral is worth fighting for. People want Democrats to stand for something.
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Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
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This one shouldn't get lost tonight.
🚨 Mainers have voted to pass a red flag law, which will allow family members to petition courts to remove firearms from a loved one in danger.
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/04/p...
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/04/p...
Maine passes ‘red flag’ law born out of the Lewiston shooting
The yes side of Question 2 had 60.1% of votes to 39.9% for the no side when the Bangor Daily News and its national partner, Decision Desk HQ, called the race at 9:48 p.m. Tuesday.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This one shouldn't get lost tonight.
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The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
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Trump saying the country turned against Republicans because they shut down the government.
Feels relevant.
Feels relevant.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Trump saying the country turned against Republicans because they shut down the government.
Feels relevant.
Feels relevant.
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Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Brand new data:
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
Republicans blamed for the shutdown (+12) and for health care premiums going up (+28!!).
These are stunning numbers. Republicans aren't immune from the pressure this creates.
Time to press our advantage. Stand for what we believe in.
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4/ Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but the results of Tuesday’s elections show Americans are not powerless. When we mobilize, we can defeat his corruption and authoritarianism. Join us at: chrismurphy.com/american-mob...
They want us to feel powerless, but we have real power.
AMP’s goal is to supercharge deep organizing and mobilize as many Americans as possible by investing in the state and local organizations already doing this work on the ground.
chrismurphy.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
4/ Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but the results of Tuesday’s elections show Americans are not powerless. When we mobilize, we can defeat his corruption and authoritarianism. Join us at: chrismurphy.com/american-mob...
4/ Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but the results of Tuesday’s elections show Americans are not powerless. When we mobilize, we can defeat his corruption and authoritarianism. Join us at: chrismurphy.com/american-mob...
They want us to feel powerless, but we have real power.
AMP’s goal is to supercharge deep organizing and mobilize as many Americans as possible by investing in the state and local organizations already doing this work on the ground.
chrismurphy.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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3/ In PA, AMP grantee @project26psu.bsky.social helped retain 3 Dem justices on the state Supreme Court -- a backstop if Trump tries to interfere with their elections. Project 26 PA registered 3k voters, talked to 10k students and helped secure a Dem sweep.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
3/ In PA, AMP grantee @project26psu.bsky.social helped retain 3 Dem justices on the state Supreme Court -- a backstop if Trump tries to interfere with their elections. Project 26 PA registered 3k voters, talked to 10k students and helped secure a Dem sweep.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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I launched the American Mobilization Project because the fight can’t wait until 2028 or even 2026. AMP channels thousands of small contributions to anti-Trump mobilization all over the country.
1/ A few groups funded by AMP had big wins last night.
1/ A few groups funded by AMP had big wins last night.
They want us to feel powerless, but we have real power.
AMP’s goal is to supercharge deep organizing and mobilize as many Americans as possible by investing in the state and local organizations already doing this work on the ground.
chrismurphy.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I launched the American Mobilization Project because the fight can’t wait until 2028 or even 2026. AMP channels thousands of small contributions to anti-Trump mobilization all over the country.
1/ A few groups funded by AMP had big wins last night.
1/ A few groups funded by AMP had big wins last night.
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Trump’s economy suuuuucks.
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump’s economy suuuuucks.
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As people go onto the health care enrollment websites, and see that Trump has doubled their premium, the pressure on Republicans to fix this will mount. This isn't get easier for Republicans. It's getting harder.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As people go onto the health care enrollment websites, and see that Trump has doubled their premium, the pressure on Republicans to fix this will mount. This isn't get easier for Republicans. It's getting harder.
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The Tuesday election was a message to Democrats to keep fighting. People are scared at what Trump is doing to their lives and our democracy. And they desperately want the opposition party to stand up to him, not willingly get run over.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Tuesday election was a message to Democrats to keep fighting. People are scared at what Trump is doing to their lives and our democracy. And they desperately want the opposition party to stand up to him, not willingly get run over.
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Trump is sending our economy into free fall and his solution is to throw millions of Americans off their health care this fall.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump is sending our economy into free fall and his solution is to throw millions of Americans off their health care this fall.
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
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Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
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Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella attended the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
But what’s even better is that they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But what’s even better is that they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Twenty-nine men fathers, sons, friends.
All vanished beneath a storm so fierce it still echoes through Great Lakes towns nearly fifty years later.
We remember them not for how they died, but for how they lived.
All vanished beneath a storm so fierce it still echoes through Great Lakes towns nearly fifty years later.
We remember them not for how they died, but for how they lived.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Twenty-nine men fathers, sons, friends.
All vanished beneath a storm so fierce it still echoes through Great Lakes towns nearly fifty years later.
We remember them not for how they died, but for how they lived.
All vanished beneath a storm so fierce it still echoes through Great Lakes towns nearly fifty years later.
We remember them not for how they died, but for how they lived.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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4 days ago. What’s Johnson gonna do now?
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
4 days ago. What’s Johnson gonna do now?