Karen Sullivan
@zipperdeedoodah.bsky.social
Dog walker, photographer, snorkeler, ice cream maker, cookie baker, eater. Always seeking decency. @hampshirecollege.bsky.social
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#CallYourReps
We don't need many to vote NO. Its only grown more unpopular.
Call. ☎️ Or Call satellite offices of your Rep. Use @5calls.org for phone scripts
I offer this @resist.bot petition to sign and send.
resist.bot/petitions/PD...
We don't need many to vote NO. Its only grown more unpopular.
Call. ☎️ Or Call satellite offices of your Rep. Use @5calls.org for phone scripts
I offer this @resist.bot petition to sign and send.
resist.bot/petitions/PD...
Oppose/Vote NO on HR 1 The Only ‘Trickle Down’ This Time is Disaster
Text SIGN PDFUTD to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#CallYourReps
We don't need many to vote NO. Its only grown more unpopular.
Call. ☎️ Or Call satellite offices of your Rep. Use @5calls.org for phone scripts
I offer this @resist.bot petition to sign and send.
resist.bot/petitions/PD...
We don't need many to vote NO. Its only grown more unpopular.
Call. ☎️ Or Call satellite offices of your Rep. Use @5calls.org for phone scripts
I offer this @resist.bot petition to sign and send.
resist.bot/petitions/PD...
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Folks in Maine and Alaska - time to make some calls. @5calls.org can help you do this really easily.
Dear Senators Murkowski & Collins,
Don't be the deciding votes to let the US borrow billions from China to pay for tax breaks for millionaires & billionaires while jacking up healthcare & energy costs for most Americans.
You should represent Alaskans & Mainers, not Trump's Mar-a-Lago cronies.
Don't be the deciding votes to let the US borrow billions from China to pay for tax breaks for millionaires & billionaires while jacking up healthcare & energy costs for most Americans.
You should represent Alaskans & Mainers, not Trump's Mar-a-Lago cronies.
July 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Folks in Maine and Alaska - time to make some calls. @5calls.org can help you do this really easily.
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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MA folks: Call your mayor, your city council, your state rep, your congresspeople, and Governor Healey and ask them what their plan is to keep Mass residents safe. This threatens *everyone's* civil rights. Find all their #s at reps.fyi.
“ICE can't claim to be protecting the privacy of immigrants while kicking down doors and smashing car windows,” she said. “And ICE is quick to reveal personal data when it suits their interest.” www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
An ICE action in Newton turns rough, and secrecy follows
Federal agents smashed the windows of a car and pulled out two men, video footage shows. They handcuffed out man and dragged the other one out; he struggled until five ICE agents pinned him to the gro...
www.wbur.org
May 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
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•••••BREAKING•••••
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen just completed a presser in El Salvador.
•Sen. Van Hollen made it abundantly clear that the Trump administration has repeatedly lied about Kilmar Abrego García. Indisputable truths: Abrego García was in the U.S. legally, he has absolutely no gang…
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen just completed a presser in El Salvador.
•Sen. Van Hollen made it abundantly clear that the Trump administration has repeatedly lied about Kilmar Abrego García. Indisputable truths: Abrego García was in the U.S. legally, he has absolutely no gang…
I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts.
Tune in here:
Tune in here:
Senator Chris Van Hollen is live!
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
•••••BREAKING•••••
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen just completed a presser in El Salvador.
•Sen. Van Hollen made it abundantly clear that the Trump administration has repeatedly lied about Kilmar Abrego García. Indisputable truths: Abrego García was in the U.S. legally, he has absolutely no gang…
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen just completed a presser in El Salvador.
•Sen. Van Hollen made it abundantly clear that the Trump administration has repeatedly lied about Kilmar Abrego García. Indisputable truths: Abrego García was in the U.S. legally, he has absolutely no gang…
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Call. Your. Congresscritter.
This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Call. Your. Congresscritter.
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Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...
LIVE: Cory Booker goes for floor speech RECORD
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...
More of this, please!
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
More of this, please!
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5pm ET, hearing on Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act and the defiance of court order.
The public can listen by telephone. Let the number of callers show we are paying attention.
The public can listen by telephone. Let the number of callers show we are paying attention.
It's open both in person and through a telephone audio line:
"The hearing will proceed by videoconference for the parties and by telephone for members of the public. Toll free number: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816."
"The hearing will proceed by videoconference for the parties and by telephone for members of the public. Toll free number: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816."
March 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
5pm ET, hearing on Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act and the defiance of court order.
The public can listen by telephone. Let the number of callers show we are paying attention.
The public can listen by telephone. Let the number of callers show we are paying attention.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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I'll email my red state senators tomorrow to ask them to follow the lead of their colleagues.
Grassley Thune and Mike Rounds are also publicly against the administration not respecting judicial orders
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GOP senator: ‘We have to’ follow court decisions
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said “we have to” follow court decisions in the Trump administration’s various legal battles, even as top officials challenge the judicial actions. On Tuesday, Round…
thehill.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'll email my red state senators tomorrow to ask them to follow the lead of their colleagues.
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THIS is how we break the felon’s power.
Rep. Jamie Raskin brings the wisdom, fire, and constitutional expertise to hold him accountable.
Listen, learn, and fight back 🔥🔥🔥
Rep. Jamie Raskin brings the wisdom, fire, and constitutional expertise to hold him accountable.
Listen, learn, and fight back 🔥🔥🔥
February 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
THIS is how we break the felon’s power.
Rep. Jamie Raskin brings the wisdom, fire, and constitutional expertise to hold him accountable.
Listen, learn, and fight back 🔥🔥🔥
Rep. Jamie Raskin brings the wisdom, fire, and constitutional expertise to hold him accountable.
Listen, learn, and fight back 🔥🔥🔥
Ugh.
That latest update pushed has an even sneakier feature pushed @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/davidp...
Apple’s New ‘Game Changer’ iPhone Update Brings Starlink Satellite Access
Apple has been “secretly working” with SpaceX and the result is that the latest iOS software update means iPhones can access Starlink.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ugh.
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You can tell how great these AI products are by how much they have to keep sneaking them into our devices without our knowledge
My phone ran an update overnight and now I have an app on my homescreen that is entirely for making AI images that I don’t want and didn’t ask for, these guys can’t just let us be
February 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You can tell how great these AI products are by how much they have to keep sneaking them into our devices without our knowledge
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Please! Read this - then…
Send to your friends & family.
Print it and pass it to strangers.
Put on windshields.
Leave in public bathrooms.
#3E #resist #StrongerTogether
#AltGovern
Send to your friends & family.
Print it and pass it to strangers.
Put on windshields.
Leave in public bathrooms.
#3E #resist #StrongerTogether
#AltGovern
February 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Please! Read this - then…
Send to your friends & family.
Print it and pass it to strangers.
Put on windshields.
Leave in public bathrooms.
#3E #resist #StrongerTogether
#AltGovern
Send to your friends & family.
Print it and pass it to strangers.
Put on windshields.
Leave in public bathrooms.
#3E #resist #StrongerTogether
#AltGovern
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Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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My team and I have been getting calls from many of you about the new Trump Administration’s actions. Join my telephone town hall on Monday at 5:30 PM—I want to hear your concerns and answer your questions. Hope you’ll join us.
February 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My team and I have been getting calls from many of you about the new Trump Administration’s actions. Join my telephone town hall on Monday at 5:30 PM—I want to hear your concerns and answer your questions. Hope you’ll join us.
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Here’s the switchboard number for the House 202-225-3121 and the Senate 202-224-3121. You don’t need to make a speech. Just tell your reps yes or no on a particular vote. It’s that simple. They DO keep tallies, but they can’t read your minds. Calling & writing is like voting. Get in the habit.
Believe it or not, emailing/faxing your representatives to say "I am deeply unhappy about this for the following reasons" gives them ammunition to use on the floor. They quote constituent letters all the time. It won't do squat if he declares martial law + shreds the constitution but here we are
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here’s the switchboard number for the House 202-225-3121 and the Senate 202-224-3121. You don’t need to make a speech. Just tell your reps yes or no on a particular vote. It’s that simple. They DO keep tallies, but they can’t read your minds. Calling & writing is like voting. Get in the habit.
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UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
The Senate takes 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.