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Democracy. #Resist. Android enthusiast. Cat Mom. My views expressed here are solely my own.
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
11.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 989 🔁 491 💬 15 📌 7
FedEx bill for $150
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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Veterans. Thank you. I appreciate the sacrifice of you and your family
12.11.2025 00:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's the shareholders who are to blame at this point. They let him get away with over promise, never deliver
11.11.2025 23:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sean Duffy: "I can't guarantee safety"
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A couple months back, I was curious as to how Bill Pulte was able to obtain Lisa Cook and Letitia James' mortgage documents. Today, the WSJ reports that he was actually under investigation for how he obtained them. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
11.11.2025 21:19 — 👍 5629 🔁 2114 💬 181 📌 69
Thank You, Veterans. 🫡🇺🇸
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Support groups working to bring in primary candidates
We allowed Senate seats to stagnate. We became complacent. This is how we change things. This is how we remind our reps that the job is to represent us
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The America we love is made possible because of the service and sacrifices of our veterans. Today, we thank and recognize them for their bravery, selflessness, and love of country.
Dem AGs will continue working tirelessly for our nation's heroes. Happy Veterans Day! 🇺🇸
I’ve been saying, for all but the very VERY individual and extreme, this whole “refugee program” business is being *roundly* rejected by white South Africans…
11.11.2025 11:35 — 👍 46 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0The President can't even become an air traffic controller. Announcing you've passed your bi-annual dementia test is a big red flag
11.11.2025 11:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Federal workers are already legally entitled to back pay. A GOP promise is worth nothing. You want to help fed workers?
Fight, don't join, the illegal & immoral admin that is hunting Americans, stealing food & healthcare, destroying farms & airlines to enrich oligarchs
I will consult for free for anyone who primaries this cowardly piece of shit
10.11.2025 01:27 — 👍 307 🔁 51 💬 11 📌 1My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
10.11.2025 00:54 — 👍 4476 🔁 677 💬 509 📌 68I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
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Support these groups working to bring in new primary candidates.
If you know of others, let me know and I'll add them to my list. The more the merrier
Give time, money or share. This is how we do better
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I've come to the conclusion elected @democrats.org hold us in contempt
Which is partly our fault. We kept voting for them. They're supposed to compete for their seats regularly, but we became complacent. Now they think the seat is theirs. But it's ours
And we have a big job next year and in 2028
Please support groups working to bring in primary candidates. However you can. Donate money or time or share their information. The more primary candidates we have, the better. This is how we change things
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Charlie Brown flying through the air after Lucy predictably pulled the football away again
Dropping this here for no particular reason @democrats.org
10.11.2025 00:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey everyone, there’s a little competition going on to help raise funds for Feeding America. Every 💵 that you donate will provide 10 meals! With the #PedoInChief withholding SNAP benefits they need donations. Make you use the link below.👇
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
These groups are all working to bring on Dem primary candidates. Support them however you can - financially, donate your time or share their info
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If you're vowing to never vote again if Dems give in on shutdown, you're playing into Republican hands. They want you to walk away from democracy. Don't
Donate or support groups bringing in primary candidates (see reply)
No matter what, vote Dem in the general. Keep pushing for your values
Called Warren and Markey, but that's preaching to the choir. Asked they at least do what they can to stop their colleagues from giving in.
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Results of Etsy search for 1000 piece puzzles
Awesome job. I never have the patience!! Consider Etsy for your next puzzle (just be sure to check the origin location so you don't get hit with a tariff). Looks like they have some cool options and it supports small business
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I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
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Skyrocketing ACA premiums force enrollees to make tough decisions
But next year, without those subsidies, she says her premium is set to soar to $1,758 a month — far outside her budget. “I have to face the reality that I am probably going to become a late-stage cancer patient who’s uninsured,” Montgomery said. “I have fought this so hard. I want to live.” Now on daily oxygen and getting scans every three months, she says she’s at high risk for recurrence. Without insurance, those lifesaving treatments will be out of reach.
At 63, Montgomery is facing a relentless battle with lung cancer. Since 2022, she’s undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, relying on her ACA marketplace plan to cover the mounting costs. Thanks to enhanced subsidies, her premium this year was $541 a month — just manageable with Social Security Disability and a part-time job.
“I am probably going to become a late-stage cancer patient who’s uninsured..I have fought this so hard. I want to live”
Sunni Montgomery’s health insurance jumped from $541/mo to $1,758/mo
90% of Americans will see premiums soar
But MAGA Republicans shut down the government instead of fixing it
