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Beth G. OD

@bg2020.bsky.social

I care about people and the health of humanity in this time of peril for democracy and the climate crisis. Liberal progressive Democrat. Member of Indivisible since 2017. Married 50+ years, retired eye doctor (OD), gardener, reader, lover of horses .

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Thinking this is wrong and untenable isnโ€™t radical.

Thinking it isnโ€™t, is.

12.10.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5897    ๐Ÿ” 1701    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ’ฐ

11.10.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10959    ๐Ÿ” 4608    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 681    ๐Ÿ“Œ 282
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Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order โ€” one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state โ€” stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

06.10.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16731    ๐Ÿ” 4970    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 326    ๐Ÿ“Œ 197
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Remember these people and vote accordingly.

05.10.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 435    ๐Ÿ” 231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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First Dem that says they'll prosecute Stephen Miller gets my vote.

04.10.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 519    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Hereโ€™s me six years ago:

03.10.2025 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16130    ๐Ÿ” 5243    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 329    ๐Ÿ“Œ 141
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Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

01.10.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22541    ๐Ÿ” 9465    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 633    ๐Ÿ“Œ 549

I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are โ€œused to itโ€ but it is absolutely insane

01.10.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60416    ๐Ÿ” 17775    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1515    ๐Ÿ“Œ 791

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

01.10.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8858    ๐Ÿ” 2276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 156    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesnโ€™t bend on its ownโ€”it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

29.09.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20293    ๐Ÿ” 5826    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 741    ๐Ÿ“Œ 353
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Explaining the G.O.P.โ€™s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

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Republicans are recycling a new lie: claiming Democrats want a shutdown to fund โ€œfree health careโ€ for unauthorized immigrants. False.

Democratsโ€™ plan extends ACA subsidies & reverses Trumpโ€™s Medicaid cuts. Nothing in it opens eligibility to the undocumented.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

29.09.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคฌ

29.09.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ vote NJ please share

Mikie Sherrillโ€™s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ

27.09.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fascism will not stop until we crush it ourselves. It thrives on silence, feeds on fear, and survives on the hope that you will look away. Do something or it wins. Every second of hesitation is surrender. The fight is now, and the enemy is already inside the room.

28.09.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 394    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Itโ€™s all about inciting violence and chaos so he can continue to consolidate power.

WAKE UP AMERICA.

Is Gavin Newsom the only one awake?

28.09.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 219    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Statement from VoteVets regarding the doxxing of Mikie Sherrill:
Jack Ciattarelli - like Donald Trump - has no respect for Veterans and no regard for our military. Illegally releasing records for political purposes is a new low even for them. If this can happen to Congresswoman Sherrill, it can happen to any of us. Every veteran and military family member should be on alert and every voter in New Jersey who cares about the integrity of our defense department should be prepared to show up in full force to vote for Mikie Sherrill this November.
-MAX ROSE
SENIOR ADVISOR TO VOTEVETS
VoteVets

Statement from VoteVets regarding the doxxing of Mikie Sherrill: Jack Ciattarelli - like Donald Trump - has no respect for Veterans and no regard for our military. Illegally releasing records for political purposes is a new low even for them. If this can happen to Congresswoman Sherrill, it can happen to any of us. Every veteran and military family member should be on alert and every voter in New Jersey who cares about the integrity of our defense department should be prepared to show up in full force to vote for Mikie Sherrill this November. -MAX ROSE SENIOR ADVISOR TO VOTEVETS VoteVets

Jack Ciattarelli, just like 47, shows 0 respect for Veterans & no regard for our laws. If GOP operatives can illegally target Congresswoman Sherrillโ€™s service records, they can & will target ANY of us.

This is an attack on every veteran & every American.
#VoteNJ

28.09.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 243    ๐Ÿ” 152    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The Lincoln quote is fake. PolitiFact: Jan. 27, 1838, he said re: the perpetuation of our political institutions. "[When] is danger to be expected? It must spring up amongst us. [Not] from abroad. If destruction be our lot... As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

28.09.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adelita Grijalva moves closer to swearing-in, but when will that be? What to know House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the House has received the "appropriate" paperwork attesting to Adelita Grijalva's victory.

He has the paperwork!
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

27.09.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

17.09.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."

17.09.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18748    ๐Ÿ” 4238    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 501    ๐Ÿ“Œ 232
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This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

16.09.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21523    ๐Ÿ” 5908    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1506    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632
Daughters are no longer raised to be wives.
They're raised to be people. And some people are really not okay with that.
They're not being taught to sacrifice themselves for the comfort of others. Not being told that marriage is the finish line.
Not being conditioned to make themselves smaller to be loved. They're being raised to earn their own money, choose their own timing, live alone if they need to, and not apologise for wanting more. They're building lives where love is welcome but not begged for. They're questioning things their mothers had to silently accept.
They're choosing healing, not just habits.
And for people who are used to obedience, that kind of freedom looks like defiance.

Daughters are no longer raised to be wives. They're raised to be people. And some people are really not okay with that. They're not being taught to sacrifice themselves for the comfort of others. Not being told that marriage is the finish line. Not being conditioned to make themselves smaller to be loved. They're being raised to earn their own money, choose their own timing, live alone if they need to, and not apologise for wanting more. They're building lives where love is welcome but not begged for. They're questioning things their mothers had to silently accept. They're choosing healing, not just habits. And for people who are used to obedience, that kind of freedom looks like defiance.

15.09.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3036    ๐Ÿ” 1072    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

Yeah, but he spent lots of time on campuses 'debating' college students with rhetorical, leading challenges to prove he was right. What an a$$๐Ÿ•ณ.

16.09.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.

And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

13.09.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29821    ๐Ÿ” 9808    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 881    ๐Ÿ“Œ 375

I volunteer at the local animal shelter, and so I get the weekly volunteer newsletter (yes, it is called The Pupdate) which includes all the animals that got adopted since the last Pupdate, all of which is to say that I want you all to know that a chicken named Stevie Chicks got adopted this week.

12.09.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 767    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Let's start this week with a bang!

02.09.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 633    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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๐ŸšจDakotans for Health v. Johnson Learn more.

๐ŸšจBREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...

02.09.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17594    ๐Ÿ” 4040    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96

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