Gabby Richards

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Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters The GOP struggles to defend the unpopular Trump administration’s policies.

"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..."

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If I had Prez Musk’s money, you literally would not be able to find me. Where’s Gabby? Idk maybe Italy this week. Greece next week🤷🏻‍♀️

That’s the part that grinds my gears: the cruelty of it all.

He is working so hard to cause chaos and hurt people when he literally doesn’t even have to work.

LETS GO BIRDSSSSSS🦅💚

Tomorrow is my last day at Planned Parenthood💗

It’s been the honor of a lifetime to work alongside the PPFA community over the last few years— I won’t be far.

Excited to be back on the Hill to join fellow PP alum @emilyrandallwa.bsky.social in Congress as her Comms Director & Senior Advisor.

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Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump The president is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country.

Donald Trump is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country, @dgraham.bsky.social writes:

Congrats. You played yourself.

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It was all in Project 2025…

I’ll never get over that all of this was avoidable and our kids could’ve had a better future had voters just made the obviously rational choice in November. It’s water under the bridge now. But what the fuck, people.

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Tr*mp spent his first week attacking immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, pardoning insurrectionists and people who attack health centers, and asked for JFK’s assassination details to be released.

He did not spend his first week trying to bring down costs for the American people.

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

So that thing is happening today, it’s MLK Jr. Day, AND Cecile Richards died? My stomach hurts.

"It's not hard to imagine future generations one day asking:
'When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?'

The only acceptable answer is:
'Everything we could!’"

-Cecile Richards

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Heartbreak for Ravens fans. That was a brutal loss. I feel for you.

This is the GOP’s long con on full display.

Any time a journalists asks a player “how does it feel to win?” I cringe.

How do you think it feels to win 😂😂😂 What are they gonna do, tell you it’s “eh, okay?”

C’mon. Find some range please.

Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017.

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we’re all just stoked to hear Mel Gibson’s ideas about what needs to change in Hollywood

Bottom line is: Don’t play with people’s money.

Giving people a 2 hour heads up that they “might not get paid on time” is egregious and PR malpractice.

Over-communicating is almost always worth the headache in a situation like this 😅

That is all🫠

Thurs: Provide an update in the morning and evening — even if there isn’t one — to **SHOW** people you care about how this might impact their finances.

Friday: Another email in the AM — when direct deposits don’t hit — acknowledging frustration and that it will be fixed soon.

3. Over communicate. Even if you don’t have an update that feels like an update, over communicate.

Wed: Communicate the problem exists/you’re working to address it. If people’s direct deposit might be impacted, they need time to plan. Give phone support talking points to help.

2. Lead with acknowledging this is frustrating and an apology.

It goes a long way.

The screenshot is the email I received — you don’t see the apology because it doesn’t come until the last paragraph.

People need to know you understand this will impact them: lead with that.

1. The moment this issue started, send an email to customers to let them know.

Will this cause a headache? Will the phones blow up? Yes. But letting people know as early as possible that their money might be impacted — especially with a pay day coming — is essential.

Not how I would have handled this as a PR person.

Capital One let customers know at 9:52PM last night — before a pay day Friday — that they had been experiencing issues with transactions and direct deposits since WEDNESDAY.

Here’s what I would have done differently 🧵

Michelle Obama in 2016: When they go low, we go higher.

Michelle Obama in 2025: I simply am not going.

Legendary. 🔥

First few weeks of the year are some of the slowest for the restaurant industry. If you don’t feel like cooking in, venture out and eat in your neighborhood ❤️ Don’t forget to tip your servers and bartenders 🙏

Mom: Snow in DC! How was shoveling?

Me: Mom, I don’t even own a shovel.

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