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Proud mother, wife and speech & debate nerd. I've practiced journalism, speechwriting, debate prep, campaign comms and activism for candidates & organizations focused on freedom & equality. Lover of music, fishing & hockey. #SclerodermaStrong

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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

18.10.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21828    ๐Ÿ” 4945    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 260    ๐Ÿ“Œ 165
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Protesters voice concerns over Mo-Valley ICE Center, detainment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Protestors gathered in Clearfield County Monday to voice their concerns against the detainment of a man whose case has drawn national attention.Demonstrators ar

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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01.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1257    ๐Ÿ” 350    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I have no idea how an open hotspot can censor anything.

01.10.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out โ€“ record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening โ€“ and that we wonโ€™t stand for it.

30.09.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40099    ๐Ÿ” 12507    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 812    ๐Ÿ“Œ 450

Attention New Yorkers: Governor Kathy Hochul has issued inflation relief checks for anyone in the state that filed a New York State IT 201 form. The checks will be anywhere from $150-$400 depending on your income. Itโ€™s not a lot in this economy, but itโ€™s something and I wanted to make you aware ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

01.10.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.

With the US military's new shaving crusade, Pete Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops

01.10.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 403    ๐Ÿ” 154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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โ€˜Iโ€™m From Here!โ€™: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trumpโ€™s Dragnet

American citizens are being swept up in the Trump administrationโ€™s violent immigration sweeps. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/trump-immigration-agents-us-citizens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk8.g0eN.xCmZq2z6LOO4

01.10.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 706    ๐Ÿ” 254    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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‘ 60364    ๐Ÿ” 17753    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1512    ๐Ÿ“Œ 789

Q: Why wonโ€™t Senate republicans bypass the 60 vote threshold and keep the government open?

They did it a couple of weeks ago to approve Trump nominees in bulk.

A: They WANT the shutdown.

To accelerate more privatization of government services. To enrich their donors.

Itโ€™s ๐Ÿ’ฏ a Trump shutdown.

01.10.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 689    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Trumpโ€™s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy.

Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.

01.10.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 891    ๐Ÿ” 474    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

Why are Republicans secretly glad that because of the shutdown no jobs report will be released on Friday, even if they won't admit it? This is why ๐Ÿ‘‡

01.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1980    ๐Ÿ” 680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

01.10.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8104    ๐Ÿ” 2708    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 251    ๐Ÿ“Œ 130

trying to get ahead of the curve: the argument that we need a CR so that appropriations negotiation can happen would be a lot more compelling if Republicans had been negotiating on appropriations before the deadline

01.10.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 495    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The White House is engaging in direct extortion of local and state governments, attempting to force them to change their policies by stopping funding projects that already have signed grant agreements with the federal government.

01.10.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 554    ๐Ÿ” 238    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
Pritzker calls for Trump to be removed from office
YouTube video by NBC Chicago Pritzker calls for Trump to be removed from office

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well.

youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...

01.10.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8315    ๐Ÿ” 2846    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 209    ๐Ÿ“Œ 401
Graph showing silver plan insurance costs per month both with the enhanced subsidies and without them. Shows for four household types. Without subsidy costs are substantially higher for everyone.

Graph showing silver plan insurance costs per month both with the enhanced subsidies and without them. Shows for four household types. Without subsidy costs are substantially higher for everyone.

If GOP fails to extend IRA premium subsidies, cheapest health insurance for Alaskans will skyrocket.

Single mom earning $40K/yr will pay $1800/yr, 7x more than in 2025.

2 64-year olds earning $110K/yr will pay $58K/yr (!), 5x more.

(AK's poverty thresholds 25% higher b/c of CoL)

@charlesgaba.com

01.10.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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โ€œItโ€™s a war from within.โ€ Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.

With barely any euphemism, Trump put the military brass on notice that they should expect to be deployed against Americans. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

01.10.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 176    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Trumpโ€™s Argentina bailout sparks fury among farmers, Republicans The proposal to provide Argentina billions in financial support has drawn scrutiny from farmers and their Congressional allies.

Millions of Americansโ€™ healthcare and pay checks are left in limbo today because of the GOPโ€™s fealty to Trump. But hey, at least Trump is making sure Argentina gets paid (with your tax dollars). https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-argentina-bailout-sparks-fury-among-farmers-republicans-10809559

01.10.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1406    ๐Ÿ” 638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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The Silence of the Generals And the searing words of a veteran on the bench.

"What Trump and Hegseth want, in a way, is to turn the US military into an institution more like ICE: an internal police force, unconstrained by many laws or norms, bullying and intimidating people here at home on behalf of the current administration in Washington."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

01.10.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 584    ๐Ÿ” 190    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Seemed like a good time to give Americans a visual.

01.10.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So one day after YouTube pays a $25M settlement to Trump, I get notice that theyโ€™re canceling Univision?

01.10.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1127    ๐Ÿ” 389    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Looking for someone to blame for this government shutdown? See below #26in2026

01.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 912    ๐Ÿ” 360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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ICE are not making our streets safer. Trump is not reducing crime. American citizens are being violently targeted by federally-directed agents and we should not act like this is just another presidency.

01.10.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1690    ๐Ÿ” 529    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

The FBI is wrong.

The public deserves to hear the tape of border czar Tom Homan being bribed โ€” and they deserve to hear it while heโ€™s actively on the job, not years from now.

We are appealing.

01.10.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Heโ€™s doing this because he thinks it will make New York really unsafe and terrorized and then people wonโ€™t vote for Mamdani

01.10.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 180    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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See the difference? ๐Ÿ‘€

01.10.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17194    ๐Ÿ” 5713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 243    ๐Ÿ“Œ 165
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STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

01.10.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22252    ๐Ÿ” 6932    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1751    ๐Ÿ“Œ 670

A central reason we're in this mess is that the final GOP budget is going to be full of ugly, deeply unpopular stuff - exploding deficits, destructive tariffs, cuts to health care/clear energy/food, supersizing ICE, tax cuts for billionaires - that Rs simply don't want to take responsibility for. 1/

01.10.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1050    ๐Ÿ” 426    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

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