This moment from todayโs Medicaid vigil is so powerfulโฆ
Question: What do you say to the people who voted to cut Medicaid? Be honest.
Samantha Phillis: They voted against my childโs life.
#MedicaidCutsKill
@jengapuzzle.bsky.social
๐๐๐ Mom to 3 disabled adults. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Racist. Neurospicy. LGBTQ and Mental Health ally. Collector of autoimmune diseases. #NoKings #ProtectDemocracy #FuckICE #ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
This moment from todayโs Medicaid vigil is so powerfulโฆ
Question: What do you say to the people who voted to cut Medicaid? Be honest.
Samantha Phillis: They voted against my childโs life.
#MedicaidCutsKill
Border Patrol says he was at the red mark, 65 feet south of the border, when he "made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat," causing him to capsize.
He says that's ridiculous, he was in Canadian waters and was going to shore to talk when they hit him.
Watching other countries tell Trump to fuck off, really lifts my spirits.
Love you Scotland! ๐
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
This week we talk about money, power, and the political capital it buys
22.07.2025 03:41 โ ๐ 113 ๐ 69 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 1"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill โem! Kill โem! Kill โem!'
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
One of the greatest means to protect and restore our democracy is the blueprint at @USCitizensCongress.bsky.social. The pinned thread explains why a #CitizensCongress is necessary, what it will do and why it will succeed.
21.07.2025 16:59 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Judge Rules OMB Must Complyโจwith the Law Agency required to resume publicly disclosing how it spends taxpayer dollars
In a huge victory, we secured a permanent injunction in our case against OMB for violating the law requiring public disclosure of how taxpayer dollars are spent. The public has a right to know what the government has been doing with your taxpayer dollars. protectdemocracy.org/work/omb-req...
21.07.2025 15:14 โ ๐ 240 ๐ 56 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 4โTodayโs decision makes clear that the executive branch cannot simply ignore appropriations laws they disagree with on policy grounds, no matter what President Trump or OMB Director Russell Vought thinks," says Cerin Lindgrensavage, counsel for Protect Democracy.
22.07.2025 01:00 โ ๐ 141 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 3We are suing VA for disenfranchising people for all felony convictions (even charges like drug possession) โ violating a 150-yr old federal law.
This case could restore voting rights to 300,000+ people. protectdemocracy.org/work/thousan...
This is, without questionโฆmy favorite post from 2025:
20.07.2025 22:23 โ ๐ 10299 ๐ 3088 ๐ฌ 244 ๐ 128Be proud. Be you. Youโre not here to shrink for anyone. You were never meant to be quiet, hidden, or small.
The flag waves for you, the light holds you, and your truth deserves every sunrise. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
#LGBTQ+
Works for me! ๐
20.07.2025 22:16 โ ๐ 26381 ๐ 6479 ๐ฌ 811 ๐ 388It also covers two-thirds of all nursing home stays.
20.07.2025 22:30 โ ๐ 11529 ๐ 4129 ๐ฌ 444 ๐ 156U.S. Army vet George Retes was tear-gassed, dragged from his car, and held by ICE for 3 days; no lawyer, no calls, no reason. Heโs a citizen.
#AbolishICE #StateViolence #ICEWatch #HumanRights #Fascism #4R
Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
โIf (Kennedyโs) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.โ
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
NEW: There is a hearing right now concerning Mr Abregoโs amended complaint in which he details his torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador. You can read his account here, but CONTENT WARNING. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
07.07.2025 15:36 โ ๐ 8593 ๐ 3662 ๐ฌ 286 ๐ 163MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
John Leguizamo: "We feed this country, we serve this country, we build this country, and then we get treated this way."
06.07.2025 21:43 โ ๐ 16242 ๐ 4452 ๐ฌ 444 ๐ 222What the hell is going on at McArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA! Looks like these militarized thugs are doing some kind of federal disappearing operation on street vendors in the park. This is only going to get worse with the new bloated ICE budget. #UnMaskICE
07.07.2025 18:59 โ ๐ 6120 ๐ 2556 ๐ฌ 863 ๐ 352The REAL story on Pam Bondi, Trump University, and Trump's $25,000 payment to Bondi:
1/ In August 2013, I was at the NY AG, and Bondi was Florida AG.
On August 24, 2013, I filed the NY AG's prosecution of Trump University and Donald Trump, for $42 million in fraud. ๐งต
At this point, Iโd be more comfortable with bathrooms labeled by political affiliation.
21.11.2024 05:37 โ ๐ 58 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1(1,4) This is hard to watch, but I do hope that you do. I was asked years ago to participate in this but chose not to as we just could not bring anyone else into Jaime's room. I have spent every day since 2/14/2018 simply trying to get people to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB35...
It's the only Bears way to Bear. ๐คฆ
17.11.2024 19:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.