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Cheryl Becker

@cabecker.bsky.social

Feminist. Retired librarian. Dog lover. Wisconsin. Crosswords. Brokenhearted Democrat.

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If I were to defy a court order, I'd be in jail, not building a ballroom.

Reopen government, swear in Adelita Grivala, release the Epstein Files, restore healthcare subsidies, and fund SNAP.

09.11.2025 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9824    ๐Ÿ” 2570    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees Amid the presidentโ€™s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

"For every person arrested whose name and story weโ€™ve learned, there are thousands we havenโ€™t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com โฌ‡๏ธ

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

09.11.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3193    ๐Ÿ” 1446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump administration demands states โ€˜undoโ€™ full SNAP payouts as states warn of โ€˜catastrophic impactโ€™ President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders.

Trump administration demands states โ€˜undoโ€™ full SNAP payouts as states warn of โ€˜catastrophic impactโ€™ www.wistv.com/2025/11/09/t...

09.11.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."

09.11.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14352    ๐Ÿ” 3969    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 485    ๐Ÿ“Œ 261

Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.

09.11.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10889    ๐Ÿ” 3294    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 787    ๐Ÿ“Œ 166
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

09.11.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16528    ๐Ÿ” 5059    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 550    ๐Ÿ“Œ 207
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnsonโ€™s office.

06.11.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51487    ๐Ÿ” 13892    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1005    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1151

BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!

06.11.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17562    ๐Ÿ” 2495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 740    ๐Ÿ“Œ 210
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

06.11.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43393    ๐Ÿ” 12500    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4688    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2930
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Release the Epstein Files The public deserves to know the extent of Epsteinโ€™s abuse and to hold accountable anybodyโ€”regardless of political affiliationโ€”who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...

The public deserves to know the extent of Epsteinโ€™s abuse and to hold accountable anybodyโ€”regardless of political affiliationโ€”who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...

04.11.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 398    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

From Virginia to New Jersey to New York, voters want leaders to stand up to authoritarianism and fight for affordability. Congrats to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight!

05.11.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 284    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

Good morning to these future governors!

05.11.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25386    ๐Ÿ” 3706    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 426    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156
Abigail Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger will be the next governor of Virginia.

05.11.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 431    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

This is a classic form of voter intimidationโ€”making people feel like itโ€™s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.

04.11.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6144    ๐Ÿ” 2128    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 162    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

05.11.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50403    ๐Ÿ” 9901    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 618    ๐Ÿ“Œ 746

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. Itโ€™s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. Weโ€™ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62087    ๐Ÿ” 11240    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1208    ๐Ÿ“Œ 523
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Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

31.10.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14259    ๐Ÿ” 4578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 817    ๐Ÿ“Œ 272
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ICYMI โ€” โ€œjudge ordered Trump to continue paying for food stamps during the shutdown, siding with local officials & nonprofits to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefitsโ€ฆโ€

@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why did yโ€™all need to be sued? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

01.11.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1067    ๐Ÿ” 261    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

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01.11.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21547    ๐Ÿ” 5297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 463    ๐Ÿ“Œ 255

reminder that Hitler never wrote a new German constitution, never "officially" changed the government

he just closed the legislature and ruled alone, against the law, until he was stopped

31.10.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2203    ๐Ÿ” 737    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

DISGUSTING!!

01.11.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

30.10.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7265    ๐Ÿ” 3553    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 338    ๐Ÿ“Œ 153
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Every church should be doing this, and if your church isnโ€™t, youโ€™re at the wrong church.

31.10.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25251    ๐Ÿ” 7143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 701    ๐Ÿ“Œ 383
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I know of another guy who needs to be stripped of his title and kicked out of his palaceโ€ฆ

30.10.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7137    ๐Ÿ” 1477    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112
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The most pro-EU party just won big in the Dutch election D66 had a surprise surge, tripling their seats in yesterday's Netherlands electionโ€”and its openly gay leader Rob Jetten is set to become prime minister.

Breaking: it's now official, the pro-EU D66 party came first in the Dutch election. Their best result ever.

The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. Itโ€™s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.

31.10.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4716    ๐Ÿ” 875    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
Johnson sets record refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 36 days after she won election | Arizona Mirror Speaker Johnson sets record with 36-day Adelita Grijalva swearing in delay as lawsuit claims constitutional violations

Mike Johnson sets record refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 36 days after she won election. Why isnโ€™t there a penalty for the House Speaker refusing to do their job?
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
azmirror.com/briefs/johns...

31.10.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1488    ๐Ÿ” 474    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

31.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6841    ๐Ÿ” 2210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 186    ๐Ÿ“Œ 91

From MSNBC: Half of the states in this country plus DC sued the Regime over the suspension of SNAP Benefits for 40 million people which includes 17 million children, elderly & disabled people, also military personnel & veterans for the month of Nov. A federal judge is supposed to make a ruling soon.

30.10.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5245    ๐Ÿ” 1316    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

27.10.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24852    ๐Ÿ” 9509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1034    ๐Ÿ“Œ 514

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