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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 11h

Bingo. They have been in the Capitol hill bubble for so long they have no idea how the public understands their repeated selling out.

But the honest issue in America is the INDIVIDUAL VOTERS responsibility to stop re-electing politicians until they exit in a wheel chair pushed by their staffers.

bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 11h

They are very very afraid of what happens when movements grow and understand their economic power.

One week of 74 million, who never voted for the destruction of American democracy & our govt by Project 2025 advocates, by withholding their individual 💵 power would stop them in their tracks.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 11h

You are a US Senator for the state of Pa. You are not a diplomat or work for the state department.

Try focusing on the issues you were elected to work on by the 2.75+ million democratic constituents of PA.
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Pa. approves higher ACA health insurance premiums for 2026, with some price hikes as high as 38% — WPSU

Small business owners, gig workers and other Pennsylvanians who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace will see premiums rise on average by nearly 22% for coverage next year,...

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 2d

74 million DID NOT VOTE for DJT or the ideologue extremists Russell Vought or Stephen Miller.

Not once is that a question by US press when the administration marginalizes using rhetoric of “radical left”

Half the country never agreed to dismantling of Medicaid, SNAP or a $898 BILLION police state.

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 9d

“They have been inciting violence.” Kaitlan Collins vs. Karoline Leavitt on Portland and National Guard

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 2d

You guys are trying to make me laugh so hard I spit up my coffee. Shame on you!

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings.

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 2d

2019 - “As to Mulvaney and Vought’s approach: “We do need to cut spending. But cutting discretionary spending, especially defense spending, is not the place to save money … it’s in the entitlement programs.”

R MAGA party just waited & lied about support for Project 2025 until they had power.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 2d

Time for the running list of American businesses, big and small & services shutting due to tariffs and lower tourism.

Cannot sell products impacted by tariffs, so they are shrinking nationwide.
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Orvis restructures, shuts down 31 stores and outlets - Valley News

Orvis, a Vermont-based outdoor gear company, plans to close 31 stores and 5 outlet locations by 2026, focusing on core strengths and conservation.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

Brought to you by the “pro family administration” that spent its campaign talking about people’s access to groceries.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 3d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

Everything they touch shrinks growth & longterm investment for jobs and opportunity. All while layering debt on the young and their future.

They are The Grifter Party and not a single Democratic politician is explaining it to the public in ways they can understand.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA party has diverted billions from investment & negotiated funds to funnel $898 BILLION to ICE.

After decades of wasting $5 Trillion to “wars” in Afghanistan & Iraq.

Now they cancel projects to advance the country forward… while China expands & invests.

The Tax & Waste Party

bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

“top 10% of earners currently account for 49.2% of consumer spending. The same top 10% hold over 87% of corporate equities and mutual fund shares.
34 million Americans hold 67% of the wealth in America, leaving 306 million to fight over the remaining 33%”
politicsusa46.substack.com/p/economic-d...

Economic distortion is the friend of the wealthiest among us.

The ever-expanding wealth gap is a societal blight that, if it continues growing at the current exponential rate, will cull the vulnerable and the poor.

politicsusa46.substack.com

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

It is a takeover to control what a larger segment see and hear, because Fox News is too small a media ecosystem for this greed fueled libertarian movement that hates our Constitution’s foundational concept of equality.
politicsusa46.substack.com/p/economic-d...

Economic distortion is the friend of the wealthiest among us.

The ever-expanding wealth gap is a societal blight that, if it continues growing at the current exponential rate, will cull the vulnerable and the poor.

politicsusa46.substack.com

bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

Not a single American voted for National Guard integrated w/ local police. Never said on campaign trail.

It‘s an idea in S. Millers 🧠 who NO ONE ELECTED.

And he has never run for office, because he is such a creep he would never win a race for dog catcher… except in Kristi Noem’s neighborhood.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

We have been facing dismantling of our education system since Reagan & boomers (who enjoyed access to affordable education) decided pulling up ladder for those behind them was in THEIR financial best interest.

And fact we did not shame them tirelessly for their greed is how they normalized it all.

bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 3d

We are supposedly COMPETING with a country that is capable of long range planning AND required investment.

Millions of Americans voted to look backwards out of fear AND because D organized leadership is INCAPABLE of arguing for a vision for US jobs & opportunities for our next generation.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

An elected official who bullies reporters when it is disclosed they engaged in illegal activities, attacks whistle blowers and women who were sexually assaulted (verbally or physically) on the job, and then obfuscates when questioned publicly is the EXACT opposite of a public servant.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

Pa collapse seems to be running in parallel and US Senator who should be leading fight for a modern, transformative state (Fetterman) is incapable.

Celebrating 250 years of US FOUNDING CITY…

opportunistic Rs continue to skate by defunding & ignoring infrastructure rot without a DAILY calling out.

bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

They are a status quo party since Bill Clinton and their abdication of representing union and working class citizens.

They have less 💰 funds because they burned thru $1+ Billion for Harris by handing it over to consultants who had their heads up their ass how to engage in 2025 outreach & messaging.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

The Grifter Party… since Nixon.

His grift was seeing the opportunity to rise out of farmer poverty and into power & better life.

Trump & MAGA grift is to deregulate everything, take the insider info and personally enrich while laughlingly damaging citizens.

Late stage capitalism at its finest.

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

It’s as if he has NO CLUE about the data collected over years for the city he is running to lead…
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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

Perfect play - her face never moves as they advertise for the DHS and ICE schoolyard bullies they recruit.
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pam bondi’s senate judiciary committee hearing

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 4d

would have power 2 MILLION homes
+ continues to hand over the future to China

⬆️$ cost of electricity bills in regions that need a/c
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US moves to cancel one of the world’s largest solar farms

Trump administration scraps approval for 6.2 gigawatt Nevada project

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bicoastaldem.bsky.social @bicoastaldem.bsky.social · 5d

Because after peaceful marches & community coalition comes economic boycotts… which what they fear the most.

74 million who never voted for any of this have enormous economic power.

Think Montgomery Bus Boycott on a nationwide scale.