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Brandi Mandato
@brandimandato.bsky.social
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Good jobs, bad temperment. Economic and workforce justice. New Haven’s pizza is better. Opinions are my own, but I’m going to give them to you.
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My Nonnies’ hearts. Their granddaughters’ hands.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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just profoundly disturbed by the kidnapping and disappearing of people right off the streets of this country. hard to think about much else—and there’s so much else.
I was 9 years old when I met @delauro.house.gov at the Stop and Shop in East Haven with my Nonnie. She doesn’t miss.
I’ve been critiqued for my appearance all my life—mostly by men who wouldn’t survive 5 minutes under the same scrutiny.

But I love my self-expression & no troll is changing that. It makes me effective for the people.
 
Ladies, wear what you want. The haters will have to adjust.
Small state, big fight.

And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus…
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Apparently making a bid for the record for the largest number of illegal and unconstitutional declarations to be fit inside just one short social media post
Grief is so nefarious. Favorite things become landmines.

Sorry kids, mom can’t stop crying today because there isn’t a single universe where I should be coaching Mikey’s kid instead of him coaching mine and seeing you in baby baseball pants reminded me again that my little brother is gone forever.
@davidmlally.bsky.social Your show is exceptional. My husband and I love it and so do our 4 and 6 year old. It’s such beautiful story telling. Thank you for making this.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. ⚾️
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
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Attended a special town meeting tonight and in true second kid style, my four year old was the lone ‘nay’ on the first vote.

It was not counted.
Shorter than planned, but what a beautiful break.
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Connecticut Republicans and the far-right advocacy group, The Yankee Institute, spent much of late February circulating claims about the budgetary impact of undocumented immigrants, which stemmed from an organization designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Not a Joke: CT Conservatives Taking Cues from White Supremacist Group - Capitol Dispatch
Connecticut Republicans and the far-right advocacy group, The Yankee Institute, spent much of late February circulating claims about the budgetary impact of undocumented immigrants, which stemmed from...
www.capitoldispatch.com
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"The goalposts for DOGE have silently moved from finding fraud and corruption to simply pointing out and cancelling government programs that Trump and Republicans simply don’t support." -- @justinglawe.bsky.social
Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
All they've really got is "spending that Elon Musk doesn't like."
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American Airlines just told us we’re flying over the Gulf of America and I really fucking can’t with this bullshit.
And this process is only the beginning. Taking a plea bargain can come with lifelong collateral consequences that impact every corner of your life.

States looking to address this harm can start by checking out the Normalizing Opportunity Policy Framework. www.jff.org/idea/normali...
Normalizing Opportunity: A Policy Agenda to Promote Economic Advancement for People With Criminal Records
www.jff.org
The moment you are touched by the system, the punishment begins- regardless of innocence.
Justice delayed

Defendants have to show up to court over and over, wait hours for their case to be called.

Years: that's how long cases take to be resolved.

Almost no cases go to trial.

Hundreds plead guilty each month just to leave prison.

"The process is part of the punishment"