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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 21h

Since the launch of the 2nd #NoKings mobilization, the Trump regime has escalated their authoritarian agenda.

We won’t back down.

On Oct. 18, we’re telling this wannabe dictator: America belongs to us.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. social.demcast.com/s/itxo2uS6

Find An Event Near You!

social.demcast.com

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 1d

Wow

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats are fighting to keep YOUR healthcare, lower YOUR costs, and make government work for the people, not the billionaire class.

Trump’s MAGA GOP would rather shut it all down to protect their rich donors.
#TrumpShutUSDown

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 3d

Ordinary people in small towns have a record of changing the world. Local affects global. Always.

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Activist groups protest shutdown during Fall Fest

LILY [email protected] HURLOCK — On Saturday, members of

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 7d

If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 6d

It seems the only ones tearing up Portland are the DHS Nazis...

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 6d

Fan girl, right here. @deadpioneers.bsky.social

deadpioneers.bandcamp.com?

Dead Pioneers

Rooted in the Punk aesthetic, Dead Pioneers is not afraid to tackle hard political and social issues From original songs to spoken word with punk riffs, Dead Pioneers was created with a love of music,...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 7d

This is wonderful

www.imdb.com/title/tt1981...

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024) ⭐ 8.2 | Documentary, Animation, Biography

1h 43m | PG-13

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 8d

This is why republicans are mad at Dems. They won’t compromise on screwing over millions of American citizens to make healthcare impossible to attain in order to keep the government open. #TrumpShutdown

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans shut down the government to gut healthcare and bankroll Trump’s illegal power grab. We must hold the GOP accountable for causing chaos just to appease a wannabe king. app.sosha.ai/s/tZuYeoid

Stop the Trump Shutdown

app.sosha.ai

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

Our social media toolkit makes it easy to let your friends and relatives know who caused the Trump Shutdown: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...

(above images of Trump, Mike Johnson, and Mark Zuckerberg) Republicans, in July: Pay for billionaires’ tax cuts by cutting Medicaid

Also Republicans, in Sept: Cut health care or we’ll shut down the government!

It’s clear that they work for billionaires—not for us.

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 8d

The GOP’s Big Lie: “Dems want free healthcare for undocumented people!!”

Reality: hospitals spent <1% of Medicare funds on emergency care for undocumented people from 2017–23.

They hype pennies while slashing care for millions of Americans and sending $20 BILLION to Argentina.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9d

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked... Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and US citizens were among those detained for hours."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 9d

In America, the people decide what comes next.

LFG! Oct 18: #NoKings

Democracy, not dictators.

On Oct 18, communities across the country stand together.
app.sosha.ai/s/yWvrUthJ

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9d

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 9d

The thing that bothers me so much is not the “we have to enforce our borders and laws.” We do.

It’s the giddy joy and celebration they have at the misery of people far less fortunate.

Always punching down

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 9d

The PA Supreme Court has stood strong against attempts to undermine elections. Let’s keep it that way! #PACourtsMatter

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 9d

this is a better version of the flyer so it's clear that Andy Harris is not for us.

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov and @alsobrooks.senate.gov. We are proud of you and we have your backs. Stand strong.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Elizabeth Warren: "The president said 'I am going to impose a lot more pain on my fellow American citizens. I'm going to impose a lot more pain on people in NY who need to use those tunnels so I can get my way politically.' To me, that is a place to stop & say, then we're ready to fight about this"

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Michelle Fowle @mmanire.bsky.social · 9d

This Saturday, we're rolling. Join us. www.mobilize.us/healthcareno...

Healthcare not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown Rally · Healthcare Not Authoritarianism

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have spent the past nine months selling out working families in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends. Now they’re taking us into a governmen...

www.mobilize.us

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