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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 1m

🚨Sign the petition urging lawmakers to enact bold tax reforms that put people over profits and ensure the ultra-rich and corporations pay their fair share. 👇

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Tax the ultra-rich

Urge lawmakers to enact bold tax reforms that put people over profits and ensure the ultra-rich and corporations pay their fair share.

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 4m

🚨Sign the petition to urge President Trump and Congress to get lifesaving aid to Gaza👇

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Lifesaving humanitarian aid for Gaza NOW

Add your name to Oxfam’s petition calling on President Trump to help ensure that families in Gaza receive the lifesaving aid they need to recover and rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 8m

If it feels like we’re breaking climate records every year, it’s because we are. Donate to #TheClimateRealityProject to fight back!

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Florida Democrats @fladems.bsky.social · 10d

“But more often of late, the lawsuit alleges, [Ron DeSantis] has ‘often chosen to deviate from Florida’s longstanding practice of timely special elections, in violation of his mandatory statutory duty.’”
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ACLU of Florida sues DeSantis over vacant Hillsborough County Senate seat • Florida Phoenix

The ACLU of Florida has sued Gov. Ron DeSantis on behalf of a Tampa voter, challenging his refusal to call a special election to fill a vacancy in the Florida Senate left when he appointed Jay Collins...

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Florida Democrats @fladems.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans control the White House. They control the House and Senate. A government shutdown is on them.

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Save the Children US @savethechildren.org · 24d

Child malnutrition in Madagascar is projected to rise 54% as droughts, floods and cyclones devastate harvests.

Save the Children is providing nutrition, clean water and healthcare while ensuring children’s voices shape climate solutions.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 7d

Today, a federal court is hearing a case to block ICE from accessing taxpayer data.

If ICE can pierce tax record privacy, millions of families will be at risk, and it won’t stop there.

#StopTrumpsTrackdown

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

Trump called Democrats "insurrectionists" today and slammed the left for what he described as "kamikaze" attacks on America

"Insurrectionists": Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration

"If the governor can't do the job, we'll do the job," Trump said.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 3d

yeah okay

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi has turned the DOJ into the White House's personal revenge tool.

The Justice Department is supposed to work on behalf of the people.

Instead, it's turned into a political witch hunt machine for President Trump.

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 1h

🚨Tell the Senate: Stop the TSA from expanding its facial recognition program 👇

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Tell the Senate: Stop the TSA from expanding its facial recognition program

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 1h

#Politics #USPolitics #Texas #TexasPolitics #GOP #Republicans #TXGOP #TXRepublicans #GregAbbott #ProudBoys #JoeBiggs #MAGAMorons #GOPCriminals #MAGATerrorists #HoldThemAccountable #VoteThemOut

Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 1h

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #PalestinianRights #Politics #USPolitics #ForeignPolicy #FreePalestine #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #CeaseFireNow #GazaGenocide #HumanRights #GazaUnderAttack #StopArmingIsrael #DefundIsrael #GazaWillBeFree

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 10d

By shutting down CIGIE (the government's inspector general watchdog) the Trump administration is continuing its efforts to get rid of as many mechanisms of accountability as possible.

Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group

The decision marks the latest example of the administration’s push to limit government oversight activities.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 9d

NEW: Federal earmarking rules and disclosure laws are not enough to stop corruption before it happens.

We filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the limits on coordinated party spending, just as it did twenty years ago.

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief in support of coordinated expenditure limits for political party donations - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Earmarking rules and disclosure laws cannot prevent all quid pro quo corruption that could occur through coordinated expenditures.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 2d

John Paulson, one of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street, owns a stake in the tiny mining business whose value tripled overnight after the news that the US government invested $35.6 million in the company.

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

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Feeding America @feedingamerica.org · 2d

🍽️ If the federal shutdown continues, any missed paychecks or food benefits could mean impossible choices for our neighbors.

📢 Tell Congress to work together and reopen the government: https://bit.ly/3LSFuLj

We need a bipartisan solution from our lawmakers to end the shutdown. Urge Congress: Work together and reopen the government.

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Feeding America @feedingamerica.org · Nov 20

Hi @bsky.app! We're #FeedingAmerica and we're on a mission to #EndHunger. Please give us a follow and join us in the movement. 🧡

Learn more about our work: FeedingAmerica.org

U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding AmericaVisit our Facebook pageVisit our X.com feedVisit our Instagram

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

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Defenders of Wildlife @defenders.org · 9d

Did you know that Gila monster venom helped develop medications like Ozempic? Their saliva contains a useful hormone for treating diabetes! 💊

Nothing monstrous about these lizards, if anything, they’re valuable members of the medical community, but I wouldn’t ask them to take your temperature.

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Defenders of Wildlife @defenders.org · 8d

Split image with "Expectation" on top showing a wolf and Little Red Riding Hood and "Reality" with a Red Wolf mom and pup.

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Defenders of Wildlife @defenders.org · 8d

A lot of animals get a bad rap for being “scary” either in myths, fables, or movies but the frightening expectation is usually a lot different than the reality we know.

Bears are nurturing, alligators sunbathe, bats eat fruit nectar. That’s what these animals are really like. Not so scary huh?

Red text: "Animals Culture Deemed "Evil"" with white text against a black box "Expectations vs Reality" in background in a darkened woodprint of a wolf.

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Defenders of Wildlife @defenders.org · 8d

Split image with "Expectation" and a bear roaring ferociously and below "Reality" with a bear laying on the ground waving.

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 17h

Help Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews fire MAGA Sen. Lindsey Graham and flip the Senate BLUE!

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Elect Annie Andrews

Donate to send Annie to the Senate!

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 17h

Help Democrat Jordan Wood defeat GOP Sen Susan Collins in Maine to flip the senate BLUE!

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Chip in now to elect Jordan Wood >>

Help Jordan defeat Susan Collins

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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @b2o6n4.bsky.social · 17h

Your gift helps protect wildlife and the wild places they need to provide a healthy planet for us all. Donate to Wildlife Conservation Society.

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Donate and Help Save Wildlife

When you make a gift to WCS, you're joining a community that's on the front lines of the fight to save wildlife, securing a future these species might otherwise never have.

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