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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 18h

Excellent points in this essay!Dems have needed a new approach for decades. Thanks for the gift link.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 19h

Excellent essay (a ray of hope) thank you for the gift link

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 19h

Finally figured out how to effectively fight back with what little power they have. Dems have the upper hand on popular opinion with this. They’re finally starting to pay attention to their constituents just a wee bit- www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 2d

www.bpr.org/helene-recov...

Trump raised $8 million for Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

The campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.

www.bpr.org

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 2d

Via shityoushouldcareabout

jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 3d

Someone needs to be tracking Stephen Miller’s every move, every word.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re a young pregnant American woman who shows up in an ER, you are far more likely to die than in any other western country because of the Republicans’ abortion bans. Maybe work on that.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

Navarro: 'we are just in the most beautiful place we've been I think ever with respect to trade'

*In Q2 2024, China bought over $3 billion in soybeans from U.S. farmers. This year, they’ve bought $0.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 3d

The Republican Party is using pictures from South America from years ago and lying to make you that they are from “riots” in Portland. Fox is amplifying this. My elderly aunt is terrified for her granddaughter thinking she’s in the middle of it. Republicans lie. Dangerous lies. Credit GuardianUS

jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely sickening. A Black Amazon driver handcuffed by white police because some white woman was scared that he delivered a package. On a porch. And took a picture. As is his job.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhUq_U...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 4d

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David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 12d

Republicans want Democrats' help in fucking over 22 million Americans. Absolutely not.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 4d

THIS ⬇️

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

History won’t praise Democrats for playing by the rules if it’s the reason we lose our country.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Democracy North Carolina @democracync.bsky.social · 4d

Need voter info? NCvoter.org has everything you need to cast your ballot safely and securely today. Polls are open until 7:30 PM. #NCpol

NC Voter | Your source for non-partisan voting information.

NCvoter.org

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 4d

US Attorney General Pam Bondi was left speechless while testifying about whether the FBI had found photos of Trump with naked, possibly underage girls among Epstein’s possessions.

Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.

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jeanfb18.bsky.social @jeanfb18.bsky.social · 4d

SCOTUS upheld TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now they seemed poised to strike down CO’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors. “I’m just, from a very broad perspective, concerned about making sure that we have equivalence with respect to these things.” -KBJ

slate.com/news-and-pol...

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4d

Today in Judiciary, the MAGA Attorney General falsely accused me of taking money, “not only once but twice,” from “one of Epstein’s closest confidantes.”

She brought it up twice, in response to different questions, so no accident.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 5d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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