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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 16h

Books are still being banned, but most remain on shelves thanks to heroes who refuse to bow to censorship.

Librarians, teachers, students, and readers everywhere are keeping the flame of free expression alive.
Stand with them.
Speak out.
#BannedBooksWeek
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 17h

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 19h

DON'T buy into #MikeJohnson's pathetic excuse for not swearing in duly-elected #AdelitaGrijalva.

Elected official CAN be sworn in during a government shutdown.

Want some precedent?

The full House was sworn in during a government shutdown when a new Congress started in January 2019.
#EpsteinFiles

Swearing-in ceremonies are not halted by a shutdown, because they are constitutional or statutory duties, not discretionary spending activities.

A government shutdown affects agencies and programs that rely on annual appropriations, but Congress itself and the offices of elected officials (federal, state, or local) usually remain operational for essential and constitutional functions.

For example:

Members of Congress can still take the oath of office even if parts of the federal government are closed. Congressional operations are funded separately under permanent appropriations.

Presidents are sworn in on January 20th regardless of any shutdown. The inauguration is a constitutional event that cannot be postponed by funding gaps.

State and local officials are likewise sworn in per their state constitutions or laws — those events are governed by state authority, not federal funding.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 20h

Book bans do not protect children; they seek to control them. They limit what young people can know, imagine, and question.

Resistance is Reading. Share this post now to spread the word about Banned Book Week!
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans say “Obamacare doesn’t work.”

That’s ridiculous—the ACA has cut the number of uninsured Americans by 20 million.

Yes, costs are still too high. But if Republicans get their way, average marketplace premiums will double and millions will become uninsured again.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s an easy way to fight back this #BannedBooksWeek
Join Authors Against Book Bans + Little Free Library to flood communities with banned and challenged books! Drop one in your local Little Free Library, snap a pic or video, and tag us. Let’s fill the shelves with freedom.

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 12h

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see Sen. Gallego and Kelly going to bat for Adelita Grijalva, as they and everyone else should be.
Speaker Johnson is stalling her swearing-in because her vote would help finally reveal the Epstein files.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 2d

This morning on Capitol Hill Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov asked AG Pam Bondi if she had seen FBI file photos of Trump & Epstein with half-naked teenage girls and she couldn't answer "No!"

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3d

#MorningVibe

Who knew that Halloween decor could be so realistically frightening?!?

💀the_she canter (IG)

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY

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PA Judicial Retention Grassroots Briefing

WTF is judicial retention? Why is the PA Supreme Court the most important race on the ballot this year? Join us for a briefing of grassroots volunteers and partners to learn the answers to these quest...

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 2d

“The Pennsylvania Bar Association has said all three Democrats should be retained, variously calling them “fair,” “open to consideration of differing perspectives,” and “logical.””

www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...

PA election 2025: Supreme Court retention candidate guide

Three PA Supreme Court Justices are facing retention votes on Nov. 4: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht. Here's what you need to know.

www.spotlightpa.org

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats take legal aim at 'the Radical Left' language during shutdown

www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

Democrats take legal aim at 'the Radical Left' language during shutdown

Democrats and a federal union argue that Trump administration language posted on federal agency websites and some emails blaming a shutdown on the "Radical Left Democrats" violates a 1939 federal law.

www.npr.org

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 3d

With The Greatest Of Admiration…

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3d

Mike Johnson isn’t “waiting on procedure.”
He’s running interference.
Every day he blocks Adelita Grijalva’s swearing in, he protects the predators named in the Epstein files.

We all know it’s a damn cover-up.

The rot runs straight through GOP leadership.
@atrupar.com

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 3d

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 4d

I saw this but thought waiting for the official report before posting.

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 4d

When did Trump make this statement? He didn’t. Only Truth in posting please.

lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 4d

The only way I have found to reach the Supreme Court is to write to them.

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power, executive power

www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power

The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

www.npr.org

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South Carolina Democratic Party @scdemocrats.bsky.social · 4d

Even Trump’s own team knows Republicans are losing the shutdown fight.
They let health care subsidies expire, and now millions of Americans face higher costs. They can’t spin their way out of this.

Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 4d

🧢 Jack Ciattarelli stood on stage with Trump and called him “a great leader.” That’s not leadership—it’s blind loyalty to chaos. NJ deserves better than a Trump echo chamber. #VoteNJ

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 5d

A Fair Question That Deserves A Legitimate Answer….

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 6d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/p...

Analysis: Why some Republicans are getting cold feet about Trump’s shutdown layoff threats | CNN Politics

Republican Sen. Mike Lee offered some colorful commentary Wednesday night about Democrats and the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Fyrface @fyrface.bsky.social · 6d

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lkdolan.bsky.social @lkdolan.bsky.social · 6d

The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good. social.demcast.com/s/oRzDDu1V

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