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“Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers amid shutdown” - CNN

Well, another part of Project 2025 is underway. I can make it easier for them. Just dissolve all of Homeland Security. It’s the most non-essential department.

Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 9d

They will never buy from us again either. That ship has sailed.

Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 10d

#thefixx and #boston

Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 12d

There is an enemy within. It’s all the people saying there’s an enemy within.

Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 12d

How else will a dumb person understand it?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16d

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

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Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 17d

Hopefully they dip 100%

Louis Emerson @louisemerson.bsky.social · 18d

Regarding Portland’s citizens and 🧊-

“The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”

John Lennon

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19d

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 20d

The world’s only museum dedicated to contraception and abortion is marking 22 years since its opening in Vienna. Founded by Austrian gynecologist Christian Fiala, the Museum of Contraception and Abortion highlights the struggle for fertility control and the importance of safe access to abortion.