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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 6h

Yes!!!!!!!!! Tell her AOC!!!!!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21h

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Gaines: I want to challenge AOC to a debate.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

New York is among the three states with the highest childcare costs — and it's driving working families out of our city.

Providing it as a universal right is good for our neighborhoods, our economy, and our future.

Map shows states with the highest—and lowest—child care costs

Massachusetts is the state with the highest child care costs, according to new data from the North Carolina law office DeMayo Law.

www.newsweek.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5d

We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work.

So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

It would cost roughly $700 million to make the nation's slowest buses fast and free.

And it would generate more than double that in economic benefits for our city.

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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 9d

This man is sick. He does not represent Americans. What president would do that. He works for us. He work for the American people not the other way around.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.

There is no rational justification for such a deployment.

It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 11d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10d

When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, it will be a hub for change — a place for people from all over the world to come together, get inspired, and take what they learn back to their own communities. obama.org/presidential-center

The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 10d

We’re thrilled to take you behind the scenes of the Obama Presidential Center, a new home for hope located in Chicago, built for the world. @barackobama.bsky.social & Michelle Obama recently walked the site- “a living, breathing, dynamic cultural & gathering space.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 10d

This is ridiculous.

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Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Literally

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 9d

Now is the time we need to stand up and speak up.

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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 9d

The man is sick

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 9d

We love America. We just hate kings.

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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 9d

Yes we do!!

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 9d

We have a supreme Constitution, not a supreme leader. Donald Trump, we have no kings here. We are not your subjects. We are free citizens. We will never be your subjects.

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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 9d

Yes!!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 9d

Today, Californians joined millions nationwide to say loud and clear:

NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.

YES to a government by and for the people.

time.com/7326801/no-k...

‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Millions Across U.S.

More than 2,600 "No Kings" rallies have been planned across the country Saturday against the Trump Administration.

time.com

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 24d

Are we going to stand with the richest Americans or working people? That's the fundamental question in this fight.

I’m sticking with hardworking Americans.

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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 24d

The Democratic Party is courageously & unapologetically standing up to protect the health care of the American people.

I’m not backing down.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23d

The American people are smart. They know when they’re being lied to.

Republicans canceled votes, shut down the House, locked the doors, and are refusing to negotiate.

We’re ready to work. Let’s do this, GOP—reopen the House!

Rep. Stansbury: The GOP needs to get to work

YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23d

After some of the biggest health care cuts in American history, Trump and his Republicans are now promoting one of the biggest health care cost increases in American history.

They can lie to our faces all they want, but that’s what the GOP's government shutdown is all about.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 24d

We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.

If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.

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Melissa B. @melissablive.bsky.social · 29d

Yep