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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19d

If you’re in the DC area, join us later today for a peaceful protest at the Capitol.

Republicans are planning on shutting down the government to avoid addressing the healthcare crisis they've created. Let's make the backlash loud. 👇

Health Care Over Billionaires Rally

Republicans are currently pushing the country towards a government shutdown, higher ACA premiums, and possibly massive mandatory cuts to Medicare by putting tax breaks to billionaires over essential s...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

The threats from this weak and unhinged regime are growing.

But We the People are meeting the challenge — undaunted, unafraid, unwilling to be silenced by this petty, pathetic, wannabe-king.

Let’s make 10/18 the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(next to a map of the nearly 2,000 events planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 24d

This is not about science. This is about CONTROL.

Let’s be clear: The Trump administration’s unscientific claim that pregnant people shouldn’t take Tylenol is a blatant attempt to control, blame, and shame women.

Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up

The president and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as possible treatment and said the FDA would change labeling. There's little strong scientific...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

As Trump punishes dissenters, defies courts, and ignores the Constitution — all while he and his friends get even richer — the next No Kings Day needs to be our biggest, loudest, and most widespread day of peaceful protest yet: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Senator Murphy on Twitter: “We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?”

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 26d

Who will pick up your child from school if you’re detained or deported? No parent should have to make that plan. Yet, over 4 million American families live with that fear. We need real solutions—a path to citizenship to keep families together and strengthen our economy. https://seiu.co/42FvMID

Fearing deportation, families with mixed immigration status make emergency plans

More than 4 million U.S. families have mixed immigration status. As the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportations, many of these families are preparing emergency plans.

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Texas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 25d

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Greg Abbott is calling for the firing of professors, teachers, and staff for opinions shared on their personal social media accounts.

Take 2 minutes to tell Greg Abbott you won’t stand for this authoritarianism. Fight for the First Amendment! ⬇️

Tell Greg Abbott: Hands Off Our Freedom of Speech, Support Texas Educators!

Greg Abbott is using the Office of the Governor against Texas educators in unprecedented ways, calling for the firing of professors, public school teachers, and staff for opinions shared on their pers...

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 25d

⬆️👏⬆️👏⬆️👏 Our ABC affiliate is owned by Nextar. I wonder what slop they'll air in lieu of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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Fight Goddess 🥊💨 @fightgoddess.blacksky.app · 25d

Nextar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting Group are publicly traded companies.
It would be a shame if folks dumped their shares of NXST and SBGI stocks. 😆

Not financial advice. ✌🏾😎

TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 25d

Nexstar and Sinclair will not air "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on their ABC affiliated stations tonight — even though Nexstar and Sinclair are paying ABC for the right to carry their programming.

In affected markets, viewers will have to sign up for Hulu to watch full episodes — which also benefits DIsney.

Nexstar says no to Jimmy Kimmel, joining Sinclair in boycott

The broadcaster's decision affects nearly three dozen ABC affiliated stations.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 26d

On the National Mall this morning, a new satirical statue is up celebrating Jeffrey Epstein and Trump's "friendship" in honor of National Friendship Month.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 25d

Nice cable work!

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 26d

Too much?
🧶 #knit #knitsky
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 26d

‼️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Extremist lawmakers in South Carolina are pushing a terrifying total abortion ban that could reach far beyond abortion care, extending the arm of the law further into citizens’ private lives than ever before to control their bodies and lives.

SC Senate bill is the most extreme, dangerous abortion ban in our history • SC Daily Gazette

Commentary from Amalia Luxardo, CEO of the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, on an abortion ban proposal set for a Senate hearing.

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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 25d

This premieres tonight on HBO!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4rC...

The Devil Is Busy | Official Trailer

YouTube video by HBO

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Rep. Diana DeGette @degette.house.gov · 25d

RFK Jr. and Donald Trump have found neither a cause of autism nor a clearly effective treatment.

According to doctors and the best available science, Tylenol is safe and effective for use in pregnancy and helps avert greater risks from fever and pain. (1/2)

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 25d

🤦, but also😅

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 25d

Nextar owns the only ABC affiliate for SE Virginia, so no opportunity for Norfolk, NewportNews, Hampton, et. al., to see @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social return to TV tonite. This is not "local stations" opting out, but a big corporate conglomerate waging the MAGA grievance war. #BoycottNextar

Butterfly LaChoi @butterflylachoi.bsky.social · 26d

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danaleighr.bsky.social @danaleighr.bsky.social · 26d

Their major sponsors are Google, Starbucks, McDonald's, Allstate, Verizon, Walmart, P&G, Taco Bell, Nintendo, State Farm, AT&T, Home Depot, Target, and Honda.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 27d

Seems similar to conflict of opinions, assumptions about siamese cats.

TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 27d

Adored my tortie. Stubborn as f., but loving & fearless. Fearsome to dogs & intruder cats, but amazingly brave & gentle around toddlers. Nosy at the vet,& around plumbers, electricians. I used to say she was part dog. I totally get the "tortitude," but am surprised to hear it assoc. with nastiness.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 27d

We have osprey in York County, but they do nest in some callenging places, e.g. atop playing lights. No wonder, when homeowners keep cutting down the trees along creeksides and riverbanks.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social · 28d

Last Thursday was World Water Monitoring Day! 💧 Water monitoring stations across the watershed are the backbone of Bay restoration, offering a clear picture of where progress is happening and where it’s falling short.

📷: Matthew Trucks