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Thia Fin

@thiafin.bsky.social

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On a new path in the mountains; immersed in art, friends, garden, nature, laughter; owned by a border collie, now battling snowy winters, gophers, moles, voles, and Republican'ts at 73. With freedom comes great responsibility. Terrified for America.

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · Feb 3

Why isn't Congress remembering this...

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 8h

Why do I find this ridiculous?

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 8h

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Palestinians return to destroyed Gaza homes as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds

US President Donald Trump says Israeli captives held in Gaza will be released on Monday.

www.aljazeera.com

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 16h

In America, we don't have kings OR dictators.

On October 18th, from small towns to city streets, we will show the world WE DO NOT BACK DOWN!

Together, we’ll make clear to Trump’s regime: America belongs to us.

No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings social.demcast.com/s/TTetod3A

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 10h

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

🤬Fucking liar.

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Shelly @overit1971.bsky.social · 12h

I watched ICE in Illinois attack the elementary school pick up line and pull mothers out of their cars with screaming children everywhere. I no longer marvel at German citizens turned concentration camp guards. Evil lives among us in ways we don’t understand until it has an invitation.

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

😪💔 for them, good of him!

Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 12h

Sign you live in a police state

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

😪💔 for them, good of him!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.

Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?

The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Clean, good government is central to functioning liberal democracy www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

www.thebulwark.com

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

It doesn't matter the House can elect anyone they want to swear her in... @housedemocrats.bsky.social so it NOW!

MoveOn @moveon.org · 12h

ICYMI: Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in democratically elected Rep Adelita Grijalva. Why? She’s promised to be the tie-breaking signature to force the House to vote on releasing the Epstein files. We’re on the side of democracy and accountability. Swear. Her. In.

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he…

www.cnn.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12h

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 12h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 15h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 12h

@housedemocrats.bsky.social and @senatedemocrats.bsky.social please take this advice...and have a solid plan if Dems are in charge for turning the economy around.

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h

Democrats need to schedule town halls in each of these MAGA Congressional districts with clear, easily understandable demonstrative evidence which show these Republican voters exactly how their Representatives screwed them

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Klobuchar: "Let's look at these healthcare premiums. Three-fourths of the people on ACA plans live in states that Donald Trump won. The majority of them are in Republican congressional districts ... "

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 13h

What good would a strong economy for the top ten percent be without honoring our constitution, no freedom of speech or the right to protest, human rights and equality out the door, no pursuit of happiness possible, no health care accessible...just a white, male dominated government?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 21h

History has taught us that Americans will tolerate government overreach when the economy is good.

The question now is: will they tolerate fascism while eggs are $8, healthcare costs go up, and no one can get a job?

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 13h

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 14h

Powerful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIaa...

If the People Unite (Original Song)

YouTube video by Seth Staton Watkins

www.youtube.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

“I don’t think, in health policy history, we’ve [ever] seen as big a projected increase in health insurance premiums.”

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

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Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, this.

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 14h

No, not if it's prestigious.

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 14h

There is ONLY one reason. He did NOT deserve it. Get real.

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 15h

If Republicans cared so much about the national debt they would not be wasting taxpayer dollars firing then re-hiring people, arresting US citizens & legal immigrants, violating the constitution so many times they were getting sued over 400 x's, sending armed troops into peaceful American cities...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

Thia Fin @thiafin.bsky.social · 15h

Lying asshole.