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Teresa

@tkerhughes.bsky.social

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Interested in art, literacy, photography, science, medicine, education, environmental awareness & needlework. Married, parent of 3, daughter of an Air Force engineer & a nurse. Vote Blue.

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · Dec 23

“I hope the people you love will remind you that human connection, our shared community and giving to others make this life worth living.”

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Dec 23

“I’m not quick to condemn the cynical crowd because I understand there’s a price to be paid for honesty, decency & rejecting those in power…[But] we need to advocate for actions that strengthen the common good and against the coming escalation of lies & hate.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/say-no-to-...

Say No to Cynicism

We can endure and overcome the coming onslaught, but that requires not being overwhelmed or seduced by defeatism

www.americaamerica.news

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 1h

And, we’re worried about the rising cost of health insurance and groceries! 🤬

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine that

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 8h

Currently reading Bone Valley by Gilbert King #booksky #reading

Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 9h

This thread 🐸 ❤️

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

Portland is toadily opposed to the violent cruelty of the Trump Administration.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog gets it

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

This game is deranged.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 21h

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 21h

How much will premiums increase in your area? Use this calculator from @KFF.org to learn more. www.kff.org/quick-take/w...

Which Congressional Districts Could See the Greatest ACA Premium Payment Increases?

If the enhanced premium tax credits expire this year, the impact on ACA enrollees’ premium payments will vary by income, age, and geography. Among the five congressional districts with the highest pre...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 23h

The best signs tell people what we stand for and do it simply. #NoKings #protest #October18

Terri Glass @grizeldatee.bsky.social · 23h

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The Big List of Protest Signs for #NoKings 10/18

Instead of talking to MAGA or each other, focus on winning the hearts and minds of the unaware and undecided.

open.substack.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox.bsky.social · 1d

I’m getting a lot of questions about notices insurers are sending out to ACA/Obamacare enrollees about premiums for next year.

I’m curious to see a notice letter if you have one and want to share. My DMs are open.

@louisenorris.bsky.social @kgmom219.bsky.social

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Dominion Voting Systems, once at the center of 2020 election conspiracies, has been sold to a firm run by a former Republican elections official promising to “restore trust in voting.” Somehow, I don’t think that’s going to do it.

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 8d

#USDemocracy
Stacy Abrams, from her book,
Our Time Is Now:
“Beyond Congress, there are the unmentioned corridors of power we too often cede: state and local elections [...] These elections matter because the architecture of our rights begins closest to home.”
To find such US elections, check out:

Elections calendar

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

ballotpedia.org

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 1d

“Three years after participants received the treatment, their disease had progressed 75 percent more slowly compared with that the of people in the control group.” #Huntington’s

Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 10d

After yrs of disappointment scientists have made a genuine advance in treating Huntington's. The new gene therapy slowed disease progression by 75%. But it's still experimental and will likely be $$, @parshallison.bsky.social reports for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington’s Disease

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

www.scientificamerican.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Corum (Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist) took this image in July 2020. Perfection - from Instagram

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 1d

What did we expect when he pardoned all the January 6th insurrectionists immediately? He believes he is the law.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...

Epstein bank records sought by top House Democrat from Jamie Dimon, other CEOs

The Trump administration is under fire for refusing to make public investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump.

www.cnbc.com

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Teresa @tkerhughes.bsky.social · 2d

Currently reading Culpability by Bruce Holsinger #booksky #reading

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 2d

Up to 90% of all life on this planet died during the Permian Triassic extinction event when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years.

We’re on track for a rise of 4C+ just in our children’s lifetimes.

It’s impossible to overestimate how much trouble we’re in.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

We’re still there. And it’s somehow even worse.

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Masked men running around with guns breaking car windows to kidnap people at the behest of a vengeful president. That’s where we’re at.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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