AB4Democracy
@ab4democracy.bsky.social
Floridian who cares about keeping our democracy alive.
I just emailed my rep and senators, urging them take a one-meal-a-day challenge. They might understand the fear experienced by the woman in this story and so many others.
Maybe they would do their jobs and end the shutdown.
Challenge YOUR reps.
#SNAP
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Maybe they would do their jobs and end the shutdown.
Challenge YOUR reps.
#SNAP
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
SNAP recipients share their fear and confusion after shutdown cuts off benefits
As many states rush to fill the gaps left by the shutdown-related pause in food assistance benefits, SNAP recipients express anxiety and confusion.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I just emailed my rep and senators, urging them take a one-meal-a-day challenge. They might understand the fear experienced by the woman in this story and so many others.
Maybe they would do their jobs and end the shutdown.
Challenge YOUR reps.
#SNAP
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Maybe they would do their jobs and end the shutdown.
Challenge YOUR reps.
#SNAP
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Phenomenal turnout at the No Kings rally in Gainesville, Fla. A couple thousand people is my guesstimate—by far the largest so far.
What if all No Kings rallygoers nationwide were to call their members of Congress on the same day and urge them to protect democracy?
What if all No Kings rallygoers nationwide were to call their members of Congress on the same day and urge them to protect democracy?
October 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Phenomenal turnout at the No Kings rally in Gainesville, Fla. A couple thousand people is my guesstimate—by far the largest so far.
What if all No Kings rallygoers nationwide were to call their members of Congress on the same day and urge them to protect democracy?
What if all No Kings rallygoers nationwide were to call their members of Congress on the same day and urge them to protect democracy?
This was just the right thing to say. May young Turning Point followers take that to heart and continue having conversations across campuses -- minus divisive rhetoric.
Maybe instead of "prove me wrong," it could be "what do we agree on"?
Maybe instead of "prove me wrong," it could be "what do we agree on"?
September 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This was just the right thing to say. May young Turning Point followers take that to heart and continue having conversations across campuses -- minus divisive rhetoric.
Maybe instead of "prove me wrong," it could be "what do we agree on"?
Maybe instead of "prove me wrong," it could be "what do we agree on"?
When President Trump returned to the Oval Office, he promised that he would protect free speech. But after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, those pledges have given way to threats against critics. Here are how the views of Trump and top officials have changed. nyti.ms/46siz7o
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
@billmckibben.bsky.social is always so eloquent. Among the gems here: 'Watching the head of ... Apple, scrape and truckle before the president yesterday, presenting him with literal 24 karat gold statue should make any actual American ashamed."
An Eerie Light open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
An Eerie Light open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
An Eerie Light
Notes on the unreality of the moment from the smoky east
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August 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@billmckibben.bsky.social is always so eloquent. Among the gems here: 'Watching the head of ... Apple, scrape and truckle before the president yesterday, presenting him with literal 24 karat gold statue should make any actual American ashamed."
An Eerie Light open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
An Eerie Light open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
We have entered banana republic territory here. Will ANY Republican members of Congress stand up and say “enough”?
RENMAC: “This is the same BLS that published the inflation reports earlier in the year that the administration touted. This is the same BLS that published the rise in motor vehicle manufacturing employment that the administration touted with a ‘see! it's already working!’”
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
We have entered banana republic territory here. Will ANY Republican members of Congress stand up and say “enough”?
Trump's plan is to #MakeAmericaSickAgain
Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
www.propublica.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump's plan is to #MakeAmericaSickAgain
Making America Poor Again …
Breaking News: Consumer prices accelerated in June, rising 2.7% from a year earlier, as tariffs started to leave a bigger imprint on the U.S.
U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.
trib.al
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Making America Poor Again …
More needless illness, suffering ahead: HHS Sec. Kennedy interferes with process through which insurers cover basic, preventive health screenings and meds.
Call your member of Congress and tell them to stop Kennedy, save basic screenings and meds.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Call your member of Congress and tell them to stop Kennedy, save basic screenings and meds.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
More needless illness, suffering ahead: HHS Sec. Kennedy interferes with process through which insurers cover basic, preventive health screenings and meds.
Call your member of Congress and tell them to stop Kennedy, save basic screenings and meds.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Call your member of Congress and tell them to stop Kennedy, save basic screenings and meds.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
SCOTUS Justice Jackson's dissent in the mass layoffs case is worth reading. From p. 13:
"What one person (or President) might call bureaucratic bloat is a farmer’s prospect for a healthy crop, a coal miner’s chance to breathe free from black lung ...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"What one person (or President) might call bureaucratic bloat is a farmer’s prospect for a healthy crop, a coal miner’s chance to breathe free from black lung ...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
SCOTUS Justice Jackson's dissent in the mass layoffs case is worth reading. From p. 13:
"What one person (or President) might call bureaucratic bloat is a farmer’s prospect for a healthy crop, a coal miner’s chance to breathe free from black lung ...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"What one person (or President) might call bureaucratic bloat is a farmer’s prospect for a healthy crop, a coal miner’s chance to breathe free from black lung ...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
What could possibly go wrong?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/weat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/weat...
Hurricane Forecasters Lose Crucial Satellite Data, with Serious Implications
Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid intensification. But a main source of those data is being abruptly shut off
www.scientificamerican.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/weat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/weat...
People have died because of Elon Musk's DOGE cuts. Ask this Nigerian mother, who son died because a USAID-supported clinic closed. Call your reps in Congress and tell them this story. Tell them to take back their constitutional power to manage spending. #ElonMusk #DOGE
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.
www.npr.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
People have died because of Elon Musk's DOGE cuts. Ask this Nigerian mother, who son died because a USAID-supported clinic closed. Call your reps in Congress and tell them this story. Tell them to take back their constitutional power to manage spending. #ElonMusk #DOGE
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
I called my senators today to report waste, fraud and abuse. I got vm.
We plan to build, then dismantle, a plane before it's been flown. (The sensitive hardware must be ripped out before the plane goes to Trump's foundation.)
Call Congress. Report $1 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. #Qatar
We plan to build, then dismantle, a plane before it's been flown. (The sensitive hardware must be ripped out before the plane goes to Trump's foundation.)
Call Congress. Report $1 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. #Qatar
Talk about waste, fraud and abuse.
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say
Taxpayers would likely foot the bill to retrofit President Trump's new jet, which could be more than twice the plane's $400 million value.
www.nbcnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I called my senators today to report waste, fraud and abuse. I got vm.
We plan to build, then dismantle, a plane before it's been flown. (The sensitive hardware must be ripped out before the plane goes to Trump's foundation.)
Call Congress. Report $1 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. #Qatar
We plan to build, then dismantle, a plane before it's been flown. (The sensitive hardware must be ripped out before the plane goes to Trump's foundation.)
Call Congress. Report $1 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. #Qatar
Talk about waste, fraud and abuse.
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say
Taxpayers would likely foot the bill to retrofit President Trump's new jet, which could be more than twice the plane's $400 million value.
www.nbcnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Talk about waste, fraud and abuse.
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
"Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One ... would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three aviation experts told NBC News." #Qatar
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
If everyone who came to a #HandsOff protest today would call their members of Congress on Monday, we could collectively make a difference.
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If everyone who came to a #HandsOff protest today would call their members of Congress on Monday, we could collectively make a difference.
Public Citizen's work is vital to saving our democracy. It's a tremendous organization with smart and dedicated people. It uses its money wisely. (Full disclosure: I used to work there.)
Help it do more. Donate: citizen.org/donate.
Help it do more. Donate: citizen.org/donate.
February 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Public Citizen's work is vital to saving our democracy. It's a tremendous organization with smart and dedicated people. It uses its money wisely. (Full disclosure: I used to work there.)
Help it do more. Donate: citizen.org/donate.
Help it do more. Donate: citizen.org/donate.
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BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge will soon issue a temporary pause in response to our lawsuit on the USAID shutdown.
This is a major relief for over 2,000 workers who were set to be impacted by this order.
This is a major relief for over 2,000 workers who were set to be impacted by this order.
February 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge will soon issue a temporary pause in response to our lawsuit on the USAID shutdown.
This is a major relief for over 2,000 workers who were set to be impacted by this order.
This is a major relief for over 2,000 workers who were set to be impacted by this order.
Unconscionable: Trump has just bulldozed the global public health system.
Contact your representatives in the U.S. House and Senate and urge them to intervene. Preventing illness and death should not be a partisan issue.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Contact your representatives in the U.S. House and Senate and urge them to intervene. Preventing illness and death should not be a partisan issue.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Unconscionable: Trump has just bulldozed the global public health system.
Contact your representatives in the U.S. House and Senate and urge them to intervene. Preventing illness and death should not be a partisan issue.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Contact your representatives in the U.S. House and Senate and urge them to intervene. Preventing illness and death should not be a partisan issue.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Hello Bluesky! I'm happy to be here and look forward to civilized and respectful conversations about issues of the day.
I truly believe that we have more in common than we think. Let's recognize our commonalities and work together to foster positive change.
I truly believe that we have more in common than we think. Let's recognize our commonalities and work together to foster positive change.
November 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Hello Bluesky! I'm happy to be here and look forward to civilized and respectful conversations about issues of the day.
I truly believe that we have more in common than we think. Let's recognize our commonalities and work together to foster positive change.
I truly believe that we have more in common than we think. Let's recognize our commonalities and work together to foster positive change.