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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 1d

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NO KINGS New Haven CT · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 5d

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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

This is the best messaging I’ve seen from any Democrats on the shutdown. Kudos to AOC, Bernie, and their teams for putting this out there.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 7d

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Welcome our “post-truth” world. The world is what we “say”, not what we see.

US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language

Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 9d

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Ex-Trump lawyer says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’

Ty Cobb, who managed Trump’s Mueller investigation response, said president is trying to ‘rewrite history’

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 9d

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The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 11d

Civility Is a Fantasy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 12d

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The Comey Indictment Is Not Just Payback

It’s a glimpse of Trump’s next attempt to seize power.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 14d

Cheshire Democratic Town Committee Issues Statement on Cheshire Animal Control

cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 14d

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Tylenol and autism: What parents deserve to know

Nuance and empowerment instead of underestimation.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 15d

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The sleeping giant is awakening

After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 22d

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NO KINGS Cheshire, CT · Mobilize

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 23d

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Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 26d

Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza

cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 27d

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A World-Changing Vaccination Campaign, in Photos

In 1952, its peak year in the U.S., polio outbreaks left nearly 21,000 victims paralyzed and 3,000 dead. After the country introduced a vaccine, which became widely available in 1955, cases in the U.S...

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 27d

Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · 28d

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Sep 7

Facts are important!!!

cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Every dictator depends on obedience. Every feminist knows the power of refusal.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)

Since men have done such a shit job of running this country for the first 250 years, I suggest women run it for the next 250 years. At the end of their tenure we can decide who’s better at this.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Aug 30

DeLauro calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation:

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Rosa DeLauro calls for RFK Jr.'s firing amid ouster of CDC director

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 'set us back decades' by firing experts working on infectious disease prevention, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said.

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history

The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...

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cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social @cheshiredemwomen.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Rally Tuesday Evening and Brief Survey

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