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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 8h

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing and doctors and paramedics tell ABC News they’ve already seen conditions worsen in irreversible ways — even deaths — because of shuttered hospitals in rural areas. #TrumpShutUSDown

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'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 1h

Wanna know why Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority"?

He knew he said the quiet fascist takeover part out loud.

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 9h

MAGA is stealing congressional seats in Texas & other GOP states.

That’s why Californians are rallying behind Prop 50, to counter Trump’s cheating — and give Americans a fighting chance for fair representation in Congress.

Ballots are out! Vote YES & return ASAP, latest by Nov 4.
#YesOnProp50

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 9h

Gov. Pritzker told Trump what we need to hear: “If you come for my people, you come through me.”

Follow Illinois: protect communities, refuse authoritarian stunts, and stand between Washington’s overreach and our people.

Governors: take note — courage > cowardice.

@atrupar.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 10h

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One photo was a 2017 stock image from South America. The other showed police with “Policía” shields from Getty. None taken in Portland. This is deliberate disinformation.

📖 Source: The Guardian, Oct 6, 2025 → www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 10h

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The Oregon GOP just got caught using fake protest photos to make Portland look like it’s on fire. Their post about Trump sending National Guard troops featured stock and foreign images, not Oregon, not even America.

Manufactured chaos, wrapped in a lie to rile their base.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 10h

More info here. 2/2

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

The U.S.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 10h

The US Election Assistance Commission may adopt a rule from the failed SAVE Act requiring passports to register to vote—blocking many eligible voters. It could kill online/mail registration & suppress turnout. Take action now: click the link and submit a comment to protect our freedom to vote! 1/2

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 11h

The Evil Clown Posse must be distributing different versions of their "How we're going to screw ppl over with #TrumpsShutdown" memo to its members.

Thune and Johnson show an example of the effect:

(more examples of their dysfunction within)

Thune Punches GOP in the Johnson

Senate leader punched way down to smack down the speaker as Republicans furloughed their unity

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 11h

Rep-elect Grijalva won her election TWO weeks ago, yet Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in.

Why? Because she would be the last signature needed on the Epstein vote.
#ComplicitGOP

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11h

Check out @grahamformaine.bsky.social. He looks like a fantastic choice for Mainers!

He’s on the move to meet with as many folks as he can. One day. Five hundred miles. Three town halls in small town Maine. Four hundred people.

He vows not to leave a person or place behind.

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 11h

Rep Swalwell (D-CA) tells Simon Rosenberg that Democrats are united and making sure the American people know that #TrumpShutUSDown All so he and MAGA Republicans can rob us of our healthcare to give tax cuts to billionaires. Republicans don’t give a shit about working families.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 11h

Health premiums are already set to rise 15–20% next year—but if you rely on the ACA marketplace, losing tax credits could spike your rates 75–100%.

Millions are about to pay thousands more.

That’s what this shutdown is really about. #TrumpShutUSDown

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 13h

🛡️ Mikie Sherrill wants to protect our families

While Jack Ciattarelli voted against common-sense protections

Register by Oct 14 to vote for families—not lobbyists

Receipts 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
#VoteNJ

New Jersey register to vote by Oct 14th. Vote for Mikie Sherrill

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 12h

The ability to vote is under attack; First w the SAVE Act, then w Felon's EO BS, & now they're trying via the EAC.

"The EAC is accepting public comments on this issue. Anti-voter advocates have flooded their website with one-sided & misleading comments. We can fight back with comments of our own."

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

The U.S.

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 2h

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Texas is often just the first or the loudest.

Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 6h

Paxton VERY PUBLICLY announced his fascist “undercover operation.”

That means we know to be on the lookout for undercover provocateurs at No Kings rallies and anywhere pro-democracy folks gather, in person and online.

Don’t let anyone, even for a “good cause,” talk you into anything illegal.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot
Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence
AUSTIN - In response to the political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk and the disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country, Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched undercover investigations into various groups affiliated with left-wing political violence known to be operating in Texas.
"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (*ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Buil…

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 13h

Seattle Mayor signs 2 executive orders today to safeguard local control over law enforcement resources and protect immigrant communities from masked and unidentified Federal agents #DefundICE #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

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Seattle mayor to sign orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is set to sign two executive orders Wednesday morning in response to President Trump's federal immigration policies.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 13h

Healthcare news that that we can use to benefit our health and that of our loved ones.
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The shutdown's impact on health, RSV is stirring, Covid-19 vaccines finally given green light, deadly pasta outbreak, and lots of good news!

The Dose (October 6)

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Jaime Harrison @jaimeharrison.bsky.social · 1d

How many ways does he have to show he doesn’t give a damn about working folks?!

Troops invading states. Sleeping kids woken up & zip-tied. Prices soaring. Insurance through the roof. Media muzzled. Personal enemies punished.

This isn’t America. This is what authoritarian rot looks like.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 14h

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Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules

Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation

Example of metal-organic framework formed by reacting chromium ion clusters with organic compound and hydrofluoric acid

Electron microscope image of a periodic array of super tetrahedra of the previous image

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 15h

“I think it’s valuable that the American people get a sense of what you’ve refused to answer today.” Senator Adam Schiff went on to list the various questions Bondi refused to answer.

Bondi was hired to be Trump’s shill. She’s doing that job well.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23h

Thus far, ICE and CBP in the Chicago region killed an immigrant

Shot a woman 5 times-after allegedly taunting her, saying “Do something, b****”

And shot a priest-who wasn’t remotely a threat-in the head

So when does Governor Pritzker deploy the National Guard to protect citizens from these thugs

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 13h

The rantings of a psychopath! Watch what happens next! This is a dog whistle.

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 11h

What Trump is doing in Chicago is either legal or illegal.

If it’s legal, we must defeat Trumpism and make his assaults on democracy and federalism illegal going forward.

If it’s illegal, someone has to go to jail, eventually.

A valuable read. 👇

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Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

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