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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

If you live in a red state, you’re getting screwed the hardest by Trump and Republicans.

📌 The top 10 states facing the highest projected premium increases are all Republican led.
#TrumpShutUSDown

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Doug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · 5d

Not surprisingly, the cancel culture of Sinclair Broadcasting has hit locally. Kudos to my buddy Tommy Spina for speaking out. He’s had a great run speaking truth to power but I guess my appearance w/him was just too much for them. On to his new podcast “The Real Truth”

www.al.com/news/birming...

It’s a wrap: TV station cancels longtime Birmingham talk show

Host Tommy Spina was told on the same day that his community affairs program would end immediately, with his final guest being former Senator Doug Jones.

www.al.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

DEMOCRATS,

Call a lie a lie. What are you waiting for?!

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s the state of play:

• Trump wants this shutdown to dodge Epstein files.

• MAGA blocked release & refused to seat a Democrat to shield him.

• Democrats will cut ties with anyone linked

• MAGA must stop covering for predators—release the files.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

No wonder Trump is nonchalant about shutdown. It delays Epstein files' release. | Opinion

Trump doesn't want transparency, despite promising while running for president last year to release the Epstein files.

www.usatoday.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

75% 🤬

I’m not alone, but we pay over $19K/year for insurance through the ACA for my daughter, my wife, and myself.

Like millions of other Americans, we are bracing ourselves to be priced out. We don’t need to just save healthcare. We need to make it better and affordable.
#DonaldTrumpsShutdown

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d

Big Ugly Bill — DAMAGE CONTROL

New Mexico is showing the rest of the nation how it’s done:

Special session starts Oct 1 to protect Medicaid, lower premiums, and keep hospitals open. While D.C. Republicans are playing games, New Mexico is fighting to save health care for every family.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Bravo to New Mexico on two fronts:

📌 Universal Childcare for every family

📌 Special Session next week to address Medicaid cuts and exploding insurance premiums caused by Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and to take on the corporate hospital crisis

This should be nationwide!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 22d

Hello friends for democracy,
If you skipped over Dr. Heather Cox Richardson's video interview with Doug Jones, please watch/listen. Dr. Richardson wonderfully elicit's key learnings from Doug Jones' work, lived experience, and recollections.
Health and peace
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bccq...

American Conversations: Senator Doug Jones

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

m.youtube.com

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joyjoyjoy597 @joyjoyjoyjoy597.bsky.social · 22d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccq...

History matters.

American Conversations: Senator Doug Jones

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 23d

If anyone’s takeaway was “he’s saying let’s sing Kumbaya,” they missed the history lesson he was driving home.

He was speaking to how hate was defeated before—and reminding us what it takes to defeat it today.

We should listen to one of the very few experts alive who actually defeated the KKK.

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 23d

I don’t say this lightly, this may be the most important video right now— from the man who took on the Klan and saw what hate and dangerous rhetoric does first hand.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

It’s on all of us to stop the hate

Honor the memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, by demanding leaders dial back the toxic rhetoric before more lives are lost.

@dougjones.bsky.social —
“If you don’t want folks getting shot, then tell folks to quit talking about wars.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

It’s on all of us to stop the hate

Honor the memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, by demanding leaders dial back the toxic rhetoric before more lives are lost.

@dougjones.bsky.social —
“If you don’t want folks getting shot, then tell folks to quit talking about wars.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

Four Black girls were murdered in a church for daring to exist in a desegregated America.

Decades later, justice came, because people refused to let the story die.

Watch Sen Doug Jones and historian Heather Cox Richardson break it down.

History isn’t past. It’s a warning.
youtu.be/bccqUo0mZvQ?...

American Conversations: Senator Doug Jones

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

youtu.be

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

Nursing and doctor shortages aren’t real. They’re manufactured by hospitals that refuse to put patient safety first over profits by hiring enough staff.

You can thank private equity for that‼️

Watch

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25d

Well done 👏🏽

We don’t have to be Supernatural super-fans to appreciate this amazing work.
@mishacollins.bsky.social

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25d

We don’t yet know the extent of how deeply disturbed Charlie Kirk’s assassin was. We do know this: the day after the murder, at least a dozen HBCUs were hit with a wave of terrorist threats. That pattern is no coincidence. Someone out there wanted Black students to feel fear.
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 27d

If you're like me
I respect and think the world of @dougjones.bsky.social
Thank you @katiephang.bsky.social and Senator Jones...

Please take a moment to listen and share
Doug is truly missed and loved .. the best of us

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27d

Full video from Katie Phang’s YouTube channel here:

youtu.be/tV-JmKvn8XA

Former RED STATE Senator SOUNDS ALARM on Trump

YouTube video by Katie Phang

youtu.be

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27d

📌By the way, consumer prices rose 2.9% in August compared to a year ago.

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 27d

This happened yesterday as well.

We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 27d

This happened yesterday as well.

We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28d

She nails it. 🔥

I’ll just add one thing: Emmett Till’s mother’s choice was for a reason.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28d

HISTORY IS ABOUT TO REPEAT, IF WE DON’T ACT…

Watch, share, then call your senators.

Tell them to include fixing Vieques, Puerto Rico, and delivering the relief people there desperately need

☎️ Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Say: “Add the Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act to the NDAA.”

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Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 28d

🚨We shouldn't send American troops to Puerto Rico until they get the care and support they need after countless disasters and until the poisoned island of Vieques is remediated.

Contact your Senators NOW to tell them to support Vieques recovery by adding it to the NDAA. @resist.bot makes it easy!

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 28d

Puerto Rico deserves to be a state and has a right to self-determination not to be used as a prop for Trump's war on drugs

Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 28d

🚨We shouldn't send American troops to Puerto Rico until they get the care and support they need after countless disasters and until the poisoned island of Vieques is remediated.

Contact your Senators NOW to tell them to support Vieques recovery by adding it to the NDAA. @resist.bot makes it easy!

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