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Jan Brown
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Veteran, Democrat, Activist, Mom, Grandmother and glad to leave X! #Keeper of the Flame. Please no DMs, and no MAGAs. Member of Team Blue California on FB.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 8h
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Even now, Republicans are still struggling to remember who was president in 2020
One professor joked, “‘Who was president in 2020?’ is the question of our time.” The number of Republicans who can’t answer the question correctly is amazing.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 8h
apnews.com/article/myan.... Trump policies
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 1d
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary — NPR
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 2d
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California Politics
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 3d
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 3d
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Trump's commerce secretary creates a big Epstein mess
Howard Lutnick calls Epstein
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 5d
So bad
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d
“FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center” - 10/3/25 … 1/ www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center
The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk's organization on its list of hate groups.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d
The GOP health care for immigrants lie is an old one. Here’s me six years ago:
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Liz @elizawally.bsky.social · 5d
Details of the damage
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 5d
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Opinion | Cartoon by Matt Davies
Matt Davies cartoon on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and military generals.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 5d
www.politico.com/news/2025/10.... Not surprising as he is this with Covid supplies too
Trump turns shutdown into weapon against blue America
The president's detractors say he’s following his scorched-earth playbook by cutting projects in liberal states.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
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GOP on shaky ground with claim about Democrats’ shutdown demands
Amid a stalemate over government funding, Republicans have repeatedly accused Democrats of demanding free health care for immigrants in the country illegally in return for their support of a federa…
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...
F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
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Nicolle: Jimmy Kimmel suspension story shows 'the power of us'
The Jimmy Kimmel story has been about "power," says MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. Oliver Darcy, Dominic Patten and Maya Wiley join Wallace to unpack the ramifications of ABC's suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel L...
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
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Mike Johnson's response to being told Trump is 'unhinged' takes off online
The House speaker was confronted by Rep. Madeleine Dean after the U.S. president’s speech to military leaders.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/.... Horrible
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 6d
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FCC chair to testify before Senate panel after bipartisan blowback over Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of the committee holding the hearing, was one of the most outspoken GOP critics of FCC Chair Brendan Carr's actions leading up to Kimmel's benching.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 7d
Trump priorities
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d
Priorities.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 7d
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Opinion | The Real Stakes of the Shutdown
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 7d
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 7d
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ADP report: Private employers unexpectedly shed 32,000 jobs as labor market continues pullback
Private employment went into negative territory in September, the latest indication of the labor market's pullback.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d
Dear @apnews.com

The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.

Fix your headline.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 8d
Such a dumb thing to focus on in this world
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 8d
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FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials inoperable but illegal 3D-printed guns
The maximum prison sentence for a person who illegally possesses a pistol in New Zealand is three years or a fine of 4,000 New Zealand dollars ($2,300).
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Jan Brown @jannorcal.bsky.social · 8d
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‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting
The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally.
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