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Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social · 3h

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Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social · 9h

From @mynameisjanice.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Wednesday 10/8 edition of lots and lots of Democrats in action!

Democratic ...

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Toro Blanco @toroblanco.bsky.social · 10h

Today's #WhitenessWednesdays is up.

Being White means being able to forget about skin color. Nobody else gets that privilege

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Whiteness Wednesdays: White Privilege is the Luxury to Look Away

Content Warning: This article discusses lynching and its victims. No graphic photos will be shown, no graphic details/acts described, but given the nature of the topic some facts/terms�simply can’...

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Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social · 11h

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WATCH: Sen. Booker questions Attorney General Pam Bondi on Justice Department in Trump's 2nd term

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. @reptroycarter.bsky.social · 1d

Being LGBTQI+ isn't a disease & it's not something that a therapist should be trying to “fix.” Conversion therapy is opposed by every major medical association in the U.S., & today I’m calling on #SCOTUS to protect young people & uphold states' bans on these cruel, disproven practices for minors.

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Congressman Bobby Scott @bobbyscott.house.gov · 1d

Our troops, federal law enforcement officers, transportation workers, and all federal employees are protected by federal law.

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Congressman Bobby Scott @bobbyscott.house.gov · 1d

Donald Trump signed the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act in 2019. The law is clear: furloughed workers are to receive backpay at the conclusion of a government shutdown.

Our federal workers provide invaluable services to the American people despite the Administration's contempt for them.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/fWCjnLQ

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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · 1d

House Republicans need to return to Washington to negotiate a way out of this Republican-caused health care crisis and reopen the federal government. Case closed.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

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Congresswoman Nikema Williams @repnikema.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in D.C., ready to negotiate in good faith for the #FightingFifth and the American people—to end the #RepublicanShutdown and secure affordable healthcare.

It has now been 18 days since Mike Johnson called for votes in the House, and my House Republican colleagues are nowhere in sight.

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 1d

The GOP won't swear-in Adelita Grijalva, leaving AZ-07 without a federal representative during a government shutdown.

She will also be the 218th and final signature to force a vote to release the Epstein files—I'm sure that's just a coincidence, right?

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What to Know About Adelita Grijalva and Her Stalled Swearing-In to Congress

Speaker Mike Johnson is blaming the shutdown. Others think it may have to do with the Epstein files.

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Rep. Gregory Meeks @meeks.house.gov · 1d

The Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $18 billion in NYC infrastructure funding already approved by Congress isn’t about saving money, it’s political payback. These projects mean good paying jobs for New Yorkers and Trump is standing in the way. youtu.be/WTaJ5kWRsL8

Rep. Meeks on the Trump Administration Freezing $18 Billion in NYC Infrastructure Funding

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats get criticized for even talking about threats to our democracy in the abstract, much less specific examples.

Let what’s happening now be a lesson that the modern Republican Party is full in on authoritarianism.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 1d

“First Mr. Trump imposes tariffs that he says only hurt foreigners. But when that turns out not to be true, he takes political credit for payments to offset the damage as if he’s somehow protecting the American farmer.

How about not hurting them in the first place?”
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Opinion | The Coming Trump Tariff Bailout

Farmers and others with political clout will get a government subsidy or a carve-out.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 1d

Yeah, no. The law is clear: federal workers must receive back pay.

AND I have a bill to ensure federal contractors get it as well.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

President Trump doesn't commit to back pay for furloughed federal workers when the government shutdown ends. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/46DIVEI

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 1d

The law is unequivocal: All furloughed and essential federal workers must receive back pay in the event of a government shutdown.

It is a sick thing for Republicans to shut down the government and then stiff the people who work hard for the American people.

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 1d

Watch more of this segment here:

McClellan Calls Out Republicans on WUSA9 for Government Shutdown and Health Care Impacts

YouTube video by Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 1d

If Congressional Republicans don’t act now to extend Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits, millions will see their health care costs skyrocket.

With open enrollment starting November 1st, I shared with @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy why the time to act is now.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 1d

Everyday Americans already pay too much to see a doctor or visit the hospital.

The Republican healthcare crisis is making things worse.

You deserve better.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 1d

I never thought I’d say this, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. We can’t allow premiums for millions of Americans to double overnight.

Washington Republicans should work with us to fund health care and end this shutdown now.

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Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov · 1d

Letters have started going out telling families their health care costs are going to explode.

If you’ve gotten a notice like this, I want to hear from you: underwood.house.gov/address_auth...

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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 1d

Our dedicated federal workers should NOT be used as political pawns!

Let’s be clear: it’s against the law to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

Trump should know- he signed the law after he last shut down the federal government.

Screenshot from Washington Post article. Text reads: Administration officials hope the memo will maximize Republicans’ leverage in shutdown negotiations with Democrats, according to two people familiar with internal talks, both speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have threatened imminent mass layoffs of federal employees — from arms of the federal government that Trump called “Democrat agencies” — but have yet to carry out the firings.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 1d

First, Republicans shut the government down to undermine the ACA

Now, they’re threatening to withhold the backpay that federal workers need to keep food on the table

Stop threatening your own citizens and negotiate a bipartisan spending bill that reopens the government and lowers healthcare costs!

Axios @axios.com · 1d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 1d

The Trump Administration threatened to illegally cancel backpay for furloughed federal workers.

Today, I joined @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social, @beyer.house.gov, @bobbyscott.house.gov, @repsuhas.bsky.social and @repvindman.bsky.social to demand Vought follow the law.

Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to stand with my Virginia colleagues against the White House’s bogus threat to deny furloughed federal workers back pay.

The law is clear: back pay is guaranteed.

Families can’t be used as pawns in Trump & Vought’s shutdown.

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 1d

Americans across the country enrolled in an ACA plan are already being notified that their monthly premiums will skyrocket beginning next year.

If this has happened to you, please comment what you or your family’s current premium is and what it will rise to next year.

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