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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 17h

ATTENTION FLORIDIANS ‼️

If you got a new ID on or after July 31, 2024—you need to update your voter registration with your new ID number ASAP!

📢 www.wctv.tv/2025/10/03/n...

#DCFL

New driver’s licenses could cause voting problems in Florida, unless you update your registration

Since July 2024, Floridians renewing or replacing their driver licenses have been issued new, randomized ID numbers.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 2d

Quick signature: Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent rural hospital closures, and reopen the federal government! action.momsrising.org/sign/rural_s...

Quick signature: Tell Congress to prevent hospital closures!

Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent hospital closures, and reopen the federal government!

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 6d

Just emailed Gov. Stein to VETO HB 307, a bill seeking to restart executions with new killing methods. This is serious. Gov. Stein needs to hear from you. Email him here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Governor Stein: Veto HB 307

HB 307 is on Governor Josh Stein's desk. This bill seeks to restart executions in North Carolina with methods such as electrocution and firing squad. Our lawmakers should look for smart, effective wa...

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National Health Law Program @nhelp.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act is a disaster for Medicaid & ACA. It guts access, adds barriers, and puts low-income and underserved people at risk. Advocates: @nhelp.bsky.social’s new hub has what you need to fight back.
🔗 healthlaw.org/prepare
#Medicaid #PrepareEnforceProtect

Prepare. Enforce. Protect: Medicaid + ACA Defense - National Health Law Program

Congress has passed it. The President has signed it. Our work has become even more critical.The federal budget reconciliation…

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 9d

Tell Republican leaders in Congress to pass a funding bill this week that reverses the cuts to our health care, keeps hospitals open, lowers the rising costs weighing down Americans, and saves our health care via @momsrising.org! action.momsrising.org/sign/2025-sp...

Tell Congress to pass a funding bill that fixes our health care crisis!

Republicans in Congress have proposed an impossible choice: Support their partisan spending bill that takes away even more health care from Americans or risk a government shutdown. Tell Congress to pa...

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 16d

Working families are already struggling in this economy, they should not have to choose between financial wellbeing and the welfare of their loved ones. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/FAMILYA... via @momsrising.org #PaidFamilyLeave

Workers lose $22.5 million annually in wages due to not having paid leave.

When serious personal or family health needs arise, many working people face impossible choices between their jobs and caring for their families.

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Amy Donohue @thefabulousone.bsky.social · 16d

Please support The Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583, H.R. 4582, S. 1552). 1/4 of living kidney donors face insurance discrimination. It prohibits discrimination in life, disability, & long-term care insurance for living kidney donors.

#DonateLife

kidney.quorum.us/campaign/134...

Living Donation Saves Lives!

Tell Congress to pass the Living Donor Protection Act.

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 21d

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs! #ProtectOurCare action.momsrising.org/sign/hc-cost...

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs!

Families are feeling the strain of rising costs—from everyday essentials like groceries and gas, to back-to-school supplies, childcare, and health care.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 21d

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Ghandi

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 21d

Less for more. They really do want us to die:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Team Trump’s Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage - KFF Health News

Tens of millions of people face sticker shock enrolling in Affordable Care Act insurance for 2026. To save money, the Trump administration wants them to consider less generous coverage.

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 22d

Put together a starter pack of partners, friends, and allies working to protect #Medicaid

Check them out and give them a follow!

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 23d

I honestly wonder how law schools are teaching Constitutional Law. Are they throwing up their hands and saying, “Here’s how things used to work, for historical reference. Nothing matters now.”

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Ashley @inkedintrovert.bsky.social · 22d

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 27d

Emma was born at 27 weeks, fought through 110 days in the NICU & now thrives at home thanks to Medicaid. From tube feeds to therapy, Medicaid keeps her safe & growing. Spend a day with Emma’s family & see why this care is vital → littlelobbyists.org/emmas-story-...

Emma's Story: Come See a Day in My Daughter's Life

Emma and her sister were born at just 27 weeks. Home and community-based services keeps Emma here with her family, where she belongs.

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 22d

Meet Vivian, an 11-year-old who is already advocating for herself and fellow medically complex children.

Thanks to #Medicaid coverage, she is able to live a full and active life in her community.

Vivian's Story: Already an Advocate at Age 11

At age 11, Vivian is already advocating for herself and fellow medically complex children, thanks to Medicaid coverage that helps her live a full and active life in her community.

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 23d

We can prevent stillbirths. Urge Congress to pass the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act! #SHINE #SHINEforAutumn #stillbirth #maternaljustice action.momsrising.org/sign/SHINE20...

Urge Congress to Act In Support of Stillbirth Prevention

Add your name to our letter urging Congress to pass the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · 28d

Quick signature: Tell Trump and U.S. Senators RFK Jr. should be fired! #FireRFK action.momsrising.org/sign/fireRFK...

Tell Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "You're fired!"

Since becoming U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken dangerous steps to sow vaccine mistrust and also to take away people’s access to lif...

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · Sep 7

Send a quick message to help stop cuts to NC Medicaid igniteadvocacy.com/go/stop-cuts...

Stop cuts to Medicaid

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · Sep 5

SIGN NOW: Tell your Members of Congress to reject further ICE funding and to restore congressional oversight of ICE and other agencies! #ProtectImmigrantFamilies #ImmigrantKids action.momsrising.org/sign/ice-fun...

SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to fund communities not family separation and cruelty!

Congress must fund healthcare, education, and disaster relief programs and clawback unrestrained funding that opens the doors to even more human rights abuses through ICE.

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nctwinmom.bsky.social @nctwinmom.bsky.social · Sep 5

Survivors have told the truth about Epstein & his powerful friends for decades. The White House's response? Distractions & cover-ups. We see through the lies. Join @momsrising.org to demand the release of the Epstein files. #BelieveSurvivors action.momsrising.org/sign/release...

DEMAND the release of the Epstein files

Survivors have told the truth about Epstein and his powerful friends for decades. The White House's response? Distractions & cover-ups. We see through the lies. It's time to stop the distractions and ...

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