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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 6d

Russ Vought, Trump’s budget director, is trying to use the shutdown to illegally fire federal workers and gut agencies Congress created. It will not stand. We are fighting back in court and the law is on the side of the workers.

Do not lose hope.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard…

When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

Translation: feel free to harass and rape fellow soldiers and sailors with reckless abandon because there’s no longer a safe way for them to report you.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth says he'll weaken the IG oversight process:

"We are overhauling an inspector general process, the IG, that has been weaponized, putting complainers, ideologues, and poor performers in the driver's seat … No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complaints, no more repeat complaints."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

Republicans don’t need a single Dem vote to keep the government open. Yet here is the banner at HUD today.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8d

I expect that my law firm will intervene to fight against the Department of Justice in two more lawsuits today. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.💪🗳️⚖️

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10d

He wants to dictate what the press can say.
What a university can teach.
Whom a company can employ.
And to whom the law shall apply.

He who wants all this is not a president,
But strives to be a dictator.
And all who succumb are not citizens,
But subjects.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 9d

What we’re asking in these budget talks is simple: don’t raise health insurance costs and price millions of Americans out of coverage.

Yet Republicans won’t budge, even if the government shuts down, just so they can give more tax breaks to the wealthiest.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · Sep 5

I'm voting YES on 50.

You should, too.

Here's why.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 16d

SCOTUS’s right-wing majority is handing Trump control of agencies that are meant to be independent and nonpartisan.

They are using the shadow docket to rubber-stamp his authoritarian agenda. This is not how our democracy is meant to function.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner

www.nytimes.com

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · Aug 27

We’re spending over $1 MILLION a day to deploy the National Guard in D.C.

Trump says this is for Fighting homelessness & crime.

But guess what... just a QUARTER of that million would house D.C.'s ENTIRE unhoused population.

Think about it.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · Aug 28

The crypto industry announced the formation of a $100 MILLION PAC that will support candidates with “pro-AI” agendas.

Big Tech learned that throwing money in politics pays off in lax regulations & less oversight.

Money in politics reforms have never been more necessary.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Aug 26

Another successful cabinet meeting with Dear Leader

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that.

The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Aug 14

Loving ‘Gloves-Off Gavin’… 👊🏻

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Aug 12

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 15

OMG BAAAAHAHA

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Beto O’Rourke @betoorourke.bsky.social · Aug 10

Trump expects us to bend the knee and let him steal 5 Congressional seats. Our knees don’t bend in Texas.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Aug 9

This week the President of the United States walked around on the roof of The White House and yelled about nuclear weapons in a desperate bid to distract from allegations that he is a child sex trafficker.

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PluralorPossessiveFFS @squeeedle.bsky.social · Jul 18

NPR @npr.org · Jul 18

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media.

This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

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PluralorPossessiveFFS @squeeedle.bsky.social · Jul 18

Absolutely

Jeremy Bent @jeremybent.bsky.social · Jul 18

With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?

www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

PBS: Public Broadcasting Service

Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

www.pbs.org

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jul 16

If they think Superman is woke, wait until they learn about Jesus.

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Indivisible East Bay @indivisibleeb.bsky.social · Jul 14

Wise words from Heather Cox Richardson: www.youtube.com/shorts/r2yLk...

Everyone Needs to Recognize What's Happening Right Now in America

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Jul 12

Trump’s DOJ is actively dismantling voting rights. Our exclusive living timeline uncovers the overlooked decisions that didn’t make the headlines – but absolutely should have.

If you care about democracy, this is a thread you can’t afford to ignore:

www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...

Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long worked to protect voting rights. But since President Donald Trump returned to office, the DOJ’s voting section has done a dramatic 180. Today, rather…

www.democracydocket.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 11

GOOD TROUBLE: The Trump administration’s threats to Public Radio could wipe out Tiny Desk concerts! Watch this message from @actualbenfolds.bsky.social and take action here: goacpr.org

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PluralorPossessiveFFS @squeeedle.bsky.social · Jul 11

www.kpbs.org/news/politic...

Any chance of regulating social media algorithms as recommended in this KPBS report?

@levin.house.gov
@Schiff.senate.gov
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Senator Adam Schiff

U.S. Senator for California

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