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Trudy Gonzales

@trudygonzales.bsky.social

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Ca grandma Democrat who wants equality and equity for all Happily married Focus of my posts Veterans Seniors Health care Education Monetary policy Economy My feeds The Reformers #DemCast #DemsUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · Nov 16

Ramaswamy & Musk under their DOGE scam want to CUT Veterans benefits

Veterans benefits under discretionary spending are NOT fraud waste & abuse

It's the okie doke because House Republicans stalled 2025 budget approval

HOLD Congress accountable to fund Veterans benefits

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Sen. Maria Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov · 55m

Our neighbors in Idaho are going to face skyrocketing monthly health care costs unless we extend the ACA tax credits.

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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 9m

'5 alarm fire': Legal experts warn Trump may be about to commit an 'impeachable offense'

www.alternet.org/amp/trump-in...

'5 alarm fire': Legal experts warn Trump may be about to commit an 'impeachable offense'

www.alternet.org

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Sam Stribling @samstribling1.bsky.social · 10h

He did this. He did nothing to stop it.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago establishes ICE free zones. thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson establishes ‘ICE-free Zones’ aimed at keeping federal agents off city-owned property • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 2d

Let's gooooo, California!

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

VOTE YES ON PROP-50!

Statewide voting has opened & will run through November 4 on California’s effort to temporarily redraw district maps.

Voting is underway in California on new maps that could swing US House control, check Trump's power

The fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voters are considering whether to drastically reshape congressional districts to add as many as five Democratic seats in advance of t...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

This represents a major escalation.

President Trump effort to mobilize TEXAS National Guard for deployment in Portland and Chicago.

Court filing just entered in Oregon v. Trump⬇️

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 2d

Greg Abbott used the Texas National Guard as a propaganda tool here in Texas (the state with an actual border) for a bogus wall and manufactured “invasion.”
Poof! No longer needed.

Note that the only invasions are happening in blue states/cities by our own president against our own citizens.

CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS: (202)224-3121
INVESTIGATE ICE
POWER WITHOUT OVERSIGHT IS ABUSE

-THE REFORMERS

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22h

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue “We don’t need a warrant… f–k off,” one of them responded. The agents also said that it did not matter what her citizenship was and alleged that she was impeding an investigation.”

ICE while arresting an American citizen.

No. One. Is. Safe!

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Waukegan mayor intervenes after Border Patrol arrest of woman turns physical outside Waukegan City Hall

The Waukegan mayor intervened after U.S. Border Patrol agents forcefully arrested a woman, who is reportedly an American citizen, outside of the Waukegan City Hall Monday afternoon.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 1d

Positive news for #autoimmune #chronicillness. Also possible #cancer treatments and reduction of organ transplant rejections. MedSky

Scientists win Nobel Prize for discovering why immune system does not destroy the body

Scientists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking immune system work

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

www.bbc.com

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 1d

We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?