Reposted by S. AveryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 421212387197
Reposted by S. AveryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here? 12139061637
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Join me at January 20th. Walk out. Tune in. Stand up: The Rallyroom Podcast Livestream (Women's March Foundation) action.womensmarch.com/events/janua...action.womensmarch.comJanuary 20th. Walk out. Tune in. Stand up: The Rallyroom Podcast Livestream (Women's March...On January 20, we’re calling on our communities to walk out on fascism—and come together in solidarity. As part of the Free America Walkout, Women's March Foundation is hosting a live taping of its Ra... 000
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS! Waltham Stands Up” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...mobilize.usNO KINGS! Waltham Stands Up · No KingsNO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free spee... 000
Reposted by S. AveryThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20/05/2025🧵: Trump’s bill would be a working class massacre. House Republicans know it will most hurt constituents in red districts who rely on Medicaid & SNAP benefits to make ends meet. The GOP Reps below are still deciding their votes. Call them now and tell them to vote NO. 701133371
Reposted by S. AveryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Thanks to DOGE’s spending freezes: -EPA labs have halted critical research -Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators -NOAA has lost internet and phone services -National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses "Efficiency." 622090788
Reposted by S. AveryRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Trump got Loomered. 39943431036
Reposted by S. AveryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/04/2025We are no longer Democrats or Republicans. We are either patriots fighting the Trump regime or we are complicit in its tyranny. There is no middle ground. Now is the time for all of us to become activists. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-star… 893139869
Reposted by S. AveryJamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025New: “Agriculture isn’t nearing trade war tariffs crisis, ‘it is full blown crisis already’ farmers say” CNBC www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...cnbc.comAgriculture isn't nearing trade war tariffs crisis, 'it is full blown crisis already' farmers sayU.S. agriculture exporters say global backlash to President Trump's tariffs are already resulting in canceled orders and farm layoffs. 18413133
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025URGENT ACTION: Details for Trump's Presidential Budget were leaked, including his plans to disastrously eliminate Head Start and endanger #childcare access for families. Tell Congress we want Trump’s #HANDSOFF #HeadStart. action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...action.momsrising.orgKeep Trump's #HANDSOFF Head Start!Tell Congress to hold the line and keep Trump’s HANDS OFF Head Start. 011
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Quick Signature: Hands off our Medicaid! #HandsOffOurMedicaid action.momsrising.org/sign/2025_Ha...action.momsrising.orgQuick Signature: Hands off our Medicaid!Republican leadership in Congress is prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires and corporations at the expense of the health needs of families across the nation! 000
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 18/04/2025www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org/saverymothersdaywalk4peace.orgSusan's Fundraising Page at 29th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace 000
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The SAVE Act is dangerous for democracy. It will strip 69 million married women of their ability to vote! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/TheSave... via @momsrising.org #StoptheSaveAct action.momsrising.org/sign/TheSave...action.momsrising.orgThe SAVE Act would silence the voices of tens of millions of eligible voters21.3 million people don’t have easy access to documents that prove citizenship like a U.S. birth certificate. The SAVE Act will make it harder for citizens to register to vote including millions of ma... 001
Reposted by S. AveryMaria Shriver @mariashriver.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This is disturbing, devastating, heartbreaking. Women are half of the population yet don't have the research to make informed health decisions. Those of us who are women’s health warriors need to dig in, channel our righteous anger, and ensure women’s health research isn’t obliterated. 20315125
Reposted by S. AveryKatherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 10/04/2025House Republicans just voted to cut health care, cut school lunches, and cut veterans' benefits — all to hand $7 trillion in tax breaks to Elon Musk and his billionaire friends. They've deserted their hardworking constituents to help the rich get richer. 32363209
Reposted by S. AverySen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 05/04/2025Trump’s USDA has put thousands of farmers in an untenable limbo, by not honoring their signed contracts. Farmers need the money they planned on and are owed. Last night, Senate Republicans blocked my amendment to protect farmers. It’s not acceptable to abandon farmers this way. 1773519767
Reposted by S. AverySenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 01/04/2025The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest. It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all. 660197605228
Reposted by S. AveryProPublica @propublica.org · 22/03/2025Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” (Published Dec. 2022)propublica.orgShe Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a… 241397485
Reposted by S. AveryNPR @npr.org · 22/03/2025The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.npr.orgIs planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effortThe Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat. 1402224786
Reposted by S. AveryJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/03/2025This is fabulous! 8538121236
Reposted by S. AveryMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Trump's science denial, racism and sexism will trigger a brain drain that weakens the United States. MAGA is trashing our leading role in the world to wallow in greed and ignorance.politico.euEurope looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts fundingTwelve EU capitals want programs to bring over American scholars. 411171338
Reposted by S. AveryRaw Story @rawstory.com · 19/03/2025"It is urgent ... to organize ourselves to welcome talents who would like or need to leave the United States."rawstory.comTop researchers ousted by Trump poised to be poached by Europe: reportPresident Donald Trump's purge of U.S. government staff could soon pay dividends — for other countries. According to Politico, a group of countries in the European Union have hatched a plan to poach o... 33761203
Reposted by S. AveryAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Beginning March 31, people will no longer be able to verify their identity with the SSA over the phone. Those unable to verify their identity through the agency’s “my Social Security” online service will be required to visit a field office in person to complete the process. 881846404
Reposted by S. Averyjustuschickens @gwenorpington.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Taken from a FB post by Alan Wechsler: Transcript below of an incredibly powerful and deadly accurate speech in the French Senate two days ago by Mr. Claude Malhuret. This may some day take its rightful place alongside the best of Sir Winston Churchill and President John F Kennedy. Brace yourself: 3105
Reposted by S. AveryProPublica @propublica.org · 19/03/2025NEW: GEO Group, an ICE contractor, has surged in value under President Trump. But despite its soaring fortunes, the for-profit prison company continues to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live. By @mckenziefunk.compropub.liAn ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. 36554212
Reposted by S. AveryThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/03/2025“If allowed to snub federal courts, the Trump regime will have morphed into a dictatorship. What else can you call a regime that snatches potentially innocent people off the street, drops them off into a foreign hellhole, rejects judicial review, and boasts about it?” New from Jen Rubin.contrarian.substack.comThe Constitutional Crisis May be Upon UsWith Trump openly challenging the courts, democracy defenders must draw a line in the sand 39890266
Reposted by S. Averymicheleclaire.bsky.social @micheleclaire.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comCruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut MedicaidAnd their own supporters will be among the biggest victims 001
Reposted by S. AveryRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I just sell cars and love everyone! 1875228324809
Reposted by S. AverySenseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Jared Kushner did the same with New York State, saying since they didn’t vote Trump they shouldn’t get COVID supplies unless they begged. This is who they are. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump 53814295
Reposted by S. AveryThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/03/2025I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedtheguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 31718353
Reposted by S. AveryTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness 24490582158
Reposted by S. AveryAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/03/2025That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history! Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website. 1326246897504
S. Avery @agpopo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Republicans in Congress are slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the rich, putting millions of people at risk of losing healthcare coverage. SIGN ON: Tell your governor to protect Medicaid! action.momsrising.org/sign/governo... via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/governo...action.momsrising.orgYour Voice Needed: Tell your governor to defend Medicaid fundingRepublicans in Congress are pushing for massive tax breaks for the rich and think we should pay for them by cutting Medicaid, putting millions of people at risk of losing healthcare coverage. Tell you... 000
Reposted by S. AveryAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs. When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy 18943952352
Reposted by S. AveryThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/03/2025"The goal of 'America First' isn’t 'America First.' It’s 'Trump Forever.'"thebulwark.com‘America First’ Is a LieAmerica has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely. 1242418612
Reposted by S. AveryNPR @npr.org · 07/03/2025Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.npr.orgSpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during Starship mega rocket test flightNearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight. 81066661973
Reposted by S. AveryThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/03/2025BREAKING: Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February. This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.newrepublic.comLayoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and MuskDonald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs. 24140231985
Reposted by S. AveryRep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2025When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Northeast Ohio welcomed thousands of families fleeing a brutal attack. It was the right thing to do. Trump even considering deporting Ukrainians who are here legally is appalling. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comExclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources sayU.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation. 38668215
Reposted by S. AveryRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025"Private-sector employment increased by an estimated 77,000 jobs in February, according to ADP. That’s a dramatic drop-off from the strong job growth of 186,000 seen in January and barely half the 142,500 net gain that economists had expected..." www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/e...cnn.comUS employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 | CNN BusinessThe Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday. 921743483
Reposted by S. AveryRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 33463582294
Reposted by S. AveryRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025"The DOGE-led campaign to cancel contracts deemed 'wasteful' across the government is hurting Social Security. The agency lost a contract that paid for medical experts to testify at disability hearings..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comDOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privatelyThe Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs. 1351991625
Reposted by S. AveryRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/03/2025If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.meditationsinanemergency.comShocking But Not Surprising Strikes Again (and Again)The Caprices of the Oligarchs Shocking but not surprising is a phrase I've often reverted to in the past eight years, for things that are both hideous and predictable, maybe transgressive against the... 342033576
Reposted by S. AveryArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤 806148173713
Reposted by S. AveryKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/02/2025imagine making such a show of pretending to care about children's safety (just an obvious front for anti-LGBTQ bigotry) and letting your child talk to a human fucking trafficker 0841203
Reposted by S. AveryJezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025“I look forward to once I'm free being with Donald Trump in person,” Andrew Tate told reporters, shortly after returning to the U.S. from Romania. www.jezebel.com/andrew-tate-...jezebel.comAndrew Tate Says He Talks to Barron, Is ‘Very Close to the Trump Family'“I look forward to once I'm free being with Donald Trump in person,” Andrew Tate told reporters, shortly after returning to the U.S. from Romania. 94375148
Reposted by S. AveryCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20245395436860
