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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The "purpose" of the event is to distract us from the more pressing news of the day. All part of the strategy. Still switching to @mapquest.com ! #ontario #Grearlakes #LakeOntario newrepublic.com/post/214840/...

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Trump Invests in Defense Contractors as He Wages War in Iran

Trump’s recent financial disclosure reveals some very interesting trades.

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@indivisible.org leave comments by July 13. Will be harder to fight the courts with this rule. Politico reports "There has never been such a sharp partisan disparity in the approval of federal disaster funds since FEMA was created in 1979, according to a review of 2,500 natural disaster"

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

@indivisible.org I urge you to make noise about this...we only have two weeks! This is about all federal grants...$1 trillion to states and local governments!!#nokings

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

@elizabethginexi.bsky.social, a wealth of information and expertise, wrote the article below that I recently posted. @indivisible.org it provides guidance on commenting, please share with your members! Comments are due by July 13 and Dr. Ginexi gives clear guidance on providing a comment.

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

@ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org please amplify. Please submit comments before July 13 info 👇. medicaid, transportation, science, food assistance, education, and more...Entire categories of funding can be discontinued without a public announcement or a vote. substack.com/@elizabethgi...

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This new OMB Rule Is Bigger Than Science. Much Bigger.

This image was generated by Google AI (Gemini)

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@repauchincloss.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov not just fly under the radar, but preventing funding Congress appropriated. Where are our checks and balances?

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S. It means evveeerrybody

Benito carrying a football with musicians carrying flags behind him

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 17/10/2025

“What can we do?” - Share Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline with Congress Tell them: Read it. Act on it. Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️ steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

“Massachusetts will not allow ideology to override evidence.” Public Health Commissioner De. Robbie Goldstein

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/08/2025

RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it. My full statement.

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Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray

Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

It takes a lot of people doing small, good things to fight back against a few people doing big, evil things. There are a lot of us. Do your small good things. That is our role, that is our hero moment, that is our calling, do not give up because you think what you do is too small, KEEP GOING.

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today's news is devastating... want to chime in to dispel this rumor going around on social media. Authoritarian regimes rely on fear (and rumors) to try to make us obey in advance. Fact check everything. apnews.com/article/fact... @indivisible.org @timothysnyder.bsky.social please pass it on.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/06/2025

The Senate is currently debating over Trump’s Tax Scam before moving to vote-a-rama and a final vote. We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/resource/cal... And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

TRUMP'S TAX SCAM IS A DISASTER
SENATE REPUBLICANS' RECONCILIATION BILL:

Forces nearly a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid, the largest cut to the life-saving program ever by a factor of FOUR

Gives ICE a larger budget than many militaries around the world

Strips healthcare away from 5% of Americans

Kicks 11.8 million people off SNAP benefits

Not only cuts funding for green energy but actually taxes it, threatening to balloon energy costs and eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs

Represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in US history

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/06/2025

A Senate vote on Trump’s Tax Scam, which would gut Medicaid to fund billionaire tax giveaways, is expected late tonight or early tomorrow. We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks today. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Or send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Jon Favreau on Twitter: “Shocking how bad this bill is:
- 17 million would lose health care
- 30% higher electricity costs
- Millions of manufacturing and construction jobs destroyed
- Biggest ever cut in food assistance for families, kids, veterans
- $4 trillion in deficits
- $1 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires & billionaires
People should be on the phones, in the streets, and telling everyone who'll listen”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Good take here from @bencollins.bsky.social and The Onion. D’s in Congress must do much more. We hear from a LOT of scientists across the US who say “There’s nothing for me to do with Congress, I have all D Reps.” Almost the opposite is true. 1/

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

What date can I put in my calendar for the next event @indivisible.org? Let's keep this going! #nokings

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Keep it up today! #nokings @indivisible.org Even small cities! Post with data on events to date below. "By the end of March 2025, there had been three times as many protests as had taken place in 2017. Protest has been surging since, with large boosts coming from major, multi-location actions".

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Watch this and pass it on. This is state thuggery, call them the Stasi, the Gestapo, NKVD--this is what dictators do. It's horrifying to hear this story.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.

Headline from the independent: Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the 'great late' Al Capone in politically-charged West Point address

Headline from the New York Times: Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era

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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @repauchincloss.bsky.social please read if you have not already. Provides actionable steps to take in Congress.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

“It was a very unique mixture of incredible heartbreak and incredible rage.” AmeriCorps volunteers across the country have been abruptly pulled out of their service projects due to DOGE cuts, leaving behind communities dependent on their services.

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AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts

Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

A colleague shared this advice for processing the executive orders Trump is going to sign next week

Undoubtedly, there will be Day 1 and Week 1 executive orders and declarations of policy via social media, not to mention additional attacks in the years ahead. It is critical that, on Day 1 and beyond, we carefully and rigorously work to understand what a given action actually does (and doesn't) do.
Very few executive orders change policy immediately. They cannot immediately change regulations, and they cannot change the law as established through statutes and the courts. Rather, there will be steps that take time and follow a clear process (such as the regulatory process requiring agencies to make notice, to solicit comments, to review such comments, and then to issue final rules). In some instances, litigation is not only expected but is also already being prepared.
We do not want to encourage anticipatory obedience, rather than asserting what is and is not happening at a given moment.

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