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Diane Maxwell

@dmaxwell03.bsky.social
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Wife, mother, grandmother. Retired communications specialist. Loves progressive politics and inclusive religion. Minds her own business.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 08/10/2026
One Soldier at the polls is a voter. A formation at the polls is a felony. Hegseth just ordered a military-wide voting stand-down by Oct 15. But 18 U.S.C. § 592 makes it a felony, five years and a lifetime ban from federal office, for any officer to order, bring, or keep troops at a polling place.
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michele39.bsky.social @michele39.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If they want data centers, these billionaires need to get off a couple of their billions and pay for closed-loop water systems and buy their own grids and sound deadeners. I’m sick of paying their corporate welfare!
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/09/2026
Taxpayers are footing the bill for President Trump's radical anti-immigrant agenda. Our government must prioritize investing in working families over ICE raids and more militarization of our communities.
Brown graphic reading "Instead of spending $268,999,966,016 or $2,358 per taxpayer, the U.S. could fund:..." with a list of things that could be funded instead, including school teachers, firefighters, and people on medicaid
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Dr. Jill Biden, Former President Joe Biden, Laura Bush, and Former President George W. Bush at the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York on September 11, 2026. Hiroko Masuike/Pool via REUTERS
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hear, hear!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Your giggle for today 😁😁😁😸😸😸😹😹😹😂😂😂
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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
In a manifesto on artificial intelligence, Pope Leo XIV denounced the "culture of power" driving the AI race and called for robust regulation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We've spent an estimated $25B on Trump's war on Iran. Now Trump and Co. want even more money to fund the war. But healthcare? Cut. Food stamps? Cut. Education? Cut. Cancer research? Cut. Environmental protections? Cut. And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut. Obscene.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 02/04/2026
WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it. Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Under the House GOP's SAVE Act, a military ID would no longer be valid to be able to register to vote. Our military put their lives on the line to protect this country, yet the GOP is trying to disenfranchise our military members. #HandsOffHerVote
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Contact Your Members of Congress Today!
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
UPDATE: “sort of” seems to have been replaced with “kind of.” Same issue: why use the wiggle-words and not the definitive words?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Has the definition of “sort of” changed since I retired? When I worked in communications, it meant “not exactly.” Now I hear “sort of” used in WAY too many sentences (is it the new “Um”?). Why is “sort of” being used when the meaning clearly being conveyed is “precisely” or “exactly”?
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brooklyngal-ny.bsky.social @brooklyngal-ny.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
BREAKING: Minutes after Barack Obama’s message to end hunger in America, Vikings CEO Mark Wilf quietly donated $900,000 to Minnesota food banks. Obama personally thanked him and sent a handwritten note — a gesture that left Vikings fans deeply moved. #Skol #Vikings #NFL #Obama
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Please explain to me how Congress can leave Washington D.C. and go home with pay, while government workers go without paychecks. Anyone. Please.
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Scott Easterly @scotteasterly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The Progress Channel (SXM 127) is my number one radio setting. And I make sure I listen to @stephaniemiller.bsky.social , @msignorile.bsky.social , and @johnfugelsang.bsky.social every weekday…
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Ahem
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Something to celebrate 🎉 ‼️Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first www.bbc.com/news/article... 👇
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Can we all agree that we don’t need the government to tell us what we can listen to, read, and view? Hey “small-government” Republicans: looking at you!
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
LFG! 💙🌊
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/08/2025
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for: 700,000 public housing units 500,000 low-income kids receiving health care 500,000 veterans receiving VA care 600,000 kids in Head Start Combined.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics.  Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The only problem with that is you’ll go to jail.
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Diane Maxwell @dmaxwell03.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Ask the residents in Washington, D.C. that question. Ask immigrants who pay taxes about that.
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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A new generation of Democratic leaders is stepping into the spotlight—organizing, winning races, and reshaping the party’s future with new energy and a new message. But will the establishment they're challenging allow them to rise? Read more here:
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Young Leaders Are Ready To Take The Democratic Reins—Will The Establishment Let Them?
This is the energy the Democratic Party needs
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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John Brown, American Hero @nurseforthepeople.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The tea party hijacked the church after 9/11. They used the shock of the attack as the catalyst to finally bind Christianity to nationalism in a sick state of obligate mutualism. MANY Christians left the church in the last 25 years because of the hatred. It remains to be seen if they will survive.
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