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@improvisfun.bsky.social
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Engineer. Lover of creativity. Mom. Pro-democracy, free speech, earth, science, and more. NJ resident who now is getting used to calling my congress reps.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Please watch this. The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill. You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Great idea!
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 30/09/2025
What are Trump and Republicans going to do while they hold power in DC? Shut down the government and let working Americans’ insurance rates skyrocket.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Would be great to see today statements denouncing the invasion of Portland by: - All Dem govs - All Dems AGs - Senate and House Dems We have to denounce, attack, challenge immediately and defend the American people from this dangerous man.
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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Jack's biggest donor was sued for using an algorithm to jack up rents on New Jerseyans across the state. And we're really supposed to believe he's going to make this state more affordable? Get real. gothamist.com/news/real-es...
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Real estate donations to Ciattarelli place rising rents at center of NJ governor’s race
A wealthy real estate family has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the tightening New Jersey governor's race, where both major party candidates have focused on how to tackle rising housing ...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.
Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2025
We need to call it what it is: a president using government coercion to silence voices he doesn't agree with is authoritarianism, plain and simple. It's the Orbán playbook, the Putin playbook, and now the Trump playbook. And it should alarm every American.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18/09/2025
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Who will be the 218 signatory? This is about trust in our government to serve us. 90% feel we have a rigged system, protecting the powerful, & politicians cannot be trusted. We must prove that the powerful will be held to account. That we can wage this battle across party lines.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Rachel Ehrlich @rachelehrlich.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The danger is real, but fear is a choice-- @tommalinowski.bsky.social quoted Will Smith at #NoKingsDay in Morristown, NJ with 4,000 strong in the steady rain. No sunshine patriots 🇺🇲 @nj11thforchange.bsky.social and #TomPaineBrigade
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Over 4.8 million and counting and many events haven’t even kicked off yet. We’re aiming for over 10 million today to hit the 3.5% rule. The crowds are massive and still growing. We are so proud of all of you. Huge shoutout to Texas you showed up!
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I had a great time! I saw this during a street food and street art walking tour by Foodie Lovers Oaxaca (Instagram). I also loved an artisan tour where we went to different villages that focused on different types of crafts. I saw the end of Dia de los Muertos which was very cool.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This reminds me of a mural I saw in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 27/04/2025
At 6:30am, Sen. Cory Booker & Rep. Hakeem Jeffries began a sit-in on the Capitol Steps, standing up for the millions this brutal GOP budget would hurt. They’re inviting everyone to share their story—their own moral moment. Hakeem is up next. My heart is full and breaking at once. This is democracy.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Every word of the NYT-bestselling Proof Trilogy, confirmed and proven exactly accurate by a Moscow Times report that cites multiple Kremlin sources. Trump Tower Moscow. Dmitriev. MBS. Rosneft. Saudi oil. It’s all here—and now the Kremlin no longer cares to deny it. More: sethabramson.substack.com
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Trump Tower Moscow, Rare Earths and Geopolitical Perks: How the Kremlin Plans to Bait Trump Into a Grand Bargain - The Moscow Times
As Moscow prepares for possible negotiations with Washington aimed at ending its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is seeking a far more ambitious outcome than a mere ceasefire: a global reordering o...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/04/2025
BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer
The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Stay loud stay visible stay brave
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indivisiblestam.bsky.social @indivisiblestam.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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WALToONs @waltoons.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Trump & Maga Mike Johnson want to steal healthcare away from THREE MILLION KIDS of military families who rely on Medicaid. And the bastards are happy about it. Is this what you voted for?
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
BREAKING -- Republicans just cut funding for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). That's right. $880 BILLION cut from ACA and Medicaid -- to pay for a billionaire tax cut -- raising the cost of healthcare for 119.3 million Americans. Are you one of them?
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.) “He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Act now in a few clicks at resist.bot/petitions/PT.... #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #SAVEAct @polrev.bsky.social
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 11/04/2025
Trump’s tariff chaos is increasing prices for Americans, costing people their jobs, tanking retirement savings, and weakening our economy. Instead of starting a trade war and sticking you with the bill, we should invest in American workers and crack down on big corporations that ship jobs overseas.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/04/2025
The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression. Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/04/2025
The GOP is starting to feel the pressure. Even in very red states and districts, Republicans are facing more constituent questions on the impacts of the Trump-Musk coup. We need to keep this momentum going. There’s another congressional recess next week — let’s get to work: indivisible.org/muskorus
(over an image of a stop sign) STOP THE CUTS
APRIL RECESS
APRIL 12TH —> 27TH
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“But if federal courts cannot order the return of someone exiled to a foreign gulag by mistake, then the administration is free to exile citizens and then claim they did so in error, while leaving them to rot.”
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‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’
The Trump administration’s arguments in a high-profile immigration case have much broader implications.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
You posted that there are 2 senators now with Blumenthal being the second. Wondering who the first (other senator) was.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Who’s the first one?
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
When elected officials see mass protests and then immediately adjust their behavior in response, that is a good thing. That's how this should work! Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.
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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 08/04/2025
The bill would erect unnecessary barriers to registering to vote in the U.S. especially for women who have changed their surname, trans voters, young voters without a passport, and more.
teenvogue.com
This New Trump-Backed Bill Wants to Make It Harder for Young People to Vote
Here’s what we can do.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/04/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lifted a temporary block on President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act. The court also ruled to protect due process, meaning no one can be removed without a chance to challenge their deportation. We’ll keep fighting until this is blocked for good.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Where is our humanity?
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
One of my favorite signs from yesterday. #handsoff
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I found my old post with the details of what it says: By the memorial to the 40,000 books burned by Nazis. Says "Those who burn books will soon be burning people." The memorial was an empty bookcase underground that would have held the 40,000 books.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Yes, I’ve been there. I recall there was a quote by that memorial to the effect of “those who burn books will soon be burning flesh.”I’ve thought about that often. I really hope we don’t get anywhere near the level Berlin was.
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This memorial is really powerful.
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Cockade Brigade @cockadebrigade.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
IMPORTANT!!! America please do not think “Oh, I don’t have to show up. ‘They’ll’ do it again. Or, I’ve done my part. I can rest.” We MUST get to 12 Million. And sustain it at ALL protests. It may sound tiring. But it’s our best chance to disrupt an autocracy.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!! This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference. It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference. #50501movement
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The year is 2065. Worldwide, young colony members are taking tests. “In 2025, which of the following did the US Trump Administration not tariff?” A. The entire EU B. Peru C. Russia D. Penguins
Two cute baby penguins
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/04/2025
Tomorrow’s nationwide events are about saying Hands Off! to President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump. But they’re also about convincing the Schumers of the world to be more like the Bookers of the world and actually stand up and fight for us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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CV @improvisfun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I’ve been feeling this way too
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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Firing thousands of researchers, doctors, and public health experts who were working to save lives and keep Americans healthy does not make government more efficient; it will make Americans sicker. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump administration purges U.S. health agency leaders
Reassignment letters come as reductions in force begin at NIH, FDA, and CDC
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Trump says his tariffs will raise $6 trillion. Assuming that's over 10 years, that's $600 billion per year. There are 134 million households, so this is nearly $5,000 per household per year. And it's like a sales tax, so it's a flat tax. A huge hit to the budgets of working folks.
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 01/04/2025
“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.” We do too, Senator Booker, we do too. Thank you for standing up as a reminder that this is not normal.
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Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions | CNN Politics
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what is expected to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep go...
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