Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms. 337197407579 19.7K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Make a plan to vote today: abigailspanberger.com/vote Then get your friends, family members, neighbors and coworkers to make a plan to vote, too. Because if we do, we will elect @abigailspanberger.com as your next governor and put Virginia on the path to a brighter future.abigailspanberger.comVote | Abigail Spanberger for GovernorVirginia, it's time to vote! Make a plan today to cast your ballot for Abigail Spanberger and Democrats up and down the ballot! 241102250 1.1K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herSenator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 20/10/2025The GOP is trying to con Americans into accepting a deal that will make their health care more expensive by fearmongering about health care for undocumented immigrants. Undocumented people aren’t eligible to enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t fall for their scam. 43949338 949
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 18/09/2025One marker of a weakening labor market: there are now more job seekers than job openings in the US. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart 010247 102
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2025A month from today, we will gather for the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Join your local event to make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... 34931446 931
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The next 45 days are going to be a time when everybody in DC needs to know our rights and how to assert them. Here are five important things for everyone to know while DC is under occupation 🧵 3165114 165
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2025We condemn this new order allowing increased collaboration between MPD and ICE. Turning MPD into an extension of Trump's deportation machine is an incredibly dangerous development for everyone who lives here. 619273 192
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/06/2025No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings 22852561613 5.3K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/06/2025🔥 “Over 300 researchers from the National Institutes of Health have published a letter rebuking its director and the Trump administration…” from @bethmariem.bsky.social at @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/health/2025/... #StandUpForScience #BethesdaDeclarationarstechnica.comNIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump adminThe letter is modeled after the NIH director’s controversial “Great Barrington Declaration.”… 220646 206
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herTroy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former acting director of the CDC in the Obama administration, said Kennedy's move "should erase any remaining doubt that he intends to impose his personal anti-vaccine agenda on the American people."abcnews.go.comRFK Jr. removes all 17 members of CDC's vaccine advisory committeeHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee. 36379166 379
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herPhiladelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3) @pft.org · 20/05/2025For a safer, freer, and fairer Philadelphia, the PFT endorses @dalarrykrasner.bsky.social for District Attorney 🗽 #PhillyVotes 0166 16
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herLarry Krasner @dalarrykrasner.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Philly! It’s election day. The polls are open. Get out and vote! 19529 95
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herJeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23/04/2025Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed. Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs: • Africana Studies • Asian Studies • Disability Studies • Middle East Studies • Philosophy • Religious Studies • Women's/Gender Studies And… • Spanish 34828751597 2.9K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herKatherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: ckuck@immigration.net and dclaffey@immigration.net youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4 117761069 1.8K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation. 337106012399 10.6K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herBrent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The Black struggle against racism is central to the story of The United States. His attempt to expunge this story - under the guise of extinguishing “DEI” - represents an attempt to erase Blackness itself. News accounts that parrot his propaganda aid and abet this crime. 402084459 2.1K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herACLU @aclu.org · 15/04/2025Today, the government detained another student for their speech. Mohsen Mahdawi's attorneys have already filed a petition for his release and a Vermont judge ordered he not be moved out of state. As his fight continues, let us be clear: Dissent is not grounds for deportation. 321937572 1.9K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herACLU @aclu.org · 08/04/2025The House is set to take up the SAVE Act this week, which would make voting significantly more difficult for millions of people. Tell your representative to vote NO now.action.aclu.orgStop the SAVE ActThe SAVE Act would keep millions of people from being able to vote – and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy. Urge Congress to vote no now. 13714357 714
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/04/2025The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.bit.lyIRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE, AP sources sayThe Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. 22704244 704
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Forced exile of “unwanted” citizens is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. 044 4
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Immunotherapy for cancer is one of the biggest medical advances of our lifetimes. It gave Jimmy Carter another decade of life. A new trial shows how it could treat solid tumors, but Trump's cuts to HHS and NIH are disrupting this work 🧪 wapo.st/4j8Hwd1 by @carolynyjohnson.bsky.socialwapo.stNIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed. 7297135 297
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herPhiladelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3) @pft.org · 07/04/2025“They have no soap, toilet paper, or paper towels anywhere in the building. Their water machine is broken. Many cannot get on LAN, and the Wi-Fi keeps going down.” What running government "like a business" actually means -- just ask public school teachers 😒 132 3
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herPA House Democrats @pahousedems.com · 07/04/2025Reproductive rights are human rights! We will always fight to keep abortion safe and legal in Pennsylvania. 16617 66
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herACLU @aclu.org · 07/04/2025Harriet Tubman dedicated her life to freeing people from slavery and fighting for abolition. The Trump administration cannot erase our history.usatoday.comNational Park Service edits down Underground Railroad website, removes Harriet Tubman spotHarriet Tubman was an abolistionist and freedom seeker who led many others to safety in the north. Her photo and quote was removed from a fed website. 251169334 1.2K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herChris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 07/04/2025Only 16% of demands to censor books originate from parents, but some 72% came via "pressure groups, elected officials, board members and administrators," according to a new report by the American Library Association. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...upi.comMost books targeted for censorship involve LGBTQ, race topics, library group says in annual report - UPI.comThe memoir All Boys Aren't Blue was the most challenged book in U.S. libraries in 2024, according to a new report by the American Library Association. 12519 25
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herJen Graham @jengraham.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#HANDSOFF This is the little traditionally conservative town of Medina OH These are just the corners. The entire town square is full. 181383235 1.4K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 04/04/2025If you haven't figured out where you're protesting tomorrow, here's the place to find out. #handsoff thanks to all my colleagues @thirdactorg.bsky.social and everywhere else across this vast movement. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=t...handsoff2025.comHands Off!Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre... 23672289 672
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herACLU @aclu.org · 03/04/2025We're in federal court today arguing that the Trump administration violated a judge's order blocking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants without due process. President Trump is not above the law. 19950133 950
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This is an important message for anyone running or planning to run against a GOP incumbent who can't figure it out themselves. President have no power of tariffs. Trump is only able to do this because Congress gave the President the power. Congress cld take that power back at ... 271836511 1.8K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025BREAKING: Stellantis NV, the maker of RAM Jeeps, will be temporarily laying off more than 900 employees today because of Donald Trump's tariffs. 44681181 681
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2025i for one am not impressed that Trump has had the same bad idea for 40 years 2303353475 3.4K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Scenes from the HHS bloodbath 🧵 Some layoff notices went out by email last night or early this a.m. But some people showed up today at FDA and only found out they were fired when their badges didn't work -- or when they were pulled out of line to enter by security, Gestapo-style. 491696562 1.7K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herAPHA @apha.org · 01/04/2025Dozens of CDC programs impacted by RIFs at agency, with no effort to transfer responsibilities, reports @wired.com. “We’re going to have patients die." www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...wired.comThe CDC Has Been GuttedThousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. 055 5
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This—what Trump is doing now in trying to destroy American universities, research, and free speech while blaming it on pretend offense to the Jews is certainly the most profoundly antisemitic act I’ve seen from US government in my lifetime. 302611659 2.6K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/her50501Philadelphia @50501philadelphia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025One week from TODAY. Make your plans for April 5 to say HANDS OFF. 21611 16
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herIndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social · 29/03/20251 WEEK!! 4/5 Join Us as we tell Musk-Trump #HANDSOFF our Democracy! Agenda below. 🧵 13422 34
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Referring to lawful protesters as “domestic terrorists” is a hallmark of autocratic regimes. 2325 32
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herRep. Joanna McClinton @repmcclinton.com · 27/03/2025Calling all Philly students! The 2025 IAMPHL Talent Search Contest is your chance to shine! Whether it’s a painting, poem, or song, we want to see your talent on display. Winners will have the opportunity to take home $1,000! 🔗 Don’t wait—submit your work today: bit.ly/40eco3G #IAMPHL #PhillyGoes 022 2
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2025this is also a great example of what i argued in my column this week, that elon musk and the much of the MAGA right simply does not believe in the existence of legitimate political opposition to their agenda. it's not that there are tens of millions of democratic voters, it is that there's fraud 962531421 2.5K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Roundtable this Wed at the US Senate, on how Trump and Musk are killing research like cancer and Alzheimer’s research. 2:30pm Eastern. There is a livestream. This would be better in primetime and produced for TV, like the Jan 6 Committee did. But it’s a good start from @baldwin.senate.gov. 523595 235
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herMarcelo Bonini, Ph.D. @mbonini.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Yes both cancers which today are equivalent to a death sentence - may continue to be the case for several more years if the Trump administration pulls the plug on trials 261 6
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies. 10254192675 5.4K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herACLU @aclu.org · 23/03/2025This past week, 4 people were executed in the following states: Oklahoma, Arizona, Florida and Louisiana, making this one of the most fatal weeks of the year for people on death row. No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW. 16822143 822
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/03/2025And @mcuban.bsky.social, NIH research has also given us amazing advances in human health: childhood leukemia (survival rates are now >90%); dramatically reduced birth defects and infant mortality; dropped heart attack and stroke rates. Now it's all in danger of collapsing. Please help us. 221863 218
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025more and more people are saying this 211131258 1.1K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...cbsnews.comGrieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's deathBetween 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions. 6431381261 3.1K
Reposted by Jamie Kudera she/herGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/03/2025"Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...wagingnonviolence.orgResistance is alive and well in the United StatesProtests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic. 421066 210