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Laura

@lauracamp.bsky.social
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Democrat, California, native plants, CNPS, soccer, photography, art, knitting. Committed to truth and preserving our natural world. Orange County member of wave4all.org

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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 21h
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Democracy Protectors: Constitutional Observer Training, Help Us Protect the Vote · Minnesota DFL
We need you. Donald Trump is threatening to send agents all over the country with the goal of intimidating voters. As Democratic State Parties, we will not let this go unchallenged. State Parties ac...
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trumps super pac has hundreds of millions $$. Paying for these ads with illegal taxpayer dollars is a giant fuck you to every American.
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Bradley Perry @bradleyperry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I believe this is all correct but I did not verify any of it. Other than what I remember having lived through all those Presidents. So I do believe it is all true.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sauron did a lot of damage and cut down trees but eventually was felled by his closest aide.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Daniel Dale with the facts
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Men, a request. When using Unisex bathrooms, please put the seat down when you’re done. TIA.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the worst centrally planned Communism ever.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The latest weekend outrage from Trump is truly outrageous and dangerous.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I read this, it was difficult and utterly senseless and tragic. Please read, we must change for the sake of the future. For this young mother and her children it is too late.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
2024 data for adults 65 and older who have had all teeth removed due to decay or gum disease: • Kentucky, 21.4% — worst in America • West Virginia, 19.8% • Arkansas, 19.7%
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
WASHINGTON — Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That brings the total net number of women who have left the labor force since January this year to 845,000. In comparison, there are 406,000 fewer men in the labor force now than in January. 

A total of 165,000 women, aged 20 and over, left the labor force last month — meaning they are neither working nor looking for work — while men's labor force participation was unchanged. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. Women accounted for all of these losses, losing 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000 jobs. Women make up 50.1% of the workforce.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Republicans campaign on the economy. Democrats build it. 72 percent of all jobs created since 1945 came under Democratic presidents. 84 percent of recession quarters came under Republicans. That is BLS and NBER data, not opinion. #VoteBlue
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This sort of thing has to stop. You may prefer AES but Stevens isn’t evil. She and her supporters don’t deserve this. Politicians and their supporters shouldn’t be made to feel unsafe just because you support someone else.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Louisiana has the highest share of women in poverty in America. Texas has the highest rate of uninsured women. Arkansas and Oklahoma have two of the shortest life expectancies for women. Republicans run all four.
WALLETHUB 2026 • 50 STATES RANKED THE 4 WORST STATES IN AMERICA FOR WOMEN
LOUISIANA
WORST
OKLAHOMA
2ND WORST
ARKANSAS
3RD WORST
TEXAS
4TH WORST
NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas each ban abortion with no exception for rape or incest. Louisiana Republicans blocked adding those exceptions again in May 2026.
LOUISIANA has the highest share of women living in poverty in America, 20.9%.
TEXAS has the highest rate of uninsured women in America.
ARKANSAS and OKLAHOMA have two of the shortest life expectancies for women.
ALL FOUR ARE RUN BY REPUBLICANS. EVERY ONE.
Republicans hold the governor's office and both chambers of the legislature in all four.
TEXAS, ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ELECT A GOVERNOR IN 96 DAYS Greg Abbott and Sarah Huckabee Sanders are on the ballot November 3. Kevin Stitt is term limited, so Oklahoma's seat is open. Louisiana does not vote for governor until 2027.
Source: WalletHub, Best and Worst States for Women, published March 2, 2026, across 25 key metrics. Abortion exceptions from KFF. Party control from Ballotpedia.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, Utah is cheaper. Here is what cheap buys. A Utah nurse earns $39,600 less than a Washington nurse. A Utah firefighter earns $46,210 less. Utah taxes your groceries at 3 percent, Washington taxes them at zero, and Utah Republicans give you no paid sick days and no paid family leave.
MOVING FROM WASHINGTON TO UTAH?
SELECTED THINGS YOU GIVE UP

WASHINGTON
UTAH
Avg. weekly private-sector pay
$1,512
$1,191
Minimum wage, most workers
$17.13/hr
$7.25/hr
Tipped worker cash wage
$17.13/hr
$2.13/hr
Overtime salary threshold, 2026
$80,168/yr
$35,568/yr
Workers in a union, 2024
16.0%
3.7%
Guaranteed paid sick days
Yes, by law
No state law
Required rest and meal breaks
Yes, by law
No state law
Paid family and medical leave
12 to 16 weeks
None statewide
Prevailing wage on public works
Required
Repealed in 1981
Sales tax on groceries
None
3%
Registered nurse median pay
$124,200
$84,600
Nursing assistant median pay
$49,180
$39,840
Home health aide median pay
$47,730
$35,880
Childcare worker median pay
$41,680
$31,630
911 dispatcher median pay
$78,850
$54,120
Police officer median pay
$102,080
$77,310
Firefighter median pay
$94,520
$48,310
Construction laborer median pay
$57,720
$46,550
Avg. teacher salary, 2024-25
$96,589
$72,882
Pupils per teacher, 2024-25
17.1
21.9
K-12 spending per student
$20,948
$12,029
State preschool spending
$13,628/child
$3,917/child
Abortion access
Legal to viability
18-week ban
Main source of electricity
Hydropower
Coal
Utah follows the federal minimum wage, tipped wage, and overtime salary threshold.
Washington paid leave: 12 weeks family or medical, up to 16 combined, 18 with complications.
Pay figures are BLS median annual wages, May 2025. Education: NEA and NIEER, 2024-25.
Utah's near-total abortion ban is blocked in court; Utah enforces an 18-week ban.
Utah's power plants emit five times more carbon per unit of electricity than Washington's.
Laguna Beach Democratic Club
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, NEA, NIEER, EIA, Utah State Tax Commission, Center for Reproductive Rights, WAL&I, WA Paid Family and Medical Leave
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In the illegal unauthorized war.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In 1959, Connecticut and Oklahoma had the exact same life expectancy: 71.1 years. Then Oklahoma turned hard right and Connecticut went the other way. Today #Connecticut has gained almost ten years of life. #Oklahoma gained under five.
SAME COUNTRY. SAME STARTING LINE. DIFFERENT POLITICS.
THE POLITICS YOU LIVE UNDER DECIDES HOW LONG YOU LIVE
Life expectancy at birth, 1959 to 2017
CONNECTICUT 80.7
80
76
OKLAHOMA 75.8
72
BOTH: 71.1
1959
1980
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Researchers tracked 18 kinds of state policy for 44 years. States that moved right gained the least life. States that moved left, the most.
If every state matched the healthiest ones, Americans would live over two years longer.
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Source: Montez, Woolf, et al., The Milbank Quarterly, 2020; US Mortality Database
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Real wage growth has fallen sharply, and is just -- only just! -- barely positive.
Line chart titled "Real wage growth has fallen sharply over recent months" showing percent change over the year in average hourly earnings for all private sector employees in 1982-1984 dollars. Real wage growth collapsed from 1.3 percent in early 2026 to barely positive at 0.09 percent by June 2026, after maintaining steady growth between 1.0 and 1.8 percent throughout 2024 and 2025. The decline included two months of actual wage contraction in April and May 2026, with May hitting negative 0.80 percent, the lowest point in the period shown and the first negative readings observed.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
US inflation is the highest in the G7.
Line chart titled "The United States currently has the highest inflation in the G7" showing year-ended consumer price inflation rates across G7 countries. The United States leads at 3.5%, followed by Canada at 3.2% and Italy at 3.1%, while Japan has the lowest rate at 1.5%. The 2.0 percentage point gap between the highest and lowest rates reveals divergent price pressures among major advanced economies, with the US experiencing notably stronger inflation than its peers.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
CNBC named Utah the sixth worst state to live in America. Worst state for women eleven years running. Women earn 73 cents on the dollar. 513 daycares for 3.5 million people. In 2018 voters passed three laws and lawmakers rewrote all three. The governor said beforehand it would not matter.
#6 WORST STATE TO LIVE IN AMERICA
UTAH
CNBC QUALITY OF LIFE SCORE: 95 OUT OF 290
GRADE F
Worst state in America for women. Eleven straight years Utah women earn 73 cents for every dollar a man earns
A 7.25 minimum wage covering 16.5% of a family's needs
513 licensed child care centers for 3.5 million people
Voters passed three laws in 2018. Lawmakers rewrote all three
UTAH'S OWN STUDENT SURVEY, 2023
Nearly one in four Utah high schoolers seriously considered suicide that year.
Named for its workers.
Built against them.
LAGUNA BEACH DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Sources: CNBC 2026; WalletHub; Utah State University; Oxfam America; Child Care Aware
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Platner’s resignation statement reeks of delusion and it’s obvious he doesn’t care if Susan Collins or Republicans lose. Well, Democrats care, and our job is to defeat MAGA. Platner was a huge liability in achieving that righteous goal.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is absolutely sickening and I am outraged. King Donald does not own the White House or any of our national treasures. $1.3 million!!
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My garden late afternoon, Wooly Blue-Curls, a local California native plant.
Purple flower spires with fuzzy buds
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SayItToMyFace💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This regime is killing us literally. It’s killing the science that could develop the cures for diseases that could save us, or our loved ones. There is something VERY specific you can do about it. Watch the video from @standupforscience.net and then I’ve added their link mentioned in the video below
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Please let this happen
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
48 HOURS. California Primary is THIS TUESDAY, June 2nd. 🗳️ Drop your ballot at a secure drop box OR vote in person. Text your friends. Call your family. Talk to your neighbors. Every vote counts. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. 🔵 #Vote #VoteBlue #California #OrangeCounty
All we are saying is give impeachment another chance

Get up Stand Up
Stand up for what's right
- Rule of Law
- Decency 
- Fairness
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Roadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Stopping Aid to Africa is a deadly policy Trump stopped USAID food medicine and vaccines in the continent We don’t have Ambassadors in over 20 African nations Ebola is deadly and contagious Trump withdrew from WHO There arent competent experts in the administration to address whats coming
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Trump has TDS: he is deranged.
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Lexi "Pro-Democracy" 💙 @lexi6toes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Must read 🧵👆
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Perfectly said, Senator Murray.
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Nature @nature.com · 26/04/2026
All 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. go.nature.com/42tkCGv
go.nature.com
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The injustice and cruelty going on in our immigration system, in OUR NAME, is infuriating. And some voters still rate Trump favorably on immigration. No.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi still have to get up in the morning and look in the mirror.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“The Mar-a-Lago Mafia” That’s it.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The amount of wealth, prosperity and security for US people that the Republicans have killed, in my lifetime, is just staggering. I should add up the numbers just for my personal wealth. Huge. And DT is supercharging another decline.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Donald Trump needs to take his toys and go home. Then the adults in the world can deal with his mess. The adults in the US need to vote in a real Congress in November.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So as we all knew he would, as Republicans do, Trump killed our job growth. Dead.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oh good. New depreciation rules to supercharge the development of AI centers, 🤬
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
We the taxpayers paid for this woman to be detained in jail for 6 weeks. No reason given other than that her husband’s visa had expired and she was culpable. No lawyer, no judge. Shackles. I’m grateful they survived. 1/2
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Excellent writing from Ashley Parker. Hope it’s not an obituary and that WAPO can rise from the ashes, somehow. I remember how important it was during Trump 1.
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Webanalyst @webanalyst.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
So A$$HOLE TRUMP is moving to destroy NATO & alienate our European allies over control of Greenland! SO IS THE GOP GOING TO STOP TRUMP? Or are they going to sit in their hands & let Trump alienate our allies and destroy our international security & standing? Repost if you agree #BlueCrew
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
the President is illegally raising taxes because people don't like his plan to illegally spend billions of tax dollars illegally invading allied territory
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Pedophile Protector AND Putin Puppet #MultiTasking
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
An unfit clown of a man. Our f-ing president. Good luck, Maria.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Why are Republicans helping a president who is intent on helping Putin? D’ya think this might hurt the United States? Are you hoping it’s after you’re dead?
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
When I worked an internship in Pittsburgh in winter 1978 I took a bus to downtown. My parents were longtime Pgh Press subscribers, delivered each afternoon. I started a Post-Gazette subscription AM delivery & read it on the bus. Our lives have seen the demise of local news, and we are poorer.
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Who’s crooked, exactly?
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Laura @lauracamp.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Republican Congress, get off your asses, and stop this acquisitive Putin wanna-be. This is madness.
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