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"But still, like air, I'll rise"- Maya Angelou💜 Blue🔵 in red state-S.O.S🚩

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.” Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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Salon.com @salon.com · 11/11/2025
Despite his "no" vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints.
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Even establishment Democrats say Chuck Schumer must go
Despite his "no" vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Schumer and the gang of 8 think that we will forget what they did to us. They think we will just move on to the next onslaught of our rights and freedoms, the next headline, the next abuse. We won't. If you want to let these traitors know, the number for the Senate switchboard is 202-224-3121.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"[Schumer] voted against the deal, but who are we kidding ... Either he was tacitly okay with it or he was too weak to stop 17% of his caucus from cutting a deal with Republican leadership and the Trump White House. If I had to place a bet, it would be on the former." — @danpfeiffer.bsky.social
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How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
The end of the shutdown was a disaster, but we have to put it behind us and move forward.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Just sent this fax to Chuck Schumer, and Kristen Gillibrand is up next. Free and easy, link below, and feel free to steal this script!
As one of your constituents, I am telling you do NOT cave in on a deal to stop the government shutdown. The Republicans are hurting people, and will continue to hurt people unless you hold the line. People's lives are at stake, and you are putting trust in the opposition, where there should be none.

DO NOT CAVE. DEMAND protection for tex credits. Hold Trump and the GOP accountable for stealing food from children by withholding SNAP funds. Hold them accountable for stealing health care from families. Hold them accountable for letting loose a secret police force on the streets to kidnap people. You are not helping anyone if you cave in now. Keep the shutdown going until the opposition caves, because they will have to.

Do this, or we will primary you next year.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, just emerged from the closed-door meeting and said: “I’m voting no.” Asked to explain his position, Schumer tersely said the American people “need healthcare.” The NYT
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/11/2025
Flood the phones: (202) 224-3121 Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line… There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
How long will we be hijacked by centrists, cowards and Chuck Schumer?
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Emergency Chuck Schumer call. Definitely a Hail Mary but holy shit we have to try anything right now. 202-224-6542
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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.
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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Breaking News: The Senate has enough votes to reach a minibus deal. A CR through January 30th. FORTY days for absolutely nothing, but capitulation from Democrats, as usual. Your services are no longer needed, Chuck Schumer. Please close the door on your way out.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 10/11/2025
Chuck Schumer is about to lose his job (positive).
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Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
There will be ZERO tolerance for Chuck Schumer as Leader if this Democratic Senate cave takes place. He might as well just step down immediately.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/11/2025
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people. Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
Donnie dipshit between the announcers in the Fox booth on November 9, record 40th day of the GOP shutdown
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
no one has ever been better than chuck schumer at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
DO NOT CAVE!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We’re 36 days into the longest shutdown in American history. All it would take to end this shutdown is for Republicans to agree to extend ACA tax credits, something that would directly help millions of Americans. It’s way past time to get to the negotiating table and end this.
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A 45 year-old married couple with one child living in Helena Montana and earning $70,000 a year is about to see their ACA premium rise from $263 a month to $515 a month.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC. Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ. Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term. Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms. Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊 #AccountabilityIsComing
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
For the folks just tuning in, it's been like this the entire time. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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🇨🇦Janet S @janet1857.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Very good news!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
While Trump and the GOP are throwing lavish parties and sending billions to other countries, Americans are ready for leaders who listen, who care, and who know what it’s like to work hard to put food on the table and care for their families. This Election Day, Americans will vote for those leaders.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Axios @axios.com · 04/11/2025
A tense moment from President Trump's "60 Minutes" interview involving questioning on crypto corruption accusations that was cut from the show has been revealed in the full CBS transcript.
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Read: Trump transcript on crypto corruption claims that "60 Minutes" cut
Read the transcript of the tense exchange that CBS didn't broadcast here.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
here's today's post: "why the fuck is 60 Minutes even bothering?" — in a world of new lows, a newer low. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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why the fuck is 60 Minutes even bothering?
in a world of new lows, a newer low
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.
Zohran, Tish James and Brad Lander lead a procession of hundreds walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn. Tish James, Brad Lander, Tony Simone and Rita Joseph wait for the march on the bridge. Zohran at a packed press conference outside city hall, Tish James and others raising their hands in the air.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/11/2025
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/11/2025
This is brilliant
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Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
fuck your Gatsby party, you tone-deaf fuck www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fuck-your-...
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fuck your Gatsby party, you tone-deaf fuck
who thought this would be a good idea?
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/11/2025
I know the world won’t care because it’s not some EVIL thing Trump just did, but yesterday I marathon streamed for 11 hours and raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they say will provide 100,000 meals for people in need.
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JESUS CHRIST! We Just Fed 100,000 People!
Bless you all!
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
It was truly an honor to spend the final Sunday morning of this long campaign at Harlem's First Corinthian Baptist Church. My deepest thanks to Pastor Walrond, First Lady Rev. Dr. Lakeesha Walrond and the entire congregation for the opportunity and welcome.
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 02/11/2025
Governor Josh Shapiro signed a bill overnight adding an additional $5 million in funds to food banks in the area to help feed those without the necessary assistance they should be getting from the federal government. www.wpxi.com/news/local/g...
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Gov. Shapiro signs disaster declaration, announces $5M in funding for Pennsylvania food banks
Pennsylvanians who rely on SNAP benefits are getting some help from the state.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
No Money For SNAP Benefits, but For Chump,Always Time To Grift....
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/11/2025
People who force their religion on others will force their politics on others. It’s why we separate church from state.
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