Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I just got an RX drug renewed. Astonishingly, it had not been reduced by 1500% as Trump declared. The cost was actually up. Is it possible that the President was just making stuff up??????? 041
Reposted by Margot DurkinKaroli @karoli.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Apparently so. You’d think this was the first time. 011843
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Don’t let Kristi Noem’s incompetence distract you from Pete Hegseth’s incompetence. 040
Reposted by Margot DurkinAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The cost of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill keeps getting higher Medicaid and ACA assistance slashed by $1.1 TRILLION 11.8 million Americans losing healthcare coverage SNAP and crucial children’s services gutted But never fear, MAGA Elon will make out just fine We Won’t Get Over Losing Medicaid 26718330
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Let’s walk down memory lane: there was a time in this country when a president respected his oath of office. There was a time in this country when Congress did its job. There was a time in this country when the Constitution was respected above all, and court decisions were followed. 020
Reposted by Margot DurkinMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.notus.orgThe MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t ExistThe Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. 1203203946
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 01/06/2025This morning I watched @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social interview Elon Musk. Frankly I was shocked at his limited vocabulary and juvenile speech patterns. 021
Reposted by Margot DurkinDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 23/05/2025“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.” Melinda Gates 138104062979
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Pro tip: heads of nations should stay as far away from the Oval Office as possible. Why subject yourself to lies, propaganda, and humiliating bullying? 032
Reposted by Margot DurkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025Baldwin to RFK Jr: "Is funding for Alzheimer's research centers DEI? Because you're holding up $65m for 14 of those centers in 9 states, including UW Madison. Is funding for cancer centers DEI? Because you're holding up $47m in cancer center support grants at 9 cancer centers in 8 states." 660127483940
Reposted by Margot DurkinThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/05/2025Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high. The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.washingtonpost.comMoody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficitsMoody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars. 2182796803
Reposted by Margot Durkinlindsay berger sacks @lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians: “We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 861396397810
Reposted by Margot DurkinKeith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Everything he touches goes bankrupt. 484108123961
Reposted by Margot DurkinSocial Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 16/05/2025Republicans are stealing health care from 13.7 million Americans to give trillions in tax handouts to billionaires. House Budget Committee Republicans only voted against this plan because they want to make it even crueler. Republicans still plan to bring it to the House floor next week.socialsecurityworks.orgRepublican Medicaid Cuts Will Kill People(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, on the Republican plan to slash $716 billion from Medicaid: “Republicans are stealing hea... 611972
Reposted by Margot DurkinNsignificannot @nsignificannot.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.politico.eu/article/emma... Macron is an actual leader. Not in it just for show or just for profit.politico.euMacron: EU readying new Russia sanctions ‘in coming days’The president addressed numerous issues, including questions about France’s country’s nuclear arsenal, in a TV interview on Tuesday. 520239
Reposted by Margot DurkinHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious. 1373421798975
Reposted by Margot DurkinKeys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Truth is Stranger than Fiction The USA is issuing a very high-risk travel advisory for Venezuela, citing security forces detaining people without due process. Yes. Really. You can't make this up. travel.state.gov/content/trav...travel.state.govVenezuela Travel Advisory 37434202
Reposted by Margot DurkinWIRED @wired.com · 12/05/2025“Unfortunately, right now, it looks like the polluters won.” Experts say that the mass of scientists being forced out of the EPA will slow down any future regulation of chemicals.wired.comThe EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From ChemicalsReorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals. 701685750
Reposted by Margot DurkinGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This Air Force One coverage shows how the media “both sides’s” Trump’s corruption—criticism is the “problem” of Dems and crunchy “good government” losers alone. How about a headline like: “No GOP Senator Objects to Trump Accepting Half-Billion-Dollar Bribe”? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...doomsdayscenario.coCorruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane SightOf course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane.... 21816235
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Maybe Putin could give him a dacha on the Black Sea and he could move there. 000
Reposted by Margot DurkinPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 12/05/2025 149100002081
Reposted by Margot DurkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/05/2025Rep. Menendez: "They had over 20 armed ICE HSI officers, they were heavily armed, their faces were covered, and they wearing no identification. So this is who they chose to have come engage with the mayor of Newark and 3 elected members of the House of Representatives." 796161165410
Reposted by Margot DurkinKeith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 09/05/2025If you think suspending Habeas Corpus "just for undocumented immigrants" is acceptable, remember that there would be NO HEARINGS and NO LEGAL RECOURSE for ANYONE detained in this way So all they have to do is CLAIM that YOU are an undocumented immigrant to DISAPPEAR YOU 56781542984
Reposted by Margot DurkinRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Another one bites the dust. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...politico.comFEMA chief is firedFederal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton told people he was terminated Thursday. 581078214
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This is one of his biggest BS moves so far. 110
Reposted by Margot DurkinAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Somehow, Trump has declared that we’re under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so “urgent” that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd. 22675781817
Reposted by Margot DurkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2025Duckworth on if she's open to voting to confirm Mike Waltz: "I think everybody on that Signal chain needs to be fired ... he's failing up ... I'm not open to voting for him, no, because he's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information." 477278236140
Reposted by Margot DurkinRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 04/05/2025"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." 29293648812261
Reposted by Margot DurkinNPR @npr.org · 01/05/2025Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.npr.orgEducation Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental healthCongress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers. 41856312687
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Vanna White’s outfit tonight is a contender for worst ever. Who wears high heels with bell-bottom pajamas? 010
Reposted by Margot DurkinHeckinJesslynn 🏳️⚧️ @heckinjesslynn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025As a scientist. Let me assure you, this will NOT be taken seriously by anyone with any credibility. Science is NOT carried out like this. They came to a conclusion based on bigotry and then filled in the blanks based on hate to fit their narrative This is another instance of how the HHS has fallen 044
Reposted by Margot DurkinRebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 01/05/2025There is NO "aborted fetal debris" in vaccines. They're resurrecting one of the most innacurate and outdated lies to trigger people not only into not trusting vaccines, but to make them angry at those who produce them. The cells used to produce a select number of vaccines are grown in a lab. 37952941664
Reposted by Margot DurkinTimothy Burke @timothyburke.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The Attorney General of the United States gushing on camera that the President has saved two-thirds of the entire population of America from dying of a fentanyl overdose was a gut-churning lurch towards the absurd flattery lavished on personality-cult dictators by fawning subordinates. 815129592636
Margot Durkin @mrsdurkinmuses.bsky.social · 30/04/2025www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trum...factcheck.orgTrump's False Claims about Gas, Egg Prices - FactCheck.orgSeveral times over the last week, President Donald Trump has assured Americans that the prices of eggs and gasoline are down significantly. But he has made false claims about the cost of both products... 000