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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸

@nurseteria.bsky.social
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Nurse educator. Public health defender. Founding Member Grandparents for Vaccines. 1/2 of "The Op-Ed Nurses" #ImpeachRFKJr #ProtectOurHealthcare #GrandparentsforVaccines #ReproFreedom

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More of this please. Every member of Congress should support impeachment. Just this weekend, we were subjected to "ads" telling the public to "love him" paid for by US taxpayers and then we learn he offered to sell the Chinese arms. He's a clear and present danger www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmke...
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Congressman Steve Cohen introduces 26 articles of impeachment against President Trump
YouTube video by ABC24 Memphis
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea of giving Fetterman this kind of power is repulsive. Praying for a great big blue wave to prevent this from happening. This means flipping 5 seats. (3 to get to 50, 1 to prevent JD from breaking a tie, and 1 to override Fetterman). VOTE BLUE! thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
Fetterman defends political identity, weighs potential role as 51st senator
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) defended his position as a Democrat on Saturday despite straying from the party on key issues — but refused to speculate how he would break ties if his party at…
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More time to kill and maim our troops in Iran. More time to enact tariffs with Canada. More time to take away women’s rights over their bodily autonomy. More time to pay more for gas, heating, food and healthcare. NO THANKS GOP 🙂‍↔️ Vote 🗳️ Blue!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ATTENTION OREGONIANS- In 2025 Christine Drazan voted AGAINST HB 2010. This bill secured billions of federal dollars for Oregon's Medicaid program, known as the Oregon Health Plan. Thousands of Oregonians are about to lose their healthcare in 2027. Drazan doesn't care. VOTE @tinakotek.bsky.social
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I want to commend @drjudystone.bsky.social for her brilliant op ed highlighting @defendpublichealth.bsky.social RFK Jr Whoppers from the past year. His lies continue to jeopardize the health of Americans. The GOP’s willingness to promote misinformation is another reason to #VOTEBLUE
forbes.com
Defend Public Health Analyzes RFK Jr.'s Falsehoods
Defend Public Health has a new retrospective report on lessons learned from debunking some RFK Jr's most egregious "Whoppers" over the past year.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear Donald, We want you to know we "don't have to pretend that you are on the ticket." We know you ARE. And that is why we will be voting BLUE up and down the ticket. We have had enough of your BS, tariffs, corruption, and hate. Get ready to sing your swan song. Love, America
cnn.com
Live updates: Trump tells GOP faithful to ‘pretend I’m on the ticket’ as he closes out convention | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump closed out the GOP’s midterm convention Thursday by repeatedly pleading with its attendees to vote, urging them at one point to “cheat like hell” to help Republicans keep contro...
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He’s at it again! Nope! We aren’t getting $5000-magical thinking! Vote Blue!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
THE GOP MOTTO: 1. No Americans killed in Iran War 2. No children dead from measles in 2026 3. No consequences for the deaths of Alex Pretii or Renee Good 4. No justice for Epstein survivors What the GOP doesn't like to talk about, they erase, but WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. VOTE THEM OUT!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If any post needs a boost it is this one. TEXANS please check your registration NOW so that you won't have any surprises on election day. Every vote matters!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Darline's mentality-- we suffered, so should you. 🤬 VOTE @drannieandrews.com for Senate, South Carolinians! She has your health and well being as a priority of her campaign. Medicare for All is smart, cost-effective and everyone will have peace of mind being able to access care when they are sick.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As we all dry our tears tonight, remembering our beloved Dolly, here is one of her most endearing duets with our favorite frog, Kermit. We are all everyday people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=egN7...
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Dolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” Extended/Remixed | 'Dolly' Episode 5 (1987)
YouTube video by ddolIly
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey America! Honor Dolly's memory and get yourself and your family vaccinated. Even Dolly trusted the science and not the conspiracists. Vaccines save lives! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjbS...
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Dolly Parton sings and gets COVID vaccine shot
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Measles is NOT just a rash. It's a serious respiratory disease frequently causing pneumonia and also known to cause brain swelling (encephalitis). Worse are long-term irrevocable complications like cognitive impairment. MMR is safe and effective. #MeaslesKills www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/h...
cnn.com
Two people in Pennsylvania have died from measles | CNN
Two people have died due to measles in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. Both individuals were unvaccinated.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If supporting abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, child care tax credit, a stellar (not mediocre) public education system, free community college and no arms for Israel makes people call me socialist or communist, fine with me. Liberty and justice for all! Human rights for all!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Measles complications vs adverse effects of a MMR vaccine. Here's what the science shows. You be the judge! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Vaccines gave our children a safer future. As grandparents, we have a powerful voice and a responsibility to share what we’ve witnessed, and why protecting the next generation matters. Let’s use our voices to help keep our grandchildren healthy and protected. ❤️ @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
beavertonvalleytimes.com
OPINION: Give children a healthy start to school - Beaverton Valley Times
As a retired nurse educator and grandmother, I believe one of the best ways we can prepare children for a successful school year is to make sure they are up […]
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Senate Republicans failed to pass a truncated version of the SAVE America Act before going into recess early Saturday morning. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Voters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act’s voter ID measure
The failed bill, which required a narrow set of photo IDs for voter eligibility, could have prevented millions of people from voting in November’s midterms.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When the EPSTEIN scandals are all fully adjudicated, as they eventually will be, there will be more convictions & people imprisoned than there were in the Watergate matter. Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com #tickticktick ⌛
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Doing his best to disenfranchise millions of votes by begging SCOTUS to curtail mail in voting. Why? Because he knows he is going to lose. Vote like your life depends on it because it does. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/t...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene to allow mail-in voting restrictions
A federal appeals court on Saturday kept the restrictions blocked in 23 states that sued, finding states must prepare for potentially disruptive election changes.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Make Americans sicker by increasing cost of generic drugs they depend on to stay well. The cruelty and depravity of this administration knows no boundaries. Remember in November and vote blue! time.com/article/2026...
time.com
What Would Trump's Plan to Impose Tariffs on Generic Drugs Do to Prices?
Experts say that if Trump follows through, the proposed tariffs could have far-reaching consequences for the cost and availability of the medications.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The US just surpassed the number of measles cases in 2025 in the first 6.5 months of 2026 🤬 2025 = 2288 cases Jan. 1- July 22, 2026 = 2298 cases with reports of sepsis and brain swelling in hospitalized children. #FireRFKJr @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
medpagetoday.com
Studies Document Brain Swelling, Sepsis in U.S. Measles Outbreaks
Kids and the unvaccinated were most likely to end up hospitalized in South Carolina and Utah
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Todd Blanche is a fraud. A real US Attorney General would be investigating Mitch McConnell’s disappearance. Blanche is unfit to serve.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Contact Congress today!
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pokeratlstyle.bsky.social @pokeratlstyle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@ossoff.bsky.social PLEASE take it upon yourself and do this for us
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@abcnewsdesk.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @msnowcomms.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @jimacosta.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE DEMOCRAT RESPONSE THAT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW?
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hey @democrats.org Why isn’t there an appointed leader to give a counter televised speech to immediately follow Trump to counter his lies? I nominate Senator Jon Ossoff. We cannot be silent!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Todd Blanche told the truth. He said he is the President's lawyer. DISQUALIFYING!
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The idea that the press would even consider covering FOTUS speech to the nation when he plans to repeat the BIG LIE regarding the 2020 election is abhorrent and unAmerican. Does anyone here believe a word that comes out of his mouth?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
FEC is without a quorum to act. EAC is without a quorum to act. DOJ is under Trump's direct control. This is a very dangerous time for elections. My advice and request is to sign-up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
No Graham Platner you do not get to decide who replaces you on the ballot. You assault women and lie to the public and that is disgraceful and disqualifying. If you have an ounce of integrity and accountability you will drop out immediately without qualifications.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If you aren't aware or concerned about the OMB rule change being led by yours truly, Russell Vought, read this! @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has made it easy peasy to write and submit your own comment- check out helpful resources with directions here: www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/cri...
insidehighered.com
Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants
The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Wondering what @joanwalsh.bsky.social has to say?! Platner must withdraw now so Maine Democrats can determine a feasible path forward. Quoting @jojofromjerz.bsky.social "Whoever replaces Platner in the Maine Senate race is going to need a fuckton of our help. We can flip that seat! We HAVE to!"
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Please use this easy form to write your Rep and Senators to say NO to this rule change!
actionnetwork.org
Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Russell Vought appears before Apps Committee this am as Trump proposes a rule to take control over federal grant-making and use it as leverage to enforce compliance with the whims of his administration. 🤬 @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @bethlinas.bsky.social
newhavenindependent.org
Scientists Slam Trump Rule Change - New Haven Independent
Dr. Esen Sefik moved from Istanbul to New Haven 20 years ago because she believed the U.S. was the best place to do scientific research. Now, her advisees are wondering whether to stay in their home c...
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
100 MILLION Americans donated dimes to the March of Dimes and helped to defeat polio. Never underestimate the power of the American people and our amazing scientists! www.youtube.com/watch?v=01v5...
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Jonas Salk, Narrated by Peter Salk
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Really important article from @drjudystone.bsky.social, describing some of the very serious problems with the proposed OMB rule that would put political appointees in charge of federal grant funding.
forbes.com
How The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your Town
The OMB proposal threatens scientific research and ALL federal funding for states, cities, and nonprofits. It politicizes ALL funding. Call your reps and write an objection.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If you want to write to your elected representatives about this travesty, hit this link:
defendpublichealth.org
Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Grant Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees | Defend Public Health
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a proposed new rule for federal grants with breathtaking scope, impacting every grant issued across every department and agency of the feder...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A great new piece by @nurseteria.bsky.social and @dgaffney.bsky.social about the impact of the proposed new OMB rule that gives control over federal science funding to political appointees.
commondreams.org
Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care | Common Dreams
The Office of Management and Budget’s proposed rule putting political appointees in charge of healthcare-funding decisions threatens the patients we serve.
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Another excellent op-ed from @nurseteria.bsky.social and @donnagaffney.bsky.social, this on #OMB www.commondreams.org/opinion/poli... Please submit comments opposing OMB rule at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
commondreams.org
Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care | Common Dreams
The Office of Management and Budget’s proposed rule putting political appointees in charge of healthcare-funding decisions threatens the patients we serve.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Nurses aren’t going to sit on the sidelines watching this administration destroy public health, mental healthcare, nursing education and the services we all depend on to live healthy, happy and productive lives. @nursesforamerica.bsky.social @donnagaffney.bsky.social
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Russell Vought is still trying to take over all federal grant making, put it under his thumb and political control. It's a mad power grab. We must stop it. Click on link and write a letter to your members of Congress. Share because lives depend on it! @apha.org @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org
Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Listened to two minutes of FOTUS this am, and seriously, the man cannot catch his breath.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Is anyone shocked that JD Lance is a liar? Let me correct his false statement when he claimed current administration inherited an inflation rate of over 9% LIE! President Biden turned over a strong economy; inflation was 2.9% Facts matter JD!! www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
americanprogress.org
The Biden Administration Handed Over a Strong Economy
Here are five reasons why the U.S. economy was at its best in decades, right before President Trump took office for his second term.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I want a new President.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Is it November 3, 2026 yet? Asking for millions of Americans and hundreds of millions abroad. 😳
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I'm with @joanwalsh.bsky.social #NoPlatner and no I don't trust him either. Not in ME so some will chime in MYOB, but guess what, this is every American's business who gives a damn about democracy. That means we must defeat Collins and we need to weigh in that more dirt will drop. UGH!
thenation.com
Graham Platner and the Rise of White-Male Identity Politics
Platner’s rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that’s developed, not only on the right but the left as well.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
If what’s his face can rename anything he feels like, so can we. Therefore we the people demand the DOJ be called the DOC-Department of Corruption until we have individuals who work there following the Constitution not bowing to a self declared king.
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This should be the nail in the coffin. I guess Democrats really do want to lose the Senate and with that we will never ever see a moderate SCOTUS in our lifetimes. Kiss that good bye. October Surprise! Susan Collins for once is NOT concerned. 🤬🤯
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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🇬🇱 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 🐸 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The GOP could very well keep control of the US Senate if Maine elects Platner next Tuesday- an easy win for Susan Collins which keeps getting easier each day-how does one justify and defend Platner's record yet say in same breath #ReleaseEpsteinFiles #RankJanetMills or find another candidate STAT
theatlantic.com
Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem
Are we really going to do this again?
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