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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The damage Trump's budget bill will cause is almost impossible to comprehend. Republicans must pay the price for it at the ballot box. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 26/06/2025

A huge win for democracy today! Senate Majority Leader John Thune refused to overrule the parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s spending bill. Take heart as this shows using our voices loudly & in unison works! thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Thune says he won’t overrule Senate referee on Medicaid cuts

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday said he will not overrule the parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s tax and spending megabill, de…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged. Is it any wonder so many feel abandoned by our economy? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Yes. No.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

AOC: You are not aware that the Trump Department of Justice is investigating the largest insurance company in America for fraud of Medicare Advantage that you have jurisdiction over?

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Nana Kim @nanakim.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Who is running HHS?

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 23/06/2025

Across Missouri, rural communities are struggling to access quality healthcare that is both affordable and convenient—which is why I introduced the Community Paramedicine Act with Rep. Harshbarger. www.kctv5.com/2025/06/17/b...

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Bill introduced to expand scope of healthcare grants, include rural access

A bill that would expand the scope of healthcare grants to include rural healthcare has been introduced in U.S. Congress.

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Cathy of Smithville @silvercat23.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I certainly hope Senate Democrats are holding the line against Medicaid cuts, cuts to contempt of court enforcement, the defunding of SNAP, and the defunding of the CFPB. You keep saying you're the minority party and you can't do anything. Well, here's something you can do.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Her stats line up with CDC data…

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/05/2025

“Can’t 86 him? 25th him.” — Founding Fathers, probably.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Yes, we noticed. You're still here.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16/05/2025

WorldPride kicks off May 17 in DC, marking 50 years since the first “Gay Pride Day.” But 1974 also saw a quieter milestone: the first bill in Congress to ban anti-gay job bias. Fred Frommer @ffrommer.bsky.social reflects on the pivotal stepping stone.

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A half-century ago, House members pushed Congress’s first gay rights bill

The legislation went nowhere. More than 40 years later, the Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act protects gay a

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

He’s a liar just like the rest of them. Kehoe ran as a “moderate.” He’s actually an extremist who doesn’t think working Missourians deserve $13.75/hour or earned sick time…even when the voters approved both.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 10/05/2025

The arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka is a wake-up call for all of us. We must recognize the danger of Trump's authoritarian tactics and stand together to fight back against his attacks on democracy and human rights!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2025

MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Music is joy! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Cathy of Smithville @silvercat23.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

While we were all getting irate about the stupid pope picture, here's what we should have been paying attention to. The Trump family is using it's connections to make lucrative deals on three continents. Emoluments clause? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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Trump Sons’ Deals on Three Continents Directly Benefit the President

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Emily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The protest in Chicago is massive! Over 50,000 protesters have shown up for the May Day march and International Workers' Day. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🧵 #Tennessee WTF is this shit? This is ridiculous and it will kill people. JFC. Keep politics out of healthcare!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/05/2025

Neutral Switzerland 🔥 I love this so much…

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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

#MayDay Italy ✊🏼

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/05/2025

Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Trump: “Maybe kids will have two dolls instead of 30" as a result of the tariffs. Bernie: “Billionaires like Musk and Trump do not have a clue about what it means for a working class family trying to buy presents for the kids or to take care of basic necessities.”

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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Traumatizing a US citizen family and violating the sanctity of their home. Is this another “administrative error?” Is she saying the ICE agents wanted her to change clothes in front of them???

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 30/04/2025

This is what real leadership looks like. AOC’s words are a powerful reminder that solidarity is strength and that justice means fighting for everyone. Grateful for leaders who speak truth and inspire action. Thank you AOC for showing us what it means to lead with values. @aoc.bsky.social #MomSky

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Not a word of this is true. Literally not a word.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/04/2025

After a slower start than Trump’s first term, protests have erupted across the country, standing up against his overreach.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 28/04/2025

Wily Economy Coyote

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

He laughed at Zelensky’s wardrobe a few weeks ago, then showed up to the Vatican looking like he was about to offer you a “great deal” on a 2003 Chevy Malibu with only three previous owners and “just a little flood damage.” open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

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Moron McBlueSuit

MAGA’s melted circus peanut messiah does the Pope’s funeral.

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