Reposted by Maggie ChouinardMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10736504920332
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control? 17852242099
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardProject On Government Oversight @pogo.org · 09/09/2025Right now, Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to pass a ban on Congressional stock trading. To help make this happen, we need you to raise your voice. Tell YOUR reps to #StopTheTrades:act.pogo.orgTell Congress: Pass the Bipartisan Bill to Ban Congressional Stock TradingThe bipartisan Restore Trustin Congress Act is a historic opportunity to pass a ban on congressional stock trading. Now is the time to make some noise about it. 032
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardNRDC @nrdc.org · 07/09/2025Scientists are pushing back on the Trump administration’s latest climate report, calling it misleading and full of errors. The administration wants to use the report to justify rolling back limits on climate pollution and reversing decades of progress. npr.orgDozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate reportMore than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science. 01711
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/09/2025We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories. Vaccines are safe and effective. Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans. He must resign. 631118893644
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately. Remember this. 21839942271
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman. 28036864221835
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen JonesIsrael is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 040
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The Watergate break-in (which happened 53 years ago this week) began the modern era of “whatever-it-takes-to-win” politics — blatant disregard of any and all norms and laws that interfered with gaining or keeping power. Trump is the logical and inevitable consequence. bit.ly/3QV2m4s 1102333589
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardNowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Businesses are stepping up to protect their employees against ICE raids. Over 100 workplaces have pledged to become 4th Amendment Workplaces and have trained their staff on what to do if ICE shows up. Learn more: 4thworkplace.org 227159
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Well deserved, and thank you so much for writing this! As a recent MPH grad moving into infectious disease research, it was exactly what I needed. So glad you were able to share Henry’s story with the world. 020
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/06/2025BREAKING: The RFK-fired ACIP (CDC virus advisory board) stand up and start leading the fight back with this open letter dropped last nite via #JAMA. Join us in joining them in fighting back here zurl.co/7d75d zurl.co/xItah #StandUpForScience #SaveCDC #RestoreACIP #StopRFKzurl.coAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a CrossroadsIn this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the 520259
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2025One of Trump's first actions was to pardon Jan 6 insurrections. He offered a “get out of jail free” card to people who committed violence on his behalf. And he continues to spew hateful rhetoric towards his political opponents. This will only fuel more violence. 943493765
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces. We hear that immigrants "just need to follow the law," but when they attempt to, they're rounded up at courthouses. Hello? 21278803050
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/06/2025I asked Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to justify cutting Medicaid by $700 billion dollars just to give the very richest people in this country a $235 billion tax break. You won't be surprised to learn: he didn't have an answer. 1112904622
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This is my cat. His full government name is “Five Dollar Bill” but we call him “Bill” for short. There can only be one big beautiful Bill. 150
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/05/2025See you all out there today! Let’s make some good trouble. ✊ 1026320706
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged. 610222128276
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The link is offline for me now too. Suspicious given the timing… 000
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardEnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Here's an Earth Day reminder that Big Oil and Gas spent $96 million to help reelect Donald Trump. Now he's getting rid of environmental protections to appease his donors. If we want to live on a healthy planet, we need to End Citizens United and get Big Money out of our politics 512441
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 22/04/2025www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...aacu.orgA Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&UA Call for Constructive Engagement 711324
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/04/2025We apologize for the length of this post, but we felt it was important to share the full details with you. 318114383892
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025It's really hard to make videos about all of the cool science coming out all of the time. I really appreciate Trump trying to help me out with this problem by making it so no new science comes out ever. 1075923329
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 14/04/2025this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview 371169435631
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardEnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It’s time to ban congressional stock trading. Repost if you agree. 10442255
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2025This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest. 10722221098
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Definitely worth a read www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comLoathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathyTrump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague 010
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Watched on YouTube this morning and I’m SO proud of you and feeling inspired - thank you for everything you’re doing 030
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/04/2025Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science. 365242257680
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 26/03/2025What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury 308124642072
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know 3474550510021
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2025‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff 438360556055
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Nightmare blunt rotation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comWhite House security leak: who’s who in the Signal group chatDefence secretary, US vice-president and senior Trump advisers wrote openly about the strikes on Yemen 000
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Thank you for giving us hope. It no longer feels like we’re fighting alone ❤️ 000
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 21/03/2025The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right. The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy. We must end that international embarrassment. Yes. We need Medicare for All. 1220322309158
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you. 515159574425
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/03/2025🏢 Return to Work Update On March 17, all employees outside of a bargaining unit but within 50 miles of an HHS facility will return to office It's going to to be a shitshow. At CDC, employees have been told to go to other campuses if there's no parking. Even if their labs are location-specific... 23684130
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardEnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 12/03/202515 years ago, Citizens United ushered in a new Gilded Age. Now, billionaire donors are pulling the strings, and it’s America’s working families who’ll have to pay the cost.thebulwark.comThe Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and CorruptionA ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can. 29832
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025This is the most unhinged government email I have seen since January 20 — and, likely, ever (and I reviewed all of the Clinton White House's DOMA records). 35996268
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 10/03/2025An interesting read (though I might remain a pessimist 😅) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe left needs to abandon its miserable, irrational pessimism | Aaron BastaniA hundred years ago the average person, in one of the the world’s wealthiest societies, could expect to live until 40. Now global life expectacy is 73 000
Reposted by Maggie ChouinardRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The man who issues threats daily and then immediately backs down from them has done it again. You better watch it, because next time he might really mean it. 1640105821911
Maggie Chouinard @swagnet.bsky.social · 06/03/2025As a former CDC employee, I’ll be at the Atlanta event tomorrow at Liberty Plaza! (plus I’m pretty proud of my sign) 020