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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
¡ THIS ¡ is The Kennedy Center! 💥💯 ❤️‍🔥👑🥲😍🤩😘 #KennedyCenter
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WBUR @wbur.org · 18/09/2026
The Education Department cut about $600 million in grants for teacher training in 2025. The department characterized the grants as supporting "divisive ideologies" such as diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But a judge's order Thursday says that the department’s directive violated federal law.
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Mass. judge strikes down Trump policy that cut millions in teacher-training money
The Education Department cut about $600 million in grants for teacher training in 2025. The department characterized the grants as supporting "divisive ideologies" such as diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But a judge's order Thursday says that the department’s directive violated federal law.
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This looks like a good event to go to if you’re in DC area
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker eviscerates Patel: "He's like an 18 year old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of, doing keg stands and chugging with friends. He's an embarrassment. He is a disgrace. This is a mockery and a sham. What's bad are the people enabling him."
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The story of a personalized mRNA vaccine against melanoma began with a "hunch" 15 yrs ago. With sustained NIH funding, this "hunch" resulted in a clinical trial showing the clinical application. "Proof of Concept = mRNA can therapeutically re-train a patient's immune system to attack the tumor.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Again. This is ABSOLUTELY an impeachable offense. Impeach and remove.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Democrats @democrats.org · 27/08/2026
Facts don’t care about Trump’s feelings.
A map showing parts of Canada and the United States, including Ontario and New York. Lake Ontario is labeled.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
“They murdered our child. People need to be held responsible when they murder people in this country."   Alex Pretti's family is right, we need accountability for him & every victim of Trump's lawless ICE operation.   That Alex’s family still has no answers is absolutely shameful.
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Family of Alex Pretti speaks out in exclusive interview: 'They murdered our child'
Alex Pretti, an American citizen and ICU nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot and killed on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/08/2026
Public schools are not Sunday schools — the Ten Commandments don’t belong in our classrooms.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 11/08/2026
Texas women deserve this too. While Texas continues to restrict abortion access, Massachusetts just expanded protections for abortion care under Gov. Maura Healey. 🔥 Greg Abbott took away our choices. Texas women still have one left: the ballot box. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In response to today’s White House Executive Order (EO) on vaccines, parents should continue to rely on evidence-based immunization recommendations developed by experts. Today's EO does not change the scientific evidence supporting childhood immunization. That data has been built over decades.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 15/07/2026
Under President Trump and RFK Jr’s leadership, 1 in 4 CDC staff were let go last year, and the CDC made it optional to monitor the cyclospora parasite that’s now causing “explosive diarrhea” in 30+ states. 🧵
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RFK's CDC cut back on parasite monitoring. Then an outbreak spiraled
Amid a cyclospora outbreak in the US, eyes have turned back to recent agency changes at the CDC when parasite was taken off required monitoring.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 14/07/2026
I watched the videos of the aftermath of ICE agents killing a man in Biddeford, Maine. I’m absolutely outraged and so many of my colleagues are silent. Do we really want our country to be a place where federal agents can gun people down in the streets with no accountability?
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 13/07/2026
This horrific incident must be investigated thoroughly, transparently, and with Maine officials involved every step of the way. We need answers. We need accountability. And we need to abolish ICE.
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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New assignment! #SomosLorenzo
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 21/06/2026
To all the dads and father figures in Vermont and across the country, thank you for your mentorship, your guidance, and your love. Happy Father’s Day!
To all the dads in Vermont and across the nation, Happy Father's Day!
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 19/06/2026
Happy Juneteenth! As a former history teacher, I really appreciate Juneteenth - the history it teaches us and the lessons it leaves us with today. None of us are truly free unless we’re all free.
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Toks Nilhaw @toksnilhaw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Burnt2Death @bernadettehalt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A shameful framing. Trump marked his birthday with a celebration of violence, corruption and lies. Let's not normalize it. Let's call it what it is, media friends.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/06/2026
I remember watching Barack Obama’s 2004 DNC speech and thinking: one day, this man is going to be president. What I didn’t know was that he’d launch a presidential campaign just 4 years later. Today, we’re a divided country. I’m ready to go back to the politics of hope. Who’s with me?
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Scot Hacker @shacker.org · 12/06/2026
Why do we even have the 25th Amendment if we’re not going to use it?
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 12/06/2026
Today, Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire. 
It's a ridiculous amount of money for one person to be sitting on and comes as countless Americans are struggling to afford food, housing, and health care.   We need to tax wealth – immediately.
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Now we know Vice-President Vance has been helping lead the Epstein cover-up from the Situation Room. The VP owes the survivors and the American people answers.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/06/2026
More than 200 people are dead just nine months into this illegal operation. We have no transparency. No accountability. And a general who doesn’t even defend the efficacy of it. Success?
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No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/06/2026
Analysis: President Trump is hosting the UFC at the White House on his 80th birthday. It's a conflict-of-interest spectacle, good governance advocates say. Here’s what to know about the event:
washingtonpost.com
Analysis | What to know about the UFC fight at the White House on Trump’s birthday
It's a conflict-of-interest spectacle, say good governance advocates.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I think it’s strange Chris Hayes didn’t ask Platner about saying he’d rape a home intruder to dehumanize him - especially since the campaign told the NYT they did not dispute the remarks.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 04/06/2026
To me, Pride Month is for all of us. Whether you’re in the LGBTQ community or not - everyone should be able to be their full and whole selves in this country.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 03/06/2026
Another day, another example of Pete Hegseth restricting press access at the Pentagon. The free press must be able to ask questions and demand receipts about what our nation’s military is doing in our name. The American people deserve that transparency.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Good morning to everyone who sees Trump for the evil piece of shit that he is. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 30/05/2026
Saw a patient in urgent care last night who was sobbing because she’d recently learned she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer, and now she was struggling to afford the treatment. We need Medicare for All.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The evidence continues to mount. Trump is both physically and mentally incapable of discharging the duties of president of the United States. The sooner the 25th Amendment is invoked, or he is impeached, the safer America and the world will be.
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His Physical and Mental Decline Are Linked
Trump's physical deterioration is accompanied by increasingly aggressive, chaotic, erratic, and irrational behavior. The
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Millions of Americans are either dropping healthcare coverage, switching to higher deductible plans, or paying more for the same coverage. Why would anyone think this is ok? www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Millions expected to lose Affordable Care Act coverage as costs spike
Congress’s refusal to continue pandemic-era subsidies for ACA beneficiaries is taking a big bite out of consumers’ pocketbooks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
SIGN OF THE DAY…
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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/05/2026
The Trump administration’s attacks on the Southern Poverty Law Center are about all of us. We have a fundamental right to speak truth to power and support the causes we believe in, whether the president agrees with them or not.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The 25th amendment didn’t just empower the cabinet to remove a president, it also gives congress authority to act. Tell your reps to finally get it done!
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Pass Raskin’s Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission
Contact Congress today!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So paying poor people to have healthcare and poor children to have food at school is fraud and abuse, but paying Donald Trump to paint a perfectly fine reflecting pool for $13 million and build a tacky $1 billion ballroom isn't fraud and abuse? What messed-up priorities this country has!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Do you think Trump realizes that when they keep asking you to take a dementia exam every few months that’s not a good thing?
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Beer and Crosswords @beerandxwords.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Bruins and the Celtics are both out, but do you know who IS still in playoff contention? THE BOSTON FLEET!! Can we, maybe, get some coverage that's not buried five pages deep? #PWHL #BOSTON #HOCKEY @onlyinbos.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com @bostonherald.com
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Cathymac @cathymac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I think people fail to mention OUT LOUD that in addition to our own bills, WE pay his salary, WE pay for his food, WE pay for his gasoline heat jet fuel and electricity, WE pay for his health care AND…WE pay for his trips home and obsession with golf. He has no bills. WE pay them.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 29/04/2026
To be clear: this is the same admin that kicked nearly 3,000 Vermonters off SNAP and cut Medicaid because 'we couldn’t afford it.' Shame.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
-The reprehensible Bondi, Chavez-DeRemer, and Noem are gone. -The reprehensible Hegseth, Patel, and RFK Jr. stay. -Women were always gonna be the first to get slapped around by the abusive convicted felon.
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Since Trump has trouble distinguishing what someone in the medical profession looks like, here is a picture of a lifesaving professional.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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