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Meeting this moment with all the skill & compassion I can muster. A facilitator who sees beyond polarization, a mystic who believes peace is power, a human who wants a better world. Small town elected rep. Lover of ⛰️ 🐩 🍫 πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ πŸŒΉπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ #TruthBrigade #Indivisible
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov Read that last sentence. NY made a statement tonight. Hope you got the memo.

I stand with my daughters and women everywhere to say that the Government of the United States has no business telling women about their bodies. This terrible decision turned back the clock by 100 years and makes it clear just how much work we have to do to repair the damage of Dobbs.

This feels unquestionable true. So where are the Dems? Where is the counter platform that addresses the fears we have? We are chasing Trump from one fire to the next instead of building a compelling alternative. We need leaders to unify us around our need for security--economic, social, & global.

Unfortunately the Iran War will not blow up in Trump's face, but in the faces of innocent children & their families in the Middle East, in American casualties of the inevitable counter attack, & in our collective confidence in our democracy and its leaders. Where have all the voices of sanity gone?

This is more than a platitude. To lead a nation out of Trump hell is going to take the ability to inspire people. Will we be like Trump and base that inspiration on fear and hate? Or will we take the road of compassion and connection? To take that steeper road will take a ton lot of selfless love.

I would take more comfort in this if I felt the Democrats were ready to stand up and present a new vision for the future of the Country. Let's go Dems. Put aside the past and take advantage of this moment to forge something better.

This. There is always more to learn, more ways to grow, more ways to become a better friend and ally.

What part of common sense includes cutting cancer research? One of the most important things we can do to protect our health now and in the future is to fund research the private sector will not and can not do. Let's keep the focus on our health an not big pharma's bottom line. #TruthBrigade

This is a must read. If you love or care about someone who happens not to be white, know Trump and his allies believe they have no place in America. We are getting down to the real core of Trump/MAGA and it will take all of us to "shove the devil down in his hole".

Take heart dear friends! From sunny Santa Rosa, CA to rainy Freeport, Maine you have allies and friends who want to end to madness and restore our democracy. Thank you for showing up and sharing the pics @annakornbluh.bsky.social and shout to my Santa Rosa neighbors!

Sebastopol, CA, pop 7,388 showed up today and said #NoKings, no tyrants, no breaking the rule of law, and no to destroying our democracy. Super proud of our little town. I don't know 47 will hear us, but every Republican in Congress would do well to stand up for their voters & stop the madness.

As you join millions of other Americans who say #NoKings tomorrow, this advice could spare people from suffering needlessly. To folks with mobility challenges, bring support that can help you if needed. My prayer: let us be strong, be joyful, and have the strength that comes from our love of peace.

Friends, I do not care who you voted for or what kind of car you drive or if you are a regular protestor or someone who usually stands aside, tomorrow is a day to show up. Show up for a better future, show up for democracy, show up because you are needed. I'll see you there.

What he said...

Noem, Trump, and the R's are trying desperately to mislead the American public. Call protestors insurrectionists or worse. This video is the powerful truth--10s of thousands of Angelenos who are simply saying enough. Looking forward to standing up on June 14 to say the same.

Good data & rule of law go hand in hand. You have them & you can make good decisions. 47 is undermining both: from data about inflation, health, weather or laws about immigration, tariffs, or presidential power, he is taking away our ability to make sound decisions backed by real info and rules.

Today I am celebrating truth tellers. Thanks to @rbreich.bsky.social for being one of our most consistent and effective voices about economy and justice. The truth here: "Trickle-down economics was always a hoax." 47 sells out families to prop up the richest of rich.

Kudos to @repjasmine.bsky.social for continuing to focus on truth. How about we keep the the Trump cuts for the poor and let the others expire? Seems simple. But the game here is not good governance, it is to gut governance so oligarchs can rule...

We have to work to show the value of science to the public at large. Trump and RFK have boxed science and universities into a disconnected egghead stereotype and fed a mindset that investments in science don't help families. Wrong! We head for disaster without #science. Push back on #NoKingsDay.

Sometimes simple and straight forward is the only way. A world where these four changes happen is a world where we don't have a polarizer in chief and tech bros running America. That is a good thought to say goodnight on!

Kudos to @clairek.bsky.social and Food & Power blog from the Open Market Institute for it deep look at the even more deeply flawed #MAHA commission report. The conclusion: behind every potentially good idea is an actually policy of Trump that undermines it. Corporate power still rules in #ag.

We can not create a safe and healthy future for ourselves and our children without science. RFK Jr. and 47 want to keep us scared and in the dark about the truth. This is how authoritarians work. We need #science, #vaccines, and sanity.

This graphic makes it about as simple as it really is. Steal from the public give to the wealthy. Pretty much goes in hand with Trump's crypto game where it is steal from MAGA marks and give to Trump's coffers.

There are some things that simply should be part of our basic understanding of what freedom means. Clearly being arrested by masked "officers" and being detained without due process fall outside any definition of freedom.

I hope you will join me and millions of other Americans on June 14. You can support the effort by adding βŒπŸ‘‘ to your BlueSky handle. #NoKings