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MAJOR UPDATE: A government watchdog found that the Trump administration ILLEGALLY blocked library and museum funding. I fought back for institutions across the U.S. that preserve our history and add billions to our economy. There’s power in fighting back. We're not done yet.

Most people aren't tracking this, but the Big Ugly bill would effectively ban marketplace insurers from covering abortion care in ALL 50 states. We can't let this stand. Please help spread the word. Republicans are jamming this bill through—we have to speak up NOW.

I'm no fan of Brauchler.

There's not a day that ends in Y where Republicans aren’t trying to ban abortion in Congress. This time, they want to effectively ban ACA insurers from covering abortion care, AND they want to defund & shutter Planned Parenthood clinics. We need to speak up NOW to stop this bill.

Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back

Good!

The Denver “No Kings” demonstration is 95-year-old Dolores Taylor’s first protest. Seeing other people her age at the protest gives her hope, she said. “We’re here, coming out against the Trump administration, because this is not the American way,” she said. 📸@brumerdelilah.bsky.social

“Give me freedom or give me the rope. For I shall not take the shackles that subjugate the poor to uphold the rich.” -American privateer. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

"It's a cluster f**k, Sir." Gunny Highway

Today, we celebrate the 248th anniversary of the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the U.S. flag. I'm attending the ceremony given by the Associated Veterans of Loveland in its honor. Join us! https://bit.ly/4l5Bomq

Rep Lauren Boebert (R) suggests Sen Padilla (D) committed a federal crime by interfering with officers. Boebert has expertise on that (based on her own 2015 arrest) and a history of supporting law enforcement (except the officers attacked by J6 rioters, whose pardons she backed)

Senators are ELECTED to be a VOICE for their constituents. What happens when that voice is stifled, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed like Senator Padilla was? We have a democracy, but we can lose that democracy. I took to the Senate floor to speak out—I hope you'll join me.

Trump's HUD Secretary is asking to cut funding for housing by nearly HALF. It's absurd to claim we can't afford basic programs to keep people off the streets, but we can afford TRILLIONS in tax cuts for billionaires & giant corporations. I'm tossing Trump's budget in the trash.

Bright Summer colourwork. #sockknitting #knitting

"We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." ~ Carl Sagan

Trump underwater in literally every single issue. 38% approval overall. 27% approval on his spending bill. 40% approval on deportations. Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance. Nobody fucking wants any of this. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

This. 100%.

Trump's latest shitshow is to detract from inflation and his ruinous tariffs. As Hitler and Stalin knew, in times of trouble, find a bogeyman.

Something has happened in the months since January that has led the World Bank to dramatically lower its economic growth forecasts. And whatever it is, it's hurting the United States more than any other major economy. (China remains unscathed.)

Yep.

Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.

Brava!

You go, girl!

If Musk & his pals are so concerned about increasing the national debt in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, why don’t they cut the $664 billion in tax breaks for the 1%; the $420 billion in tax breaks for large profitable corporations; & the $150 billion in increased military spending?

I'm Eileen Laubacher. A retired Rear Admiral and the Democrat running against Lauren Boebert. I know what sacrifice means and service looks like. Boebert doesn’t have a clue. Can you help me get to 5k followers to show her we can do this?!

Some recent sock knitting… #knitting #socks #sockknitting

The entire point.

Loretta Swit Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

The 250th anniversary of the Army is important, but pushing aside our Vietnam vets so Trump can have his way on his birthday is wrong. Colorado vets, like Janet Zamora's husband, deserve to be paid the respect they've earned. Especially at a time when their services are being gutted. wapo.st/4dCpuOp

And this is my surprised face...

Let's check in for an update on where we're at with 90 deals in 90 days.

This #MemorialDay, we pause to honor the brave men and women who selflessly made the ultimate sacrifice for all our freedom. Let’s commit to be worthy of the heroic actions too many have made for those freedoms we take for granted.

On Memorial Day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom. Their service is not in vain or forgotten. We will forever stand on their shoulders so that the promise of democracy can live on. 🇺🇸