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👀 👀 👀 here’s big boy bob attempting to drag one of his constituents out of a public town hall meeting, and threatening to pepper spray her if she did not comply. he stated he wasn’t acting in his official capacity, yet he was wearing a hat that said sheriff and his badge was visible on his belt

submitted 3 hours ago • 19 comments

The scale and scope of Trump and Elon’s purge of federal workers will set our country back decades. You can't just fire everyone, gut critical agencies, halt funding to organizations across the country and think there won’t be massive consequences.

submitted 33 minutes ago • 31 comments

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about Measles vaccines, the need for boosters, and what to know given spikes in cases nationwide. We covered this topic back in the fall and resharing the segment here. Also, sharing a few bullets on Measles boosters: www.nbcnews.com/now/video/me...

submitted 6 days ago • 97 comments

If you or a loved one live in the Southern US, especially TX or New Mexico and are unaware of your Measles vaccine status, take the step to get your measles titers drawn to confirm protection.

submitted 8 hours ago • 9 comments

This is happening because Elon Musk tweeted to kill the December funding bill & all the bipartisan health policies Congress negotiated fell apart. Expanding telehealth brings DOWN costs. It makes health care MORE efficient, and it’s SO important for rural patients.

submitted 1 day ago • 63 comments

At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, House Republicans faced sometimes-hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts and mass firings of federal workers that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE are carrying out.

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Looks like Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson shared our story about Alberto, a refugee in Spokane who was detained by ICE. Alberto is still being held in Tacoma, our sources say.

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NEW: House Republicans representing large shares of Medicaid, SNAP beneficiaries face tough budget test These GOP-held districts have the most Medicaid recipients, as Republicans eye spending cuts in their budget plan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

submitted 1 day ago • 178 comments

As Attorney General, I took on the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations to protect Hanford workers who work with dangerous radioactive waste. The Trump administration's new layoffs are putting Hanford workers at risk once again. They can't afford this needless chaos.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Taps 🎤 Is this thing on? Trump wants control of the USPS so he can fuck with mail in voting. TRUMP WANTS CONTROL OF THE USPS SO HE CAN FUCK WITH MAIL IN VOTING.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

We cannot only invest in our national defense—we've also got to address priorities at home—like support for veterans, disaster relief, child care, & so much more. I offered an amendment to make sure Congress addresses BOTH defense & nondefense needs. Republicans rejected it.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 2 days ago • 555 comments

Hedge funds are buying homes that actual families—real people—should be able to purchase. Democrats offered an amendment to push hedge funds OUT of the market and help real people to buy homes. Republicans sided with hedge funds and against YOU and voted NO.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

Did you know that Medicare does NOT pay for long-term care. NOPE. 2/3s of longterm care for your parents is paid by MEDICAID. If you want Medicaid cut, your parents wiil need to move into your house when they need long-term care & YOU will be providing it.

submitted 2 days ago • 81 comments

🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus

submitted 8 days ago • 148 comments

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

submitted 3 days ago • 1210 comments

Alberto Lovo Rojas has a legal work permit and a family in Spokane. He’s been detained. This is a cruel attempt from the Trump administration to deport a hardworking, law-abiding Washingtonian who's contributing to his community and our economy.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

Trump administration has quietly ordered Border Patrol to gather photos, fingerprints and other data on all "alien minors" under the age of 14 encountered at the border, per memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-trump...

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

A deportation flight leaving the U.S. Thursday carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants is expected to land in Costa Rica in the afternoon. Almost half of the migrants will be children.

submitted 3 days ago • 115 comments

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

submitted 3 days ago • 407 comments

I remember when Michelle Obama pushed for whole grains and fresh vegetables to be an integral part of school lunch programs and Conservatives lost their minds. It wasn't about health, it was about race.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion to people who were cheated by big banks and credit card companies. So why are Trump and Musk gutting an agency that's returning money to people who were scammed? For them, this has never been about cutting costs.

submitted 4 days ago • 137 comments

Right now our country is facing serious outbreaks of bird flu, tuberculosis, and measles, and a surge in flu cases—and how do Trump & Musk respond? By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe.

submitted 4 days ago • 69 comments

This is true. I used to be a trainer for a bank. Lots of trainers assumed the FDIC was funded by taxpayers. Banks pay for the FDIC (as they should.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

#3E #USProtest #fiftyfiftyone #NoKings #Action Spokane Washington!

submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 5 days ago • 862 comments

Elon Musk’s claim of Social Security fraud is…a fraud. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 5 days ago • 131 comments

Trump and Elon Musk are effectively shutting down the government bit by bit RIGHT NOW—whatever parts Elon doesn’t like. We’re talking about an unelected billionaire with massive conflicts of interest & billions in government contracts deciding how to spend YOUR taxpayer dollars.

submitted 5 days ago • 126 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2289 comments

NEW: Trump’s FEMA administrator just sent out an email ordering all employees to stop sending things to the media without prior authorization. It was immediately sent to me by a FEMA employee without prior authorization to share with you.

submitted 5 days ago • 386 comments

Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!

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We are ready to help pave a path for lower medication and healthcare costs for taxpayers journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fullte...

submitted 24 days ago • 1440 comments

This is a breach and should be treated as such. Musk is unelected, unvetted and unaccountable and has no business obtaining private, personal information.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

My office is hearing reports that the Trump administration’s purges include firing veterans who have served our country for years. Our veterans deserve better. If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121 And share your story: www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...

submitted 7 days ago • 283 comments

The President & the richest man in the world are recklessly attacking medical research—with researchers being laid off, studies being canceled, & kids now unable to get the lifesaving treatment they need. It’s absolutely heartless & will have devastating consequences for us all.

submitted 6 days ago • 88 comments

Many are realizing that they aren't, and never were, part of the "in group."

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

These mass firings will set our country back but we are not powerless. We can all stand up for a government that works for middle-class families & working people—not just billionaires who will never need to call about their Social Security or file a disability claim at VA. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 7 days ago • 44 comments

Remember who we are supposed to be. #America

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