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I wrote my first song in 1996. I was 11, it was called "Psyched Out" I sang it for my mom, and she said "don't count your chickens, you probably won't get famous" I kept writing, my mom kept batting away my chances. To be continued ... #90smusic #indiemusician #indiemusic #canadasky 🎧🌈 #queer

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Good news YESSSSS 😂😂

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Anyone have details on this? #Veterans #Resist #Resistance #BlueCrew #StandUp

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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

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that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

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The Social Cost of Carbon: Its not what it sounds like. It saves you money. Its essential to policy that slows climate change. Trump is getting rid of it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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👀: #Genetherapy #Zolgensma has helped babies born with #SMA grow up to run and play. It’s $2m price is absorbed by all Americans in the form of rising #healthinsurance premiums & #taxes for programs like #Medicaid ($309m spent on just 208 claims in 4 yrs.) 📰: Robin Fields 🎨: @owengent.bsky.social

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Oh happy day! 😀 ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

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A must read story by @lomikriel.bsky.social "A top former government official who worked on refugee issues told ProPublica that another 100,000 refugees who had already been vetted by the Department of Homeland Security have also been blocked from entering the country." propub.li/3EI9X29

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After the Brown v. Board decision, white people across the South opened hundreds of private schools. 70 years later, most of the ones still open in Alabama’s Black Belt remain overwhelmingly white. In this town, one school keeps kids divided. (Published May 2024)

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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

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“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.” New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social

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Even before Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration’s staffing levels were at a 50-year low due to a decade of budget caps & cuts authored by GOP lawmakers. Further staff cuts and office closures can only make things worse for America's most vulnerable. New, @propublica.org

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NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

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Sanders Has a Message for Working-Class Trump Supporters: 'They're Going After You' www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich

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Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses

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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

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He nails it.

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@danish123.bsky.social 😘

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Stock market prices are not "economic numbers". Economic numbers are what an average working person can afford to buy each week with what is left of their wages after tax and rent

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THE PEOPLE UNITED ... ARE VERY VERY CRANKY !! #PowertothePeople youtu.be/Pu1nW1pygts?...

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Neither Trump, Musk, Vance or any of Trump appointments have the deep experience & knowledge required to lead America They don’t know or care about consequences. Its chaos. Also, we have a president and others with questionable loyalties. Its Russia first. Putin puppets.

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WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back! "There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."

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Did you know Medicaid covers more than 80 million people? That's 1 in 4 Americans who rely on it to stay healthy! Republicans are TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US! Don't Cut My Medicaid

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'Republican Abortion Bans Kill Women': Maternal Sepsis Rates Soar in Texas www.commondreams.org/news/texas-a...

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Elon Musk praises Doge efforts to cut federal workforce after judge ruling – as it happened

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Everyone needs to see this. Be ready to deny access, even if you don't know any immigrants. Let them waste time and you might save a family somewhere else. #Disobey #blue #fotus #FBR #immigrants #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #FBPE #FuckICE #SaveOurDemocracy #sanctuary #organize #fucktrump

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COOL JOB ALERT: We're looking for a senior leader to take on Indivisible's media operations, particularly with experience in the non-mainstream media space (influencers, podcasts, etc). Only downside is you have to work with me. Please apply or tell people to apply! jobs.lever.co/indivisible/...

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This will especially hurt rural folks

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Oh Canada...

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You are right. But it's 2025. Talking about it as if it will happen is how politics works. It also forces right wing media to talk about it and if there is enough Dem proposed legislation, Trump and Elon have to respond to the Dems rather than vice versa

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This is an excellent template and should be disseminated widely

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🚨🚨ANOTHER TRUMP ATTACK ON VETERANS! The Postal Service is one of the largest employers of Veterans in the country. Hundreds of thousands of Veterans rely on USPS to deliver medications, benefits, and critical information. We WILL fight this! MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Mitch McConnell, having toiled for four decades to destroy or demean everything that actually made America great, announces his retirement. Good riddance.

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Bernie knows what he's talking about folks. If we'd elected him we wouldn't be in this damn mess! Be sure to follow him here >>>@sanders.senate.gov And on Youtube here >>> www.youtube.com/@BernieSanders

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@sanders.senate.gov Murry.senate.gov Cantwell.senate.gov Don’t let convicted felon trump near the USPS @repbaumgartner

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