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The sign of an unhealthy democracy is people living in fear. Right now, millions of Americans are living in fear across the country. Fear they will lose their jobs, livelihoods, and everything they hold dear. We cannot allow our communities to be terrorized. We must continue to fight back!

At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @jimmcgovernma.bsky.social We ALL are. NYTimes: “Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach”

@senatorwarren.bsky.social @edmarkeybsky.social @repmcgovern.bsky.social Gov Mills has more courage and guts than you’ve been displaying. She’s not in a solidly blue state like you are but she’s standing up for us. You are not.

NH Gov Janet Mills does what Congress is incapable of doing. 

NH Gov Janet Mills does what Congress is incapable of doing. 

Maine Governor Janet Mills ‘See you in court.’

Governor Janet Mills, effectively told Trump, “I won’t bow down, mushroom boy!”

Murdoch’s New York Post today. #ukraine🇺🇦

While firing tens of thousands of Americans Trump golfs.

When the wreckage and dust of what these people are doing to our country has settled and the people have finally had enough to throw these jackals out of office, we will never forget the people who enabled it, despite their protestations they weren’t willing accomplices. Never.

".. not only did Trump not win any sort of mandate, his honeymoon numbers are basically a participation trophy compared with other presidents." @sykescharlie.bsky.social charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-hon...

He should be our messenger.

About to go live on KUNM to talk about the local impacts here in New Mexico of Trump and Musk’s mass firings. Join us on 89.9 FM!

Today from ProPublica: “Texas’ maternal mortality rate increased 33% while national rates fell”

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

NYT headline: “Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk” (confirms decision last month to cancel decades-old subscription)

“This is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldn’t come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,” Sen. Ron Wyden told @propublica.org's @peterelkind.bsky.social about Schuler. “He’ll fit right in with the Trump administration.”

NOW! Boston Globe: “…more than 19,000 people have contacted Run for Something, which supports young Democratic candidates for office, since Election Day 2024, compared with just 15,000 in all of 2017. Refreshing the party’s bench will take time, but may be more valuable than just another march.”

Check out Run for Something. We need fresh minds in Congress.

The VP of the US responding to a journalist. What a great role model for our kids.

Yeah, this is pretty obvious but worth stressing. Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable

Quoting Bernie Sanders: “Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC beltway. It will only be defeated by millions of Americans, in every state in this country, coming together in a strong, grassroots movement which says…NO to huge tax breaks for the richest people in our country.”

A group of unqualified, unelected bureaucrats, including a teenager with alleged links to hacker groups, is now seeking access to the personal identifying information of every U.S. taxpayer. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

AND ALSO THERE'S A COUP

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

To probationary federal employees who have been terminated: Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaint with the Office of Special Counsel. If civil servants want to join in the complaint, you can email [email protected]

Our communities’ sacred lands and waters are NOT FOR SALE. That’s why we are fighting to protect our air, land and water from this reckless agenda to open them to drilling, mining, and rollbacks of critical programs that used to be bipartisan. We’ve come too far to go back.

Did you know ANY Fed employee who gets a promotion or accepts new role w/in a govt agency is placed on ‘probation’ for 1 yr? So even experienced workers who have been rewarded for outstanding performance now being cut by Musk. #Bullshit

Job cuts at Medicare have begun. If you're the type of person reading bluesky on a Sunday, that means it's your job to make sure the low information low engagement voters in your life hear about it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @jimmcgovern.bsky.social

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @jimmcgovern.bsky.social Heads up. It can happen to “safe seats” including yours. This winner is @repstansbury.bsky.social In the general election, she defeated Republican incumbent Jimmie C. Hall, who had held the seat for seven terms.[13][14]

@repstansbury.bsky.social You are a HERO.The safe seat incumbents who represent me in Congress (Warren/Markey/McGovern)are spineless and useless. Will send you $ for ‘26 and support primary challenges to: @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @jimmcgovern.bsky.social

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @jimmcgovern.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com Think your seat is safe? Remember this NYT news? We do. “Sept. 4, 2018 Ayanna Pressley upended the Massachusetts political order on Tuesday, scoring a stunning upset of 10-term Representative Michael Capuano…”

@schumer.senate.gov it’s time to go. Please step aside. You can’t lead us out of this.