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Local government official, election administrator, gardener, reader, writer, lover of nature and learning, just trying to teach my boys what the world should actually look like!
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Pls don’t repost this or Trump will expode his depends!!

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!

If you think Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race doesn’t affect you just because you don’t live there—think again. If Musk pulls this off, it’s one step closer to him buying an election near you. Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

So excited to read this! @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social #booksky

The Trump administration removed some important web pages from the CDC website. At Planned Parenthood, we believe that all people should have access to the sexual and reproductive health care information they need. That’s why we’re posting these resources from the CDC here: p.ppfa.org/CDC-pages

NEW: Trump's new executive order transforming elections earned fierce criticism from Democratic officials and voting rights advocates who called it "unlawful" and "an extreme abuse of power." Some have promised to sue and challenge the order in court.

Millions cancelling their trips and businesses in the United States due to Trump’s illegal ICE ethnic cleansing operations. The damages created by Trump will exceed in the trillions of dollars. #3E #EndImpunity

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”  It’s who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?

Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost. Please don't tell me we can't do the same.

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

Trump just signed an order dismantling agencies that fight homelessness, support libraries, fund minority businesses, and mediate labor disputes. Meanwhile, Musk is slashing jobs and services. This isn’t cost-cutting—it’s senseless. We cannot surrender—we must fight back!

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and woman service members as a part of a broader effort to remove all references to DEI

For Donald Trump and Elon Musk, if you don’t bend the knee, you’re a traitor. Senator Kelly served in combat as a Navy fighter pilot. He commanded NASA missions into space. He’s a patriot. Like many of us, he believes in freedom and democracy — including for Ukraine.

Shutdown looms as ‘unified’ U.S. Senate Dems oppose GOP’s stopgap spending bill michiganadvance.com/2025/03/12/r...

Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts would strip healthcare from millions, including half of U.S. children, one in five Americans, and 40 percent of all pregnant women.

Thank you @charlesgaba.com for this valuable breakdown of where Michigan residents get their health insurance (if they have it).

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Women Resisters!

NEW: "In the seven years since CISA’s creation, it’s become a crucial agency to help secure elections from foreign and domestic cybersecurity threats." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If the Department of Ed is gutted, kids may lose: Speech & occupational therapy Individualized support for disabilities Special education aides/resources Pell Grants/student loan assistance Career & technical training After-school & early childhood programs School nutrition Mental health services

Love this. 😂

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Do you know that Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel supports completely banning abortion in the state. Wisconsinites don’t need anymore politicians who want to drag us backwards & strip away our rights. Vote for Judge Susan Crawford on or before April 1st.

Want to know how many federal government jobs are in your state or Congressional district so you can drop the numbers in your next call to your reps? Here’s the document you need.

Imagine you have over $400 billion and you spend your time working to deny hungry children around the world meals to avoid starvation.

Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. Read diverse books every month. #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Happy Monday, Resisters! As we start week 3 of the most insane, cruel, and incompetent person ever to occupy the White House, here’s a message from our former Vice President Kamala Harris. Never let anyone take your power. Stay strong and keep the faith. This, too, shall pass.

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

Thank you, Canada!

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) page on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website has been removed.

Now updated with the breaking news that Elon Musk's team has been granted full access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system.

1/ Your overwhelm is the goal—it’s not accidental. The chaos, the flood of news, the constant crises? The negativity. It’s a strategic manipulation designed to disorient and exhaust you. Here’s how it works and how you can fight back. 🧵 #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

From literary crime dramas to meditations on loneliness to firey feminist essays, here's what our resident feminist know-it-all @karlajstrand.com is looking forward to reading in 2025:

Saw this amazing creature on my ride home today!

If you see this post, can you please help spread this information? #ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US. People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women! Let’s spread word! ❤️✊

What can we do to protect ourselves, our communities, and the most marginal among us RIGHT NOW? That’s the question I’m getting over and over again in texts and DMs. I lay out my suggestions along with exercises to help you take your next steps: shannonwatts.substack.com/p/what-to-do...