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Sharon

@smd55.bsky.social

Mother, grandmother, nurse. I love my country.

created November 9, 2024

2,635 followers 1,514 following 1,594 posts

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Profile picture Politico (@politico.com) reposted

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

2/9/2025, 6:41:45 PM | 5680 1586 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Yes,Epstein files, please.

2/9/2025, 9:45:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 8:33:26 PM | 34724 8575 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DemCastDonGA (@donshantajr.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted

MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.

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1/9/2025, 1:01:15 PM | 6101 2683 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.

1/9/2025, 10:36:17 PM | 24210 5400 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

🚨We🚨Must🚨Not🚨Allow🚨Brutalization🚨Of🚨Protesters🚨To🚨Be🚨Normalized!!!

1/9/2025, 7:11:10 PM | 2418 1598 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Kaess (@tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social) reposted

Let us pray! 🙏

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31/8/2025, 8:19:04 PM | 997 170 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Legal AF (@legalafmtn.bsky.social) reposted

Musk and Trump escalate their attack on labor unions and the NLRB, created 90+ years ago to protect workers. This Labor Day, Popok unpacks a 5th Circuit case declaring the NLRB unconstitutional, tossing its penalties against employers—including Musk.

1/9/2025, 8:36:51 PM | 95 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Schnitz (@daschnitz.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 11:46:19 PM | 1438 318 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Miller needs to be arrested.

30/8/2025, 9:07:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dennis …🟧🟦 (@dennispr.bsky.social) reposted

Pedophile Trump …

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30/8/2025, 9:01:20 PM | 13 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

Bow and arrow.

30/8/2025, 9:04:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Washington State Democrats (@wadems.org) reposted

Rep. Caldier has a “pattern” of bullying and abusive behavior. Just like the guy in the White House she wants to copy. Voters in LD 26 know we can’t let another politician bully us. The 26th LD deserves better.

29/8/2025, 8:20:16 PM | 170 58 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

You are awesome.

30/8/2025, 9:02:18 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”

30/8/2025, 4:31:15 PM | 21835 6579 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

I agree.

30/8/2025, 8:54:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

I would get rid of Starlink.

30/8/2025, 8:52:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

I could use some help with mine.

30/8/2025, 8:51:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democracy Action Network (@democracyactionnet.bsky.social) reposted

Joan Walsh The shooting, which has so far left two children dead and 14 hospitalized, adds to the sense of terror that the Trump regime is spreading. The post The Minneapolis Murders Ac...

29/8/2025, 2:37:01 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

This is dangerous

29/8/2025, 2:57:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

That's right.

29/8/2025, 1:32:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Public Citizen (@publiccitizen.bsky.social) reposted

Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION Starbucks worker pay: $15,000 Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000 CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker. In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more. The system is rigged.

28/8/2025, 7:32:08 PM | 12220 4100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

But it is the guns. Metal detectors and perimeter controls aren’t going to stop an armed maniac from shooting kids. Just like common sense won’t stop a Fox maniac from shooting his mouth.

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29/8/2025, 12:30:38 AM | 5731 1188 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐬 (@tales-typos.bsky.social) reposted

I love this ad by Gavin Newsom! Must watch 👇👇👇👇👇

29/8/2025, 4:38:56 AM | 1510 570 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

I hope he gets it.

29/8/2025, 1:30:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

I thought so.

29/8/2025, 1:29:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

OMG!!

29/8/2025, 1:28:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Way to go @marcelias.bsky.social

29/8/2025, 1:25:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

THIS 👉🏾 What price are you willing to pay? “You’re letting masked men snatch girls’ parents off the streets.”

29/8/2025, 5:49:03 AM | 4436 1819 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justin M. Bibb (@justinmbibb.bsky.social) reposted

Thinking of the Minneapolis school shooting victims today. What makes this even harder to take is knowing that we do not have to live this way. It's a policy choice. As long as politicians in DC & Columbus prioritize the gun lobby over people – these horrific events will continue.

28/8/2025, 7:22:37 PM | 422 103 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KellyK🌺 (@azkellyk.bsky.social) reposted

🚨 GET OUTRAGED NOW! YOUR CITY IS ABOUT TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE ARMY! “It is our job to remind people that our oath is to the constitution of the United States and not to a petty dictator.” @malcolmnance.bsky.social START PROTESTING! DO NOT STOP! open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...

28/8/2025, 11:23:06 AM | 1178 588 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

It's not.

29/8/2025, 1:23:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 💀 The Haunted Typewriter 💀 (@hauntedtypewriter.bsky.social) reposted

librarians are generals in the war on ignorance
29/8/2025, 6:15:28 AM | 10682 2195 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 10:26:55 AM | 10130 3699 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

That's right!!

29/8/2025, 1:21:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kym Camryn (@kymcamryn.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 6:12:20 PM | 383 176 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture deffeddie.bsky.social (@deffeddie.bsky.social) reposted

youtube.com/watch?v=WKp5...

29/8/2025, 4:33:03 AM | 145 91 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted

This is why my bill to require forensic audit of Doggie data mischief is so important. What if they left a back door into the Social Security data gold mine for Elon Musk or others to access? Until there’s an honest audit, they are not to be believed.

28/8/2025, 2:36:10 PM | 516 175 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kimberly Atkins Stohr (@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social) reposted

Wishing everyone, but especially Lisa Cook, a lovely day www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

28/8/2025, 3:53:09 PM | 1181 156 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge for a gag order against Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and their subordinates. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

29/8/2025, 12:59:30 AM | 13277 2678 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

What a dumb ass.

29/8/2025, 10:04:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 💙 MaryH 💙 (@maryh58.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted

NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.

29/8/2025, 1:33:10 AM | 10511 2950 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets

29/8/2025, 2:22:41 AM | 13166 4198 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🍳eggzbacn🥓 (@eggzbacn.bsky.social) reposted

Fri AM Thank You’s @tcrg2012.bsky.social @merlinmm.bsky.social @scrappybara.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @jodywagner.bsky.social @frankiemillie10.bsky.social @annettebeebe.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social @oysterboy-redux.bsky.social

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

Good things are happening @democracydocket.com

29/8/2025, 9:59:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice.

29/8/2025, 9:58:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey, kitty kitty!!

29/8/2025, 9:56:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Beautiful

29/8/2025, 9:55:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social) reposted

ACLU seeks rehearing en banc in the DC Circuit seeking to revive Judge Boasberg contempt proceeding against Trump officials in deportations case:

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29/8/2025, 1:44:30 AM | 299 80 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

We can, but it will take some time.

29/8/2025, 9:53:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted

The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections claimed that someone at Dairy Queen had put drugs in his granddaughters’ ice cream. A video from the investigation revealed that he was the one who put the narcotics in it. After his arrest, he resigned. www.wral.com/news/local/s...

28/8/2025, 7:00:34 PM | 1270 574 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. (@drharmony.net) reposted

Gov Newsome posted this....

28/8/2025, 9:50:22 PM | 256 87 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pamela Cooper (@pcoop1960.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted

Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved earned sick time last November. Governor Mike Kehoe and Missouri Republicans signed away that right. Corporations won. Working Missourians lost.  This is an actual email forwarded to me from an employee of a company removing earned sick time.

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28/8/2025, 8:58:30 PM | 1476 691 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.

28/8/2025, 10:15:06 PM | 4992 1767 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Me too.

29/8/2025, 1:35:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BronSays (@bronsays.bsky.social) reposted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Fire him now! He is a disgrace.

28/8/2025, 7:28:25 PM | 279 91 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

We knew this was coming.

29/8/2025, 1:32:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) reposted

PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/

29/8/2025, 12:46:16 AM | 5441 1246 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

I didn't forget.

29/8/2025, 1:31:58 AM | 114 51 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Got it!!

29/8/2025, 1:30:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐆 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🌻🦋 (@dougieg633.bsky.social) reposted

👇 👀

29/8/2025, 1:20:16 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

We all are.

29/8/2025, 1:29:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted

Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.

28/8/2025, 8:59:43 PM | 22566 6718 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Yeah, that doesn't make sense.

29/8/2025, 1:27:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social) reposted

Thousands of DC residents chanting “fuck Jeff Bezos” outside of the P Street Whole Foods

28/8/2025, 9:34:56 PM | 10430 2247 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate 🪷 (@kateculliton.bsky.social) reposted

Yeah, you should.

28/8/2025, 12:31:51 AM | 1259 758 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Angus: I’m saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. I’ll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about what’s happening in a practical way. They give facts.

28/8/2025, 7:36:02 PM | 12167 3017 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.

28/8/2025, 6:12:53 PM | 23010 6651 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture AnnieOakleyinGA (@annie1x.bsky.social) reposted

#Pinks #ProudBlue If you live in GA., you better make sure you’re still registered to vote. Hundreds of thousands have been taken off the voter rolls, especially young black people. GOTV. ✊💙 georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georg...

28/8/2025, 2:15:16 AM | 1042 863 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Blah blah blah.

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Wink wink!!

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Profile picture Repugs R Stinky (@artfulscribe.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Well that was dumb.

29/8/2025, 12:58:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eleven Films (@elevenfilms.com) reposted

🔥BEWARE Billionaires: Labor Day protests IGNITE a MOVEMENT. We’ve got all the details + NAUGHTY listener phone calls 🤣 WATCH NOW: youtu.be/_BLDzP-RcxA?...

29/8/2025, 12:41:19 AM | 112 50 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Save me a seat.

29/8/2025, 12:48:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Keith White (@keithwhite832.bsky.social) reposted

Half of Christian evangelical television is definitely on the Epstein List.

28/8/2025, 5:11:36 PM | 6126 996 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted

Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

I agree

29/8/2025, 12:42:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Nope

28/8/2025, 12:54:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Maria (@maria1962.bsky.social) reposted

Rally for the Working Class theblop.org/events/eb3ed... 🗓️ Monday, September 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM ️📍 5th St & Duff Ave, Ames, Ames, IA

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Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

You go, grandma!!

27/8/2025, 7:20:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

Republicans have time to pettily paint over a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting because they can’t hate gay people enough, but they can’t be bothered to stop school shootings because they don’t love children enough. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

27/8/2025, 7:16:00 PM | 3795 1188 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture stevethdemocrat (@stevethdemocrat.bsky.social) reposted

Aaaannnnddddd another colossal fuck up by the folks that are all about instant gratification at everyone else's expense literally and metaphorically. Shit like this is un-American and in violation of basic human rights. These people suck and they have to go. 😒 apnews.com/article/flor...

27/8/2025, 7:16:18 PM | 25 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Me too.

27/8/2025, 5:50:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

27/8/2025, 3:25:14 PM | 17646 3415 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.

27/8/2025, 4:54:50 PM | 17804 5359 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted

More than 180 FEMA employees have sent a letter to members of Congress and other officials, arguing that the agency's direction and current leaders' inexperience harm FEMA's mission and could result in a disaster on the level of Hurricane Katrina. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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Profile picture David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) reposted

If you support the NRA, work for the NRA, vote against common sense gun controls (and almost all limitations on the ownership of guns are common sense), then your finger is on the trigger every time one of these maniacs you have enabled commits another one of these nearly uniquely American crimes.

27/8/2025, 4:09:07 PM | 710 189 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Woo-hoo!!

27/8/2025, 4:51:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social) reply parent

So sad..

27/8/2025, 4:51:10 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sharon (@smd55.bsky.social)

Epstein files?

27/8/2025, 4:48:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

NEW: A federal grand jury has REFUSED to indict sandwich guy! I imagine the DoJ will keep trying. They have two weeks, at which point they’ll have to drop the charges or reduce it to a misdemeanor. 🥪 www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

27/8/2025, 3:52:51 PM | 13066 2668 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rep. Ro Khanna (@khanna.house.gov) reposted

Medicare Advantage plans cost 20% more per person. That’s $84B more in federal spending just during 2025. We need to pass my bill with @pocan.house.gov and @schakowsky.house.gov, the Save Medicare Act, and stop allowing insurers to use the Medicare brand to profit.

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

We had a horrific emergency involving our kids today and right now I'm just sitting at my computer in a daze and in shock. Thankfully they are okay but others are less fortunate.

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Profile picture Ms. Magazine (@msmagazine.com) reposted

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, marks 104 years since the 19th Amendment was certified, recognizing women’s constitutional right to vote.

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