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I wish there were still consequences for statements like this.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

06.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@colin-seeberger.bsky.social !!

06.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Roughly half of U.S. workers wouldn’t pay taxes under Democrat’s plan Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s tax relief plan could benefit tens of millions of middle-class workers, with a focus on those making at or below a living wage.

Very unfortunately, a very rare L from Senator Van Hollen. We cannot continue to hollow out the tax base if we want to be able to fund the programs that will make our country less unfair. There simply isn't enough money only at the top. If we wanna look like Europe, we have to tax like Europe.

05.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Folks like @altnih4science.bsky.social and @altnps.bsky.social can help bring a ton of eyeballs to this and a lot of people out to the Common!

05.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brava Rep. Crockett: "β€œTexas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win..."

04.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 960 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4

They cut food stamps for American children and families to pay for this.

03.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Invading Iran makes us safer but now we need DHS funding because invading Iran made us less safe

03.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Dems who want to hold him accountable shouldn’t wait til they’ve won the oversight gavels next year. Start the oversight and transparency through your own channels right now.

03.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Adding @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social

27.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

27.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 18056 πŸ” 5186 πŸ’¬ 504 πŸ“Œ 247
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NEW VIDEO: Why are sports owners suddenly so comfortable losing?

Some blame tanking, some blame analytics.

But an answer increasingly is private equity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=taaj...

26.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1611 πŸ” 375 πŸ’¬ 196 πŸ“Œ 72

pin it

26.02.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People from Wisconsin are way, way, way nicer than this, (and one of them is running)!

cookeforwisconsin.com

26.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@sagewarner.bsky.social Amazing work!

26.02.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At the State of the Union, Trump’s Claims Betray Americans’ Reality At the State of the Union, Trump’s Claims Betray Americans’ Reality: Rising costs, cuts to basic programs and expiring health subsidies

The difference between Trump's view from the podium and real Americans' views from the ground have never been more stark.

msmagazine.com/2026/02/25/s...

26.02.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats need to think bigger on utilities We need more power, not just short-term rate cuts.

We should be thinking bigger about utility reform for an era of rising electricity demand β€” bringing back vertical integration or public power, financing investment with something other than the rate base β€” not just narrow tweaks.

www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...

24.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

If you’re 25–40 and living in Florida right now, you’re carrying an economy built for someone else.

Higher rent.
Higher insurance.
Lower stability.

And you’re told to just β€œwork harder.”

Let’s talk about it.

22.02.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 947 πŸ” 224 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 10
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NIH funding rate per applicant dropped 38% in FY2025 vs 2022, from 27.1% to 16.7%

Here's a breakdown by career stage. Why FY2022 vs FY2025?
β€’ FY2022 was first FY with budget passed and administered by Biden
β€’ FY2025 budget was in CR until 3/15/2025, so budget and most grants were under the Trump WH

23.02.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Accusation = confession

16.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The hate and insults toward working class people are also interesting considering that’s who they pretend they love

14.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus Christ doesn’t care that the Dow crossed 50,000 when people can’t afford food.

13.02.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 4601 πŸ” 826 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 29
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate changeβ€”all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

12.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 27625 πŸ” 11753 πŸ’¬ 2074 πŸ“Œ 1011

The news folks is that only 181,000 jobs in 2025. Try to keep up.

11.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 457 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 7

Great news for the Yankees in 3 years

04.02.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Liam is home with his hat and his father. β€οΈπŸ’ž

Blessings to everyone who fought for him, and is fighting for all the children cruelly detained by the federal government.

Never stop fighting this.

01.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

real question is which prominent trump administration figures *aren't* in the epstein files?

31.01.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 5397 πŸ” 851 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 34

Always rooting for ex jets QBs to get their due. There are a lot of them.

26.01.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well the good news is every region that needs to be activated and working, is. What remains to be seen is if DHS will allow us to do our job the way we know how to do our job and allow funding to flow seemlessly to ALL states that request it. πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ.

24.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Need you pretty much everywhere this weekend

24.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0