Michele F.
@mfoulk50.bsky.social
Anti-Trump RN Democrat Politics watcher
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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“The President may be brought low this fall not by the Democrats who would crawl over broken glass to defeat him but by the very voters who sent him back to the White House in the first place. Iran, it seems, may finally have done what Jan 6 and all the rest of Trump’s countless misdeeds could not.”
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3w agoPresident Trump is deeply unpopular and trapped in an unwon war of his own choosing. A reckoning—one far harsher than was expected, even a few months ago—seems imminent, Susan B. Glasser writes. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Happy National Public Lands Day! 🌅 From the Rio Grande to the top of our mountains, our national parks, and the forest lands and acequias that have sustained our communities for generations, these lands are part of who we are. Public lands are our lands. And we will keep fighting to protect them!
So gas is getting more expensive, and Trump is making cars less fuel-efficient. Brilliant strategy.
Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump announces he will sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules for new cars and light trucks, gutting one of the government’s most significant efforts to reduce gasoline consumption and speed the country’s shift to electric vehicles.
Trump lies: "Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing -- oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration."
So basically Trump is telling MAGA voters not to vote for Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar in November because she is a “back stabber” for criticizing him.
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder of that time you were all over the news just because you were horribly incompetent in your national security job
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTAPPER: I would ask if you could convey to Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when Obama tried to freeze Fox out. I don't think we want a world where presidents get to decide who covers them WALTZ: We need fair, objective, & well-sourced reporting. I've been victim of this nonsense
"The number one concern is they are going to roll back access to medication abortion." @mintimm.bsky.social shares the outcomes if the Senate confirms President Trump's FDA nominee, who holds a record of attacking reproductive rights.
Tillis: "Folks, this was stupid on stilts ... to have a Russian oligarch who's actually traveled in a delegation to Beijing fund some sort of island wedding for a very wealthy family that also happens to be related to the president? Come on, guys, this is this is amateur hour"
This Day in Labor History: September 27, 1972. Workers represented by the United Auto Workers at the General Motors plant Norwood in Norwood, Ohio, ended their strike after 174 days. Let's talk how workers fought the horrors of automation and the speed-up in American auto!
“I am so devastated that Christians like Tim Tebow made me trust in something that has taken so much money from me. This is evil, especially because I’m disabled on a limited income.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar
Life Surge pairs Christian celebs with hard-sell pitches. Some attendees ended up deep in debt.
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Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism."
Talarico's instincts as a campaigner are formidable. www.usatoday.com/story/news/s...
Talarico calls Paxton, leaves voicemail inviting him to debate
In a 40-second video posted to X, Talarico calls Republican Ken Paxton, but the call apparently goes to voicemail — Paxton does not appear to answer.
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Because if Americans disapprove of Trump, then we really need to get rid of this democracy nonsense... bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRAJU: Only 33% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling his job. Is he a drag in your district? VAN ORDEN: I am fully supportive of President Trump. And if that's not popular, that's just the way it is
👇🏽Exactly as many warned. Their cruel racist deportations of innocent people aren’t freeing up jobs, they’re hurting the economy. Immigrants are not the problem. Greedy corporate oligarchs — and the politicians they own — are.
Nationwide, it's clear ICE doesn't care about the health of the people they detain. The lack of accountability is unacceptable. At Delaney Hall and other facilities, people are suffering without proper medical care. They deserve so much better – that's what I'm fighting for.
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. It is not close. Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us. This is why I launched the End Corruption Caucus with my colleagues Jason Crow and AOC. www.axios.com/2026/09/02/g...
Trump's secret police moves to create an enemies list for the White House. The database would have all US voters, their party affiliations and their political preferences. Now for the question: what does any of this have to do with immigration enforcement? www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...
ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
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Mike Johnson abruptly cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections
Mike Johnson cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections
The House will only work four days before the midterm elections after it took a monthlong recess
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