Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7!

I'm not buying this whole fentanyl thing as an excuse for the tariffs.

Nice try, but Americans citizens smuggle more fentanyl into the US than migrants.

www.kpbs.org/news/border-...

American citizens smuggle more fentanyl into the US than migrants, data show

The idea that tougher enforcement on illegal immigration will stop illegal drugs from flowing into the U.S. has long been a political talking point.

This is where we're at, folks.

Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of CONFEDERATE generals.

Racists gotta racist. 😡

Call your legislators & tell them how you feel about that. We're not going back.

🗣️Tell folks who don't follow the news.

www.aol.com/defense-pick...

Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of Confederate generals

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the nam...

The former Commissioner of Social Security, Martin O'Malley says that this piece by CNN is the best article so far about how Musk & his DOGE team are driving Social Security to SYSTEM COLLAPSE.

🚨They're trying to break the SSA so they can loot it!

What can you do?
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www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/p...

‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse | CNN Politics

Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissione...

To add more sadness to an already gut-punch of a day ...
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, dies at 67

What a great lady; she will be missed.
www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, dies at 67

“Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,” her family said.

If you're reading this, & you know any like-minded folks (or those who don't follow politics) in Wisconsin, call/text/email them to catch up & see if they have a plan to vote on April 1!
⏰ Early voting starts 3/18!

Incentive: Musk has skin in the game. See second post.
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www.crawfordforwi.com

Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Judge Susan Crawford is a former prosecutor and current Circuit Court Judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.

Musk's companies have received BILLIONS of $$ from govt contracts & subsidies.

🔥Now the State Dept is planning to buy $400M worth of armored Teslas.

Can you say CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

🗣️Nicely drop this gem of a truth bomb on someone who doesn't follow news.
www.businessinsider.com/state-depart...

The State Department is planning to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas

The State Department's procurement forecast for 2025 included a $400 million contract for "Armored Tesla (Production Units)."

Trump’s call for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke TV networks’ broadcast licenses & talk of jailing journalists who refuse to reveal anonymous sources is alarming, but how many voters have a clue about it?

We must SHARE stuff like this in real life every chance we get.
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Can you believe it? Less than 2 mos after new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced a furious backlash for removing training materials on the Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), here we go again. They're attempting to erase NAVAJO CODE TALKERS. 🤬
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www.yahoo.com/news/attempt...

Attempt to erase Navajo Code Talkers is the latest in Trump's messy DEI rollbacks | Opinion

Trump’s rollback of DEI in military is proving as contentious as Joe Biden’s roll-in. And the Navajo Code Talkers are caught in the middle.

💥BOOM💥
I wondered if Musk might have any conflicts of interest in targeting the CFPB.

He sure does!

He's developing a number of financial services, & has a vision for X to become a "super app." He wants to get rid of his companies' regulators before launching.
www.levernews.com/musk-targets...

Musk Targets His Companies’ Regulators

The billionaire’s push to kill the CFPB followed his social media company’s deal that might have been scrutinized by the agency.

Lawrence explains the PERPETUAL LIE that Trump tells about tariffs.

The EMBARRASSING thing? Trump told the lie to the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM!

Unlike those at his rallies, these people know better.

IDIOT!

🗣️Pls share with someone who doesn't follow any political news.
www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

Lawrence: No one else on the planet but Americans will ever pay a Trump tariff

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the prepared speech that Donald Trump gave to global leaders attending the World Economic Forum highlighting the lies Trump told while speaking.

My local newspaper covered the 50501 Presidents Day protest in my town, Camarillo, CA -- population around 70K.

More than 250 people, including myself, marched about a mile to the Camarillo Tesla during protest. 👇🏼 www.vcstar.com/story/news/l...

Organized by @50501movement.bsky.social

As we were just arriving at the NO KINGS protest in Thousand Oaks, CA, Ventura Co.:
These were the early birds, arriving before the protest was even scheduled to start. The video only captures a small fraction of those in attendance. By the time we left protesters lined both sides of the street.
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Get out of Dodge, DOGE! Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money playing golf.

How has that flown under the radar of waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

🗣️Tell someone who doesn't follow the news.

ca.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf

Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

50501 Movement is leading several “Not My President” protests across the country today. I attended this one in Camarillo, CA (Ventura Co). Protesters walked a mile from Constitution Park to a TESLA DEALERSHIP.

The founder of @Indivisiblevent was among several speakers.
@50501movement.bsky.social

Tons of folks don't follow news & may think of Trump as a successful business man due to the Apprentice.

Know anyone like that? In case they missed it, recommend the 2018 documentary "The Confidence Man," S1.E6 of Netflix's DIRTY MONEY.

Ties to Russian oligarchs noted.
www.imdb.com/title/tt7909...

"Dirty Money" The Confidence Man (TV Episode 2018) ⭐ 8.1 | Documentary, Crime

1h 17m

Thousand Oaks, Ventura, CA 'Hands Off!' protests bring out thousands

I was here w/ a friend, @guerriere-grandma.bsky.social.

"I honestly got emotional," said Bryan Stern, 40, from T.O.
The turnout was more than he expected & it made him proud.

SAME, Bryan! 🥲 💙👏
www.vcstar.com/story/news/l...

Thousand Oaks, Ventura 'Hands Off!' protests bring out thousands

Demonstrators gathered in Thousand Oaks, Ventura and elsewhere as part of a national day of protest against Trump administration policies.

April 19 - Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the country.

I was in Thousand Oaks, CA today. Where were you? Please post your pics/videos if you have any.

Great turnout, energy, & lots of supportive honking/waves/thumbs up. This is what democracy looks like.

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After Musk positioned himself as a champion of free speech, he's taking extraordinary efforts to silence any honest criticism & independent research.

Now he's gunning for public media.

Does anyone see they hypocrisy & conflict of interest?
SHARE IRL!
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/npr-...

NPR and PBS stations brace for funding battle under Trump - Editor and Publisher

Elon Musk is gunning for public media. In his new role advising President-elect Donald J. Trump, Mr. Musk has floated sweeping cuts to the federal government , including the elimination of …

NEW: The CDC 🔥Buried🔥 a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

The move is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Sec RFK, Jr, a longtime critic of vaccines.

RFK Jr. is a DANGER to all Americans!
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www.propublica.org/article/meas...

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

Update!
We have some SPECIAL ELECTIONS coming up this year. Let's follow & support the Dem candidates.

April 1: WI State Supreme Court judge, & Congressional races in FL-01, & FL-06

Sept 23: House race in AZ-07

TBA: House races in NY-21, & TX-18
#Indivisible #DemCast #Resist
go.bsky.app/4Hpup8z

🎁 ARTICLE

U.S. weighs destroying $500M in stockpiled covid tests
The govt is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households & is considering DESTROYING 160M tests. Only a fraction are expired.

How is this not WASTEFUL? Where's DOGE?
wapo.st/42VLGQh

U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests

The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and is considering destroying 160 million tests.

Trump threatens to designate Mexican cartels as terrorists, yet he signed a full/unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where ILLEGAL DRUGS were sold.

🔥 Apparently pardoning drug dealers is OK in exchange for VOTES!

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

Dems came out swinging today. Make sure people see this.

We are not going to sit around while you go ahead and desecrate our constitution, or you look at the laws that have been passed into law and say, never mind, we'll just ignore that.

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I made some crude signs to take to our local protest tomorrow on Presidents Day, Feb. 17.

Check out www.fiftyfifty.one

50 protests
50 states
1 movement

Please follow: @50501movement.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/5050...

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

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