Today's arguments include the trans healthcare care funding ban and other punitive Medicaid cuts. "The most important Byrd meeting happens today. The Senate Finance Committee, which has all of Republicans’ tax and Medicaid priorities, will hold arguments in front of the parliamentarian." [6/23/25 ☀️ AM:](
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PRESENTED BY IN THIS EDITION 11 days until July 4: Byrd Bath and policy fights on deckDemocrats seek Iran message as Trump floats ‘regime change...
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Please call out the "gender-affirming care ban" or "trans healthcare funding ban." Don't assume "I oppose Medicaid cuts" will be heard as the ferocious support trans people need now from everyone who believes they deserve healthcare and safety. Oppose all cuts! But call this out, specifically. RE:
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) (@probgobl.in)
It's this one on 5calls. Punch in your zip code and it should give you your senators' contact numbers. [contains quote post or other embedded cont...
If you have a Dem senator, do not assume they will challenge the all-ages trans healthcare funding ban in the budget bill. Call them *today*. I’m squeezing my calls in between meetings. Cis folks doing “We support trans kids,” please please be on this. RE:
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Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com)
Hmmm... seems bad that Senate Dems are pretending not to know anything about this specific provision in the bill when asked by @ericmgarcia.bsky.so...
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the best thing about coming out of a gruesome migraine besides not having the migraine is that the cognitive reboot means I lost everything I had in temporary memory and now I can choose what to load back in so, uh, see you in a few weeks ✌️
maybe just let the journalists who really liked 2022 Twitter dislike Bluesky, tho
“This is familiar ground, the idea that no matter what the right does … we have the responsibility to remain not just peaceful but peaceful in a way that pleases our enemies. It becomes collective responsibility and collective guilt…” RE:
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Bruno J. Navarro (@brunojnavarro.bsky.social)
One thing to remember is that they'll claim we're violent no matter what ... — @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social https://www.meditationsinanemergency.co...
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“weaponizing the accountability sink” 💀 RE:
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Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant.bsky.social)
I spent some time at the site where protestors incinerated five Waymos—all lined up neatly in a row in downtown LA—and spoke to journalists, ey...
“It goes without saying that…” friends and colleagues in and out of the media, I assure you that it really does not
while I’m at it can we get a mod list for the folks claiming to be lawyers and whatnot who are on here telling would-be protestors to kill their oppressors
The, uh, “hot model with horrifically maimed kitten who needs your money now 🥺” scam wave seems like a good fit for automated mods