Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf)

Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf)

@robinleaf.bsky.social

Language/history nerd, singer/songwriter/musician. Childless cat mom. Neurosparkly LOTR/Star Trek fan. 💙 AF. Hablo español. I teach English to immigrants and refugees. she/her https://youtube.com/@robinleaf https://albumwritingchallenge.org

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Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.

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There’s nothing beautiful about a bill that slashes health care, increases hunger, and lowers the income of every American earning less than $51,000 per year. Read my op-ed for the El Paso Times here 👇🏽 www.elpasotimes.com/story/opinio...

elpasotimes.comOPINION: There’s still time to kill Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'The bill cuts Medicaid, impacting millions of Americans, including children, seniors, and hospitals, and slashes SNAP funding.

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What. The. Fuck.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov

Under Trump's new rules, veterans can be refused care by individual doctors just because they are unmarried, are registered Democrats, or identify as LGBTQ. VA is for ALL veterans, not just whoever Trump says. Every Senator needs to demand that this policy be reversed.

Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf) reposted

This should be a crime. How dare a draft dodger reject what we EARNED.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov

Under Trump's new rules, veterans can be refused care by individual doctors just because they are unmarried, are registered Democrats, or identify as LGBTQ. VA is for ALL veterans, not just whoever Trump says. Every Senator needs to demand that this policy be reversed.

Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf) reposted

Wisconsin Democrats pick Devin Remiker as successor to party leader Ben Wikler Devin Remiker edged out Democratic consultant Joe Zepecki to succeed Bed Wikler as the party's state chairman. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

jsonline.comWisconsin Democrats pick Devin Remiker as successor to party leader Ben WiklerDevin Remiker edged out Democratic consultant Joe Zepecki to succeed Bed Wikler as the party's state chairman.

Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf) reposted

Congratulations to Devin Remiker, the newly elected chair of the WisDems! 🎊 This will be an exciting chapter for the WisDems. We look forward to fighting the good fight with you for all Wisconsinites!

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Replying to @thegodshow.com

Not understanding that raw materials needed in manufacturing for things like packaging and bottles will severely impact EVERYTHING. It doesn’t matter if the product is 'Made in the USA'. If components of its packaging are from China, the product cannot be fully produced. Duh!

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Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

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Crockett: If we’re going to talk about numbers and mandates, it is the reason that the only person in modern times to have the lowest approval ratings at their 100 day mark is the same person the first time they were in and now this time

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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

Holy fuck. Yeah, Stephen Lynch needs to get primaried. He's done.

David Nir@davidnir.com

Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"

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FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstruction after she allegedly interfered with a federal immigration arrest operation, sparking a large protest on Saturday outside the FBI building in St. Francis.

Miller is so full of shit. (Which means that it's a day that ends in y.)

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

Robin Lea Fritche 💙 (RobinLeaf) reposted

"A government that can disappear 238 men to an El Salvadoran prison on flimsy allegations can do the same to any of us. 'But I’m a U.S. citizen who has never committed crimes' is a defense that only works if you get the chance to make it in a court of law," Ashton Pittman writes. buff.ly/wTC1Sgl

mississippifreepress.orgEditor’s Note | If They Can Be Disappeared, You Can, TooA government that can disappear 238 men to an El Salvadoran prison can do the same to any of us, News Editor Ashton Pittman warns.

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Jasmine Crockett: ''I’m glad the Supreme Court stepped in and stopped that plane from taking off last night. Because deporting folks with no criminal record and no due process isn’t justice—it’s cruelty. You can’t scream 'law and order' while breaking the law at every turn.''