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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Proud Michigander, former 🇺🇸 Ambassador, grateful for family &amp; country. Running for MI-07 to fight for what’s right here at home.&#xA;&#xA;Learn more at bridgetbrink.com</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com</link><title>@bridgetbrink.com - Bridget Brink</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3ml6tcgv4ys2d</link><description>Lansing City Councilwoman Clara Martinez is a fierce &amp; tireless advocate for schools, our community, &amp; the hardworking families across our city. I’m so proud &amp; honored to have her endorsement &amp; I look forward to working with her to fight for our kids, their families &amp; our future!</description><pubDate>06 May 2026 13:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6tcgv4ys2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3ml4wgn52yc2a</link><description>Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all the hardworking educators here in MI07! As the daughter of a MEA teacher &amp; graduate of MI public schools, and I am proud to fight alongside the MEA to ensure every student has the same opportunity I had to follow their dreams.</description><pubDate>05 May 2026 19:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wgn52yc2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3ml4b7ygjpk2j</link><description>Bath Township Supervisor Ryan Fewins-Bliss has dedicated his life to improving the lives of Bath Township residents. I am so honored to receive his endorsement &amp; look forward to working with him to serve our community!</description><pubDate>05 May 2026 13:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4b7ygjpk2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3ml2lfy7srk2t</link><description>We&#39;re building the broad-based coalition we&#39;ll need to beat Tom Barrett and flip MI07 in November. It is an honor to have the MEA and its 120k members on our team in this fight for our future! https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/04/mea-teachers-union-endorses-bridget-brink-7th-congressional-district-mid-michigan/89929069007/</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 21:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2lfy7srk2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkztv4yujk2r</link><description>As the daughter of an MEA teacher, my MI public school education enabled me to follow my dreams. I am so proud to receive the endorsement of the Michigan Education Association &amp; its 120k members! &#xA;&#xA;In Congress, I&#39;ll fight for our public schools so every student has the chance to follow their dreams.</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 14:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkztv4yujk2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkvhcd76rs26</link><description>What a great night in Bath Twp for the  Clinton Co Dems Spring Banquet! @emilydievendorf.bsky.social, @votepenelope.bsky.social, Sen Sam Singh, &amp; our fearless AG @dananessel.bsky.social laid out how incredibly high the stakes are for the midterms. We’re going to flip MI07 — because we must.</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 20:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvhcd76rs26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkstsltvl22v</link><description>Happy International Workers&#39; Day! &#xA;&#xA;This #MayDay I&#39;m thinking of all my fellow public service union members who have had their collective bargaining rights illegally taken away by Trump.&#xA;&#xA;As a third-generation union member, I will always stand with workers, today and every day.</description><pubDate>01 May 2026 19:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkstsltvl22v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mksoz2evxs22</link><description>Tom Barrett promised to lower gas prices &amp; &#34;rein in inflation once &amp; for all.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;He has spent his 1st year in office voting 100% w/ Trump&#39;s disastrous agenda. The result? Gas is now $5/gal &amp; inflation is up to 3.5% —  MI07 families are paying the price.&#xA;https://michiganindependent.com/politics/barrett-voted-in-2025-for-policies-that-increase-costs-despite-campaign-promises/</description><pubDate>01 May 2026 17:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksoz2evxs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkq2lt7wns2e</link><description>ALERT: Gas has skyrocketed to 5 bucks a gallon here in Lansing. It&#39;ll cost over 100 bucks to fill up my Delta Township made Chevy Traverse. After they campaigned on bringing down gas prices, Trump &amp; Barrett&#39;s war of choice in Iran has nearly DOUBLED gas prices in mid-Michigan.</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 16:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2lt7wns2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkpqz7xfe22w</link><description>From the Balkans and Obama&#39;s NSC, to wartime Ukraine, I proudly served our country for 28 years.&#xA;&#xA;But with Trump hurting our interests, I had to resign. 1 year ago was my last day of government service.&#xA;&#xA;Now I&#39;m running to serve in a different way. 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Now, my successor is doing the same.&#xA;&#xA;I knew I had to speak out and run for office because siding with dictators is just not who we are.&#xA;https://www.ft.com/content/33d5d8d4-a7db-4647-9751-c21de8ebecb8?shareType=gift&#xA;https://www.ft.com/content/33d5d8d4-a7db-4647-9751-c21de8ebecb8?shareType=nongift</description><pubDate>29 Apr 2026 12:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn4mr5esc2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkjj6xiqgc23</link><description>A huge thank you to UA Local 333 for showing me the state-of-the-art training facility where they train the best plumbers, pipefitters &amp; HVAC techs in the nation right here in MI07!&#xA;&#xA;Unions built the middle class &amp; being 3rd gen union, I&#39;ll always stand with labor.</description><pubDate>28 Apr 2026 02:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjj6xiqgc23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkiucbihus2j</link><description>With just 99 days until the primary election in August 4, we&#39;re meeting voters in every corner of our district to build the coalition we need to win.&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;m proud to call MI07 home &amp; I&#39;m running to beat Tom Barrett &amp; fight like hell for our community in Congress!</description><pubDate>27 Apr 2026 20:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiucbihus2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkdvt3hft22x</link><description>Thanks to Marcia Bird and the Shiawassee County Democratic Party for an incredible Pasta and Politics event in Owosso! Curtis Hertel, Sam Singh, Penelope Tsernoglou, and Ron Bieber got the crowd fired up to flip MI07, win up &amp; down the ballot &amp; deliver for working families!</description><pubDate>25 Apr 2026 20:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdvt3hft22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mkasdzb6sk2m</link><description>.@TomBarrettmi7 voted to give his ultra-rich donors &amp; their big corporations massive tax cuts, while slashing health care &amp; food assistance for our MI07 neighbors.&#xA;&#xA;This is the pay-for-play politics my Restore &amp; Reform Agenda fights to stop. 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As a 3rd generation union member, I am so proud to stand in solidarity with the hardworking men and women of Iron Workers Local 25 and to have earned their endorsement!</description><pubDate>21 Apr 2026 12:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyxoawjv22i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjxj7qztjc2r</link><description>Record turnout &amp; incredible enthusiasm at this weekend&#39;s convention — MI Dems are fired up for this November! Looking forward to working w/ @garlingilchrist.bsky.social , Eli Savit, and all our nominees to elect Dems up &amp; down the ballot, flip MI07, and fight like hell for Michigan!</description><pubDate>20 Apr 2026 22:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxj7qztjc2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjp3kqdxzs27</link><description>Honored to receive the endorsement of East Lansing&#39;s Mark Meadows — a lifelong fighter for our community, unions, &amp; working families as Mayor, State Rep, and current City Councilmember.  We are ready to flip Michigan&#39;s 7th District and continue this fight!</description><pubDate>17 Apr 2026 14:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3kqdxzs27</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjnbhnv7mc2r</link><description>Today, we submitted the maximum 2,000 petition signatures from voters all across our district! Thank you to all who signed &amp; especially to our supporters who weathered mid-Michigan winter to qualify us for the ballot. Together we&#39;re going to beat Tom Barrett &amp; flip MI07!</description><pubDate>16 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnbhnv7mc2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjnb23h7e22r</link><description>Thank you to everyone powering this campaign! We’re leading the Democratic field with $2.25M+ raised, almost $1.3 cash-on-hand, and the most endorsements. We’ve got the grassroots momentum to win MI07. 💪🇺🇸</description><pubDate>16 Apr 2026 20:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnb23h7e22r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjki3rxvr227</link><description>Trump’s chaos and corruption is costing Michiganders. 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Always energizing to be in East Lansing with friends and neighbors ready to flip this seat in 2026!</description><pubDate>15 Apr 2026 01:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjir23vizk2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjhptpkqy22k</link><description>State Senator Sam Singh represents the very best of mid-Michigan. From East Lansing City Hall to the State Capitol, Sen. Singh has dedicated his life to serving our community. I am honored and humbled to receive his endorsement to flip Michigan&#39;s 7th District.</description><pubDate>14 Apr 2026 15:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:epwvg3ligep6e5wvj7wfwwke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhptpkqy22k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetbrink.com/post/3mjf2fkf4bs2c</link><description>Thanks to @inghamcountydems.bsky.social for an inspiring event honoring trailblazing mid-Michigan women. 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