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@maraleia.bsky.social

Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.

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Again, you helped make this anti-trans horror genocide happen @govpritzker.illinois.gov @kamalaharris.com @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

02.03.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

80-Year-Old Democratic Representative David Scott files for reelection in a wheelchair. He is the one who refuses to talk to any reporters on Capitol Hill.

02.03.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No it's fucking dangerous you quislings

02.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
hereswhykevin on Instagram: "Democrat Rep. David Scott (GA-13) was photographed at the Georgia State Capitol filing to qualify for the Georgia Democratic primar…" Democrat Rep. David Scott (GA-13) was photographed at the Georgia State Capitol filing to qualify for the Georgia Democratic primary election. He was assisted by his team and wheeled around in a wheelchair. He refused to answer any questions from the press. Last fall, when Rep. Scott was first seen using a wheelchair to enter the Capitol, he yelled at a photographer and called him a β€œson of a bitch.” Source: @ajcnews ---#HeresWhy #Democrats #2026Midterms #VoteThemOut #News

www.instagram.com/p/DVY6LCokVq...
Look at this bullshit

02.03.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The nightmare that is the USA. Where ignorance thrives.

02.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not just that the United States learned nothing from our defeat after invading Vietnam. It's that we've spent the past 50 years (and more!) doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on our imperialistic bullshit.

And it's gotten worse each time. My God, has it ever.

02.03.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost every goddamn thing we were ever taught in our history classes about what's happened in the past has been a lie.

02.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Hide an Empire Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick"Consistently both startling a...

It's been centuries of this bullshit, mind. See HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE, a book that should be required in every US high school curriculum:

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

02.03.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes and his wife Katy Tur works at MSNOW which I stopped watching in Oct. 2024. They are all complicit.

02.03.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She's a piece of shit.

02.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are just an anti-trans bigot who wants to help other anti-trans bigots.

02.03.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fucking nightmare because the Paramount Plus app sucks ass. It keeps shutting down when we try and watch anything on that platform.

02.03.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m headed to the polls right now to cast my ballot and make my voice heard, and you can too! Today is the first day of expanded early vote in all 50 wards in Chicago. Head to IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote on or before March 17!

02.03.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

This was two years after I left CNN/Turner Broadcasting which turned into a horror show right-wing spin machine during the illegal Iraq war and has gotten WAY worse since then.

02.03.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fucked up take.

02.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the fuck are we even doing having Waymo in Chicago @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

02.03.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I do too but he could be making money writing at another, more ethical outlet based on his reputation alone and he won't do it.

02.03.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope so. I want him and his entire mobster criminal cabal to be removed from power now and that includes his lackeys in Congress.

02.03.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The NYT is a genocidal rag. I will never understand why Bouie still works for them.

02.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump has been a Soviet and now Russian asset since the 1980s.

02.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so sick of this shit.

02.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

everything theyre saying now they said during iraq

02.03.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1505    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 7

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02.03.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pritzker looks so weak and pathetic.

02.03.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is horrible

02.03.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now four hospitals in Chicago are denying gender affirming care for transgender youth. Pritzker also didn't acknowledge trans day of remembrance or world AIDS day last year on any of his social media accounts or in an official proclamation.

02.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

for what it cost for our allies to shoot down three of our own planes by accident in a murderous illegal war we could have funded the NEH at 150% of its historic peak funding for a year

02.03.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 583    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

He did the Lavender scare. What the fuck is wrong with you?

02.03.2026 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dwight Eisenhower fucking spearheaded the lavender scare.

02.03.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a place past gallows humor? Because it feels like we’re entering the realm of phylactery humor, or The Endless Shrieking of the Void humor when we have to decide our emotional response to <waves hands at everything>

02.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 908    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 11