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@loridowney.bsky.social

Inspiring women to step into their collective political power. Mom of two awesome kids πŸ€πŸŽΎ Life-long learner πŸ“šTravel enthusiast 🌎

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Close-up of Vicki Sykes, a Black woman with medium-length curly hair. She is wearing fuschia lipstick, and her face is turned towards the side.

Close-up of Vicki Sykes, a Black woman with medium-length curly hair. She is wearing fuschia lipstick, and her face is turned towards the side.

A 58-year-old poll worker is among the 60,000 North Carolina voters whose ballots could be disqualified if a Republican judge's election challenge succeeds.

β€œI want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said.

Read more: https://propub.li/40Jcbpc

01.02.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1510    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 20

Buy your avocados tonight πŸ₯‘

01.02.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fox walking through fresh snow.

Fox walking through fresh snow.

"If you get tired
Learn to rest
Not to quit"

Credit Banksy

Fox Friday

31.01.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16774    πŸ” 1825    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 67

The collective PTSD and extreme anxiety across the nation is off the charts...

01.02.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Killer CEOs: How Climate Change Became Big Oil’s Biggest Crime Why the fossil fuel billionaires and their companies bear some responsibility for the fires in Los Angeles…

No surprise here...GOP wants "strings attached" to relief funds for the CA wildfires for so-called mismanagement by Dem leaders--where are the demands for funding and accountability from Big Oil CEOs who literally poured gasoline on this fire with their efforts to deny climate change?

14.01.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tell Jefferson Griffin To Concede | ProgressNC

Take action if you live in North Carolina. Griffin needs to know how we feel about him trying to steal our votes! 🀬

progressnc.actionkit.com/letter/JGCon...

09.01.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

He nailed it as usual...we've been dealing with the same issues for decades now.

17.12.2024 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another nail in the coffin of mainstream media. Truth is dead.

16.12.2024 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They will never not choose themselves...never.

16.12.2024 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They'll always find someone else to blame it on. Always. That's the Fox news mentality. I don't assume that they'll ever connect the dots.

16.12.2024 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing a hat and glasses is holding a glass of wine in a black and white photo . ALT: a woman wearing a hat and glasses is holding a glass of wine in a black and white photo .

Learning to crochet is turning out to be just the distraction I needed this season. Highly recommend finding something that is both absorbing and stress relieving.

16.12.2024 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thou shalt not accuse others of being criminals when you just made a criminal the commander in chief. Thou shalt stop being a gigantic hypocrite every second of thy life.

02.12.2024 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 37396    πŸ” 6987    πŸ’¬ 609    πŸ“Œ 298

OMG looked that guy up..he has a master's in psychology and taught kindergarten. What the HELL happened to him?

03.12.2024 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blog – Public Schools First NC

The NCGA has expanded its voucher scheme with nearly a half billion more dollars while our public schools languish with chronic underfunding...
publicschoolsfirstnc.org/blog/?fbclid...

25.11.2024 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We remember when they pretended to not know what this was like it was just a few weeks ago. Oh wait…

24.11.2024 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3202    πŸ” 595    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 17

Not watching MSNBC or any other outlet that normalizes this administration whatsoever. Not participating in the bullsht.

18.11.2024 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 42159    πŸ” 5033    πŸ’¬ 2101    πŸ“Œ 440
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What is this? Who would actually accept this invite?

16.11.2024 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Because 73+ million of us are gonna have lots of use for this:

15.11.2024 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9467    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 72

When you understand that the goal of Project 2025 is to dismantle the Fed government, Trump's cabinet picks make complete sense.

15.11.2024 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

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