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Recovering journo, Champion of the Apostrophe Former: Your favorite neighborhood bartender Current: Librocubicularist Laureate Still pretty good at listening & libations Dogs are welcome here. Humans will be vetted.

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You won’t find cleaner waters than the Boundary Waters. Think endless streams of water filled with bass, walleye, trout and northern pike – total wilderness, only accessible by canoe.

Why would we let a Chilean mining company pollute these public lands, take our minerals and ship them off to China?

23.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
the PEOPLE'S STATE of the UNION.
FEB 24 8:00 PM ET / MoveOn.org/LIVE

SEN. ED MARKEY SEN. JEFF MERKLEY SEN. CHRIS MURPHY SEN. TINA SMITH SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN REP. YASSAMIN ANSARI REP. BECCA BALINT REP. GREG CASAR REP. TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ REP. MAXWELL FROST REP. JIM HIMES REP. SARA JACOBS REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL REP. JOHN B. LARSON REP. SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE REP. SUMMER LEE REP. CHELLIE PINGREE REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY REP. EMILY RANDALL REP. MARY GAY SCANLON REP. DELIA RAMIREZ

the PEOPLE'S STATE of the UNION. FEB 24 8:00 PM ET / MoveOn.org/LIVE SEN. ED MARKEY SEN. JEFF MERKLEY SEN. CHRIS MURPHY SEN. TINA SMITH SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN REP. YASSAMIN ANSARI REP. BECCA BALINT REP. GREG CASAR REP. TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ REP. MAXWELL FROST REP. JIM HIMES REP. SARA JACOBS REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL REP. JOHN B. LARSON REP. SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE REP. SUMMER LEE REP. CHELLIE PINGREE REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY REP. EMILY RANDALL REP. MARY GAY SCANLON REP. DELIA RAMIREZ

Instead, I'll be on the National Mall where we'll heave a far more truthful discussion about how this Administration is making it harder for Americans to afford their lives and feel safe in their neighborhoods.

23.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6
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As ICE enforcement intensifies, one man works to keep undocumented families fed in Bensalem β€œWe don’t have to choose between risking ourselves and feeding our children," said one man who depends on the deliveries.

Gift link share.inquirer.com/MfblQD

23.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Platkin LLP & @democracydefendersfund.org are demanding an investigation into whether Trump profited off an abrupt national security policy reversal

A foreign national secretly invested $500M into Trump’s crypto company shortly before Commerce approved AI chips for the same company!-TN

23.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 350    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

Charlie Kirk repeatedly pushed the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory and regularly made racist comments in his public statements.

If we can't call someone so explicitly racist "a racist" without getting fired, who else is off limits?

Donald Trump? Nick Fuentes? David Duke?

23.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2421    πŸ” 679    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 19
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Arkansans organize grassroots initiatives across state to support immigrant neighbors Rosita Lopez has been a community organizer for more than 15 years and said she’s never seen neighbors banding together to support immigrants like they have recently.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/arka...

23.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 903    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 5

Shhhhh you'll scare the prey

23.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SEN. WARREN: β€œ.. Trump’s Jan. 20 deadline has come and gone, and no one is surprised that the big banks have not voluntarily cut credit card rates to help American families.”

$XLF
www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...

23.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 823    πŸ” 264    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 8

Show this to every Boy Scout you know.

#BoyScouts #Scouting #BoundaryWaters #BWCAW

apnews.com/article/boun...

23.02.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

Live Nation paid ZERO federal income tax last year largely due to Trump's tax cuts, despite reporting $145M in profits.

It's also on the verge of scoring a sweetheart deal from Trump's DOJ to end a major antitrust investigation.

Trump works on behalf of the most powerful corporations.

Not you.

23.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1629    πŸ” 607    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 40
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Yes. Let’s analyze the risks *after* we send billions of dollars worth of equipment to the region.

This is either misdirection, or the most glaring lack of coherent strategy I’ve ever seen.

23.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4195    πŸ” 1227    πŸ’¬ 523    πŸ“Œ 87

It ought to be noted that the Epstein scandal revealed not just a bunch of people wiling to rape children and suck up to people who did so, but also that a lot of elite people are just loathsome bigoted human beings.

23.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1437    πŸ” 319    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 11
Photo from 2016 shows a mustard-yellow river in Colorado caused by toxic runoff from the Gold King Mine. Shut down in 1925, runoff from the mine continues to poison Colorado rivers and lands today.

Photo from 2016 shows a mustard-yellow river in Colorado caused by toxic runoff from the Gold King Mine. Shut down in 1925, runoff from the mine continues to poison Colorado rivers and lands today.

Photo of canoers on Minnesota's Boundary Waters in 2023.

Photo of canoers on Minnesota's Boundary Waters in 2023.

#Minnesota defied trump. Now he wants to lay waste to their land - and Pete Stauber is raring to help make it happen.

My money's on Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

23.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Immoral" implies they couldn't be bothered to avoid the starving baby.
The actions of this administration & its helpers & enablers - musk in particular - are deliberately, consciously evil.

They ran that baby down with a monster truck, backed it up for another go & did a hole shot on her head.

22.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is immoral.

Trump officials gutted USAID and cut off food aid to refugees. Clinics closed. Warnings poured in and were ignored. Rations collapsed. Children starved to death.

πŸ‘‰πŸΎAgency staffers even celebrated the cuts with a sheet cake while lifesaving programs were being shut down.πŸ‘ˆπŸΎ

22.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1508    πŸ” 870    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 52

Yes.
If Paxton isn't actively paying for posts like this he's at least rubbing his dirty hands together in glee every time he sees one.

22.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Decent Americans like Canada. Assholes don't.

22.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 534    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 8

Apart from the clumsy answer, they're now saying they're going to threaten full trade embargos against whole countries. That should go well and not create supply chain problems or inflationary pressures.

22.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
I am running for Congress because we urgently need leaders who will stand up for our rights. We need leaders who understand that treating human beings like human beings is a moral obligation, not a political question. We need leaders who will work hard to help humanity, not serve the elite.

I am a first-generation college graduate, the mom of a young daughter, a proud union member, and a public defender. I have personally experienced many of the challenges that working class people face, and I understand the urgency they demand.

I am running for Congress because we urgently need leaders who will stand up for our rights. We need leaders who understand that treating human beings like human beings is a moral obligation, not a political question. We need leaders who will work hard to help humanity, not serve the elite. I am a first-generation college graduate, the mom of a young daughter, a proud union member, and a public defender. I have personally experienced many of the challenges that working class people face, and I understand the urgency they demand.

SCOOP β€” Tom Suozzi has a Democratic primary challenger in the NY-3 congressional race.

Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy.

Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:

22.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3409    πŸ” 888    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 75

TBH the world should be run by bartender/servers.
In a long and diverse career - newspaper journo, radio jock, psychologist, librarian - it's those skills ☝️ that have always served me best (along with making a wicked good Bloody Mary) 🍻

22.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the actual f*ck???

22.02.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThis is all about 2026 and 2028 and their attempt to destroy democracy.” thank you @staceyabrams.com and the @allinwithchris.bsky.social team for having me fill in this week.

21.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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She’s making it happen, y’all.

@jasmineforus.bsky.social is activating non-voters just like she said she would.

β€œ55% of the people that showed up on day one don’t normally vote in a primary. In fact, 20% of those voters were first-time voters.” πŸ’₯

21.02.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6909    πŸ” 1911    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 98
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Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.

Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

21.02.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3705    πŸ” 1454    πŸ’¬ 418    πŸ“Œ 157

What, you're too good to drop some mushrooms, light a few candles, whip out the ouija board and channel Thom Jefferson alla sudden?

21.02.2026 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would β€œnever get out.”

β€œI just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call.

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From @nowthisimpact.bsky.social : β€œTrump is sending all pregnant minors to one detainment center in Texas… so they can’t get abortions.” #ForcedBirthNation

21.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1037    πŸ” 621    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 49

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

21.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7894    πŸ” 2831    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 62
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What Gives Me Hope Read more here.

Hope is not a promise. It is not a guarantee of success. It is the courage to act in the face of uncertainty. And right now, in this fragile moment for our democracy, it is the most important responsibility we share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

21.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4785    πŸ” 1219    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 46
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Five Questions with Musician Nils Lofgren The Protest Anthem You've Been Waiting For!

Guitarist & Songwriter Nils Lofgren & his wife Amy have written a protest song: No Kings, No Hate, No Fear. Read about what’s behind the song & listen to it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

21.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1031    πŸ” 325    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

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