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Donna Fitzgerald

@familysleuth.bsky.social

Professional genealogist & family history addict | Education Junkie | Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) member | Past President & current Program Coordinator for Kinseekers at Fairfield Glade | Retired air traffic controller (FAA)

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Are you terrified (of this administration) or tariffied (because of imposed tariffs) or both? I think we need to add tariffied to the dictionary, don't you? Vowels matter.

20.05.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lives in the Balance
YouTube video by Jackson Browne - Topic Lives in the Balance

Do you remember Jackson Browne's lyrics for Lives in the Balance from 1986? Still relevant today! Link to listen on YouTube.
youtu.be/o_8UAYJLU98?...

05.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

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Person of Interest (TV series) - Wikipedia

DOGE GOAL? Person of Interest aired 2011- 2016. "The Machine" monitored all electronic communications and surveillance video feeds, identifying people of interest by providing only their social security numbers; it could collate all information sources. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_...

12.04.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates

Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your repβ€”this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

09.04.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 34672    πŸ” 17072    πŸ’¬ 1465    πŸ“Œ 1228

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

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Jessica Aber’s Sudden Death and the Secrets She Took with Her JESSICA ABER’S DEATH RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS
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I came across this in my stuff from my grassroots lobbying days with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). A couple of decades later, Musk's regime threatens an ever-increasing number of inherently governmental jobs.

13.03.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wall Street tumbles 10% below its record after Trump escalates his trade war Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war.

BREAKING: Wall Street’s sell-off drags the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record for its first so-called "correction" since 2023.

13.03.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 622    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 19
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Musk shares claim that Stalin, Hitler didn't murder millions: 'Public sector workers did' ***

Today in double speak land or WTF land β€” Seriously WTF?!? β€”

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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No way would I go back now. Eff ewe Elon, and the horse you road in on!

27.02.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Announcement β€”
DOGE was officially renamed as: Department of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE). credit Andy Borowitz 😊

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside downβ€”the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Thanks for sharing!

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I LOVE the way this person has a way with words!

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Closer to the Edge | Substack

substack.com/@closertothe...

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21.02.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame

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Introduction to the Kentucky Genealogical Society
YouTube video by Kentucky Genealogical Society Introduction to the Kentucky Genealogical Society

Discover how the Kentucky Genealogical Society is preserving Bluegrass history and helping family historians like you uncover their rootsβ€”watch now and connect with your Kentucky story! πŸŒΏπŸ“œ #Genealogy #BluegrassRoots

03.02.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Facts

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πŸ’™βœŒπŸΌπŸ’™ Passion for what’s right. A lot of folks have lost that. Martin Luther King exuded it❀️❀️

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Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals President Biden, hours before leaving office, used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted for reprisals by his successor, including Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci and Liz Cheney.

Breaking News: President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, Liz Cheney and others, a bid to guard against Trump reprisals hours before leaving office.

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β€œWe must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King

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If you are into investigative genetic genealogy, the Swedish (with subtitles) movie, "The Breakthrough," now on Netflix, is pretty good. It's murder mystery solved by using genealogy and DNA results.πŸ˜€

13.01.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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