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Ruth Birkholz (She / Her)

@rbirkholz.bsky.social

Dog mom. Tech nerd. Social good volunteer. Daughter. Friend.

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Then what happened?

28.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15383    πŸ” 5323    πŸ’¬ 899    πŸ“Œ 448
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There's the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital."

25.02.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5616    πŸ” 1772    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 71

I was thinking that exact same thing!!

25.02.2026 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4413    πŸ” 1029    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 59
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Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

25.02.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26722    πŸ” 4840    πŸ’¬ 730    πŸ“Œ 702
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It’s rare to see a Republican call out Republican behavior...

24.02.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1749    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 195    πŸ“Œ 30
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

24.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28998    πŸ” 10788    πŸ’¬ 395    πŸ“Œ 303
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πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€

15.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4258    πŸ” 2372    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 97
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?

15.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9087    πŸ” 3326    πŸ’¬ 858    πŸ“Œ 343
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This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the β€œbaby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.

15.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 13643    πŸ” 6258    πŸ’¬ 620    πŸ“Œ 349

When you go to vote in the midterms, please vote for the Democratic candidate.

15.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10930    πŸ” 1571    πŸ’¬ 638    πŸ“Œ 137
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We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.

14.02.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5548    πŸ” 1623    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 79

"the room reserved for dangerous and violent criminals was empty." Hmmmm...where are the "worst of the worst" ICE is focusing on, targeting, and prioritizing? Seems to be trend all over.

14.02.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 22437    πŸ” 9481    πŸ’¬ 939    πŸ“Œ 562

Yikes😬.

14.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2

So incredibly sad for him. 😒

14.02.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Klein: People are afraid to come into clinics or hospitals because they’re afraid they’ll be snatched. So they’re staying home with acute conditions like appendicitis. They’re not going to their follow-up neonatal appointments. They’re allowing their jaundiced babies to go untreated.

13.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4145    πŸ” 1669    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 60
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In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies]

12.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8274    πŸ” 1989    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 50

Wonder how MAGA and GOP congressmen will feel when the next democratic administration treats their members in oversight hearings with the same respect they’ve shown

12.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2862    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 13

Living in Minnesota right now is wondering if your patient is late because they got caught in traffic, because they got arrested, or because they got detained and all of these are perfectly plausible and equally likely.

11.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6916    πŸ” 1511    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 37
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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

12.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17999    πŸ” 7109    πŸ’¬ 619    πŸ“Œ 355

When you’re offended by β€œlove is more powerful than hate.”

09.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3470    πŸ” 468    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 29
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NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

07.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6119    πŸ” 2168    πŸ’¬ 668    πŸ“Œ 231
Two panel cartoon. 
How it started: masked man beating Police Officer at the Capitol. 
How it’s going: identical masked man with ICE badge beating Statue of Liberty.

Two panel cartoon. How it started: masked man beating Police Officer at the Capitol. How it’s going: identical masked man with ICE badge beating Statue of Liberty.

Remove ICE and CBP funding until real changes are made.
With apologies, I can’t find the artist to credit.

06.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7500    πŸ” 2475    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 73

There is a place in hell waiting for that guy to arrive. 🀬πŸ”₯

07.02.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses β€” and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them β€” would present safety problems.

Can we just call these what they are?

Concentration Camps!!!

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

06.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4488    πŸ” 1700    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 101
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As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.

07.02.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10375    πŸ” 2322    πŸ’¬ 1282    πŸ“Œ 265
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What drawdown?

Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.

06.02.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2087    πŸ” 797    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 25
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Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

04.02.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18328    πŸ” 5771    πŸ’¬ 844    πŸ“Œ 303
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

04.02.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 19535    πŸ” 8845    πŸ’¬ 695    πŸ“Œ 716