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Marie desJardins

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Truth seeker, puzzler, singer, reader, foodie, traveler, wife, sister, mom, grandma, computer scientist, mentor, ex-professor & ex-dean. She/her pronouns.

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What's even more disgusting is the maga voters and Republican politicians who aren't malignant narcissists and don't have dementia but read that & think it's perfectly fine (or if they secretly think it's not perfectly fine, they're still willing to say that the emperor's clothes are just beautiful)

26.02.2026 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also as far as yesterday goes it seems like maybe we don't need to invade Iran after all?

26.02.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...and apparently, that was such a controversial thing to say that he had to be kicked out of the room and the GOP wants to censure him... so in other words, they think that black people *ARE* apes?!?

26.02.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am a cisgender woman. I can't count the number of times that I've used a men's bathroom (because the women's bathroom was too crowded, the women's bathroom was out of order, the women's bathroom was closed for cleaning...)

In over 20 states, that's illegal & in some states, I could be arrested.

26.02.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How California Can Neuter β€œCitizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All The Sunshine State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money

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How California Can Neuter β€œCitizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

25.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like we have not been hearing nearly enough about the degree to which trump's budget cuts and grant cancellations have derailed scientific research in the US.

24.02.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Searing testimony from former ICE training officer Ryan Schwenk - who resigned from ICE in order to testify before Congress. An American hero.

24.02.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What If Other Countries Claimed The Right to Bomb the US? The question about Trump’s impending Iran attack that the American media almost never asks

Lots of great points here. The US (or the trump administration & Republicans in Congress) somehow thinks it can run around the world bombing and killing countries and people, but would be shocked, shocked!! if somebody else did that to us. (In fact, we would call them war criminals and terrorists.)

23.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is seriously ignorant. Are you saying we can't elect a person who is religious? (And BTW Jasmine Crockett talks A LOT about her faith and her childhood as a daughter of a preacher.)

22.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They all think that MAGA will be in power forever, and that Trump will pardon them all in advance anyway

22.02.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It do surely get ICEy in hell... fb.watch/FqGZm-RsPL/?...

22.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"80% of voters want the SAVE Act." No, 80% of voters support normal ID requirements, not the ridiculously restrictive ID requirements in the SAVE Act.

Actually, 80% of supporters of the SAVE Act on social media are probably Russian and Chinese bots who already can't vote in the US.

22.02.2026 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pernicious Myth of Voter ID Laws: Stacey Abrams & Joyce Vance Explain A recording from Joyce Vance's live video

@staceyabrams.com is so wonderful. Here she lays out with crystal clarity why SAVE and other restrictive voter ID laws are pernicious. NOBODY objects to requiring an ID to vote -- suppression arises with *restrictive* ID or other requirements that prevent large numbers of citizens from voting.

22.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno, what if Crockett wins and turns into Nicki Minaj? 😜

22.02.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget "grift and pocket lining for contractors"

22.02.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So quaint

22.02.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Supreme Court's tariff decision extends far beyond tariffs It stops Trump from deciding not to spend money Congress appropriated, and from going to war without Congress's approval

"The press has reported on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision as if it were only about tariffs. Wrong. It’s far bigger and even more important." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

21.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ seeks to revoke U.S. citizenship of former North Miami mayor Federal attorneys filed a denaturalization case against Philippe Bien-Aime, alleging he misrepresented his identity and immigration history during his naturalization process.

This all sounds pretty fraudulent (if true) and like the kind of case that I would actually support prosecuting through appropriate channels (as the DOJ is, surprisingly doing), instead of grabbing essentially innocent people off the street and sending them to gulags.

share.google/p8aLVRqXzOIx...

21.02.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Ms. Bradley,

SHAME ON YOU.

19.02.2026 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Driver fleeing ICE officers crashes, killing a Georgia teacher, authorities say Authorities in Georgia say a Guatemalan driver fleeing a Georgia traffic stop by federal immigration officers crashed into another vehicle, killing a teacher who was headed to work

Oh I get it, ICE didn't "chase" him (since they are NOT SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE IN VEHICLE CHASES), they just "followed" him, so it's all totally not their fault or anything to do with them that special education teacher Linda Davis died pointlessly.
abcnews.com/US/wireStory...

19.02.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Including reimbursing people for time and money lost to leave work and travel to the places they have to go to in order to obtain those documents.

18.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fine claims this racist remark was in response to a pro-Palestinian who posted something saying that dogs are unclean. The Christian Bible says repeatedly that dogs are unclean. So... Christians are also bad, right, Randy?
biblehub.com/topical/ttt/...

18.02.2026 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so powerful. Really an incredible production.

β€œResistDance" by the First Amendment Troop. 22 dancers, representing the 22 days between Good and Pretti’s deaths.

Music: We Could Fly and Following the North Star by Rhiannon Giddens.

17.02.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh Shut Up, Elon The world's richest man doesn't understand a damn thing about America

"Shut up, Elon" is about the best summary of what Elon should do that I've seen.

Dude isn't even FROM this country and he thinks he can tell us what America is all about. He is pathetically wrong.

open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

16.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they do rename Penn Station after Trump, we shall all henceforth need to request our tickets by saying, "One ticket to Fucking Asshole Station, please."

"Meet you outside Douchcanoe Station."

"Take me to Raging Pile of Human Garbage Station, and step on it!"

11.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just heartbreaking, awful, embarrassing, tragic, appalling.

11.02.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely searing testimony from a victim of ICE's violent, unconstitutional tactics

04.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Due process? That's a nonstarter. The Fourth Amendment? That's a nonstarter. Accountability? Definitely a nonstarter.

Jackass.

04.02.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Uncle Salvadore?

02.02.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like trump and his cronies have singlehandedly elevated the use of the f-word into daily speech. Every single time I see any story about anything that the trump administration has done, I just want to say "Fuck fuck fuckety fuck that man and his fucking fascist henchmen."

Fucker.

02.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0