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@drivebyfluting.bsky.social

Retired professor, musician, mother, partner, and Nana. We must fight for human rights, voting rights, healthcare for all, and animal rescue. No kings, no hate, No PMs. πŸŒˆπŸ’™

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Senate war powers vote fails 52-48.

Funny how they always have just enough votes to stop these things!

04.03.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1921    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 82
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Jesus. F*cking. Christ.

02.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7130    πŸ” 3474    πŸ’¬ 772    πŸ“Œ 380

I can’t shake that for Donald Trump, casualties are for suckers and losers.

01.03.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 849    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 8
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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

28.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 22480    πŸ” 6314    πŸ’¬ 1320    πŸ“Œ 399

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

28.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 23433    πŸ” 6123    πŸ’¬ 717    πŸ“Œ 257

Welp

28.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15810    πŸ” 4527    πŸ’¬ 621    πŸ“Œ 164
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"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

28.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14575    πŸ” 3294    πŸ’¬ 419    πŸ“Œ 124
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β€œEvery minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings.” - Gov. @abigailspanberger.com

Gov. Spanberger is exactly right. President Trump isn’t making us safer. He’s terrorizing our neighbors.

25.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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You made history last night

25.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7462    πŸ” 1487    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 48

What was hardest for me to watch was all the fawning, applauding, standing, and pretending like this man has an ounce of sanity or humanity. #SOTU

25.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

20.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28309    πŸ” 6847    πŸ’¬ 345    πŸ“Œ 260

Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas dissented. Who is surprised? #Epstein files

20.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tricia McLaughlin is reportedly out at DHS, according to multiple sources. She’s a very close ally of Noem.

That news, plus stories like the below which are coming out daily, strongly suggest the knives are clearly out for Noem inside DHS.

17.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2607    πŸ” 751    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 52
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PEDO Bowl. Where billionaires cheer, victims are ignored & the files stay sealed

Sickening the PEDO Bowl gets wall-to-wall coverage, but accountability for child predators gets buried

Sponsored by silence, settlements, and sealed records

#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles
#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy

07.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 314    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 12

Utterly disgusting. Hey, @GOP, if you’re still a member of this party, how do you sleep at night?

06.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a great idea. He’s got no contribution more important to make.

06.02.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

If true that Greg Bovino is being demoted and forced to retire, it’s because of us. The resistance.

Now let’s step it up and get rid of Kristi Noem for good.

27.01.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7506    πŸ” 1477    πŸ’¬ 469    πŸ“Œ 101

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

27.01.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32737    πŸ” 9451    πŸ’¬ 1583    πŸ“Œ 577

Non-critical question of the day: Why is the Beckham family conflict front page news on more than one reputable paper? I don't get it.

21.01.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

19.01.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 17490    πŸ” 3419    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 151

Remember when Melania’s speech sounded shockingly like Michelle Obama’s?

20.01.2026 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At some point, satire taps out and reality keeps typing. A U.S. president telling a foreign leader he no longer feels obligated to think β€œpurely of peace” because he didn’t receive a Nobel Prize would once have been dismissed as parody.

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The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.

As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

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Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:

18.01.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 18148    πŸ” 5993    πŸ’¬ 750    πŸ“Œ 380

Lori Chavez-DeRemer the subject of internal Labor Department misconduct complaint: Report Chavez-DeRemer and two of her top staffers were named in a formal complaint filed with a Labor Department watchdog, according to multiple reports.

13.01.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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January 12, 2026 Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

13.01.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of donald trump 's face wearing a suit and tie ALT: a close up of donald trump 's face wearing a suit and tie

You don't like me, you really don't like me! #Trump #MAGA

21.12.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals Why would the Trump administration choose to set aside consequences from criminals whose actions threaten the stability of the broader American economy?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

21.12.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need a new book to read or listen to. I enjoy Louise Erdrich, John Irving, Amor Towles, Ann Patchett, plus some SciFi escapes, like Andy Weir. I don't enjoy romance and I can't handle particularly gut-wrenching stories right now, even when wonderful. Ideas? #booksky

20.12.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0