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@isladelencanto.bsky.social

Retired Coastie wife & lifelong teacher. Defender of democracy. Ally of immigrants. Devoted writer with #PostcardsToVoters. Colorful curser. Short but powerful. πŸ₯₯πŸŒ΄πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·

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Following up on this. This remains a β€˜cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

09.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3410    πŸ” 1633    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 162

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

05.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21335    πŸ” 4150    πŸ’¬ 347    πŸ“Œ 655
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Thank you, Elizabeth City, NC - 300 fun-loving souls showed up to say #NoKings

18.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The real issue isn’t left vs right.

It’s not white vs black.

It’s not citizen vs immigrant.

It’s not gay vs straight.

The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest β€” and a lot of money invested β€” in dividing us, and it’s working.

11.09.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 21485    πŸ” 6281    πŸ’¬ 813    πŸ“Œ 417

#FreeDC

11.08.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Faithful Fight Toolkit: Welcoming the Stranger The frequency and intensity of attacks on immigrants are designed to overwhelm us and make us feel powerless. But we are not powerless. We are pushing back – and protecting our neighbors.

The Trump admin is taking overwhelming action against immigrants and refugees. Religious communities can respond by advocating, speaking out, working with local leaders, and providing moral leadership. Learn more: protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...

06.07.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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House Democrats just launched HouseRepublicanPriceHike.com β€” a brutal receipt generator that shows exactly how much more you’re paying for groceries under GOP control.

Add items to your cart, see the spike, then send the β€œRepublican receipt” straight to your followers and friends. πŸ’₯

06.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1653    πŸ” 868    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 59
Laura Loomerβ€˜s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

Laura Loomerβ€˜s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

02.07.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38947    πŸ” 14011    πŸ’¬ 3368    πŸ“Œ 2729

JOBS PLUMMET: The U.S. private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, payrolls processing firm ADP says.

02.07.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4387    πŸ” 1492    πŸ’¬ 311    πŸ“Œ 132

Democracies use government as an instrument for the common good. Using a tax bill to destroy and deny health care for 17 million of our people is a sign of authoritarianism.

02.07.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5528    πŸ” 1790    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 64
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There is no bottom to this barrel.

29.06.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1905    πŸ” 387    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 101

Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.

29.06.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11515    πŸ” 3341    πŸ’¬ 351    πŸ“Œ 131
American Conversations: Secretary Pete Buttigieg
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson American Conversations: Secretary Pete Buttigieg

I thought the Pete Buttigieg interview was fascinating, Genuine big picture thinking, which is hard to do at times like these.

17.06.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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LMAOOOO
www.instagram.com/reel/DK2nMmJ...

14.06.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 44745    πŸ” 10824    πŸ’¬ 1339    πŸ“Œ 885

America’s Generals are terrified. They are cowed. They seem unlikely to hold the line and live up to their oaths to serve the U.S. Constitution. Trump violated the law (the Hatch Act) conducting a political rally at Fort Bragg, rousing the troops to cheer his slogans but the Generals stay silent.

11.06.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3075    πŸ” 1076    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 65
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We feed you.
They hunt us.

11.06.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34931    πŸ” 14924    πŸ’¬ 1220    πŸ“Œ 1252
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Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am.

#IncompetentKrasnov

12.03.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75446    πŸ” 17886    πŸ’¬ 1701    πŸ“Œ 685
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Trump Is Deploying the Military on Americans Let’s Call This What It Is: Fascism. And let's organize effectively to counter this extremism

Trump is deploying the US Marines on Los Angeles, after deploying 2000 Nat'l Guard.

If you are in the US Armed Forces & unsure of how to respond to an illegal orderβ€”you are not alone. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for free & confidential guidance:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-is-d...

09.06.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

09.06.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12509    πŸ” 5618    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 247
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This is the protest that Trump has sent the flippin Marines to break up.

Outrageous!

Thanks to @jesscraven101.bsky.social for the video.

09.06.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 670    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 32
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Invoking violence only gives Donald Trump the reaction he’s looking for. Attacking law enforcement officers just doing their job is unacceptable β€” period, full stop.

Protestors who participate in violence or vandalism must be held accountable.

09.06.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1135    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 12
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I'm filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to end the illegal takeover of a CalGuard unit, which has escalated chaos and violence in LA.

Donald Trump's violation of the U.S. Constitution is an overstep of his authority.

We will not let this stand.

09.06.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3139    πŸ” 809    πŸ’¬ 291    πŸ“Œ 194

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.

That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

08.06.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 27343    πŸ” 7890    πŸ’¬ 2869    πŸ“Œ 1424

End citizens united

05.06.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 962    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 3
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Yes. People Will Die. Joni Ernst’s cringey videos were wrong. They also reveal a lot about the GOP’s desperately dishonest sales job.

Yes. People Will Die.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

05.06.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data The Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey, forcing it to turn to less precise guesses.

As I predicted, we are now entering an era where we cannot necessarily trust data coming from the federal govt on things like inflation. Something to watch VERY closely for GDP, unemployment, everything. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...

05.06.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10094    πŸ” 3413    πŸ’¬ 511    πŸ“Œ 209

Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.

It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men

04.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 30698    πŸ” 6227    πŸ’¬ 1029    πŸ“Œ 357
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Pentagon accepts luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One The United States officially accepted a luxury jet to use as Air Force One from Qatar, the Department of Defense confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday.

NEW: The Pentagon has officially accepted the illegal $400M emolument from Qatar. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...

21.05.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8025    πŸ” 3313    πŸ’¬ 1429    πŸ“Œ 543

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