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Kathie

@kathieturner.bsky.social

Political junkie, music & book lover, amateur photographer, #progressive, #feminist, #atheist. Working for a better planet at ProgressiveSecretary.org, writing email/letters supporting progressive policies. https://progressivesecretary.salsalabs.org/SignUp

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@hartmannreport.com The order Trump signed regarding crypto in 401 (k) accounts is complete BS. The Dept. of Labor eased rules back in May. HEADLINE: Should You Add Crypto to Your 401(k)? money.usnews.com/financial-ad...

08.08.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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@hartmannreport.com Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez serves on the House Committee on Energy & Commerce. She was on Oversight during the last session.

She's decided not to run for ranking member of Oversight, in part because she'd have to change committees.

28.05.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@baldwin.senate.gov, Please oppose the โ€œSAVEโ€ Act, H. R. 22. It creates unnecessary barriers to voting and disenfranchises millions of Americans.

26.02.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. I do. ๐Ÿ˜Š

11.02.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black-capped chickadee

Black-capped chickadee

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Pneumonia is why I haven't posted much in the last month.

As I've said, I like photographing #birds. Here's a black-capped chickadee from February 11, 2023 when it was close to 50ยฐF (9ยฐC). L.H. Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve just north of Green Bay, WI #naturephotography #nature #wildlife

11.02.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“Œ This isn't sufficient. It needs to be in the courts now. OTOH, how will any order be enforced?

03.02.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Purple iris

Purple iris

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I was born in TN where the state flower is the iris. I don't know if that's influenced my choice of "favorites," but irises are my favorite flower. Here's one I photographed on June 7, 2020 at a county park just west of Green Bay, WI #purple #iris #irises #flower #naturephotography #photograph

27.01.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Male northern cardinal

Male northern cardinal

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This photo - a male northern #cardinal - is from May 7, 2022. I like brightly colored #birds like cardinals, #indigo #buntings, and #goldfinches. They look like little jewels among the lush green leaves. #naturephotography #photography #nature #wildlife Lily Lake Co. Park east of Green Bay, WI

18.01.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're spectacular little birds.

15.01.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. I like their Mohawks. ๐Ÿ˜Š

14.01.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Male kingfisher

Male kingfisher

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๐Ÿ“Œ April 27, 2022 ... I have a problem with kingfishers. They see my camera and fly off. Sometimes they fly a little further down the road where they perch until I get there ... when they move again. It's an occasion when I get to photograph one. #birds #nature #naturephotography #kingfisher

14.01.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A killdeer

A killdeer

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๐Ÿ“Œ A killdeer at the Chet Pieschek Conservancy, a few miles east of Green Bay, WI. August 19, 2023 #birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdnerd

13.01.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Great blue heron

Great blue heron

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๐Ÿ“Œ August 31, 2023, Lily Lake Co. Park just east of Green Bay, WI. While, I like photographing tiny birds, I like photographing birds of all kinds ... and there are three kinds of wading birds I see most often: sandhills, egrets, and great blue herons. #birds #nature #naturephotography #heron

13.01.2025 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's not possible at my apartment, but there are wild places around Green Bay where there are thistles.

12.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Male goldfinch

Male goldfinch

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๐Ÿ“Œ A male goldfinch from May 29, 2020 at Lily Lake County Park, just east of Green Bay, WI

I used to refer to them as "those damned little yellow birds" because they were always dashing off. The secret is to find them near feeders where they rest between bites.
#birds #goldfinch #Wisconsin

11.01.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

24.12.2024 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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June 7, 2022, on a little road on the NE side of Green Bay, WI. I usually find beautiful flowers to photograph there. Rarely do I see much in the line of wildlife. That day, I saw a couple of blue jays playing among the branches. Here's one of them. #birds #naturephotography #photography

23.12.2024 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Matt Gaetz files restraining order to block already-leaked ethics report Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is filing a legal complaint to try to block release of the House Ethics Committee's report into him, reported NBC News โ€” but he's probably too late for it to matter.This ...

NOTE: it's not defamatory if its true.

Gaetz's request "accuses the committee of an 'unconstitutional' attempt 'to exercise jurisdiction over a private citizen through the threatened release of an investigative report containing potentially defamatory allegations.'"

23.12.2024 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during...

๐Ÿ“Œ I became an opponent of the death penalty when we first discussed it in high school. I think it was my sophomore year. I haven't wavered in my opposition, even in the face of horrendous crimes. I applaud Pres. Biden's actions today. I would have commuted the sentences of all 40 death row inmates.

23.12.2024 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really? Did you think that I thought herons actually pulled sleighs? ๐Ÿ˜Š

23.12.2024 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ… I saw this on another social media site, and since great blue #herons are favorites of mine, I thought I'd beg your pardon for not posting a photograph that I actually took. #birds

22.12.2024 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When there are arbitrary term limits, Congress loses its institutional memory, and the only people who will know how to get things done are people without limits. They're called lobbyists.

The only people who want term limits are lobbyists and people who haven't thought this through.

22.12.2024 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Unions. ... because the chance of 3 ghosts visiting your boss to make him do the right thing is unreasonably slim."

"Unions. ... because the chance of 3 ghosts visiting your boss to make him do the right thing is unreasonably slim."

๐ŸŽ„ Happy Holidays on this the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Let's make a toast to longer periods of daylight!

22.12.2024 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. I wish the same for you. ๐ŸŽ„ ๐ŸŽ… โ›„

21.12.2024 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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November 20, 2020, Lily Lake Co. Park just east of Green Bay, WI. I like blue jays because I like the color blue ... except that their blue feathers results from a unique inner wing structure that distorts the way light's reflected; making them appear blue. #birds #naturephotography #photography

20.12.2024 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dark eyed junco, Lily Lake Co. Park, 10 miles east of Green Bay, WI

Dark eyed junco, Lily Lake Co. Park, 10 miles east of Green Bay, WI

I like photographing tiny birds, including dark eyed juncos. I took this photo at Lily Lake Co. Park, 10 miles east of Green Bay, WI. The man who filled the bird feeders retired and the park folks took the feeders downโ€”and most of the birds disappeared. #birds #photography #naturephotography

19.12.2024 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I found @progsec.bsky.social 25 years ago and I've used their service to advocate for #progressive policies ever since. I've sent emails (they're editable) to legislators, the administration, and various agencies. This service is free (they ask for donations) and volunteer-run. Follow them.

19.12.2024 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Great white egret on the bay of Green Bay (Wisconsin)

Great white egret on the bay of Green Bay (Wisconsin)

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I've seen quite a few egrets around here in recent years. This is a photo from May 24, 2022. The egret is taking off from an inlet on the bay of Green Bay, just north of the city. #birds #egrets #naturephotography

19.12.2024 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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November 25, 2019 @ Red River Co. Park, on the east shore of the bay of Green Bay, north of the city, about 25 miles. The sunset was strange because of the cloud cover, although the colors were still spectacular. #photography #sunset #Wisconsin

13.12.2024 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really like this photo ...

12.12.2024 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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