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Sandy Lee Spoelstra

@spooley2.bsky.social

Resister. Retired RN Scientist NIH in aging & cancer. Daughter Mom Grandma who loves golf’s⛳️ pickleball πŸ“ runsπŸƒβ€β™€οΈbikes🚲& loves wine 🍷. Advocate for disabled vulnerable disadvantaged humans πŸ™πŸ˜‡πŸ’™πŸ¦‹πŸ™Œ

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Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

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#epsteincoverup

31.10.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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King Charles III strips brother Andrew of titles and his home King Charles III has moved to strip his younger brother Andrew of his titles and honours, and force him out of his home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, over his ties with the late sex offender Je...

King Charles III has officially stripped Prince Andrew of his remaining royal title of Prince and his home over his ties with Epstein!

#KingCharles #PrinceAndrew #Monarchy
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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30.10.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― I’m exercising mine every day!

30.10.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BOYCOTT AMAZON!

30.10.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed Β· No Kings Trump’s new β€œCompact to All Higher Ed” is a direct attack on students, faculty, and academic freedom. **Join Public Citizen and national partners, for a timely discussion on Trump’s new β€œCompact to Al...

I'm attending Frontline for Freedom's event, β€œUnpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed” - sign up now to join m www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

24.10.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Other Demonstration on Saturday Friends,

Why did the Marine Corps decide to fire live artillery shells across California’s major interstate freeway on Saturday?

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-other-demonstration-on-saturday

20.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5041    πŸ” 1596    πŸ’¬ 491    πŸ“Œ 139
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Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration.

The mishap, during a Marine Corps celebration attended by the Vance and Hesgeth underscores safety concerns that Gov. Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

Michigan farmers stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in exports to China this year thanks to Donald Trump. And at the same time, his reckless trade war is driving up the costs on everything they need to run their farms. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

19.10.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The Trump Administration made a deal with El Salvador that threatened years of U.S. law enforcement work to fight MS-13 so they could send people to CECOTβ€”one of the most inhumane prisons in the world.

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Not the smartest 🀣

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Trump and White House Busted Using Red State Footage to Show β€˜Chaos’ in Chicago The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.

Can’t say I’ve seen too many palm trees here in Illinois.

Maybe in the President’s home state of Florida though.

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WTAF 😱

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Oh wow

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Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. πŸ™„

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Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history

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#nokingsprotest Grand Rapids Michigan. Peaceful exuberant crowd of thousands! Great signs πŸͺ§! Collective action feels good πŸ‘

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CLC Calls for Investigation Into Senior DHS Official Tom Homan’s Financial Disclosures One of the highest-ranking members of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) β€” the Trump administration's so-called border czar β€” appears to be hiding information from the public.

More reason to get the truth on what became of the $50K. Administration stories don’t add up.

17.10.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10

Either Mike Johnson doesn't read the news or he's lying.

He should read this story about a 10 year old US citizen with brain cancer who you and Trump deported away from her doctors.

This is what your "mass deportations" are doing.

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In the richest city in America, we cannot simply accept that 500,000 kids go to bed hungry every night.

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

This report is absolutely shocking.

ICE does not have the authority to detain US citizens during immigration enforcement β€” full stop. The Trump administration is out of control, violating the rights of American citizens. They must be held accountable.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...

17.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 990    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11
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Federal resources aren’t campaign tools. Secretary Kristi Noem's new TSA video crosses the line, violating the Hatch Act with blatant political messaging.

We’re urging California airports to stand firm against this unlawful federal pressure and refrain from airing the video.

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The people around Donald Trump are taking advantage of his diminished capacity to break the law.

Whatever they do now, we won’t forget β€” and we will hold them accountable.

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Arizona challenges EPA decision ending $156 million in solar funding | Arizona Mirror Arizona EPA lawsuit Solar for All program challenges termination of $156 million in grants for clean energy

Beyond the fact that this energy infrastructure funding has already been appropriated to our state and is owed to Arizonans, protecting solar projects and lower electricity bills is personal to me.

azmirror.com/briefs/arizo...

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Jeffries: β€œβ€ŠAnd then you got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above"

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