@mnmothma.bsky.social
Librarian, progressive Christian, rural resident, nature lover, musicals fan, geek. Against authoritarianism and Christian nationalism.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pinch… Paunch! Pension!
Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.
NEW: “As of Sept. 30, the department no longer presumes service connection for male breast cancer,” a Veterans Affairs rep confirmed to @propublica.org, meaning newly diagnosed veterans will have to show that their cancer is linked to their military service.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
They found money to pay the ICE thugs, but not to feed the kids…
fortune.com/2025/10/22/g...
im sorry you cant have food but we gave all our money to one guy who “invented” 2 day shipping and another thats promising robot butlers so you can see how our hands are tied
27.10.2025 11:49 — 👍 5369 🔁 1110 💬 45 📌 13This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
27.10.2025 11:08 — 👍 18034 🔁 7148 💬 914 📌 764Did anyone spot moving vans outside the White House recently that could have been used to remove precious, historic furniture, mantel pieces, fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, and portraits from the East Wing to safety?
23.10.2025 21:29 — 👍 9624 🔁 2964 💬 1041 📌 259I’m so confused about who they’re giving them to. The Carnegie libraries in my system have not heard a peep.
24.10.2025 01:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If your kid is on the spectrum, or if you're transgender, or speak Spanish, or just grow a beard, they hate you because you dare to be 'different'
Inside the war on this basic human right -- to not conform -- that is central to Trump's fascist project
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
ICE now has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world and has increased spending on weapons.
It's also engaging in a race to recruit 10,000 new agents who will eventually be out in American streets.
Some will be vetted, but how many unqualified recruits will fall through the cracks?
They reached out? Not to mine.
23.10.2025 12:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Over two dozen companies have donated or pledged funds, including: Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Google, Palantir, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, Comcast, T-Mobile, Altria, Reynolds American, Blackstone Group.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-w...
All of these companies should be forever associated with destroying the White House.
22.10.2025 21:54 — 👍 586 🔁 255 💬 32 📌 11
Talked to @gtconway.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7_...
“They’re wrecking it,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist and professor emeritus at Towson University in Maryland.
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
21.10.2025 02:40 — 👍 13411 🔁 6430 💬 1039 📌 812I understand this kind of response but also kind of hate it. I think we should be cautious not to overwhelm our capacity to be shocked. Allow yourself to find shocking things shocking and not let them be internally normalized.
19.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 433 🔁 49 💬 18 📌 1
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
19.10.2025 01:24 — 👍 8246 🔁 4609 💬 391 📌 1114It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.
18.10.2025 22:12 — 👍 7118 🔁 1191 💬 77 📌 42Texts from today "are you by the ghostbusters with the banana in the middle?" "I'm to the east. A dinosaur just walked by"
18.10.2025 22:46 — 👍 915 🔁 120 💬 20 📌 8
(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history! With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
18.10.2025 21:57 — 👍 7445 🔁 2445 💬 161 📌 212Trying to imagine the furor if Democratic leadership had called the Tea Party protests "Hate America" protests. Every day a new lesson in how different the rules really are.
16.10.2025 16:47 — 👍 1715 🔁 328 💬 38 📌 15
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
16.10.2025 01:05 — 👍 11451 🔁 3141 💬 464 📌 140
She’s a friend of a friend of a friend of mine.
16.10.2025 01:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.
14.10.2025 14:28 — 👍 3340 🔁 1140 💬 54 📌 53This is real. Chicago today.
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