I wish @cademocrats.bsky.social would invest real resources to flip #CA23 blue. The district is not as red as it used to be and 57% of SBC voted for Prop 50. Lots of constituents are pissed and Obernolte is vulnerable.

@singlesequality.bsky.social #HappilySingle #SingleLife #LivingSolo

#CA23

Waiting for Karoline Leavitt to explain how this was taken out of context.

This man is not physically, intellectually, or morally fit to lead the country.

#NoKings

Is going out on my back deck in my pajamas every morning to pour hot water over the ice in the bird bath too woke?

Hey, @padilla.senate.gov & @schiff.senate.gov, you better not cave! There should be no budget deal without the ACA subsidies extension. Put pressure on @schumer.senate.gov to hold the line. Dems have the advantage right now, don't blow it.

Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions | Common Dreams "Why would corporations spend millions on Trump's ballroom or Bitcoin? Because they're getting billions in unlegislated tax breaks," said one Democratic lawmaker.

DJT proves over and over that he is a corrupt, greedy, morally bankrupt sleazebag who only cares about getting richer at the expense of the American people.
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I had planned to visit Joshua Tree NP this week, but will heed the advice of @resistancerangers.bsky.social and @altnps.bsky.social and give the park and its rangers a break during the gov shutdown. #ProtectOurParks #SaveOurParks #TakeAHike

YouTube video by owen reiser LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

If the films "Best in Show" & "The Big Year" had a baby, it would be this documentary. Two earnestly irreverent brothers with no birdwatching experience decide to travel the country, living out of their van, to see how many birds they can list in one year. #Listers #BirdNerd
#Birding #Birdwatching

GSA walks back mass layoffs of its federal buildings workforce The Public Buildings Service faced the brunt of GSA's widespread layoffs, amid plans to drastically shrink its real estate portfolio.

Who's surprised to learn that DOGE fired hundreds of federal employees who, it turns out, did important work? Months after they were kicked to the curb, the Administration is asking them to go back to their jobs.

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Enjoying a cup of hot chocolate after filling the bird feeders. Reveling in the silence that is broken only by the twittering of Nuthatches, Acorn Woodpeckers, and Chickadees. Maybe a hike later today. Or maybe not.

Glad to see Democrats playing hardball.
#NoKings #OneMillionRising #SaveOurDemocracy

Disgusting.

@altnps.bsky.social please share this article with your followers.

Lew’s Clues Lew Olowski, the State Department’s newish head of H.R., is a RIF-happy, Christian evangelizing MAGA warrior with an axe to grind. Worse, according to his fellow diplomats, he’s just plain weird.

Every career State employee would like to buy @juliaioffe.bsky.social a drink.
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Where are all the uber rich liberals who could shell out money to keep @pbs.org and @npr.org operating?

Very annoyed to hear @netflix.com will not renew The Residence. I am obsessed with Cordelia Cupp. #livingsolo #childfree #birdnerd

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
#July4 #Independence #Revolution

The GOP's massive bill would add trillions of dollars to the country's debt The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.

The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

DJT is driving America's best & brightest out of the country. #BrainDrain
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As visitors flock to parks, deep cuts leave rangers and wildlife at risk National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact.

Proposed $900 million cut from national parks & hostile policies that discourage international visitors have negative impact on communites near the parks. National parks contribute billions of💲 to the U.S. economy; it's foolish and short-sighted to attack the parks. www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...

"How diplomacy dies." it's never been harder for a career foreign service officer to represent the United States to the world.

And Democrats fail to do anything about it. We are all on our own.

It seems all Democrats can do is post about the bad things the current administration is doing and how Democrats are failing to stop them. Is there any Democratic leadership who can marshall the forces to actually do something?

#CA23 is pretty MAGA, although it's been sliding more blue. But I don't think Obernolte was prepared for this level of vitriol from his constituents. So happy to see this!

Stop posting what Republicans are doing unless you also share what Democrats are doing to counter it.

Don't post what Republicans are doing unless you also share what Democrats are doing to counter it.

I could get behind Denmark buying #California.
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders over persecution of women Persecution has taken place across Afghanistan since at least Aug. 15, 2021 — the day Taliban forces captured the capital, Kabul — to the present day, the prosecutor said.

Not that the ICC has any chance of prosecuting these Taliban leaders.
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The cost of a movie ticket is getting ridiculous, especially when you consider how much money is going to overpaid actors and unnecessary special effects.