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Life long liberal, blissfully atheist, lover of all animals and very few people. Too old to put up with any more BS. Rogier van den Weyden fan. Here to toast marshmallows in the widening gyre with you all. NB: I believe profanity is necessary these days.

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A neo-Nazi just sat in a White House meeting with the president and described the resistance to Nazis in 1920’s-30’s Germany as the bad guys (β€œAntifa”)

Holy shit. 😳🚨😳🚨

08.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Losing the war on woke

08.10.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1791    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 11
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A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

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Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

08.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3156    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14
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Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor β€’ Virginia Mercury A closer look at Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears' public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and inconsistencies in her financial disclosures β€” including a $12,000 β€œgi...

Winsome Earle-Sears has repeatedly failed to report various gifts and travel benefits worth tens of thousands of dollars, as required by law.

One gift alone was worth $12,000.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

#VAGov

virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...

08.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said β€œno one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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Canada vs. America

08.10.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9654    πŸ” 3191    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 90

What about those young pregnant American citizen women who are refused treatment at that ER? That is the bigger issue here.

08.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

but if the young, pregnant american citizen woman is miscarrying then she can bleed out in the parking lot, right

08.10.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Raising the question: WTF is wrong with the other 40%?

08.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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and W has nothing to say about any of it...

08.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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from the beginning…

08.10.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
Group think starts with hats 🧒 #georgecarlin #funnyreels #politicalhumor
YouTube video by Official George Carlin Group think starts with hats 🧒 #georgecarlin #funnyreels #politicalhumor

George Carlin was definitely ahead of his times and one would think he was capable of predicting the future! This is exactly what is happening right now in the US!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

youtube.com/shorts/NQO9b...

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Jack Ciattarelli doesn't want Univision watchers across New Jersey to remember this. #NJGov

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Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Greta Thunberg: β€˜We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’
YouTube video by Novara Media Greta Thunberg: β€˜We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’

'Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel, after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted.

...she said: β€œI could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment&abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0diM...

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Three-panel graphic featuring Senator Whitehouse questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi. 

First panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'Did the FBI find photos of Trump with
half-naked young women in their search
of Jeffrey Epstein’s premises?'

Second panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'You don’t know anything about that?'

Third panel: Pam Bondi, [refuses to answer]

Three-panel graphic featuring Senator Whitehouse questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi. First panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'Did the FBI find photos of Trump with
half-naked young women in their search
of Jeffrey Epstein’s premises?' Second panel: Sen. Whitehouse, 'You don’t know anything about that?' Third panel: Pam Bondi, [refuses to answer]

These are simple questions, AG Bondi.

07.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6

This may be too nuanced for MAGA but we truly appreciate this show of resistance!

07.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you please answer the question…..

07.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Journalism Fail: This implies there is a donut shop aflame in Portland, Oregon right now but the photo is
1) Not Portland
2) Not 2025

It's a 33 YEAR OLD FILE PHOTO. You have to open the story & read the fine print to find out it's Los Angeles in 1992.

Come on @cnn.com. Do better.

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AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Keep pushing folks! #YesOnProp50 is gaining steam and crossed the "iffy" threshold, but we need MORE support! And this in spite of being outspent by ONE millionaire.

Join a phonebank!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

07.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

07.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7993    πŸ” 3216    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 148

I feel like a number of vaunted Ivies have a lot to apologize for...starting with Harvard and Yale Law.

07.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, her refusal to answer valid questions should be deemed Contempt of Congress.

Yes, her refusals indicate consciousness of guilt and a likely involvement in malfeasance.

Yes, her testimony was filled with lies and constitutes Perjury or False Statements to Congress.

What else is there to say?

07.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 459    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
They’re dismantling the Bill of Rights.
With great wringing of hands, and not much else, from leadership.
It’s time the Democratic Party understand that the history books will not be kind to them either.
There are no accolades for being a bystander.

07.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland β€’ Ohio Capital Journal After Judge Karin Immergut's Saturday order the federal government sought to deploy first California and then Texas troops.

Saying the Trump administration directly contravened her Saturday order blocking mobilization of National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge issued a broader order barring the relocating of National Guard members to Oregon from any state. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...

07.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth went to KSG???

07.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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