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@smchugh630.bsky.social

HS librarian and mom. Nature and animal lover. Very amateur writer and photographer. Proud to be woke

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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!

15.11.2025 15:32 — 👍 1257    🔁 323    💬 24    📌 27
A photograph of the sun highlighting the clouds behind it and the water of a pond below it. Trees line the shore

A photograph of the sun highlighting the clouds behind it and the water of a pond below it. Trees line the shore

#blueskyartshow #bright

15.11.2025 22:33 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to...

It’s good that many are asking questions! If I were still in the Air Force, I wouldn’t be relying on ANYTHING this administration says!

15.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 78    🔁 23    💬 4    📌 1
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Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath of citizenship is still making one to them.

They made a commitment when they took the oath of citizenship. Now, some naturalized citizens wonder whether the U.S. is still making one to them as President Donald Trump reshapes immigration.

15.11.2025 21:00 — 👍 165    🔁 65    💬 13    📌 3

Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.

15.11.2025 00:33 — 👍 27539    🔁 6926    💬 916    📌 301

The “peace president” is starting a war.

14.11.2025 02:55 — 👍 2235    🔁 700    💬 247    📌 50
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We inherited” is the new “but her emails.” They take responsibility for nothing. Who deported workers in the food production industry? Who imposed massive tariffs on finished goods, agricultural products. and raw materials? Who promised to lower prices “on day one”?

14.11.2025 03:02 — 👍 9256    🔁 2732    💬 1062    📌 234

Has a single reporter asked any of them why it's OK for Texas, but not for California where we literally had an election and it was approved by the voters?

13.11.2025 23:45 — 👍 567    🔁 184    💬 34    📌 5
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(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal.

Here we go.

13.11.2025 21:55 — 👍 921    🔁 447    💬 23    📌 55

Boy, King Charles is going to feel pretty stupid when he discovers that he stripped his brother Andrew of all of his titles just because of a hoax manufactured by some Democrats in America!

13.11.2025 22:12 — 👍 1721    🔁 427    💬 118    📌 13

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

13.11.2025 22:12 — 👍 16265    🔁 4030    💬 537    📌 126
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Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.

Swell. Trump is planning to attack Venezuela.

Wednesday Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, and other senior military officials presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land.

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...

13.11.2025 21:27 — 👍 133    🔁 60    💬 47    📌 30
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This little man is out of control.

I feel like I’m saying that all the time.

13.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 3680    🔁 816    💬 275    📌 53

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

12.11.2025 19:25 — 👍 8728    🔁 2045    💬 102    📌 54
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

12.11.2025 22:39 — 👍 49594    🔁 15426    💬 1002    📌 675
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OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!

11.11.2025 01:27 — 👍 1332    🔁 645    💬 41    📌 37
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DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived. Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.

Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.

He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

12.11.2025 03:27 — 👍 4398    🔁 1252    💬 140    📌 30

Mondays not coming is so powerful! I love all of that author’s books

12.11.2025 03:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

On this Veterans Day, I'm reflecting on the fact that our Commander-in-Chief is a lying draft dodger who kicked out 5,000 trans service members who, unlike him, were serving ably and honorably, after hiring a white supremacist, alcoholic TV chatterbox to run our military.

11.11.2025 19:49 — 👍 4517    🔁 1310    💬 95    📌 40
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The complicated relationship between sisters Lori and Erin blows up on the eve of vacation. When Lori disappears with the plane, Erin is devestated. Two years later, the plane’s pilot is found, drawing Erin into a mystery beyond her imagination. A quick read about family, grief, darkness #booksky

11.11.2025 19:28 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of the book Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney features a turbulent sea and a rocky island

Cover of the book Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney features a turbulent sea and a rocky island

I stayed up late last night to finish this murder mystery and was blown away by the plot twist. It’s an homage to And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie but I found it so unique and unexpected. So many secrets and lies! I loved the writing and will look up the author’s other books #booksky

11.11.2025 19:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'

“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”

11.11.2025 01:23 — 👍 5394    🔁 1244    💬 294    📌 133

@bagleycartoons.bsky.social

10.11.2025 20:57 — 👍 94    🔁 28    💬 20    📌 2

The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear this case says it all.

They keep trying to take us backward, but we’re not going. Love always wins.

10.11.2025 21:37 — 👍 2026    🔁 272    💬 47    📌 11

If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.

10.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 1333    🔁 341    💬 47    📌 24

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.

10.11.2025 01:06 — 👍 14906    🔁 2859    💬 1042    📌 189

This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.

10.11.2025 01:43 — 👍 840    🔁 184    💬 23    📌 4
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

10.11.2025 01:54 — 👍 17655    🔁 5594    💬 528    📌 270

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