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@themarli.bsky.social

Personal account and opinions. Gen X mother of two near-adults, local elected official, global content director, πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ally, and proud woke liberal. Can't cook or hold a tune. Lover of books πŸ“š, coffee β˜•, conversation, and news (the real stuff).

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If Congress is condemning Socialism, does that mean they are going to end corporate welfare?

22.11.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4769    πŸ” 924    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 62
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

22.11.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6244    πŸ” 4257    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 338

Wait until they find out about mix tapes. #genX

21.11.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

β€œI want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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09.11.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14212    πŸ” 6860    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 388

Enemy of my enemy...I don't trust that any of this comes from a place of goodness, but I'll still take it. Watch he closely, but take it.

07.11.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

21.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 30201    πŸ” 16400    πŸ’¬ 2411    πŸ“Œ 1715

Me too. I'm 51 and was easily 20 years younger than the majority of protesters at my local event. Probably 1,000+ Boomers and vets showed up tired and frustrated to be at this again.

19.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is far better to be in a country with a mass visible protest movement than one without it

18.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2118    πŸ” 265    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

18.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14669    πŸ” 3630    πŸ’¬ 821    πŸ“Œ 233

I would say Pete Buttidge is another one that's mastered this.

14.10.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never been a fan of big pharma, but damn, I hope Tylenol sues him to the moon and back. Bankrupt him personally, please.

09.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will-am-et

09.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, Prescott AZ is closer to "press kit."

09.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, in Washington state, we have a Des Moines where if you don't pronounce the s at the end, we know you are not local.

09.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, and if you say THE I-5, we know immediately you're from California or Canada.

09.10.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Des Moines (The town in Washington is pronounced Da-Moinez), Puyallup (y is silent) and Sequim (skwim).

09.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” β€”FDR, 1944

05.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7210    πŸ” 2513    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 62

She's an elected official. He's basically forcing
taxation without representation on her constituents.

01.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Swear her in.

01.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 29950    πŸ” 10504    πŸ’¬ 1141    πŸ“Œ 614

Fuuuuuu, this timeline just gets worse and worse! Would someone tell CERN to flip the switch again, please!!

29.09.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After the Minnesota shooting Senior DOJ officials started weighing proposals to limit transgender people's right to possess firearms.

After the Kirk shooting, I look forward to the DOJ's proposal to limit white men's ability to possess firearms.

Wait, what do you mean that's not how it works???πŸ€”

13.09.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6082    πŸ” 1613    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 50

there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him

13.09.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24716    πŸ” 4179    πŸ’¬ 548    πŸ“Œ 247

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

11.09.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12435    πŸ” 3226    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 67
Have I been living in a cave under the ocean or something I have never heard of Charlie Kirk but it seems like everyone else has

Have I been living in a cave under the ocean or something I have never heard of Charlie Kirk but it seems like everyone else has

This is a friend of mine and the median normie voter and exactly why it's so weird people are flying flags at half mast and op-eds are being written.

11.09.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6433    πŸ” 848    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 119

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

31.08.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 21538    πŸ” 5975    πŸ’¬ 747    πŸ“Œ 258

I love this so much!

15.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies last year was 285-to-1. The median employee would have had to start working in the year 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

07.08.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8515    πŸ” 2641    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 115
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There was no "missing minute" in the original Epstein jail video, government source says FBI officials promised raw, unaltered video to quell speculation about Epstein's suicide.

I think people are misinterpreting this wonky headline. The bombshell story CBS is reporting is that the Epstein jail tape the public got IS missing time and the FULL video exists. The FBI and DOJ have it. So when Bondi said the missing minute is normal, she lied. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

29.07.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19075    πŸ” 7195    πŸ’¬ 893    πŸ“Œ 368

You mom is the mom I aspire to be.

24.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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