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WNC transplant. In love with its natural beauty. Passionate about social justice and functioning democracy.

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Do it again just before the election. And call after you’ve voted to make sure it has not been thrown out. If they don’t like your signature they will toss it and you won’t be informed. I never worried in the past but now…

16.09.2025 18:18 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Mexican Independence Day...
And
Happy National Voter Registration Day!

It's vital to check if you are still registered. Republicans are purging voters from the voting rolls so double check &check for friends & family!

16.09.2025 14:16 — 👍 286    🔁 176    💬 9    📌 10

In case you missed it….Senate Republicans voted down an amendment to make more of the Epstein files public – the next move in their coordinated attempt to cover this story up.

12.09.2025 19:25 — 👍 817    🔁 326    💬 63    📌 11
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5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Find the issues that concern you most and make sure your reps in Congress take your voice into account.

17.08.2025 18:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Love how these cuties were just hanging out alongside the road practically posing for this pic. And that paw!!

#wildlifephotography
#blackbears
#wncfauna

13.08.2025 21:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Love how these cuties were just hanging out alongside the road practically posing for this pic. And that paw!!

#animalphotography
#blackbears
#wncfauna

13.08.2025 21:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And of course thanks for raising the funds to support candidates who care about people.

02.08.2025 14:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for sharing. Really great to hear, especially in light of all the reporting on Dem disaffection.

02.08.2025 13:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
know we're not supposed to share things like this on Linkedn, but I'm going to share it anyway because it was horrifying and it's happening everywhere and it needs to be shared.
This morning when I was driving home after dropping my son off at summer camp, I saw a swarm of ICE agents as I drove past our local Home Depot. It looked like they were tying up some workers, and my first reaction was to pull into the parking lot.
I couldn't think. I couldn't process. I couldn't reason. I just jumped out of my car and started filming.
I then watched as these two people were disappeared into unmarked vehicles, with one of the ICE vehicles trying to back into me when I wasn't looking.
Another woman tried to help. An ICE agent tried to slap her phone down when she tried to get a phone number to call this man's family. They wouldn't let her. Instead, they whisked him away and accused her of obstructing justice.
I'm currently lying awake in bed at 11pm thinking about how these men won't return home to their families tonight, and their families will probably never know what happened to them.
I've been through some traumatic events in my life, but I've never witnessed anything like this.
This was down the street from my son's elementary school in our little peaceful coastal town.
You may not see it on the news, but you'll hear it from me because it needs to be shared.

know we're not supposed to share things like this on Linkedn, but I'm going to share it anyway because it was horrifying and it's happening everywhere and it needs to be shared. This morning when I was driving home after dropping my son off at summer camp, I saw a swarm of ICE agents as I drove past our local Home Depot. It looked like they were tying up some workers, and my first reaction was to pull into the parking lot. I couldn't think. I couldn't process. I couldn't reason. I just jumped out of my car and started filming. I then watched as these two people were disappeared into unmarked vehicles, with one of the ICE vehicles trying to back into me when I wasn't looking. Another woman tried to help. An ICE agent tried to slap her phone down when she tried to get a phone number to call this man's family. They wouldn't let her. Instead, they whisked him away and accused her of obstructing justice. I'm currently lying awake in bed at 11pm thinking about how these men won't return home to their families tonight, and their families will probably never know what happened to them. I've been through some traumatic events in my life, but I've never witnessed anything like this. This was down the street from my son's elementary school in our little peaceful coastal town. You may not see it on the news, but you'll hear it from me because it needs to be shared.

From the LinkedIn of the woman—a white lawyer from Carlsbad, CA—who filmed this encounter and shared the video:

26.07.2025 18:02 — 👍 3788    🔁 1024    💬 32    📌 37

Let this be a good omen for the case against WSJ.

19.07.2025 03:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Roan Mountain spruce-fir forest.

#forestlove
#sprucefirforest
#moodyforest
#trees

11.07.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So grateful for #mothernature for healing my battered soul today.

#oldgrowthforest
#joycekilmermemorial

05.07.2025 12:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Massive Change Tucked In The GOP Tax Bill That No One’s Talking About Republicans want to force new federal workers to choose between losing job protections and paying for them. One union official calls it "criminal extortion."

House Republicans snuck a massive policy change into their tax bill that could upend the civil service: It would make new federal employees "at will" unless they agree to an effective 5% pay cut.

One union official told me it amounts to "criminal extortion."
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

22.05.2025 22:25 — 👍 684    🔁 387    💬 52    📌 30
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#bloomscrolling #naturephotography

20.05.2025 14:33 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.

16.05.2025 20:33 — 👍 18830    🔁 3743    💬 625    📌 229

Beautiful

16.05.2025 11:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
No Kings Since 1776

No Kings Since 1776

15.05.2025 03:46 — 👍 1257    🔁 365    💬 25    📌 12

Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one.

All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.

15.05.2025 13:57 — 👍 16249    🔁 6779    💬 1380    📌 597

When the President of the United States says he doesn’t know if he should uphold the Constitution, it should be a searing red line for every American.

If you let him ignore ANY aspect of the Constitution you embolden him to ignore more of it, including the parts that secure YOUR freedoms & rights.

06.05.2025 12:45 — 👍 21757    🔁 6109    💬 720    📌 290
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Your School House Rock moment......

06.05.2025 12:29 — 👍 51203    🔁 10805    💬 616    📌 311

So infuriating! Praying this is really the end of the fight and she can get to her important work.

06.05.2025 11:22 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pls call your legislators and urge them to stop this unconstitutional and inhumane “policy”

06.05.2025 11:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wordle 1,415 2/6*

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Love when this happens.

04.05.2025 20:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And competently

01.05.2025 22:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes! He’s fantastic. Need more like him.

01.05.2025 22:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We may feel this way, but we don’t have to live this way.

The future of our country, the future we want for our children, all depends on what we do right here, right NOW.

Stay in the fight. Make your voice heard. Call your electeds, attend a town hall, join a Brady chapter. We’re in this together.

29.04.2025 22:42 — 👍 140    🔁 37    💬 4    📌 1
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Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

28.04.2025 19:41 — 👍 44566    🔁 13909    💬 996    📌 996

Sooooo cool

26.04.2025 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Such an important point.

Hold all the enablers responsible and do all to stop them!

26.04.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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