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Gayle (she/her/hers)

@gaylehoisington.bsky.social

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One child 👦 cat 🐈‍⬛ lady. So proud of my sweet, smart, curious kid 💞 Fighting the good fight 💪 since the 80s. New Englander forever - VT to MA to NH with interludes in Spain & Guatemala. Surviving a Kakistocracy 2017-21 & 2025-present. **All views my own 🌟

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Apr 5

When your kid runs into one of his bffs at the #handsoff rally, #highfives are in order. #rallyingfortheirfuture #nashuanh #nashuanhhandsoff @paigebeauchemin.bsky.social

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · 13d

And this is when the crowd was thinning…
#nokings #concordnh #nokingsnh #nokingsconcordnh

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Aug 25

A welcoming, pesticide-free community? If you can afford it. Homes start at $520k.
#MAHA is #anti-science & #ableist. Much of its base peddles #whitesupremacy & #patriarchy.
A movement/base that upholds any -ism, is not making America, or anyone, healthy again.
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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Aug 5

#smh at the blatant and pathetic distraction. And on Obama’s birthday, no less…
Art of the deal? Nah, more like #artofdistraction
#obama

www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/p...

Attorney General Bondi orders prosecutors to start grand jury probe into Obama officials over Russia investigation | CNN Politics

Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that members of the Obama administration manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 ele...

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Aug 1

LIVID and devastated
#corporationforpublicbroadcasting
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/m...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business

The CPB announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 31

#arewegreatyet #isthisgreat #maga 😢
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U.S. Highlighted on International Human Rights Watchlist

The watchlist cited "sustained attacks on civil freedoms" during the first six months of Trump's second term.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 25

Disclaimer that should not need to be made - anyone should (OF COURSE) be held accountable if they assault children, no matter their political party.

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 25

See disclaimer in comments.
If the #Epstein files are ever released, I won’t be surprised if people of all political parties are in them. But I’d be surprised if #MAGA cared if #Trump was in them. They’d rip any Dem in the files but Trump? He’d get a pass.
Prove me wrong, MAGA.
I know you won’t.

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 23

It’s wild to me that the lack of info from the #epstein files not being released is what nearly broke #maga. As opposed to all the actual, terrible information about #trump. I know maga thought it’d prove their conspiracy theories but the reality of Trump is wilder than any conspiracy theory.

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 18

I’m sure you’ve all heard but in case you haven’t - #victory!
#bookbans #defeated #vetoed #nhpolitics
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Victory for Academic Freedom: Governor Ayotte Vetoes Book Banning Bill

Advocates applaud Governor Ayotte for vetoing book ban billGovernor Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill today that was widely criticized by parents, school leaders, students, and free speech advocates as a dra...

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 8

And when you do it repeatedly… 😡

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Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico while Texans suffered during deadly winter weather power crisis

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz publicly acknowledged his trip in a statement on Thursday afternoon, claming that his daughters "asked to take a trip with friends" since school had been canceled due to the winter ...

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jul 2

“It’s not our lesson to learn,” they say. I just wish other people’s lessons didn’t come with such severe consequences for so many innocent people, including children #hr1 #budget #budgetbill #trumpmegabill #medicaid #medicaidsaveslives #aca #studentloans #oligarchy #snap

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Wendy E. N Thomas @wendyenthomas.bsky.social · Jun 27

Let's be clear: This NH budget crisis is not a bipartisan failure. It is a Republican-made disaster. They had the majority. They had the time. They had the responsibility. And they blew it.

#NHPolitics

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 28

#heartbroken 💔
#detentioncenters are awful even in more #immigrant friendly times but now…
Content notice - violence, suicide, pregnancy loss, sexual assault, brutality, detention brutality
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 20

#fightforourfuture #fightforourfuturerally #june24 #nh #newhampshire #nhpolitics #newhampshirepolitics #nhbudget #newhampshirebudget #protectmedicaid #publiceducation #publicschool #children #families #disabilityjustice #showup #rallysky #nhsky #newhampshiresky

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Fight For Our Future Rally · MomsRising

As the legislative session ends and final budget decisions are made, we're coming together to send a clear message: Granite Staters are paying attention. Rally with MomsRising and our partners to lift...

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our Pride Can’t Be Banned!

Join MomsRising - New Hampshire at #NashuaPride to support all moms & families.

Find our table to enter a raffle for an LGBTQIA+ friendly banned book!

Saturday 6/21 from 3-6 pm

Parade Start: 229 Main Street Nashua NH

Parade End/Festival Site: 2 Court Street Nashua NH

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 19

#skrmetti #protecttranskids #scarysh*t #weneverlearn or really #wenevercare

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The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Decision Will Live in Infamy

In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court’s other most notorious decisions.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 19

#keene #nh #pride lost $7k in funding when Walmart pulled out this year. They crowdfunded and more than made up for the loss. But let’s keep it going!
#pride2025 #donatesky #crowdfund

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Donate or Sponsor — Keene Pride

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Jun 18

Trump on whether he would call Tim Walz to express condolences after this weekend’s shootings: “So I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?”

I will say it again. We cannot talk about what is happening to young men without talking about what’s being modeled for them. By the president.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 18

The cruelty is the point. And I shudder to think that this inexcusable behavior is the very reason so many people love #trump.
#walz #minnesota #notpresidential #americanshame
#scarysh*t

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Trump says he won't call Walz about Minnesota lawmaker shootings, calls governor "whacked out"

President Trump said Tuesday that he won't call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would "waste time."

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MomsRising @momsrising.org · Jun 17

There's no hiding the facts this #Pride. And the data shows that LGBTQIA+ communities remain invisible in labor statistics and workplace protections. We can't close the wage gap if we can't see the full picture.

https://action.momsrising.org/sign/LGBTQIA_Equal_Pay_Awareness_Day_2025/

Take Action: LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day 2025

LGBTQ+ workers earn less than their non-LGBTQ+ peers. We're calling on Congress to invest in policies to help close the wage gap and defend federal agencies that enforce critical civil rights protections.

action.momsrising.org

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 16

I just heard that ten years ago today #Trump infamously descended a golden escalator and announced his candidacy for president. 🤢
So that’s why I feel so inexplicably unsettled today and why I feel like I’ve aged thirty years in the last decade 😭
#helldecade #onthisday #whhhyyyy

Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 13

“The ‘situation’ that Schiff named- which he did not want Trump to ‘antagonize and weaponize’ - was already a state of intolerable violence.” 💯
#la #losangeles #fascism #tellitlikeitis #nameit
theintercept.com/2025/06/09/l...

LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It

Adam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have it completely backward: Trump’s immigration crackdown is the source of pervasive violence.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 12

Chilling
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Report: Trump's Fort Bragg MAGA Rally Sorted Soldiers for Appearance and Political Beliefs

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 11

#Ayotte scammed many in #NH into believing she’d continue the “Sununu path.” Sununu was often seen as more moderate. But much of what Ayotte is signing into law is #maga extremism. #Schoolvouchers are often supported by Christian nationalists and are not in line with NH.

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PRESS RELEASE: Ayotte Signs SB 295: Bill Removes Income Cap for Private School Voucher Scheme, Takes More Public Money Away from Public Schools – NEA-NH

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Gayle (she/her/hers) @gaylehoisington.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just days ago, the #LAPD said the #LA protests remained peaceful. Now they’re basically telling protesters “we know where you live.” The only strategy of Trump’s is to stoke division, intimidate and create chaos and fear.

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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"

The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”