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Marilyn J-W

@marjowil.bsky.social

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Recently retired, writer, married 32 years with an adult son. Love s-f and fantasy, Star Trek, Star Wars, Supernatural, DC, Marvel. I'm cis she/her straight, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally, loosely Episcopalian and spiritually minded. I ❤ Detroit & Michigan. My cat is Max. 🇺🇦

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Marilyn J-W @marjowil.bsky.social · 1h

I believe the Senate took this out of the bill.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h

A win! A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump admin from carrying out mass layoffs during the ongoing government shutdown. The case centers on Trump’s statements indicating that the planned firings would be politically motivated, targeting employees based on their political affiliation.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

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Cindy Phyillaier @cphyilla.bsky.social · 1h

Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 6h

Friends Till the End.

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Marilyn J-W @marjowil.bsky.social · 1h

Don't forget Apprentice crime grifter Barron making billions upstairs in the WH shorting stocks off of dad's posts.

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Chelsea Blue @lordye.bsky.social · 2h

Lets frog n roll

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 5h

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

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Marilyn J-W @marjowil.bsky.social · 1h

And again. And again. And again.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

She's plainly repulsed by him, understandably so.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Marilyn J-W @marjowil.bsky.social · 17h

Nice

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action if Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA. This is the future of the GOP for all to see. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/young-gop-...

Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA

The future of the GOP on parade

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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Kate 🪷 @kateculliton.bsky.social · 1d

Just hangin’ out in full camo doing nothing all fucking day long.

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Swavay Deboner @mr-swavay.bsky.social · 1d

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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 1d

And we've heard a lot recently about the Rs praising people who are having "respectful conversations" with their young followers in order to develop new, young leaders. Well, this what they are learning I guess.

They are soooooo messed up.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

A 15-year-old girl was assaulted while alerting her community about ICE raids. The Department of Homeland Security denies any involvement, ICE misrepresents the footage, and then continuously alters its narrative.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 1d

Do we have a better understanding of the timing or content of the OLC memo that supposedly offers the opinion that this is legal - thereby giving rise to a public authority defense?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

many organizations were using that money to help senior citizens (including Trump supporting veterans) avoid online scams and fraud:

Without federal dollars, ISPs may have to foot bill for digital literacy programs

New Mexico was awarded $8.7 million, or less than 1%, of the total Digital Equity Act fundingThe state received 37 applications for funding, totaling more tha | Some service providers have funded digi...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

like his illegal destruction of the digital equity act, which immediately destroyed funding for affordable broadband and digital literacy training in a large number of red states

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I did not know this previously, but apparently a U.S. President can unilaterally dismantle a law passed by congress and freeze already awarded funding for essential services and face absolutely no repercussions for it whatsoever

hell, the press will barely even remember he did it 6 months later

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