🌻Blue💙SkiesGazer
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Me the next 4 years 🫣😳 Let's make Good Trouble & save democracy. Here for news & politics. Standing guard, keeper of the flame. 🕯️🗽🌻☮️
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It was a sad day today as we went to bid thank you & goodbye to MN Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark & their bestest dog Gilbert. Thousands upon thousands lined up to pay their respects. 2 really good people & 1 really good dog gone forever but never forgotten.🤍🕯️🕊️🤍
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OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.
Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.
Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.
DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.
Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.
Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.
DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.
October 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.
Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.
Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.
DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.
Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.
Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.
DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
It was a sad day today as we went to bid thank you & goodbye to MN Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark & their bestest dog Gilbert. Thousands upon thousands lined up to pay their respects. 2 really good people & 1 really good dog gone forever but never forgotten.🤍🕯️🕊️🤍
June 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It was a sad day today as we went to bid thank you & goodbye to MN Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark & their bestest dog Gilbert. Thousands upon thousands lined up to pay their respects. 2 really good people & 1 really good dog gone forever but never forgotten.🤍🕯️🕊️🤍
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Important 🧵and a good reminder that there are incredible returns on investing in early childhood!
This 🧵 is diving into Head Start as its currently on the chopping block in the proposed budget. Head Start is an incredible program that is much more involved and influential than people may realize. And if the regime gets its way, this cut would result in generations of harm.
April 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, we still fight back! The resistance was loud & clear today! We carry your torch, Paul Revere.🇺🇸
#NoKings
#HandsOff
#50501Movement
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveOurPlanet
#NoKings
#HandsOff
#50501Movement
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveOurPlanet
April 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
On the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, we still fight back! The resistance was loud & clear today! We carry your torch, Paul Revere.🇺🇸
#NoKings
#HandsOff
#50501Movement
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveOurPlanet
#NoKings
#HandsOff
#50501Movement
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveOurPlanet
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
April 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
April 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Interesting statement on Russia and Ukraine from leadership at the George W Bush Presidential Center.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
America First should not put Russia second | George W. Bush Presidential Center
www.bushcenter.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Interesting statement on Russia and Ukraine from leadership at the George W Bush Presidential Center.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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SCOOP: Top DHS officials received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency
By @zhirji.bsky.social w/asst from me
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
By @zhirji.bsky.social w/asst from me
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Ends Climate Work Inside Agency That Responds to Disasters
A memo sent to leadership at the US Department of Homeland Security orders the elimination of climate-related activities.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
SCOOP: Top DHS officials received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency
By @zhirji.bsky.social w/asst from me
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
By @zhirji.bsky.social w/asst from me
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Acting Solicitor General has notified Congress of DOJ's intent to ask #SCOTUS to overrule Humphrey's Executor—a major 1935 ruling upholding the independence of agencies like the FCC, FTC, NLRB, etc.
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Because *less* independence is what we need...
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Because *less* independence is what we need...
February 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Acting Solicitor General has notified Congress of DOJ's intent to ask #SCOTUS to overrule Humphrey's Executor—a major 1935 ruling upholding the independence of agencies like the FCC, FTC, NLRB, etc.
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Because *less* independence is what we need...
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Because *less* independence is what we need...
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Here is the guidance in full. The wording is very broad. This should help a lot of organizations and people.
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Here is the guidance in full. The wording is very broad. This should help a lot of organizations and people.
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“What started as a purge of the security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as technical units aligned w/ oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at Treasury, block outside access to personnel records, & take offline comms networks.”
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“What started as a purge of the security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as technical units aligned w/ oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at Treasury, block outside access to personnel records, & take offline comms networks.”
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Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
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Here is a list of the 2,600 programs under funding freezes as they are reviewed by the Trump Administration:
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here is a list of the 2,600 programs under funding freezes as they are reviewed by the Trump Administration:
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Yes he did. 😑
January 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yes he did. 😑
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I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.