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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸

@kimshere.bsky.social

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Writer, naturalist, native plant gardener, #bugdork, knitter, reader. 🇺🇦 🇺🇸Toledo, Ohio.📚 🧶 I knit so I don't strangle people. 🧶 Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness. (Desmond Tutu)

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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 9h

I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.

Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇

THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4h

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 5h

There's a mass call every Thursday with the leaders of Indivisible, during which they review our progress and outline next steps. I encourage you to sign up: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... You can also watch recordings of past weekly calls on YouTube.

What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders · Indivisible

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The an...

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

That's really pretty!

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

And eliminate the word trump from the English language. I don't ever want to hear it again in any context. Even in card games.

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

If she's breathing she's lying.

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

This week's #showmeyourknits inspired me to start making hats for charity, something I haven't done for quite a few years. These are the two I made so far this week, modeled by my Vermont teddy bear whose head is too small. These will go to the unhoused in southeast Michigan next month. ♥️ #knitsky

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

These press conferences would be more meaningful if we had the REAL president available to answer questions. Where is President Miller anyway?

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 1d

Even my mail is pissing me off these days. 🤬 What was @aarpfoundation.bsky.social thinking, putting Stallone on the cover as an "American icon" ? 🤮 He's as M@GA as they come, and I had to block out his face before I could even consider reading this issue. Still might not.... #boohiss #aarp

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 2d

Same with sleeves!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans?

“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 3d

I offer you a much-needed kitty timeline cleanse of Sophie getting a great face and neck massage. She's getting old and is often anxious because of reduced hearing and vision, so I try to comfort her as much as I can these days. Such a sweetheart! #catsky #pets

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, I've been on Ravelry for more than 15 years and I never knew this was there! Thank you!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 3d

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a knitter and my therapist is a crocheter, and we talked about this. She says that knitters look down upon crocheters. Some may, I don't. I just don't like the look of crochet fabric, but I didn't tell her that. Tried to make her feel better by saying that crochet looks too difficult to me.🤪

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

This is heartbreaking and surely not legal to do this without congressional approval. This is OUR house, damn it. #whitehouse

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

Are you on the premium plan? If so, that's why you don't see ads. I'm on that plan but just the fact that they're running the ICE ads is enough to make me cancel them. I'm switching to Tidal.

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

I'm switching from Spotify to Tidal as soon as the AWS outage is resolved. Hopefully tomorrow. The ICE ads were the last straw for me. I pay for premium Spotify and don't see ads, but just knowing that they run those ads is a deal breaker for me. 🤮

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 4d

Gorgeous sweater, and I'm getting a strong Paul McCartney vibe here!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, for sure. I got rid of my entire CD library years ago, and now I'm regretting it big time.

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Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, I'll look into that! That's the part I was dreading, having to rebuild all of my playlists.

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 5d

Mine would put me in bed for 24 to 36 hours, with horrible pain. Took days out of my life every month. I think it's worth it for you to get Imitrex even if it only happens occasionally.

Kim Smith 💪🐸🇺🇸 @kimshere.bsky.social · 5d

#showmeyourknits theme this week is #hats. I haven't knitted hats for a while, but now I'm motivated to start doing some for charity. Here are a few from my Ravelry projects over the years. #knitting #knitsky

Cupid hat, another one of my own patterns.

Roller coaster hat, one of my own patterns.

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