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l’il bigisland
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My combination dyslexia & ADHD can make my posts a bit of a puzzle-still better than NYT Wordle.
Fuck patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, and fascism.
I do social work, support humanitarian groups, and love my spouse, my kids, and my dog.

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The US has sent millions of soldiers to foreign soil to fight, risking death, dismemberment & horrible injury to defend freedom & fight for our rights guaranteed in the constitution. Are we going to fight for our rights or hand them over to a felon child predator?
I used to work in homeless programs in the Pacific NW where Rick lives and set up this service. This act of generosity & kindness is invaluable to the vulnerable people there who feel forsaken. Communities can change the lives of traumatized people with acts of kindness. Rick Steves is a good soul.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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And libraries often have more than books! Our professional dance company has given years of free performances in a beautiful auditorium at Akron OH’s 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Main Library.
#SupportYourLibrary #PointillismJazzConsort
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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US Citizens are getting shot by #immigration agents & being denied appropriate medical attention & due process.

Everyone needs to hear the story of Carlos Jimenez, a father of 3 who helps run a food bank.
#ICELawlessness

If it can happen to him, it can happen to you!

Call Congress at 202-224-3121
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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And had they done their job…… Trump would not be in the White House
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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God. If you can say “I think you should have the same rights as everyone else but now isn’t the time…” then you don’t think everyone should have the same rights. You’re just a cowardly shitbag trying to convince yourself that you’re a decent person. But you’re not.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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And what to do about it? BUST lies with truth! Call it out 📣 — amplify!
#ForbesLies
Media lying is now utterly commonplace.
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…

BULLSHIT.

@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.

This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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My son has an incurable, lifelong skin cancer syndrome (NBCCS).
This week, he had ANOTHER mystery lump biopsy w/stitches, and regularly has benign jaw tumors removed (26), along with permanent teeth (25).

Like millions of Americans, we’re ALL walking preexisting conditions.

2026 is coming. 🗳️👇🏽
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I have always been a fan of Fani Willis. They are really trying her but she keeps on bringing the business!
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Spread the word
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It’s not “Trumpian Language”

On those plaques

It’s slander and defamation on the walls of our White House for all the World to see

It’s Unpresidential and beneath the dignity of the POTUS
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Read the entire thread. This is terrifying.
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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GAZA IS DROWNING IN RAIN WATER AND THEY ARE ALL IN TENTS AND ISRAEL IS STILL FIRING ON PEOPLE AND THIS ISN'T A MAJOR NEWS STORY BECAUSE OF RACISM
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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SANDY HOOK SURVIVOR: “I carry this trauma with me every single day… we deserve to live in a nation where you value children more than guns.” 🇺🇸

(H/T @marchforourlives.bsky.social )
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Our immigrant neighbors are living with fear most Americans never have to face. They need allies, not bystanders.
Show up. Speak up. Share the load.
Solidarity is not optional right now.
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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NO PARENT SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TEXT

OUR HEARTS BREAK AND HOPE HOPE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS

This should not happen
Make it stop...Guns 🙏😪
December 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Heading to Pierce County today to meet with first responders and local elected officials. Remember to stay alert for changing conditions, pay attention to road closure signs, and sign up for emergency alerts from your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts#local
Alerts
mil.wa.gov
December 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Not just on Twitter...
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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For one fucking student, two shootings.

What are we doing here?

It's hard to have words for this, it has all been said.

The pain, the outrage, the stupidity of the inaction that one person can go through this twice.

It's gun. It's systems that treat people as commodities. Our country is sick.
Brown University student says this is the second school shooting she has survived
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Do you like freedom?

Which is most important to you?

Freedom of speech?
Freedom of assembly?
Freedom of religion?
The right to privacy...put another way:
Freedom from surveillance?

You have to speak up now!
Call Congress at 202-224-3121

Demand an end to limitless surveillance & #ICELawlessness!
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM