Margrit McIntosh (pronouns she, her)
@memcinto.bsky.social
Random liberal. Daughter of an immigrant.
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -- Isaac Asimov.
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -- Isaac Asimov.
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Congratulations, Dee Maitland, on your excellent Letter to the Editor on the topic of "What will remain"! Those images you list are lingering in our eyes and indelibly imprinted on our brains.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Congratulations, Dee Maitland, on your excellent Letter to the Editor on the topic of "What will remain"! Those images you list are lingering in our eyes and indelibly imprinted on our brains.
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Inspiring, hopeful, encouraging, invigorating: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Inspiring, hopeful, encouraging, invigorating: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Ugh - so disgusting
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ugh - so disgusting
Sen. Ruben Gallego do NOT vote to open the government for a promise of an ACA vote in December! That will NEVER HAPPEN. DON'T DO EET!!!! @gallego.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Sen. Ruben Gallego do NOT vote to open the government for a promise of an ACA vote in December! That will NEVER HAPPEN. DON'T DO EET!!!! @gallego.senate.gov
Sen. Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social do NOT open the government for a pinky-promise of an ACA vote in December! It will not happen and you will look like a fool who got taken! DON'T DO EET!
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social do NOT open the government for a pinky-promise of an ACA vote in December! It will not happen and you will look like a fool who got taken! DON'T DO EET!
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“… this current regime is establishing an empire built on the starvation and murder of children.” sojo.net/articles/opi...
What Jesus Teaches About Those Who Let Kids Go Hungry
16 million of the 42 million people who rely on SNAP are children.
sojo.net
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“… this current regime is establishing an empire built on the starvation and murder of children.” sojo.net/articles/opi...
Protecting our vote: If you are a citizen, make sure you have the documentation. Those who are citizens but don't have the documentation may need our logistic and financial help to GET that documentation. Keep copies safe bc ICE will seize your passport and then arrest you for being a non-citizen.
In an interview with @theguardian.com, Jasleen Singh explains, "We have the right to vote. We have the right to participate … Part of this is not letting voters forget the power that they have.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midterms
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Protecting our vote: If you are a citizen, make sure you have the documentation. Those who are citizens but don't have the documentation may need our logistic and financial help to GET that documentation. Keep copies safe bc ICE will seize your passport and then arrest you for being a non-citizen.
Yes, thank you Bruce Hilpert. This really pulls it all together in an extremely sharp letter. That last sentence is a killer: "Increasing our deficit to fund billionaires' lavish lifestyles sure sounds like waste, fraud, and abuse to me."
Congratulations Bruce Hilpert on your excellent Letter to the Editor in today's Arizona Daily Star! There is no excuse for US House Republicans to allow Americans to go hungry just to feed their oligarch donors' lifestyles.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yes, thank you Bruce Hilpert. This really pulls it all together in an extremely sharp letter. That last sentence is a killer: "Increasing our deficit to fund billionaires' lavish lifestyles sure sounds like waste, fraud, and abuse to me."
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“The deal also brought the government’s investigation into Epstein’s finances to a halt. According to the former law enforcement official, the money-laundering probe remained open until the day of Epstein's guilty plea.”
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The deal also brought the government’s investigation into Epstein’s finances to a halt. According to the former law enforcement official, the money-laundering probe remained open until the day of Epstein's guilty plea.”
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Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
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Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago:
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happening now in Broadview—outside Chicago:
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
A procession of Illinois Handmaid’s, with the Illinois Democratic Women of Cook County, walks in procession to the ICE detention facility.
“Even though we are silent, we are powerful,” an organizer told the group before starting.
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This is THE most important book I’ve read in my whole life. I’ve spent years trying to get people to read it & ordered copies for friends family and neighbors after I first read it. If only more had read it and listened to DOCTOR @sarahkendzior.bsky.social we might not be under Nazi rule etc now.
pace @sarahkendzior.bsky.social a "we have a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government"
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Book Review: "Hiding in Plain Sight" - Detailing the Malignancy of Donald Trump - The Arts Fuse
According to Sarah Kendzior, “we have a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government.”
artsfuse.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is THE most important book I’ve read in my whole life. I’ve spent years trying to get people to read it & ordered copies for friends family and neighbors after I first read it. If only more had read it and listened to DOCTOR @sarahkendzior.bsky.social we might not be under Nazi rule etc now.
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Thune and his colleagues, of course, have piously pledged over and over that they will never touch the filibuster, something they used over and over when Biden was president. Democrats who blocked change, including Manchin and Sinema, took that as gospel. Some of us knew better. 2
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thune and his colleagues, of course, have piously pledged over and over that they will never touch the filibuster, something they used over and over when Biden was president. Democrats who blocked change, including Manchin and Sinema, took that as gospel. Some of us knew better. 2
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Instead of suggesting that he and Senate Republicans were talking with Senate Democrats to find a way out of this mess, John Thune gave Chuck Schumer the middle finger. Maybe that is a negotiating tactic. More likely, Thune, under Trump pressure, is laying the stage to blow up the filibuster. 1
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Instead of suggesting that he and Senate Republicans were talking with Senate Democrats to find a way out of this mess, John Thune gave Chuck Schumer the middle finger. Maybe that is a negotiating tactic. More likely, Thune, under Trump pressure, is laying the stage to blow up the filibuster. 1
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ICYMI: In a win for Arizona voters, a state appeals court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to hand-count ballots — a proposal rooted in election denial rhetoric.
As a result of the ruling, state elections will continue to rely on voting machines.
https://bit.ly/43OWI9w
As a result of the ruling, state elections will continue to rely on voting machines.
https://bit.ly/43OWI9w
Arizona Court Rejects Election-Denial Lawsuit, Upholds Trust in State’s Voting System
Read more here.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ICYMI: In a win for Arizona voters, a state appeals court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to hand-count ballots — a proposal rooted in election denial rhetoric.
As a result of the ruling, state elections will continue to rely on voting machines.
https://bit.ly/43OWI9w
As a result of the ruling, state elections will continue to rely on voting machines.
https://bit.ly/43OWI9w
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#HealingHearts
I'm learning this again & again: those who truly care won't leave you no matter what you share.
There's so much ugliness in the abuse we've survived we start to feel we're the ugly. No. We've lived through it, & it's time to shine bright.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
I'm learning this again & again: those who truly care won't leave you no matter what you share.
There's so much ugliness in the abuse we've survived we start to feel we're the ugly. No. We've lived through it, & it's time to shine bright.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#HealingHearts
I'm learning this again & again: those who truly care won't leave you no matter what you share.
There's so much ugliness in the abuse we've survived we start to feel we're the ugly. No. We've lived through it, & it's time to shine bright.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
I'm learning this again & again: those who truly care won't leave you no matter what you share.
There's so much ugliness in the abuse we've survived we start to feel we're the ugly. No. We've lived through it, & it's time to shine bright.
#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
💛💚💜
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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"Give yourself the gift of hoping and believing that January 2027 will be when we can begin the process of restoring our democracy after the midterm elections, and 2029 will be the end of this administration."
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Give yourself the gift of hoping and believing that January 2027 will be when we can begin the process of restoring our democracy after the midterm elections, and 2029 will be the end of this administration."
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044
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Congratulations Teresa Goodell for your excellent Letter to the Editor in today's Arizona Daily Star! We aren't done yet and we won't stop protecting our democracy. Forward together. Not one step back!
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Congratulations Teresa Goodell for your excellent Letter to the Editor in today's Arizona Daily Star! We aren't done yet and we won't stop protecting our democracy. Forward together. Not one step back!
Wow, what an amazing essay - chock full of great ideas and fascinating insights! Indivisible Tucson has a large, skilled, and energetic Letters to the Editor team. I will share this with them in the hopes that it will inspire and reinvigorate them. SUCH important work!!!
This is just fantastic read from @notus.com. Democracy is indeed a letter to the editor www.notus.org/perspectives...
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.
www.notus.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wow, what an amazing essay - chock full of great ideas and fascinating insights! Indivisible Tucson has a large, skilled, and energetic Letters to the Editor team. I will share this with them in the hopes that it will inspire and reinvigorate them. SUCH important work!!!
This is exactly right. Punish Democrats. The fact that it also punishes hungry Republicans is of no consequence.
To him, defunding SNAP is about creating a bargaining tool and punishing Democrats.
It’s about him.
The human suffering simply doesn’t matter.
It’s about him.
The human suffering simply doesn’t matter.
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is exactly right. Punish Democrats. The fact that it also punishes hungry Republicans is of no consequence.
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While this proposal offers huge compromises to Republicans, it shows that Democrats are serious about ending the Trump Shutdown with a deal that addresses the needs of working families. 🧵
Senate Republicans reject Democrat deal to reopen government
The U.S. government shutdown has dragged on for 38 days because of a dispute over whether ACA tax credits should be included in a stop-gap funding bill.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
While this proposal offers huge compromises to Republicans, it shows that Democrats are serious about ending the Trump Shutdown with a deal that addresses the needs of working families. 🧵
Wonderful thread, thank you. I love Wikipedia and donate to it (recurring).
As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Wonderful thread, thank you. I love Wikipedia and donate to it (recurring).