Mary Mastenbrook
@mmastenbrook.bsky.social
Saddened by the reversion to a time before the era I worked and fought for. Seeking opportunities to make a difference in a disturbing world.
Notre Dame Alumna
Notre Dame Alumna
Pinned
Release the #Epstein files not Ghislaine Maxwell
I am grateful for all the loving memories I have of family and Thanksgivings past. I am also thankful for the love and support of my family now in these challenging times.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am grateful for all the loving memories I have of family and Thanksgivings past. I am also thankful for the love and support of my family now in these challenging times.
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The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL
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So, I had some thoughts about the National Guard Shooting, the right-wing's pathetic spin, and MAGA's hypocrisy.
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
So, I had some thoughts about the National Guard Shooting, the right-wing's pathetic spin, and MAGA's hypocrisy.
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
"The National Guard Shooting: MAGA Can't Even Properly Gaslight and Politicize Tragedies Anymore"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-nation...
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
We stand with your @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and the Constitution. Thank you for your courage and your service.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq...
Senator Mark Kelly on Trump Suggesting He Be Executed & Hegseth Opening an Investigation into Him
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We stand with your @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and the Constitution. Thank you for your courage and your service.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMq...
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This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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We ain’t buying it! Boycott Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
#shoplocal
#shoplocal
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We ain’t buying it! Boycott Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
#shoplocal
#shoplocal
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
weaintbuyingit.com
weaintbuyingit.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
weaintbuyingit.com
weaintbuyingit.com
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Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Some of the people who I knew were worried about Trump’s illegal orders in the first term:
The VP, chief of staff, national security advisor, comms director, secretary of state, defense secretary, DHS secretary, attorney general, national security advisor.
And many more.
The VP, chief of staff, national security advisor, comms director, secretary of state, defense secretary, DHS secretary, attorney general, national security advisor.
And many more.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Some of the people who I knew were worried about Trump’s illegal orders in the first term:
The VP, chief of staff, national security advisor, comms director, secretary of state, defense secretary, DHS secretary, attorney general, national security advisor.
And many more.
The VP, chief of staff, national security advisor, comms director, secretary of state, defense secretary, DHS secretary, attorney general, national security advisor.
And many more.
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Ex Trump WH Lawyer Ty Cobb: “The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump, whose desire is to accumulate & abuse power - total authoritarianism… lawyers, judges, the military don’t have to follow illegal orders even though they have been rampantly.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ex Trump WH Lawyer Ty Cobb: “The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump, whose desire is to accumulate & abuse power - total authoritarianism… lawyers, judges, the military don’t have to follow illegal orders even though they have been rampantly.”
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Everyone should read this piece by the CDC leadership who resigned in Sept. We appreciate their continued leadership, support, and integrity within the public health space.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everyone should read this piece by the CDC leadership who resigned in Sept. We appreciate their continued leadership, support, and integrity within the public health space.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
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“.. How will it be when we will miss JoAnn’s clear voice — quiet, insistent, regular, and respectful — about the new and daily injustices being perpetrated on already-suffering people?” Sister Susan Sanders, president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, said in a statement.
#RIP 🙏🏼
#RIP 🙏🏼
Sister JoAnn Persch served with the Sisters of Mercy for 73 years. On Nov. 1, Sister JoAnn was among the delegation denied entry to the Broadview ICE facility when they attempted to bring Communion to those detained inside.
Sister JoAnn Persch, longtime immigrant activist, dies at 91
chicago.suntimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“.. How will it be when we will miss JoAnn’s clear voice — quiet, insistent, regular, and respectful — about the new and daily injustices being perpetrated on already-suffering people?” Sister Susan Sanders, president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, said in a statement.
#RIP 🙏🏼
#RIP 🙏🏼
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Our very own FVR members representing us so well at #removetheregeime in DC this weekend!!!
#removetheregime Random pic from fellow rally participant. ❤️ featuring @pepperpenguin420.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our very own FVR members representing us so well at #removetheregeime in DC this weekend!!!
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When leaders call people names and when Illinois police partner with ICE, the real harm lands on our communities.
We refuse to look away. We refuse to stay quiet.
This is what standing up looks like—and we’re not going anywhere.
#VisibilityBrigade
@jodysaigs.bsky.social @kanedems.bsky.social
We refuse to look away. We refuse to stay quiet.
This is what standing up looks like—and we’re not going anywhere.
#VisibilityBrigade
@jodysaigs.bsky.social @kanedems.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
When leaders call people names and when Illinois police partner with ICE, the real harm lands on our communities.
We refuse to look away. We refuse to stay quiet.
This is what standing up looks like—and we’re not going anywhere.
#VisibilityBrigade
@jodysaigs.bsky.social @kanedems.bsky.social
We refuse to look away. We refuse to stay quiet.
This is what standing up looks like—and we’re not going anywhere.
#VisibilityBrigade
@jodysaigs.bsky.social @kanedems.bsky.social
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"How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury." Seneca
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury." Seneca
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You can go around in this life looking out for every insult and snide comment. You can hang onto every time you’ve been wronged and investigate every case of possible bad faith. Or you can tune it out, be a little deaf to it and let things go.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You can go around in this life looking out for every insult and snide comment. You can hang onto every time you’ve been wronged and investigate every case of possible bad faith. Or you can tune it out, be a little deaf to it and let things go.
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This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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It's disgusting and makes the U.S. look like a backwoods country.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's disgusting and makes the U.S. look like a backwoods country.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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This is insane.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is insane.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.