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Eleanor Martinez

@northstar1939.bsky.social

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San Jose, CA native living in VT on 9 wooded acres with husband of 41 years and our 2 elderly cats. NO RED or BLUEMAGA allowed! GOP is batshit crazy. Dems pushing right, making things worse for all of us while they lust for donor $$+ignore their voters.

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · Feb 6

If you are bashing voters who stayed home/voted 3rd party, DO. NOT. FOLLOW. ME.
It's not the voters' fault that the Orange Domestic Enemy won. It's that of Dems doing the bidding of their donors instead of allowing the people to elect the candidate they want. Name-calling will be reported+blocked.

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 43m

From Josh Wasta: "With everything going on in the world, we deserve a treat. So how about we take the Epstein list and Diddy's list and put all the people in the had and every day on live TV we pull a name out and read it. Like an advent calendar of scumbags" 11:34 AM, 11 Oct 24

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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social · 1h

Them ANTIFAS are truly scary...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 1h

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 59m

EXACTLY. There have been several investigations that have revealed major discrepancies in the vote count in many parts of this country. Did @democrats.org hire attorneys to fight this? No. They ran the other way. Spare me what Kamala thinks right now. She's one of the reasons that Trump's in power.

lori1959.bsky.social @lori1959.bsky.social · 4h

WHY did she fail to demand a forensic audit of the battleground states? She kept telling us to FIGHT, then she ran away like a frightened little girl. She's not doing herself any favors by giving these fluff interviews.

🚩 ASK HER WHY SHE RAN INSTEAD OF FIGHTING!

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 1h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Invictus Ghost @invictusghost.bsky.social · 3h

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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THEE Gutsy Woman🐝 🪷 @gutsywoman19.bsky.social · 1d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 13h

However, we knew better than to fall for Trump's bullshit.

When I saw what Obama did in 2020 during the primary, I 100% knew that Trump was coming back in 2024. And here we are. If Bernie had been allowed to win, none of this would be happening now. www.chicagotribune.com/2020/04/14/a...

‘Accelerate the endgame’: How Barack Obama nudged Bernie Sanders out of the race

Over the past year, Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama practiced a political distancing of sorts, with Obama maintaining a posture of public neutrality in the Democratic primaries, offerin…

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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 13h

True. We never experienced the prosperity that these administrations kept claiming was happening. We lost everything during Bush Jr., and we've never recovered. Obama bailed out Wall Street and ignored Main Street. People still had to work 2+ jobs under Biden. SS p'ments have been low with D or R.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 18h

Rebarbative [ree-BAR-buh-tiv]
(adj.)
- Causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.
- Unattractive and objectionable.
- Fearsome; forbidding.

Use:
“Harold’s rebarbative disposition lingered in the air like mothballs and melancholy; even the dusty old taxidermy seemed to recoil.”

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 18h

I dunno, seems okay.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 15h

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
“I live in fear of whether or not I will be able to afford my life saving treatment,” one woman told Sanders’ office.

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families | Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders' report reveals Americans' fears over GOP healthcare policies, detailing personal stories of struggles with rising insurance costs.

www.commondreams.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19h

Diane Keaton was a true Californian. She was a self-described oddball, uniquely stylish, deeply creative, funny, and an acting legend who could steal the screen in comic and dramatic roles alike. She was in a class all her own, an icon.

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Trans Woman Support @tws-website.com · 16h

This regime is dangerous

#riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s

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Teeje @theteejeabides.bsky.social · 18h

Of note, I did not see any ICE ads on HBO Max in my area tonight, which was extremely surprising yet pleasantly delightful. I saw that TNT did it though to a bunch of y'all, so please keep bombarding WBD/local broadcasting with emails and calls #AEWCollision 🤼‍♂️

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