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RachaelAnn

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Wife, Mama & Grammy | she/her | LBK Amputee | Osteogenesis Imperfecta survivor💛 Ally🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Dead Head✌️ Swiftie✨️ Crochet Fanatic 🧶 Aspiring writer 📝 RockChalk ❤️💙 Becoming a better human + disability advocate every day | Be The Bear

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 28

But, have you seen my new socket?
☮️💀⚡️🌹🦿

#osteogenesisimperfecta #resources #unbreakablespirit #breakingbarriers #amputee #prosthesis #oistrong #adaptandovercome #tiedye #oilife #spaceyourface #gratefuldead #deadhead #sunshinedaydream

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Apr 29

😞

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you’re wondering what Elon Musk has been up to it’s not about saving Americans money. It’s about saving himself money. Musk has used his position leading DOGE to illegally evade oversight, derail investigations, and make litigation disappear whenever he chooses, on his terms and at his command.

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Mar 1

Kansas is taking a stand. We need MORE of this!! 🌻🌻

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Mar 1

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Feb 19

Done!

RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Feb 19

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!

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5 Calls Newsletter

The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hanger Prosthetics works wonders!! Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate them. :)

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 28

PROP - PR Over Policy.

Don't confuse them.

He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.

Dems need to be strategic.

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 28

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Until Justice Data Partners @ujdp.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is very important data. 🐾💜

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Jan 24

Daily reminder that petting a cat or dog for 10 minutes significantly lowers your stress levels.

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 24

This right here - do something or you are complicit!

RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 24

A new socket and a few unaided steps. So much work went into this, and I'm just about halfway there.
If you'll stay in my corner, I'll keep breaking those barriers.💀⚡️🌹🦿✨️

#osteogenesisimperfecta #resources #unbreakablespirit #breakingbarriers #amputee #prosthesis #adaptandovercome #prosthesis #bka

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 24

Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.

What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jan 23

You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 23

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

www.kcur.org

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 23

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Jan 21

How does any of this address the problems facing Americans: cost of groceries, cost of meds, cost of healthcare, cost of childcare, schools needing improvement, teachers salaries etc

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Jan 22

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · Jan 21

House Republicans are celebrating pardons issued to a bloodthirsty mob that violently assaulted police officers on January 6, 2021.

What happened to backing the Blue?

Far right extremists have become the party of lawlessness and disorder.

Don’t ever lecture America again.

About anything.

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RachaelAnn @rachaelann0230.bsky.social · Jan 22

Eat the Rich 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦 @sburr741600.bsky.social · Jan 22

And yet, people still say “this isn’t who we are”.

This is exactly who we are. It’s who we’ve always been.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Jan 21

Leader Schumer: "Nothing the President did on Day One lowered grocery prices. Nothing helped Americans achieve their dream of owning a home. Nothing will help working families earn more and save more … So who exactly is Donald Trump's gold age for? Not for working Americans. That is for sure."

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · Jan 21

The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 21

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · Jan 21

There’s a power vacuum in the Democratic Party.

I want to see some young leaders stepping into it and stepping up.

The old guard is failing us right now. They think bipartisanship and cliches about the American Dream are going to save us.

Those things won’t save us.

It’s time for radical change.

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