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Mark Kawaller Sievert

@siegwart.bsky.social

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Lifetime in Mid-Missouri. Chef de Cuisine. Master pollinator steward. Beekeeper. Knight of Saint Stanislas. Anti-fascist. Cigar smoker. Whisky drinker. Married 38 years to the most wonderful lady, Connie. Father of one, though I now claim my son-in-law.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is the America I believe in. Every immigrant deserves the same chances as my 19th century German ancestors.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 7h

We only had one child. Labor and delivery was a waking nightmare.

We never wanted others to go through what we did and evermore was pro choice.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 8h

No woman in my immediate family can bare children, so we are insulated from the current reality, but I’m here fighting for everyone else.

It doesn’t have to happen to us for it to matter to us.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 21h

The Great State of Washington leads the way.

𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 @virginiahall32.bsky.social · 1d

#Washington Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail.

Fuck Pam Bondi! The loss of her law license and her subsequent removal to federal prison CANNOT come quickly enough!

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 2d

I think Trump** is trying out an insanity defense against Epstein charges.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 2d

Mehdi Hasan is always repostable.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 2d

Is your hat getting bigger or are you getting smaller?

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Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social · Dec 4

I have just updated my Starter Pack. This is no ordinary Starter Pack, this consists of people who know how to use the structures and institutions of society to maintain and strengthen democracy and democratic principles.

#democracy #prodemocracy #starterpacks #signalboost

go.bsky.app/VMpASGL

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 3d

#ICE… pedophile protectIng goon squad.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 5d

On counterterrorism funds, President Bystander is forced to quickly reverse course - MSNBC

It’s time to stop this nonsense. We need a functioning government.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 8d

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

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Stand by for a presidential pardon.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

apnews.com

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 8d

Great read. I need to start getting busy with lists!

Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 9d

Big Mother Is Watching You.

doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’ | Arwa Mahdawi

In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of ‘fetal personhood’

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 9d

Generals Kelley and Milley are both patriots.

Madonna Lennon @madonnalennon.bsky.social · 10d

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10d

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

Great British Bake Off shows how we should be.

Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

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Dame Jane had made the comment that Tarzan married the wrong Jane.

She changed the course of evolution science and gave us a better understanding of our nearest cousins.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

apnews.com

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

If nobody covers this, then we cover this.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

I like the fact that townspeople have been coloring it back in with chalk.

Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

We hiked the Rock Island lake view trail and were the first hikers to make it to the northwest lighthouse.

Dang, our state and national park systems are so worth fighting for.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

@drsharwood.bsky.social

That is one badass hat my friend.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

The Bluesky profile pictures I’ve posted are from the UP and Door County.

It took a bit of ferrying but we finally made it to Rock Island.

Breathtaking numbers of butterflies.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 13d

We were there a month ago.

Such a fine time hiking and kayaking!

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 14d

Judge rules Trump policy to deport students over pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional - The Guardian

If you are here in America, YOU ALL HAVE RIGHTS.

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 14d

Good song and great verse!

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Mark Kawaller Sievert @siegwart.bsky.social · 14d

Mike Johnson In No Rush To Swear In Member Who Will Sign Epstein Petition - HuffPost

There is no trick the Republicans won’t use to protect pedophiles.

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