Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
Eternally hopeful Love will win the day. Looking to find joyful warriors to work with to make it happen 💜🦋🪶🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸
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Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
· Feb 23
She Rides
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
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Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Speaker Johnson thinks Americans worried about affordability need to just “relax”
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Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
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Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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We will continue to release documents and files as we receive them. The survivors deserve justice and the truth.
We need the Department of Justice to release all the files, NOW.
We need the Department of Justice to release all the files, NOW.
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received never-before-seen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein's private island that are a harrowing look behind Epstein’s closed doors.
See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors.
See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors.
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We will continue to release documents and files as we receive them. The survivors deserve justice and the truth.
We need the Department of Justice to release all the files, NOW.
We need the Department of Justice to release all the files, NOW.
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NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
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the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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What does the “SS” stand for? Interesting!
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What does the “SS” stand for? Interesting!
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"I have always been historically opposed to messing with the court. In the last few years, I have totally come around on that."
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social discuss the need for Supreme Court reform and how to rebuild the credibility of our justice system.
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social discuss the need for Supreme Court reform and how to rebuild the credibility of our justice system.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"I have always been historically opposed to messing with the court. In the last few years, I have totally come around on that."
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social discuss the need for Supreme Court reform and how to rebuild the credibility of our justice system.
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social discuss the need for Supreme Court reform and how to rebuild the credibility of our justice system.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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Please don’t lecture us by claiming that Republicans care about drug traffickers or people suffering from addiction while Trump has pardoned several of the most notorious drug traffickers in history and funding is cut for rehab programs.
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please don’t lecture us by claiming that Republicans care about drug traffickers or people suffering from addiction while Trump has pardoned several of the most notorious drug traffickers in history and funding is cut for rehab programs.
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The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself.
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself.
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
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According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
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A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
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“He remains the most accessible and energetic president in history”🔥
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“He remains the most accessible and energetic president in history”🔥
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Trump sleeping in another Cabinet meeting today.
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump sleeping in another Cabinet meeting today.
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We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
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Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
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Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
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November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.