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practicaljourney.bsky.social
@practicaljourney.bsky.social
Retired Minnesotan 💙. Photography, art, nature, sociology, and news junkie. (Nature photos are mine.)

People before profits.
Pinned
We MUST protect the Constitution.
Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is more for you, less for me?  That may be one of the most important questions we now face.

~Louise Altman, “The Scarcity Mindset is Killing Us”

#capitalism #scarcity #scarcitymindset #GOP #bigbeautifulbill #oligarchy #wealth #foodinsecurity #snapbenefits #poverty
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Back in 1985...

Recorded by 46 music stars, including Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan, it raised over $63 million for African famine relief. Here is a great memory of a loving America.

#snapbenefits #snap #wearetheworld

youtu.be/s3wNuru4U0I?...
USA For Africa - We Are The World (HQ official Video)
YouTube video by Oxygene 80
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Back in 1985...❤️❤️❤️
Recorded by 46 music stars, including Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan, it raised over $63 million for African famine relief.

#wearetheworld #empathy #empowered #hunger #foodinsecurity #unitedstates #patriotism #usa

youtu.be/s3wNuru4U0I?...
USA For Africa - We Are The World (HQ official Video)
YouTube video by Oxygene 80
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Saul Bellow

#photography #frost #autumn #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #quotes #beauty #unexpected #nature #life
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Never let anyone tell you empathy is a weakness or a problem.
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Were you aware that Governor Abbott (TX) is delaying a special election to elect a replacement for a congressman who passed away in March, 2025?

#adelitagrijalva #GOP #republicans #democrats

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
House Race in Houston Heads for Runoff Between Young Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks October 10, 1842

#photography #minnesota #autumn #trees #sunlight #landscape #quotes #woods #trees #beauty #uplifting
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When you’re not coloring all the places where NO ONE lives the color red, and instead ONLY color the places where lots of people live, suddenly the political map looks rather different.

#politics #maps #demographics #repubilcans #democrats
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Aldi is offering Thanksgiving meal fixins that will feed 10 (YMMV) for $40. Please share with those who may find it helpful this year: www.aldi.us/products/tha...
Feast for 10
www.aldi.us
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Whenever they call Mamdani a Communist remind them of this:

finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Priorities
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Recall when we had a president who was a decent human being? Seems so remote and novel now.
Had. To. Share. After. Seeing. On. Facebook 😢
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Congress has great health care benefits, but they are trying to lessen ours...

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Congress Enjoys Ultraluxe Health Care as It Fights to Gut Yours
Congress has ensured its members receive ultraluxe health care as Republican keep the government closed over stripping it from Americans.
www.rollingstone.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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“If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.”

— Paul Wellstone
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yellow maple leaves offer a feeling of warmth and cheer on a rainy, autumn afternoon.

#photography #minnesota #autumn #mapletree #maple #yellow #beauty #nature #outdoors #rain #trees
October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM