Marla Petal
@shmarla.bsky.social
Here to learn, and amplify good ideas to resist xenophobia & fascism, and leave our world a little better. Sharing “no regrets” all-hazards, and rights-based approach to transform family, school, business and community safety and resilience.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!
Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...
sign.moveon.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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These men were building us homes.
The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants.
Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS.
Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.
The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants.
Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS.
Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.
May 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
These men were building us homes.
The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants.
Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS.
Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.
The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants.
Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS.
Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.
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Wrote this in 2023, but it is relevant again because Trump proposing a new Schedule F rule. The basic issues remain the same, as does the value of public comment. You can submit a comment starting on April 23 and until May 23.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
April 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Wrote this in 2023, but it is relevant again because Trump proposing a new Schedule F rule. The basic issues remain the same, as does the value of public comment. You can submit a comment starting on April 23 and until May 23.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...
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🤎✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💛
An Urgent Call to Action
and Plan to Move Forward from Liz Cheney.
It has the energy I have been waiting for.
Please share
georgiatoday.ge/former-us-co...
An Urgent Call to Action
and Plan to Move Forward from Liz Cheney.
It has the energy I have been waiting for.
Please share
georgiatoday.ge/former-us-co...
Former US Congresswoman Liz Cheney issues urgent call to Democrats: “stop fundraising and start fighting”
In the US, as political tensions reach a boiling point and democratic norms continue to erode under what many now
georgiatoday.ge
April 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🤎✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💛
An Urgent Call to Action
and Plan to Move Forward from Liz Cheney.
It has the energy I have been waiting for.
Please share
georgiatoday.ge/former-us-co...
An Urgent Call to Action
and Plan to Move Forward from Liz Cheney.
It has the energy I have been waiting for.
Please share
georgiatoday.ge/former-us-co...
Read this!
Donald Trump sees the world as a zero-sum game of winners and losers, writes 'Sapiens' author Yuval Noah Harari. www.ft.com/content/06cc...
April 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Read this!
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Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’
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Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’
Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks has called for a mass uprising to oppose President Donald Trump, going so far as to quote The Communist Manifesto.
dlvr.it
April 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’
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DOGE strikes again. "WIRED spoke with seven workers with the National Civilian Community Corps, better known as AmeriCorps NCCC, who say that they were told to stop working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storm" by @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
DOGE strikes again. "WIRED spoke with seven workers with the National Civilian Community Corps, better known as AmeriCorps NCCC, who say that they were told to stop working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storm" by @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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🗓 Saturday, April 19 🚨 This is our moment.
We’re mobilizing millions — and if each of us brings just ONE more person, we’ll reach 12 million strong.
That’s 3.5% of the U.S. population — the number that history shows can spark real change.
✅ Mark the date
✅ Bring a friend
✅ Be the movement
We’re mobilizing millions — and if each of us brings just ONE more person, we’ll reach 12 million strong.
That’s 3.5% of the U.S. population — the number that history shows can spark real change.
✅ Mark the date
✅ Bring a friend
✅ Be the movement
April 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🗓 Saturday, April 19 🚨 This is our moment.
We’re mobilizing millions — and if each of us brings just ONE more person, we’ll reach 12 million strong.
That’s 3.5% of the U.S. population — the number that history shows can spark real change.
✅ Mark the date
✅ Bring a friend
✅ Be the movement
We’re mobilizing millions — and if each of us brings just ONE more person, we’ll reach 12 million strong.
That’s 3.5% of the U.S. population — the number that history shows can spark real change.
✅ Mark the date
✅ Bring a friend
✅ Be the movement
Hey! Check out “An Unfinished Love Story“ I just gave it 5 stars 🌟✨
www.audible.com/pd/B0CFYRF5M... Treat yourself!! SO relevant for us today. (Buy it from other than Audible, or get on your library waiting list)
www.audible.com/pd/B0CFYRF5M... Treat yourself!! SO relevant for us today. (Buy it from other than Audible, or get on your library waiting list)
An Unfinished Love Story
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Narrated by Doris Kearns Goodwin with the star of Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston! The audio edition also includes archival recordings of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy. The #1 New York Times bestseller from “America’...
www.audible.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hey! Check out “An Unfinished Love Story“ I just gave it 5 stars 🌟✨
www.audible.com/pd/B0CFYRF5M... Treat yourself!! SO relevant for us today. (Buy it from other than Audible, or get on your library waiting list)
www.audible.com/pd/B0CFYRF5M... Treat yourself!! SO relevant for us today. (Buy it from other than Audible, or get on your library waiting list)
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Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.
March 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates could not be more different. 👇
Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites.
Vote for Judge Crawford on April 1st!
Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites.
Vote for Judge Crawford on April 1st!
March 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates could not be more different. 👇
Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites.
Vote for Judge Crawford on April 1st!
Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites.
Vote for Judge Crawford on April 1st!
This sums it all up for me. Enjoy a freebie from Jamelle Bouie, NYT (and me). www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Opinion | How Far Gone Are We? (Gift Article)
A typology of constitutional crises and constitutional rot.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This sums it all up for me. Enjoy a freebie from Jamelle Bouie, NYT (and me). www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Amen. Dems fix this or all done. You'll go down in history as collaborators.
NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Amen. Dems fix this or all done. You'll go down in history as collaborators.
more bad
@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid."
March 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
more bad
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Great work everyone
March 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great work everyone
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
SOTU STFU: How the Opposition Party Should Protest State of the Union Address Late but still good reading if you didn't catch it ! open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
SOTU STFU: How the Opposition Party Should Protest Tonight's State of the Union Address
The time for traditional party politics is over. The Democrats must become a true opposition party. And it must begin today.
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
SOTU STFU: How the Opposition Party Should Protest State of the Union Address Late but still good reading if you didn't catch it ! open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
sign.moveon.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Check out and join wedo.org Women’s Environment and Development Organization
WEDO
WEDO is a global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality and the integrity of the environment.
wedo.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Check out and join wedo.org Women’s Environment and Development Organization
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Knowing a man’s history explains a lot about what he does:
Elon Musk.
This is an interesting timeline. Ones ties to one’s homeland can be grossly underestimated.
This is how USAID was involved in the dismantling of all Elon called home: geographically, politically, racially.
Knowing a man’s history explains a lot about what he does:
Elon Musk.
This is an interesting timeline. Ones ties to one’s homeland can be grossly underestimated.
This is how USAID was involved in the dismantling of all Elon called home: geographically, politically, racially.
February 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🧵
Knowing a man’s history explains a lot about what he does:
Elon Musk.
This is an interesting timeline. Ones ties to one’s homeland can be grossly underestimated.
This is how USAID was involved in the dismantling of all Elon called home: geographically, politically, racially.
Knowing a man’s history explains a lot about what he does:
Elon Musk.
This is an interesting timeline. Ones ties to one’s homeland can be grossly underestimated.
This is how USAID was involved in the dismantling of all Elon called home: geographically, politically, racially.