Salty Mom
@thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social
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Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
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Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
https://thesaltyinkslinger.etsy.com
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@thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Don't spread germs (1948)
YouTube video by Wellcome Library
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HOOOOLY COW, can we please revive this in the USA!?!
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
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Every judge in America follows a code of ethics… except the nine people with lifetime power over our rights.
Our government needs public trust. We need a Supreme Court code of ethics.
Our government needs public trust. We need a Supreme Court code of ethics.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every judge in America follows a code of ethics… except the nine people with lifetime power over our rights.
Our government needs public trust. We need a Supreme Court code of ethics.
Our government needs public trust. We need a Supreme Court code of ethics.
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A Tennessee legislator has ordered all Tennessee public libraries to shut down for two weeks to review their childrens collections and ensure they do not contain any books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A Tennessee legislator has ordered all Tennessee public libraries to shut down for two weeks to review their childrens collections and ensure they do not contain any books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
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BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
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All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
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I have eaten
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I have eaten
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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As a hillbilly-adjacent person, please keep in mind that Vance/Bowman is neither a hillbilly nor hillbilly adjacent. He’s an opportunist and a moron.
Just to remind you that @JDVance wasn't kidding using that word "hillbilly"
He's a moron
#ThemMembers
He's a moron
#ThemMembers
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As a hillbilly-adjacent person, please keep in mind that Vance/Bowman is neither a hillbilly nor hillbilly adjacent. He’s an opportunist and a moron.
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7/8
The loyalty purge inside the GOP is not chaos. It is conditioning. By labeling Massie, Crenshaw and Greene as compromised or foreign controlled, they teach followers that obedience equals patriotism. When dissent is recast as infiltration, emergency rule becomes easier to justify.
The loyalty purge inside the GOP is not chaos. It is conditioning. By labeling Massie, Crenshaw and Greene as compromised or foreign controlled, they teach followers that obedience equals patriotism. When dissent is recast as infiltration, emergency rule becomes easier to justify.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
7/8
The loyalty purge inside the GOP is not chaos. It is conditioning. By labeling Massie, Crenshaw and Greene as compromised or foreign controlled, they teach followers that obedience equals patriotism. When dissent is recast as infiltration, emergency rule becomes easier to justify.
The loyalty purge inside the GOP is not chaos. It is conditioning. By labeling Massie, Crenshaw and Greene as compromised or foreign controlled, they teach followers that obedience equals patriotism. When dissent is recast as infiltration, emergency rule becomes easier to justify.
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"The only thing revealed by this transparency is that social media companies do not give a f*ck about this."
Our attention is the product
There are tutorials in many languages on how to exploit that for profit, not just to stir the pot
AI makes it so easy to exploit now and everyone wins but you
Our attention is the product
There are tutorials in many languages on how to exploit that for profit, not just to stir the pot
AI makes it so easy to exploit now and everyone wins but you
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"The only thing revealed by this transparency is that social media companies do not give a f*ck about this."
Our attention is the product
There are tutorials in many languages on how to exploit that for profit, not just to stir the pot
AI makes it so easy to exploit now and everyone wins but you
Our attention is the product
There are tutorials in many languages on how to exploit that for profit, not just to stir the pot
AI makes it so easy to exploit now and everyone wins but you
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RIP Mother Fletcher 🙏🏽💞🌺🕊️
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111.
#ViolaFordFletcher
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111.
#ViolaFordFletcher
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111
Fletcher spent years pushing for justice after deadly racial attack on thriving Black Oklahoma community in 1921
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
RIP Mother Fletcher 🙏🏽💞🌺🕊️
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111.
#ViolaFordFletcher
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111.
#ViolaFordFletcher
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How is this not any different than the Gestapo?
The United States of Amnesia needs to a reminder that The Secret State of Police and ICE are not DIFFERENT.
#brothersfromanothermother
apple.news/ACJHFK_2FRXO...
The United States of Amnesia needs to a reminder that The Secret State of Police and ICE are not DIFFERENT.
#brothersfromanothermother
apple.news/ACJHFK_2FRXO...
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow — The Washington Post
One in 5 students in Charlotte missed school after a recent ICE crackdown began. It’s the latest city where schools felt the impact of Trump’s deportation effort.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
How is this not any different than the Gestapo?
The United States of Amnesia needs to a reminder that The Secret State of Police and ICE are not DIFFERENT.
#brothersfromanothermother
apple.news/ACJHFK_2FRXO...
The United States of Amnesia needs to a reminder that The Secret State of Police and ICE are not DIFFERENT.
#brothersfromanothermother
apple.news/ACJHFK_2FRXO...
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Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James. n.pr/43MiquX
U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James. n.pr/43MiquX
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The law school’s Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
hls.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The law school’s Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
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Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
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NEW: The fight for voting rights didn’t end on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It’s happening today in places like Newbern, Alabama, where white officials secretly blocked a Black mayor-elect in 2020. What the Supreme Court does next could change everything.
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW: The fight for voting rights didn’t end on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It’s happening today in places like Newbern, Alabama, where white officials secretly blocked a Black mayor-elect in 2020. What the Supreme Court does next could change everything.
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
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worth noting that the digital safety training Emily mentions was part of the People’s Activist series, which I genuinely believe is one of the most important and useful community/civic society programs we’ve had here in ages. so grateful to those organizers.
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
worth noting that the digital safety training Emily mentions was part of the People’s Activist series, which I genuinely believe is one of the most important and useful community/civic society programs we’ve had here in ages. so grateful to those organizers.
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This isn't how business is done in the US. This is not normal.
Trump appoints two Commerce officials to oversee U.S. Steel under 'golden share' agreement
Trump appoints two Commerce officials to oversee U.S. Steel under 'golden share' agreement
President Donald Trump approved U.S. Steel's controversial acquisition by Nippon in June after securing veto rights over key business decisions.
cnb.cx
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This isn't how business is done in the US. This is not normal.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
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Read our story: nysfocus.com/2025/07/30/p...
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Read our story: nysfocus.com/2025/07/30/p...
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Extremely bad news for everyone who rides a Rad Power Bike 😢
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Extremely bad news for everyone who rides a Rad Power Bike 😢
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Sad and ridiculous and childish.
These aren’t *men*. They’re middle aged children with too much fucking money and permission to do whatever they want, when they want.
Pretty gross. 🤬
These aren’t *men*. They’re middle aged children with too much fucking money and permission to do whatever they want, when they want.
Pretty gross. 🤬
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sad and ridiculous and childish.
These aren’t *men*. They’re middle aged children with too much fucking money and permission to do whatever they want, when they want.
Pretty gross. 🤬
These aren’t *men*. They’re middle aged children with too much fucking money and permission to do whatever they want, when they want.
Pretty gross. 🤬
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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So, one reason to slow-walk EVERYTHING in the Trump era is that you need to give the procedural and paperwork fuck-ups time to emerge. You don’t grant UC. You don’t yield back post-cloture time. You don’t concede that paperwork is properly filed, or that signatures or appointments are validly made.
Oh, Tish James case dismissed too. Now Miss Hannigan has to start her orphanage.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Federal judge dismissed indictments against Letitia James and James Comey | CNN Politics
A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So, one reason to slow-walk EVERYTHING in the Trump era is that you need to give the procedural and paperwork fuck-ups time to emerge. You don’t grant UC. You don’t yield back post-cloture time. You don’t concede that paperwork is properly filed, or that signatures or appointments are validly made.
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If he stole your authority, impeach him and keep your job
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If he stole your authority, impeach him and keep your job
Voters need to be asking candidates about introducing bills to prevent this.
Either give is universal
healthcare or end their healthcare when they leave their job like most of America.
Candidates/representatives have to be willing to vote for this, though.
Either give is universal
healthcare or end their healthcare when they leave their job like most of America.
Candidates/representatives have to be willing to vote for this, though.
Some candidates need to start asking why congress gets a pension and most workers don’t.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Voters need to be asking candidates about introducing bills to prevent this.
Either give is universal
healthcare or end their healthcare when they leave their job like most of America.
Candidates/representatives have to be willing to vote for this, though.
Either give is universal
healthcare or end their healthcare when they leave their job like most of America.
Candidates/representatives have to be willing to vote for this, though.