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A rose bush in full bloom-saved from the deer attacks - had this down to a stub before I could stop them. Hope.
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A rose bush in full bloom-saved from the deer attacks - had this down to a stub before I could stop them. Hope.
A break from the nonsense.
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A break from the nonsense.
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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“The Supreme Court’s war on the Voting Rights Act precedes Trump but it is simpatico with his aims. . . Both work to undermine the basis for the more politically equal era of American democracy [1965 to 2025] and clear the path to an American autocracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | The Death of the Fourth American Republic
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“The Supreme Court’s war on the Voting Rights Act precedes Trump but it is simpatico with his aims. . . Both work to undermine the basis for the more politically equal era of American democracy [1965 to 2025] and clear the path to an American autocracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
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This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill,
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill,
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
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Officials in one of Texas’ largest counties voted to hire a national right-wing law firm to defend its own gerrymandered map, which was produced by the firm and approved by Republicans last month despite hours of testimony from outraged public speakers. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas County Hires Right-Wing Law Firm to Defend Gerrymandered Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Officials in one of Texas’ largest counties voted to hire a national right-wing law firm to defend its own gerrymandered map, which was produced by the firm and approved by Republicans last month despite hours of testimony from outraged public speakers. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
July 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Disgusting
SCOTUS says due process applies to deportees, but overturns TRO for filing wrong claim in wrong venue. It’s like calling the fire station to report your house is on fire only to have them say you called the wrong station and need to start over.
Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations
The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president’s use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Disgusting
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
sign.moveon.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans"
The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research.
www.cbsnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.
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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.
February 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.
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NEW: A D.C. federal judge denied University of California students' request to temporarily block DOGE from accessing student loan data, ruling they failed to show sufficient evidence for immediate relief. Litigation will continue.
Judge refuses to block DOGE’s access to student borrower data
A federal judge Monday evening declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to Education Department data on student borrowers. U.S. District Ju…
thehill.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: A D.C. federal judge denied University of California students' request to temporarily block DOGE from accessing student loan data, ruling they failed to show sufficient evidence for immediate relief. Litigation will continue.
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Doing great 👍
February 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Doing great 👍
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The community note 🤌😘
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This is so insane
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is so insane
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🚨BREAKING: Two attorneys with DOJ Public Integrity Section have entered appearances, and moved to dismiss the criminal indictment against Eric Adams.
This stain on this once proud part of DOJ will not easily be erased.
This stain on this once proud part of DOJ will not easily be erased.
February 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨BREAKING: Two attorneys with DOJ Public Integrity Section have entered appearances, and moved to dismiss the criminal indictment against Eric Adams.
This stain on this once proud part of DOJ will not easily be erased.
This stain on this once proud part of DOJ will not easily be erased.
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The word for this is "coup."
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The word for this is "coup."
With all we know about the late senator McCain-he would not be proud of her.
Tulsi Gabbard is Meghan McCain’s child’s godmother…
February 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
With all we know about the late senator McCain-he would not be proud of her.
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To the attorneys out there, Can States charge Musk with any criminal activity for any of this? Musk is the agent of a potential illegal impoundment without any legal authority.
February 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
To the attorneys out there, Can States charge Musk with any criminal activity for any of this? Musk is the agent of a potential illegal impoundment without any legal authority.
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NEW: Thousands of FBI employees got a 12-question survey from DOJ leaders asking about their involvement in Jan. 6 investigaitons.
Some inside the FBI are urging rank-and-file agents to resist filling it out or to include objections.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
politico.com/news/2025/02...
Some inside the FBI are urging rank-and-file agents to resist filling it out or to include objections.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NEW: Thousands of FBI employees got a 12-question survey from DOJ leaders asking about their involvement in Jan. 6 investigaitons.
Some inside the FBI are urging rank-and-file agents to resist filling it out or to include objections.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
politico.com/news/2025/02...
Some inside the FBI are urging rank-and-file agents to resist filling it out or to include objections.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
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There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.