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Retired English teacher in FL. Grandma, a reader of books, and dreaming of writing one some day. It's an old picture. DMs are turned off. I'm just here to gain political insights. I block quite frequently. Transplanted Yinzer.
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UPDATE: Trump just attacked/threatened the legendary (and far handsomer & much more talented) Bruce Springsteen — so here’s the Boss rant that triggered him again, calling him “corrupt, incompetent, treasonous” and calling on 🇺🇸 to “raise your voices against authoritarianism”

I like being peaceful, and I don't owe anyone a response to stupidity.

Here’s how I’m fighting back this Teacher Appreciation Week:

continued appreciation to @vanhollen.senate.gov for fighting for Kilmar’s return - and for understanding that actively driving attention to this crisis is a core part of making that happen. Perhaps someone read @chrislhayes.bsky.social A Siren’s Call? youtu.be/Mnqx_WpPQuQ?...

This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

Social Security is not charity or some giveaway. It's money people earned through years of hard work. Now, Trump and Musk want to rip that away to fund tax handouts for their billionaire buddies. So here's my message for them: get your hands off our Social Security. youtube.com/shorts/wTC_H...

Clyburn: "People better get serious about this. When he says he's not joking about throwing away the Constitution, which is what he'd have to do to have a third term, and we are not gonna rise up in opposition to that? I think it's time for us all to wake up."

Please welcome @barackobama.bsky.social with a follow, who just joined @bsky.app today! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54 year-old US citizen who was born in Chicago, for over 10 hours on January 31st. He was walking around "Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses." They didn't show him a warrant. They didn't give him paperwork. And he's now suing.

Article on Jackie Robinson’s military career removed from defense department website

March 17, 2025

Found on threads:

I'm in are you?

💙🦋🌊 #Resist

“The head of the Social Security Administration has resigned after she refused to by DOGE staffers access to sensitive information. Your information.”

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Anna Paulino Lunatic has been busy, moving between cemeteries subpoenaing the Warren Commission.

She was so dedicated to her position. I wonder where things will go now.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

happy bday writer Alice Walker, b.1944, Eatonton, GA, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”

BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore BASH: You are the government

{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: The MAGA GOP takes ❝running interference❞ to a whole new level for [#MaMuskBoy] Republicans scramble to protect Elon Musk, blocking Democratic attempts to subpoena him in a congressional hearing.. ⤸ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I like pie. 🥧

I had this pinned to my main account on Twitter, I kept it there. I had made an alt acc, was no longer able to pinn this or anything like this. 😔 I love it.❤️ youtu.be/wEBlaMOmKV4?...

Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...

Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

We need a grownup to put their foot down and send these children to their rooms.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

JUST IN: Judge MEHTA has barred Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers whose sentences were *commuted* from going into Washinton or the U.S. Capitol without permission from the court.

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.