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Carer of husband who has traumatic brain injury. Married 40 years. Mother, grandmother. Nurse. Ally. Goals: Learn. Build community. Protect the marginalized. Focus: Local action. Health. Women and gender. Science.
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@pattymurray.bsky.social I lost someone to suicide last night—because of this bill. I know disabled folks planning the same if it passes. They’ll lose everything. I can’t send them to the ER—they’d be released in 72 hrs with a $50k bill. Please help. Lives are on the line

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"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." - Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

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Copied from facebook comments: Socio-emotional intelligence likely isn't valued at least partially because a lack of empathy is required for capitalism to thrive.

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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Hanlon’s Razor

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

submitted 22 days ago • 1457 comments

Trump and Noem opened an ICE detention center in Newark without permission and in clear violation of the city's ordinances. And when confronted by Mayor Baraska, they did what authoritarians do. They arrested and disappeared him.

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It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

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"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." -Herman Melville.

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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” ~James Baldwin

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#ProudBlue GOP portrays DEI as favoritism to minorities over qualified people. It has never been anything like that. It emphasizes "inclusion" of more people by providing recognition, conveniences and assistance to everyone.

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Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches. — Werner Twertzog

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I'm pinning this just so they stop and all be clear that there's no "red wave." 💙🦋 #BlueWave

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We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.

submitted 60 days ago • 843 comments

“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ~The Great Gatsby

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Do tell me more "So it's worth remembering that Hitler was actually an incompetent, lazy egomaniac and his government was an absolute clown show. In fact, this may even have helped his rise to power, as he was consistently underestimated by the German elite." www.newsweek.com/hitler-incom...

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Sharing some much needed facts #USDemocracy 🇺🇸 #ProudBlue 💙

submitted 53 days ago • 16 comments

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you'll be criticized anyway.“ -Eleanor Roosevelt

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the extent to which a technology whose function is to generate plausible-sounding sentences without regard to their accuracy has been embraced by so many of the richest and most powerful really shows you that these people do not have a clue what they’re talking about

submitted 59 days ago • 4 comments

“As representatives of the American people, Congress has a duty to stop actions that will cause them harm.” Maria Cantwell

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Merriam-Webster syn. Illegal—not according to or authorized by law : UNLAWFUL, ILLICIT Trump is illegal.

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A flyer you can distribute on how to handle ICE if they come to your campus:

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1 Trump allies are trying to hijack the D.C. Bar. If they win, they can shield insurrectionist lawyers like Giuliani & Jeffrey Clark—and punish those defending democracy. But it gets worse: this takeover could even be used to intimidate judges. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members Mahatma Gandhi

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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt

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It always seems impossible until it is done. Nelson Mandela

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If we stand together, we can save this country. We can defeat oligarchy. We can defeat the movement toward authoritarianism. And in fact, we can create an economy and a government that works for all—not just a few. Bernie Sanders

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense, a theft. The cost of one modern, heavy bomber is this: a modern, brick school in more than 30 cities." President Eisenhower

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But the difference in the extra spending is that it is only helping Elon and his DOGE idiots and not helping us!

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“Beware of cultivating perpetual rage. There's much to be angry about, but your soul cannot bear the strain of perpetual rage.” Brian Zahnd

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I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. - Edward Everett Hale

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:”The truth is, the small power that each of us has to do something is right in front of us. If we're all doing that, it outweighs anything that some big leader somewhere can do.” Michelle Obama

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