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sallyjh.bsky.social
Retired teacher, off grid, concerned about climate, LGBTQ, MMT, troubled about the direction of our country.
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Popularists gonna really lean into this right?

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM. We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Good morning. If the the Senate passes the Republican budget bill, 40% of American families - those with lower and middle incomes - will LOSE money. They will become poorer. But the richest families will get an average $270,000 tax cut. Because they only care about the rich.

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

#NoKings

This is a turning point. This is the line we draw. This is the moment history will remember — when millions stood together to say NO to Trump, Vance, Vought, Theil, and all the corrupt cronies and cult. Follow the movement. Learn what comes next. Join us at FiftyFifty.One. #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings

If Cuomo wins the mayorship, he will run for president - we have to stop him in his tracks. (And phew, @aoc.bsky.social connecting stopping Cuomo to ending the gerontocracy is extremely my shit.)

Also noteworthy that unlike the ICE agents cosplaying as operators, actual National Guard soldiers are not wearing masks.

Burlington, VT

Yup. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order… (h/t @reuben_reyñoso)

Put this on a billboard.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Either/or: Take your pick.

An Australian scholar explains the idea that drove Australia to adopt compulsory voting: "You would know that the government that was elected had the support of the majority of voters in the electorate—not just the majority of the people who turned up." boltsmag.org/compuls...

If America makes it through, this great woman will someday be its president

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told. “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another. (Published April 2025)

Here's the full Newsom address. It's great. (99% anyway, it's a tiny quibble but can we please stop reflexively adding "hard working" as the sole acceptable preceding adjective for immigrants) www.youtube.com/live/0n77NFj...

If you're a NYC voter, I'd like to ask you to picture Mayor Andrew Cuomo's response to this. ... Right? Do not rank him.

Just a reminder that these were scenes after the Dodgers won the World Series last fall, including buses burning, stores looted, fires, Mexican flags waving - all on scale dwarfing anything that has happened in LA now. And no one called for the Marines being sent in www.marca.com/en/mlb/los-a...

When it comes to grabbing all the threads of a story and pulling them together, nobody is better than @willbunch.bsky.social. This column is a prime example of that:

A milestone: the first electric aircraft has landed at JFK. "...the flight from the airport in East Hampton to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport took 45 minutes with a pilot and four people" and cost ... $8 worth of electricity.

More Democrats in Congress not speaking up, I hear on Bluesky non-stop. Jimmy Gomez organized this -- he has been organizing all weekend. www.c-span.org/event/news-c...

On a cold spring morning, we hiked, we shared stories, and we showed up for each other. That’s what democracy looks like. Let’s keep showing up. Let’s meet the moment. I’ll see you on June 14 for #NoKingsDay.

This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”

The ICE facility in a Burlington office park was never supposed to be a detention center. But it's where many people have been kept for days or weeks in "abysmal" conditions after being arrested by ICE. Great reporting by @miriamwasser.bsky.social

Raising the $7.25 an hour minimum wage to a living wage is not a radical idea. Since 2020, voters in Florida, Nebraska, Missouri & Alaska approved a major increase in their minimum wage. What’s radical is that the federal minimum wage has not gone up since 2009.

The bird dance for the ages

Good morning. If the Republican budget bill passes: - 40% of the country will lose money - 15 million people will lose their health care - the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut - the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars Who is asking for that??

@willbunch.bsky.social is a national treasure www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Kong for dogs inventor’s story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPr3...

"By rejecting passivity, Sanders is also doing more to actually put Republicans—who’ve recently been ordered to abandon town halls in the wake of mounting anger from their own voters—under pressure." Published March 11, 2025: https://trib.al/Eo7jNUO

It was the 3rd of June -- the greatest day in the history of American pop music www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZ_...

Did you hear the news 'bout Billie Joe?! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/searching-...

Gut-wrenching and liberating honesty.

On this first official day of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, attribution science of the Climate Shift Index shows unseasonably hot sea surface temperatures are made as much as 50 to 100 times MORE likely due to human-caused climate change. The data▶️ csi.climatecentral.org/ocean

*Eagle screech* 🦅🏳️‍🌈

"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger” an $18 Billion cut Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...

I bonded with a nēnē* today. *world’s rarest goose, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Unbelievable! Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware. #OnYourSide

From rural towns to big cities, every student deserves a shot. Title I and other federal programs aren’t extras—they’re lifelines. They fund the teachers, resources, and support kids need to thrive. Gutting that funding? That’s gutting their future. #HandsOffPublicSchools

Folks, Please don’t lose sight of the fact that the President is supposed to serve the American people. Not his pockets and his ego. We’re so deep in the mire that we’re losing even the memory of normal. Peanut farm, people. Peanut farm.

America First = America Alone Unprecedented: the U.S. is the only country out of 184 to see a drop in international tourism this year. Everyone else is rebounding. We’re projected to lose $12.5 billion in spending—jobs, small businesses, entire communities will feel this.