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17+ yrs American expat uni teacher & reluctant returnee. IR, politics, history, philosophy, science, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, deceptive language analysis. Always learning. Democrat. Global citizen. Happily married.
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COCO GAUFF WINS THE FRENCH OPEN 🏆 The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.

submitted 8 hours ago • 76 comments

ha ha fuck you TODD

submitted 8 hours ago • 307 comments

⚡️Ukraine refutes Russia’s claims of disrupting POW exchange. "If the Russian side is now backing away from what was promised in Istanbul, it raises serious questions about the reliability and capability of their negotiating team," Ukraine's Defense Ministry said on June 7.

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

He is correct. This is not right. Reform has been delayed endlessly in the name of partisanship. But what we call for now—humanity and empathy—isn’t about legislation. It’s about moral leadership. About seeing people, not problems.

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Trump & MAGA don't want you to see this. The Big Bill that Kills. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

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Is MAGA ok with this? @GOP www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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If Sen. Jodi Ernst's net worth was investigated (she's worth an estimated $7M), I'd wager investigative journalists would find a lot of grift.

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Join us for #NoKings protest June 14th noon #MomSky

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

This is where our tax dollars have gone. Medicaid fraud by the owners of a Miami based healthcare company. The felon pardons criminals and now he is pushing for an investigation into Biden's pardons.#VoteBlue #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

submitted 9 hours ago • 15 comments

Sure, after Ashli Babbitt’s family was awarded our taxpayer dollars, the Proud Boys want in on the grift. Fuck no! 🤬 Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million in restitution for Jan. 6 convictions www.inquirer.com/politics/pro...

submitted 9 hours ago • 120 comments

The US is governed by the worst of the worst. Americans are living in a kakistocracy.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

If you wanted to destroy America, you'd do exactly what Trump is doing.

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"Veterans know the layoffs aren’t about saving money. They’re about weakening the institution and ultimately privatizing and gutting VA disability funding, as spelled out in Project 2025." share.google/pz6mLWSzZIYC...

submitted 10 hours ago • 481 comments

Excellent question.

submitted 10 hours ago • 538 comments

“Why are these police dressed like they’re going into combat” Cause we gave them the clothes and the gear. There was a very public discussion about it.

submitted 11 hours ago • 91 comments

Since the AG doesn't seem to be getting ethics guidance from her team these days, I wanted to make sure she has the rule in the Justice Manual in front of her, which expressly prohibits this.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1033 comments

Daily reminder: It's not the Big Beautiful Bill. It's the Big Bill that Kills.

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submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

Authoritarian Trump is something, isn't he? Their cuts to emergency services, this administration is pro death.

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go.bsky.app/2g7d8qu To all who think 47 is some kind of genius I have to break the news to you, he never has been. He never made his own money. He lost most of it. He is a fraud and all who support his cabinet in the senate. Time to vote them out. Follow and fight back

submitted 4 days ago • 59 comments

Media, frame the truth: The Big Beautiful Bill is The Big Bill that Kills. Republicans are MAGA. Israeli attacks are war crimes. President Trump is just Trump or authoritarian Trump. Tariffs are taxes. Call it what it is media. Stop the lies.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Phang: It says, “Both major candidates have vowed to pursue a constitutional amendment to curtail the power of the president. The most decisive factor influencing voter sentiment appears to be the issues of martial law and impeachment.” So why the hell are we not doing the same damn thing here?

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

Ah, but Sen. Ernst, we don’t want people to die before they’re supposed to. Or perhaps you do?

submitted 6 days ago • 500 comments

Tonight’s #FridayLimericks go to Peter Thiel, avowed enemy of democracy. While we fight to bring fascists to heel, Keep an eye on one Peter A. Thiel. Spending cash in the dark Makes his power more stark— With an oligarch’s smug, even keel.

submitted 7 days ago • 90 comments