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carlenemgadapee.bsky.social
Coffee-dependent poet and teacher. Chapbook, What to Keep, due out early 2025 from Finishing Line Press.
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Review the Declaration of Independence, with an eye towards the list in the middle. Time to issue it again? www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

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Let's say their names: * General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK * Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE * Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE All replaced by less qualified white guys.

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My little book is out in the world! You can order one from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social

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“Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants. And do your homework.” --Maggie Kuhn

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NEW non-clarifying clarifications about Elon Musk's employee status filed just now in a NM-led lawsuit: —Musk, as a presidential senior adviser, "has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself." He is also not DOGE's administrator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."

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Mike Pence posted this. It’s powerful.

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Is this next? Is this a promise he's made? By disenfranchising women/others who have changed their legal name, it would eliminate a lot of voters (unless they get a passport, at 160.00). Add to that other voter suppression tactics, and we are in for a dictatorship. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Nature's parallels: carlenegadapee.blogspot.com/2025/02/brow...

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Here's a wasteful line item: T's golfing trips. It would be interesting to see if the First Family had to live on an austerity budget like the rest of us are told we'll have to. His play time ought to come from his own pocket, not ours.

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Posting poems and fun facts for the interim. Here's a favorite from Shelley: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45118/...

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Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care

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Spent part of the afternoon contacting my reps in Congress. We cannot survive four years of this. What is Congress going to do about this situation? This chaos is untenable, and he's burning us down.

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With the terrible tragedy over the skies of D.C., it’s time to prioritize safety. Trump must end the hiring freeze on air traffic controllers and restore the aviation safety advisory committee he dismantled on Jan 22.

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This helps a lot. www.facebook.com/share/p/1E1R...

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Today's the day I take a few poems out for a walk in public! I'll be reading three little poems at the Open Mic today, 2-4 pm, Littleton Food Coop.

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I’m glad he said it!

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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.

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