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Poetry and fiction author, artist, loves every kind of handicraft, loves Nature and the simple life; total introvert who pushes past my limits to foster justice and democracy. Have a decent voice, numerous cats, four hens, big garden. NO DMs!
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Fun fact: while Phony Stark and the DOGEbags are taking money from our veterans, the world’s poorest people and kids with cancer, Assistant President Poopy Pants has already spent nearly $11 million of our money… playing golf.

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

As of noon on Thursday, Trump was president for 31 full days. He spent all or part of 16 of those days at four Trump Organization properties. from @pbump.com: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

He's mad his lies about Ukraine were fact-checked by his own website so he wants to change the fact-checking system

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

Garcia: The fact that the Trump DOJ now wants to silence members of Congress because we’re actually willing to take on Elon Musk is quite dangerous. It’s incredibly disturbing. But we’re not going to be silenced. We’ve got to push back.

Weekend project: ▪️Download your social security administration info and most recent statement ▪️Lock/freeze your credit with all three reporting agencies ▪️If you have student/loans, download all info on those ▪️Set a reminder to pull your credit report in a few months

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

Just more proof that this Administration doesn’t care if we survive it…

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

Welcome back, Cathy.

NEW: Nonprofits and unions sue to prevent DOGE from accessing personal taxpayer data from the IRS like social security numbers and bank account info. The groups said the access could also unfairly reveal info to Musk about his competitors' businesses.

A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain told NBC News. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...

NEW 👀: As predicted, Judge Ho has ordered a hearing for 2 p.m. this Wednesday to explore why the DOJ has moved to dismiss the charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

Hillmantok is TikTok's own HCBU: TikTok University, a place where users share educational content is becoming a hub for Black educators, with the help of HillmanTok University. Why it matters: As the Trump administration cuts DEI staff and corporations follow suit, TikTok users are increasingly…

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... THIS is excellent article!!

Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?

trump, by the numbers: 3 days since flood 2 days of golfing 11 laps in Daytona $5 million taxpayer dollars 14 dead in Kentucky 77 Truth Social posts ZERO posts about the Kentucky victims. NOT. ONE.

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

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

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

Musk wants to inspect our IRS data to catch everyday Americans committing tax fraud—an overreach of DOGE’s power. Personal tax data has nothing to do with government efficiency.

If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.

A top Social Security Administration official resigned after clashing with Musk staffers over access to sensitive personal records. They sought entry into an internal system containing Americans’ private data. Thank you, Michelle, for resisting—and for your 30 years of service.

and proving AI is inaccurate??

KOIN 6 www.koin.com/news/protest...

I had it decades ago; it's hellish. Even TX MAGAs don't deserve it. And innocent children surely don't.