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Wisco Garden Girl. Lifelong Community Organizer & Non Profit Leader. Lover of Clay. (Now & again singing tunes w my painter hubby, Guzzo Pinc, as Les Oiseaux). “hard times require furious dancing” - alice walker
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When I was a kid, a lot of people had bumper stickers that read l"if you think education is expensive, try ignorance." Well, here we go!

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

Trump would have known about these coordinates too.

The U.S. will be a superpower emeritus when Trump and Musk are done looting it. Three what-ifs that led to Citizens United and an America in existential crisis. Plus @tiffanymuller.bsky.social on how to fix it, if we can. My latest @thebulwark.bsky.social. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...

Only a judge can revoke a green card. The fact is that the Trump Administration is unlawfully detaining a permanent resident and refusing to tell his wife, his lawyer, or literally anyone where he is. If they can do it to him, they can do it to anyone. We need to stand up before it’s too late.

No one knows where he is. Let me repeat that: no one knows where he is. This is not normal. He is a green card holder. They did not have a warrant and they cannot revoke his green card status. This cannot go without response. Call your Senators and your rep and demand his release. Full stop.

The sick yet obvious conclusion to allowing people to be targeted for where they come from, how they worship or what they're named. This makes anyone who does not look, live or love like MAGA unsafe - and, yes, that includes Jews.

Mahmoud Khalil was abducted by this regime.

Dictatorship.

She’s become the wildcard. We’ll see.

London

NEW VIDEO: The Republican Party's voter suppression war machine grinds on and once again it is targeting student voting. Paige and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2CS...

"Never in history has a President of the United States surrendered to an enemy. "Never before has one supported an aggressor against an ally. "Never before has one trampled on the American Constitution... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

The former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service recently claimed that Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, when the 40-year-old real-estate mogul first visited Moscow. This now makes a total of three KGB agents—located in different places and speaking at different times—who agree on that.

"Washington Has Become the Court of Nero" open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Jen Rubin and Senator Chris Murphy talk American global influence and the fate of Ukraine ... he is on the money as usual open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If Donald Trump really cared about farmers, then he wouldn’t have cut off the programs that helped them and kept people fed.

Yes! Let’s fucking go!! If that bullshit speech last night was not enough to show he sees himself as a king…you haven’t been paying attention. He. Has. Got. To. Go.

Elon Musk and other Republican billionaires are funneling millions into a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Here’s why.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy.

Outrageous. The Trump Administration has already fired thousands of our nation’s heroes—now he’s set to fire even more and cut tens of thousands of jobs that help serve veterans every day across our country. What a disgrace to our veterans and their families. ⬇️

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:

Seems illegal. Impeach?

I know it's pointless to say this, but the Beneficial Ownership reporting is really simple to do. The only way it's an "absolute disaster" or "economic menace" is if you are fully aware that writing down your owners will produce criminal liability.

The summit in London has begun. European and NATO leaders have gathered to discuss the future of humanity and Ukraine, without the United States. This is the largest reconfiguration of nations since World War 2.

"It's not too late for the living." Incredible moment.

Folks in Stevens Point and Marshfield want a justice who will protect our communities and keep politicians like Brad Schimel—and his billionaire backer Elon Musk—out of our courts. Together, let’s elect Judge Crawford on April 1st.

The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

Macron: “But we must not forget one point—if anyone is playing the Third World War, it is Vladimir Putin. He was the one who started the war three years ago, and he brought 10,000 North Korean soldiers to European soil.”

Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now. Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings. I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them. Get local media there. Make it real.

Holy shit! The White House really is an arm of the Kremlin, and Trump is Putin’s asset. 🚨 The Kremlin praised the U.S. for changing its foreign policy to align with Moscow.

The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow. snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

God bless Vermont, Mad River and Warren/Waitsfield in particular

We NEED to win this race. It not only ensures a democratic WI Supreme Court majority here, but it’s one of the first real tests of this administration. We CANNOT let Elon buy this seat. If you don’t live here, there are other ways to get involved. @wisdems.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/wisdems/

Paradoxically, we have an extraordinary opportunity right now to show not tell that government - and by that I mean the actual people who watch over our roads/airports/food/water/air/products/public health etc - is essential to our lives. The regime is not "the government."

Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion. But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.

We are fighting to make high quality healthcare more affordable. House Republicans are determined to enact the biggest Medicaid cut in American history. We need everyone engaged to stop them.

I don’t … love doing video. (I actually hate it, I hate how I sound and look, it’s a problem for me.) That said, I couldn’t say no when @colinjones.bsky.social asked me to do a tight 23 on reports of Kathleen Kennedy leaving Lucasfilm. youtu.be/hLY80OK5nHw?...

In order to give $4.5 trillion in taxes to billionaires, Republicans are gutting: Medicaid, which over 70M Americans rely on SNAP, which 40M Americans rely on School lunches, which 30M kids rely on Housing assistance, which 5M families rely on Outrageous.

FINALLY one western nation is acting to root out Russian interference. Romania's investigations into Pro-Russian candidate Georgescu reveal another puppet of the Putin regime. $10,000,000 in cash, trips back and forth to Moscow, all the usual. Why can't other nations get serious about Russians?

@harrylitman.bsky.social is spot on about Bondi. She’s an antidemocratic force for evil, just less kooky than the rest of Trump’s ridiculous cabinet open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

Congressional District Impact of Medicaid Cuts - find your district: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...