Profile avatar
cookmom.bsky.social
Retired RN, Mom of 3, (twins +1), Grandmother of 1. Animal lover. News junkie. Fierce Democrat. Foodie. Passionate about coffee and dark chocolate.
655 posts 2,750 followers 679 following
Prolific Poster

"No shells? We’ll take up rifles. No rifles? We’ll grab shovels.” apnews.com/article/ukra...

From Rachel Cohen at Vox on twitter: this video of Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet is playing in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development cafeteria this morning (per source at HUD)

Yep

Thanks to @joshtpm.bsky.social for posting a link to this piece this weekend -- absolutely worth reading: www.hidesertstar.com/deserttrail/...

"If the GOP could pull Trump’s dick out of their mouths long enough for the oxygen to return to their brains, they might see how batshit crazy it is to run a govt like this... But that would require a spine and these Republicans have the collective courage of a baby deer caught in a 6-lane highway."

A headline in Politico today: “GOP lawmakers expected to vote soon on slashing the insurance program for low-income people represent tens of millions reliant on it.” It’s hard to believe that the poorest people voted for this.

Cherry Hill, New Jersey:

Coinbase donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Now, his administration is dropping its lawsuit against Coinbase.

Conspiracy theories catch hold because the world is a hot mess, and they’re simple, easy-to-believe explanations. And there’s often just enough truth to make them believable.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Macron, with Trump scowling next to him, says "the aggressor is Russia"

Correct

Republican Congressman Mark Alford is hearing from his constituents in Missouri loud and clear today: Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Elon Musk has got to go! (via Brian Johnson / KMBC)

What a surprise

Prague. Today. 🇺🇦🤝🇨🇿

Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) is asked by his constituents when he is going to start upholding his Oath of Office

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

Update: Yes, Grok was compromised by a Musk agent.

After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired on February 14, staff banded together to signal “dire distress” by draping an upside-down American flag from the 3,000-foot summit of Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan monolith.

✋🏻

@Maddow will interview @hakeem-jeffries tonight 2/24. You'll be able to catch it also on YouTube.

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

Do Americans want to be aligned with Russia against all of our traditional allies in Europe and Asia? I don't think so

New in PN: Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud "With nothing to show for its efforts to find actual fraud, it has become clear that DOGE is the enforcement arm of a Trump administration that has no interest in working with Congress to implement its policy priorities."

In issuing the temporary restraining order, the judge said DOGE’s access to the data breached federal privacy laws and posed irreparable harm to plaintiffs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

National park layoffs hit Utah's Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef... Trump workforce cuts have reached Utah's wildly popular national parks... https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatTrumpHasDone/comments/1iueu6r/national_park_layoffs_hit_utahs_zion_bryce_canyon/

“Fraud” is a crime. We’re still waiting for all the arrests. ⏰ www.publicnotice.co/p/despite-th...

Whoever puts this on their list of five things they did this week should get the employee of the year award

"The goalposts for DOGE have silently moved from finding fraud and corruption to simply pointing out and cancelling government programs that Trump and Republicans simply don’t support." -- @justinglawe.bsky.social

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - US fails to get the UN to approve its resolution seeking to end the war in Ukraine without mentioning Russian aggression.

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court issues TRO blocking the Department of Education and OPM from disclosing personal information to DOGE. Visit www.democracydocket.com for breaking democracy news.

I told y'all this would happen. To hang on if you've been fired bc it could be overturned or reversed. They're so messed up they don't even know what they're cutting. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Another judge enters a TRO to prohibit disclosure of personal information to DOGE, in a case brought by teachers, veterans & others. The TRO lasts until March 10, with a hearing on further steps scheduled for later this month. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Share away

Measles outbreak tops Page One in Dallas @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...

The enemy from within strikes again. Our president which is a KGB asset puts Americans lives at risk once again. CIA scrambles after White House email compromises undercover officers' names. www.rawstory.com/cia-officers...

Breaking News: Scientists from the University of the Basque Country have discovered a groundbreaking molecule, WIN55.212-2, that reverses early cognitive damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

ON THE RECORD

Hahahahahahahaha

OMG

In case it wasn’t clear before, the U.S. is officially aligned with Russia

Breaking: The Supreme Court has declined to consider overturning a 25-year-old precedent that upheld "buffer zone" laws — limiting how close protesters can get to abortion clinic entrances. It's a serious setback for abortion opponents. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

JFC

For those of you who watched the video of an Idaho woman experiencing handmaid‘s tale treatment, now is the time to decide what you would do in that situation—whether it's you or whether you're nearby when this happens to someone else. We are in a moment where we all have to decide who we are.

This is what the world thinks about us.

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared. Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Headlines matter. Nicely done, Melanie.

Here’s the new Deputy Director of the FBI. 👇