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Retired professor and musician, mother, partner, and Nana. I believe in #animalrescue, advocate for #humanrights, #womensrights, #LGTBQ+, #blacklives, #guncontrol, and #democrats. No PMs. 🦋🐝🐳🦚🦩🌍🌈💙
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This is how it’s done.

Worst. Episode. EVER.

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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.

This is really something

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"

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

🚨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!

Carville: USAID spent $41 billion the federal budget is 6 trillion. Actually comes to something like .014%. So take that and put it against the 6 trillion and see what you have done when your president is responsible for more federal debt than any president in the history of the United States.

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

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

I don't and won't respect the office of the president. He tried to kill me and my coworkers. Ill never forgive or respect him 🖕🏽 you Donald.

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Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it. Her on air support is truly important

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

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Elon claims trillions in social security went to dead people but instead of holding hearings on that today and having him and DOGE testify under oath, Republicans are filing bills to put Trump’s face on Mt. Rushmore & make his birthday a holiday. DON’T THEY CARE ABOUT OUR MONEY!

Well, no, WAPO, I will not renew as you continue to show your #TrueColors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...

Less than a month since a crash that took 67 lives, Trump is firing hundreds of federal employees who inspect and maintain air traffic control communications, radio and computer systems.  This is extremely dangerous and could have deadly consequences. www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

Can you #foster or #adopt to help swollen shelter populations of #dogs? Even temporary housing can make such a difference! #OTATPDX

❝ #TaylorSwift ဗီူ♥️

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

There is only a pretense of #faith. There is only a pretense of #familyvalues. There is only a pretense of #govtwaste. There is only a pretense of #lowerprices. There is no pretense of #racism, #facism, and #powergrabbing. We the People are facing a crisis.

I was hoping that my first bsky post would be more cheerful. I recently joined NIH (NIEHS) as a PO. I fought hard for this position and was so excited to support health science from a new vantage point… I picked up my life and moved to NC. Unfortunately, my time at NIEHS was short lived.

I heard y'all wanted some nematodes? Here's one I filmed in Antarctica. Scottnema lindsayae, female, an endemic species. Video made possible thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 🧪 🦠

Two gigantic canyons on the Moon were carved by streams of impacting rocks within 10 minutes, suggests research in Nature Communications. These analyses provide further insights into an area of the Moon that will be crucial in upcoming space missions. https://go.nature.com/4gm7J5G 🧪 🔭

I know—let’s boycott #Tesla!

It’s a cliché to say it—and no two historical scenarios offer a perfectly compelling analogy—but what each American is doing now is what they’d be doing were they a German living in Germany and were it 1936-38 There’s no more doubt about who the appeasers or the bad guys are—they’re in the open now

Well said.

“My take on what we need to do right now is this: stay informed about what’s happening nationally, and get engaged locally.” joycevance.substack.com/p/the-courts...

“Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.

This is the way.

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

Doing great 👍

You know who made no attempts to cover up his admiration of Putin and Kim Jon Un. Now he’s behaving like them. Remind me, why did y’all vote for him?

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

Isabelle says she hopes you find some joy in your weekend. #adoptdontshop #rescuedismyfavoritebreed #dogs #dogsofbluesky