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shirleycottle.bsky.social
Living in Wisconsin. Progressive.
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Friday Night Massacre in the Military open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... from Joyce White Vance

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Trump will do anything to appease Putin - always has and always will. Even James Taylor can see it. And we all know Trump lies non-stop, but by stating that Ukraine started this war, that is something only a delusional sociopath could possibly utter. #TraitorTrump

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MAGA is aggressively turning their own base against them. Only been a month. This is an addition to the thousands of jobs they've cut.

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The latest Democracy Index from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social tracks the escalating threats to democracy This week's top-lines: ‣ Trump declares himself “king” ‣ DOJ's threats of retribution ‣ Mass firings at FAA, FDA, & CDC threatens lives ‣ WH threatens press access

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roberthubbell.substack.com/p/live-with-...

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open.substack.com/pub/charliea... from Charlie Angus, Canadian MP

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For all my friends, 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸 and everywhere else! - we have to fight this TOGETHER.

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Elon posted this and soon after deleted it. Please share this far and wide!!

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Two special elections on April 1 could end Trump's control of Congress. If there was ever a race that needed even your smallest donation... it's this one. @joshweil.bsky.social is running against Trump/DeSantis' hand-picked ultra-maga extremist, Randy Fine, who will be a Trump rubber stamp.

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Hope @joniernst.bsky.social is happy! breakingdefense.com/2025/02/trum...

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Trump is replacing our entire military leadership with blind loyalist’s.

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Wisconsin peeps!!!! You have a big election on its way. Double check your voter registration. Talk to your neighbors. Super important to elect Judge Susan Crawford. 💙🩵💙🩵

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Guess we'll find out if that's true(:

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“President Donald Trump began a purge of the senior ranks of the United States armed forces in an apparent effort to intimidate the #military and create an officer corps personally loyal to him.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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NEWS: Right now, Republicans appearing at town halls around the country are being heckled and confronted by constituents. It is likely only just the beginning. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

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February 21, 2025

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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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Sounds like FDR had a window to 2025, doesn't it?

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wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc...

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As someone who sat through more than one hostile town hall in WI where tea party activists berated my then-boss about Obamacare, and I occasionally feared for my physical safety, I find these video clips so cathartic to watch.

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WOOHOO! A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered….I’m sure everything will be perfectly fine 😬 www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 76. 2/21/25. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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How is it that the racists, having just played the a race card, always accuse others of playing the race card?

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www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dont...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1I...

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It would be far less time-consuming to just document when he tells the truth. shorturl.at/tohgb

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open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

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This is how dictators talk.

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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...

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act.demandprogress.org/sign/save-np... Please consider signing.

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www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-on-...

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www.meidasplus.com/p/hakeem-jef...

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... from Heather Cox Richardson

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from Ron Filipkowski

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Medicare is under attack, too. Many seniors cannot physically travel easily. This new policy is cruel to inflict upon them and will increase burdens on doctors and nurses.

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Elon Musk fired thousands of IRS workers in tax season, hundreds of VA health researchers and countless other civil servants doing their jobs. This rampage throws the lives of civil servants into chaos and makes life harder for every American.

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Oath Keepers' ex-leader convicted of sedition now wants to work for FBI: NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder and former leader of the Oath Keepers, told reporters at CPAC Thursday that he would enjoy working for the FBI or for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.…

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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying to MAGA supporters about not touching Social Security and Medicare.

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