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Retired from teaching and NPS. Enjoying life with husband and dog in SC. Happy gramma. Trying to believe that my small actions will contribute to a revolution of love.
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"If we have faith, hope, and love, we can pass it on. If we work together, pray and stand together, we can create a new heaven and ease life for each other." #TheaBowman #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #LoveEachOther

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

Another fiery exchange from Judge Reyes in the trans military case:

He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn’t mean it. And if he did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.

apple.news/Am5rISRHMQ3i... Tax dollars for Trump propaganda. Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse!

Good crowd for the 50501 Protest in Columbia SC today!

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the United States Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant and how to express them: aclusc.org/immigration

"Maybe I am not making big changes in the world, but if I somehow helped or encouraged someone along the journey, then I have done what I am called to do." #TheaBowman #LoveEachOther

Knowledge is power…

Proud of these fearless NPS folks at Grand Canyon

Let’s be extremely clear about what is happening at USAID: The President is letting the wealthiest individual on the planet tear apart an organization that provides MEDICINE and FOOD to the poorest children on Earth.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

"That's what democracy is all about" - Elon Musk, unelected US official and Nazi oligarch🤡

Trump’s biggest corruption yet open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Robert Reich again explains the unexplainable

www.nteu.org/media-center... My union is very busy these days

www.smifsc.com/news/twfm-02... So proud of my church

The authoritarians & oligarchs benefit from us blaming eachother for the massive wealthy inequality in this country. Blame the corrupt billionaires, mega corporations, and big money in politics. Not your neighbor.

RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... More brilliance from Paul Krugman pkrugman.bsky.social

SC is full of roads that need repaired. SC ranks 42 in education. SC “misplaced” $1.8 billion. SC’s maternal mortality rate is higher than the national average. SC ranks in the top 10 for women murdered by men. The list goes on. SC has way more to worry about than banning DEI. #scpol

Autogolpe open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Brilliant piece! Don’t give up! Time for all of us to throw sand in the gears of the autogolpe!

www.govexec.com/workforce/20... www.govexec.com/workforce/20... Proud of my union

Please treat yourself for 4 min 25 secs. Watch the video created by NPS interns w/ images from National Parks & Maya Angelou reciting “And Still I Rise”. May her words wash over you & give you strength. This may not be available online much longer. www.nps.gov/subjects/nps...

Jesus wept (Jn 11:35). #PrayForAmerica

Ignore the media headlines reporting that freezing federal spending or shuttering federal agencies “raise questions” or “push boundaries.” It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.

The US Interior Department unveiled a suite of orders aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump's agenda to maximize domestic energy and minerals production and slash red tape reut.rs/4hpyuaS

NEW: Musk’s OPM claims the collective bargaining agreements governing remote work are null and void in the latest OPM Memo 1/

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.

NEW: I'm hearing from federal employees that they're being told to file a FOIA request if they want their employee records. Meaning they've been locked out of their records and have to file a Freedom of Information Act Request to get them. If you got this email, please contact me. Signal in bio.

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

Finally, we’re starting to see some fight. We need more of this 🔥 🚨Trump’s decision to shut down USAID has frozen critical work to deliver vital assistance around the globe, and put China in the driver’s seat.

robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...

We are here today to shine a light on the crime that is unfolding before our eyes and support our tremendous civil servants at U.S. AID. Follow live on C-SPAN here: www.c-span.org/event/news-c...

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-coup-is-...

What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?

open.substack.com/pub/asharang... Great explanation of some scary stuff

Building a massive migrant detention facility at Guantanamo would be a disastrous mistake.

Being pro-life is so much more than being pro-fetus. Republicans are pro-birth, they have never ever been pro-life.

A message to the US Senate: America is watching. Patel, Gabbard, and RFK are more than just unfit. They are a danger to our country, and to our people's safety. Use your vote to protect the people you represent. History will remember your choice.