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Proud grandma of nonverbal autistic grandson. I'm a geeky granny (Magic the Gathering and RPG) disc golf. Favorite Authors: Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Lee Child. Pro Democracy! Prepare for the worst. HOPE for the best🐈🌻 Go Chiefs!🏈
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As a global leader in medical technology, Philips understands the value of doing business in Minnesota. I visited their headquarters in the Netherlands to learn how their recent expansion in Plymouth is supporting innovation and creating good-paying jobs.

TRUTH…

The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.  Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.  Trickle down economics was always a hoax.

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Five things I did last week: •rooted for Canada •called my Representative •bought local •flipped off a Cyber Truck •didn’t give a shit about pronouns

A brief word today at the end of the fifth horrific week of Trump 2.0. We are witnessing the transformation of our democracy into a dictatorship (or, as Trump enjoyed promoting this week, a monarchy). https://robertreich.substack.com/p/from-democracy-to-dictatorship

It’s one of the smartest things they could do. They don’t have to leave D. Just post here first and engage. They never engage there. They can actually talk to people here. And yes there are republicans and independents on here. Many Republicans hate Toxicity too.

I don’t ask for favors too often but I have one today. Harry Dunn and I have a podcast and it’s free to subscribe. Please take a moment: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

The official policy of the United States of America is that having values or believing in the rule of law is the equivalent to having a fetish for watching your wife get nailed by a stranger. That’s Trumpism.

Democracy Docket now has more than 350,000 subscribers who receive its daily and weekly newsletters straight to their inboxes. Become one today, for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

Followed a whole bunch of people who liked my post - because these are the kind of people you want to have as friends. Good, caring people. Unlike that hoard of sociopaths that are currently running our country.

Elon getting ratioed on his own platform 👌

A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire." America is under attack right now.

Wow! Check this out! Gov employees started a website to debunk the attacks on them! This is HUGE! www.wethebuilders.org

The Mad King Had A Bad Week - The Economy Is Slowing, Inflation Is Rising, His Poll Numbers/Consumer Confidence Are Falling And Folks Are Starting To Rise Up open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...

“Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular.” — Timothy Snyder

I’m positive you all saw the video from Coeur d’Alene, where a woman was pulled out of her seat and arrested by men who claimed to be sheriff deputies, but were not in uniform. I need the men to do something: When you see a woman being abused, step in. Step up. Get in the way. Put your body to use.

I’ve been targeted for death in a bomb threat received at the Principles First Summit where I spoke today. To be clear, I’ve been threatened by far more capable people during my career. It won’t stop my advocacy for democracy and the Constitution: x.com/Acosta/statu...

Yosemite National Park workers hang distress flag to protest Trump and Musk coming for their jobs.

The @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference was just evacuated due to a bomb threat. This is after Enrique Tarrio and members of the Proud Boys showed up and tried to disrupt the conference yesterday.

Can't imagine where they got the idea, but earlier in the week, the White House comms director posted (and then reposted) this.

He's terrorizing federal workers. Some agencies have instructed employees to answer the email, some have advised against it, and some unions have said to hold tight for further instructions. All the while, no one is sure the right thing to do to keep their job.

chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you

Obama knew

Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.” RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!

They learned something from their first term. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles. So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.

Remember when Senator Banks attacked a president who wasn’t engaged in litigation against almost half a dozen press outlets and stayed silent against one who was?

I'll tell you what I didn't get done last week. I didn't fire every federal employee and/or agency investigating my companies for unethical and illegal conduct. You?

“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”

Is Donald Trump going to respond to Musk’s email and report on what he did last week? To help, I’ve gone ahead and done it for him. A thread:

IF you can afford to go longer than 24 hours, please do so. The longer they go without OUR acquiescence, the better for our movement!

Curious as to what the GOP in Michigan thinks about the cost to women and others whose names don’t match their birth certificate? Listen to Congressman Tim Walberg answer a direct question about the SAVE act. Call your congressman today to share your outrage. And shame on Tim Walberg.

Damn @sanders.senate.gov. Just when I compliment you, I looked for info on the event. NONE HERE. But multiple posts on X. WTF. You obviously don’t care to engage. Just look at the quality of replies you get over there.

This is how our government has been corrupted:  1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.  2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.  3) Donors make a huge profit.  4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Mark Cuban: way to battle disinformation is to flood the zone/overwhelm the algorithms on the platforms. #PrinciplesFirst @principlesfirst.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social

The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice. The result is demagoguery and corruption.

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

OPMs email servers trying to hold back all the external troll emails they’re getting in response to DOGE.