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themarli.bsky.social
Personal account and opinions. Gen X mother of two near-adults, local elected official, global content director, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally, and proud woke liberal. Can't cook or hold a tune. Lover of books 📚, coffee ☕, conversation, and news (the real stuff).
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He nails it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1550 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 1 day ago • 1090 comments

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

submitted 5 days ago • 1196 comments

THIS

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Rallied along a busy street in what I'd describe as a reddish-purple suburb. Not only did we line an entire block and half with over 100 protesters, the honks and waves were at least 15 to 1 in favor of democracy. Let's keep this momentum. #HeyHoElonMuskHasGotToGo

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Who else thinks Dave Grohl needs to rename the band Führer Fighter for the next 4 years.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 8 days ago • 2785 comments

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

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submitted 13 days ago • 823 comments

Important. Listen to the end. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2kPnjBs/

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science

submitted 15 days ago • 319 comments

I am on board.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

@mrskathleenallen.bsky.social Welcome. You'll love it here!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Bwhahaha

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Well played, President Claudia Sheinbaum, for committing troops already at the border since 2021, knowing perfectly well President Man Baby would have no idea and take it as a win.

submitted 20 days ago • 1068 comments

makes perfect sense but also wild to see retaliation focused on red states

submitted 21 days ago • 184 comments

This makes my day! Time for your voices. What's happening now will have the biggest impact on their lifetimes. It's about time we give them a voice at the table.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Highly recommend the ground.news app! It's fascinating to see which publications are picking up what stories, the slant of those publications and what isn't even being reported on at all by the right or the left.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

We used to all hold our breath hoping a shooter wasn’t a Muslim or a trans person. Now we gotta worry if the air traffic controller was Black?! Do you see how far they have moved the window?

submitted 23 days ago • 689 comments

submitted 24 days ago • 630 comments

I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.

submitted 24 days ago • 672 comments

THIS

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Great reporting:

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Bought our Billy Idol/Joan Jett tickets for September!! My Gen X heart is squealing with joy.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

submitted 29 days ago • 920 comments

Yep, that tracks.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

If there is any silver lining in this whole time, it's that fence-sitting, wishy-washy local officials true colors will start to show.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments