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Lover of freedom, civil rights, and democracy, mother of two feminist sons, servant of two cats, hiker, nature lover, trail camera enthusiast, birder, amateur photographer, finds fungi and slime molds cool, hugs trees, pro Oxford comma
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One day, two protests: Providence, RI at noon, and South Kingstown, RI at 3 PM. @maddow.msnbc.com @socoresistance.bsky.social @indivisibleri.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Our multiplier on signups was about 8x. Incredible.

Over 5 million people turning out for the nationwide protests on Saturday was absolutely amazing—and these protests were in really nasty weather here and in a lot of the country!

Providence, RI #HandsOff @indivisibleri.bsky.social @socoresistance.bsky.social

THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

@socoresistance.bsky.social Wakefield, Rhode Island

Two protests in one day: Providence at noon, and Wakefield at four. Such amazing energy from the crowd— we are fed up and fired up! #HandsOff

This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.

I don’t have to agree with the Gaza protestors to defend their right to protest. And I don’t have to want Venezuelan gang members to be here on our soil, to defend their right to due process. Either we are a nation of laws or we are not. And if we are not, then all is lost.

This is important.

In the wake of Trump supposedly "voiding" Biden pardons, I'm re-upping my recent newsletter asking why major media won't address Trump's mental unfitness. They had no problem going there with Biden, who was simply old, not deranged.

Trump CANNOT legally reverse Biden’s pardons. The bigger question is what improper and illegal actions will be taken by Trump’s DOJ and FBI that would fly in the face of those Biden pardons.

SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.

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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.

holy shit. in a world of Schumers be a McGee.

Many on this platform get the full threat Trump poses while others who are great allies still suffer from a "failure of imagination" when it comes to Trump. You can't view Trump through the prism of how the US Constitution or laws will protect you. You must understand none of that matters now.

Everything we have stood around the world going back 80 years - collective security, honoring alliances, helping friends & allies, feeding the hungry, treating & curing diseases, humanitarian aid, the rule of law, broadcasting truthful news to people who can’t get it - all gone.

Folks should take a look at JD Vance’s Twitter timeline & then think about how the national press has covered him vs. how they covered VP Harris. Racial & gender bias are a heckuva drug for some in the political press.

"The slope toward lawlessness is a slippery one, and we have an administration that is eagerly leading us down it. There are still footholds we can grab onto...But we are already part way down the hill, and the pace of decline is accelerating." www.thebulwark.com/p/past-alarm...

March 5, 2025:

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家. This is our city. We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone. #Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.

Something to remind you It's a world worth saving

The NOAA layoffs aren't just crude, they're a direct attack on US capacity to do climate science by firing highly productive young researchers. @zachlabe.com has an insanely strong publication history, part of the Fresh eyes CMIP team, WMO task teams etc. /1 www.gfdl.noaa.gov/zachary-labe/

We need to tax them until they bleed

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February 27, 2025

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If you haven't yet, make an account with Social Security dot gov. See how much you've paid into SS over your lifetime. It's YOUR money that you've loaned to the government until your retirement. It's not a fucking "entitlement" beyond the fact that only YOU are entitled to it. Elon Musk is not.

The deeper X and Meta go into the propaganda business, the more I keep thinking one day I’ll open my phone and Bluesky will be gone due to some very targeted presidential EO.

I just froze my credit on all three credit services. It's free and fast. Just saying....

February 18, 2025