@99silver.bsky.social
Big city blue retiree (former teacher)
There is no planet B.
There is no planet B.
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I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids.
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
jojofromjerz.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids.
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
As a boomer who taught AP Gov & Politics to HS students, I am continually astounded (& saddened) by the 'adult' opinions regarding how (& what) our elected officials should be doing to counter the clusterfuck we currently live in.
September 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
As a boomer who taught AP Gov & Politics to HS students, I am continually astounded (& saddened) by the 'adult' opinions regarding how (& what) our elected officials should be doing to counter the clusterfuck we currently live in.
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The world feels heavy and impossible to fix sometimes, but the core of what we need hasn't changed. It really is this simple: 💙
September 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The world feels heavy and impossible to fix sometimes, but the core of what we need hasn't changed. It really is this simple: 💙
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Ryan O’Neill
"What I imagine is playing in Vader’s head while he swings."
"What I imagine is playing in Vader’s head while he swings."
July 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Ryan O’Neill
"What I imagine is playing in Vader’s head while he swings."
"What I imagine is playing in Vader’s head while he swings."
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Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in:
California
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
California
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
July 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in:
California
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
California
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
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Honestly, this doesn’t seem like nearly enough considering all the cyber bullying that has occurred on Meta’s social media platforms.
#SheShed
#ViVaHerAlliance
#SheShed
#ViVaHerAlliance
I’m trying to care. Truly, I am. But, so far, nothing is working . . .
July 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Honestly, this doesn’t seem like nearly enough considering all the cyber bullying that has occurred on Meta’s social media platforms.
#SheShed
#ViVaHerAlliance
#SheShed
#ViVaHerAlliance
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SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van.
Gift link in reply.
Gift link in reply.
July 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van.
Gift link in reply.
Gift link in reply.
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Generally, federal law requires that any time someone accesses systems that contain sensitive information, like personally identifiable information (PII), logs of their account and activity should be kept for 6 years. the NLRB deleted this information about a month after DOGE members left.
July 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Generally, federal law requires that any time someone accesses systems that contain sensitive information, like personally identifiable information (PII), logs of their account and activity should be kept for 6 years. the NLRB deleted this information about a month after DOGE members left.
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Here is a verified gofundme for his family: gofund.me/bf251d4ee
July 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Here is a verified gofundme for his family: gofund.me/bf251d4ee
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If you aren’t a TPS holder yourself or have a loved one who is a TPS holder, know that TPS holders are essential to your daily life too.
We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
In today’s Starting Point, Massachusetts health care operators are expressing alarm over the Supreme Court ruling siding with the Trump administration’s effort to end immigration protections for Syrians and Haitians.
Who will take care of our older and disabled people? - The Boston Globe
Health care operators in Mass. express alarm from the Trump administration's effort to remove Haitians here.
trib.al
July 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
If you aren’t a TPS holder yourself or have a loved one who is a TPS holder, know that TPS holders are essential to your daily life too.
We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
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This you, Mother Jones?
July 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This you, Mother Jones?
Seriously.
I think I would admit my own role in elevating Platner if I were a major political magazine, before going after "Democrats".
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why the scandal-ridden Democrat with a Nazi tattoo won Maine’s Senate primary
According to the Stony Brook sociology professor who wrote the book unpacking why wokeness is a dead end.
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Seriously.
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CHICAGO!
Your alders have a chance to DO SOMETHING to say no to ICE and ICE enablers, and as it stands right now, they aren’t going to take it. They just hope you don’t notice.
Come to this tomorrow:
Your alders have a chance to DO SOMETHING to say no to ICE and ICE enablers, and as it stands right now, they aren’t going to take it. They just hope you don’t notice.
Come to this tomorrow:
July 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
CHICAGO!
Your alders have a chance to DO SOMETHING to say no to ICE and ICE enablers, and as it stands right now, they aren’t going to take it. They just hope you don’t notice.
Come to this tomorrow:
Your alders have a chance to DO SOMETHING to say no to ICE and ICE enablers, and as it stands right now, they aren’t going to take it. They just hope you don’t notice.
Come to this tomorrow:
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I just checked again and still no major or even minor news outlet has even breathed her name.
27yo, Tonea Nicole Miller was found hanging from a tree after going to Florida for Juneteenth.
She is another in long line of lynchings that police quickly declared suicides over the years.
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She is another in long line of lynchings that police quickly declared suicides over the years.
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June 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I just checked again and still no major or even minor news outlet has even breathed her name.
"So no discrimination of anyone"
Jimmy Carter 💙
Jimmy Carter 💙
June 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"So no discrimination of anyone"
Jimmy Carter 💙
Jimmy Carter 💙
Not surprised. But totally in awe.
Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!
June 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Not surprised. But totally in awe.
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So is Vance going to use grandpa’s confusion between million/billion to kick off his campaign?
June 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
So is Vance going to use grandpa’s confusion between million/billion to kick off his campaign?
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This isn't just about Laverne, this is a story of trans people being purged from all facets of employment. The functional unemployment rate for trans people is roughly 30% or higher. Trump has made it convenient for companies to not hire trans people at all.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Laverne Cox Has Lost 90% of Her Income and Blames Trump’s ‘Regime’ for Attacking ‘Gender Ideology and DEI’
Laverne Cox says the Trump regime's attacks on gender ideology and DEI has cost her speaking engagements and teaching jobs.
variety.com
June 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This isn't just about Laverne, this is a story of trans people being purged from all facets of employment. The functional unemployment rate for trans people is roughly 30% or higher. Trump has made it convenient for companies to not hire trans people at all.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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June 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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One day after Trump’s lawless ICE operation traumatized kids on school grounds in Baltimore, we learn they’re harassing DMV-area nonprofits for information about immigrant CHILDREN.
This does nothing to make us safer.
No child should live in fear of ICE’s violence.
This does nothing to make us safer.
No child should live in fear of ICE’s violence.
Trump administration deploys federal agents to intimidate legal services nonprofits representing unaccompanied immigrant children
Washington, DC, June 12, 2026 – Over the past 48 hours, in the latest example of intimidation tactics, agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
amicacenter.org
June 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
One day after Trump’s lawless ICE operation traumatized kids on school grounds in Baltimore, we learn they’re harassing DMV-area nonprofits for information about immigrant CHILDREN.
This does nothing to make us safer.
No child should live in fear of ICE’s violence.
This does nothing to make us safer.
No child should live in fear of ICE’s violence.
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Just updating the ol pinned tour graphic, as I am periodically wont to do. Come see me out there on the trail. I hear it’s dusty.
March 19, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Just updating the ol pinned tour graphic, as I am periodically wont to do. Come see me out there on the trail. I hear it’s dusty.
💙 Los Lobos!
April 24, 2026
@loslobos.org’s Native Sons premiered in Los Angeles at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Xavier Becerra delivered remarks before a Q&A with co-directors & Los Lobos. The evening ended with a live performance by the band.
That’s Xavier & Carolina dancing in the aisles.
@loslobos.org’s Native Sons premiered in Los Angeles at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Xavier Becerra delivered remarks before a Q&A with co-directors & Los Lobos. The evening ended with a live performance by the band.
That’s Xavier & Carolina dancing in the aisles.
May 29, 2026 at 6:53 PM
💙 Los Lobos!