Whitney
@boxem180.bsky.social
Former librarian. Current nonprofit ED. Potter, dog mom, raging liberal.
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
June 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Pres. Obama at the Jackson service:
"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope. Each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."
"If we don't step up, no one else will. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him."
"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope. Each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."
"If we don't step up, no one else will. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him."
March 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Pres. Obama at the Jackson service:
"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope. Each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."
"If we don't step up, no one else will. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him."
"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope. Each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."
"If we don't step up, no one else will. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him."
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Joy Reid: “Attention all MAGA trolls — your bullshit is not welcome here. And to paraphrase one of my favorite actors in the world, Robert De Niro — ‘f**k y'all’
We're here to hear the truth & to hear from impacted people — so go back & pay attention to your orange lying friend”
We're here to hear the truth & to hear from impacted people — so go back & pay attention to your orange lying friend”
February 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Joy Reid: “Attention all MAGA trolls — your bullshit is not welcome here. And to paraphrase one of my favorite actors in the world, Robert De Niro — ‘f**k y'all’
We're here to hear the truth & to hear from impacted people — so go back & pay attention to your orange lying friend”
We're here to hear the truth & to hear from impacted people — so go back & pay attention to your orange lying friend”
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The State of the Union …🔻
February 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The State of the Union …🔻
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“.. QuitGPT is the first true consumer-driven, social-political movement against AI .. it is a first sign of a crack developing in the AI race.”
- Fed Watch Advisors
@markruffalo.bsky.social
quitgpt.org
- Fed Watch Advisors
@markruffalo.bsky.social
quitgpt.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“.. QuitGPT is the first true consumer-driven, social-political movement against AI .. it is a first sign of a crack developing in the AI race.”
- Fed Watch Advisors
@markruffalo.bsky.social
quitgpt.org
- Fed Watch Advisors
@markruffalo.bsky.social
quitgpt.org
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
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Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
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BREAKING
Three Minnesota federal prosecutors have resigned over the DOJ’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and its reluctance to investigate the shooter.
Full Story: bit.ly/4btm9SD
Three Minnesota federal prosecutors have resigned over the DOJ’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and its reluctance to investigate the shooter.
Full Story: bit.ly/4btm9SD
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING
Three Minnesota federal prosecutors have resigned over the DOJ’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and its reluctance to investigate the shooter.
Full Story: bit.ly/4btm9SD
Three Minnesota federal prosecutors have resigned over the DOJ’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and its reluctance to investigate the shooter.
Full Story: bit.ly/4btm9SD
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“On the one hand, it feels weird to say the US government is attempting some low-key ethnic cleansing.
On the other hand, we have a masked secret police force attempting to kidnap brown people; one government agency daydreaming about deporting 100 million people…”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
On the other hand, we have a masked secret police force attempting to kidnap brown people; one government agency daydreaming about deporting 100 million people…”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Nazi Slogans Are Not an Accident
How many Americans actually want a race war?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“On the one hand, it feels weird to say the US government is attempting some low-key ethnic cleansing.
On the other hand, we have a masked secret police force attempting to kidnap brown people; one government agency daydreaming about deporting 100 million people…”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
On the other hand, we have a masked secret police force attempting to kidnap brown people; one government agency daydreaming about deporting 100 million people…”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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REMINDER: The Trump administration was required by law to release all the Epstein files by Dec 19 and still has not released 99% of the files
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
REMINDER: The Trump administration was required by law to release all the Epstein files by Dec 19 and still has not released 99% of the files
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Trump is turning Minnesota into a test case for federal abuse of power. After lies, raids, and a deadly ICE escalation, Tim Walz is done campaigning and ready to fight back.
Donald Trump Has Declared War On Minnesota—And Tim Walz Is Ready
Trump's most devastating war might be the one he's waging right here at home
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Trump is turning Minnesota into a test case for federal abuse of power. After lies, raids, and a deadly ICE escalation, Tim Walz is done campaigning and ready to fight back.
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We must stop trying to make rational sense out of what Trump is doing. He is a ruthless dictator, plan and simple.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-foreign-and-domestic-policies
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-foreign-and-domestic-policies
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
We must stop trying to make rational sense out of what Trump is doing. He is a ruthless dictator, plan and simple.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-foreign-and-domestic-policies
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-foreign-and-domestic-policies
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Would only take 1-2 MN state highway snowplows making an “oopsy woopsy” snowbank in the wrong place to keep ICE foot bound until spring
January 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Would only take 1-2 MN state highway snowplows making an “oopsy woopsy” snowbank in the wrong place to keep ICE foot bound until spring
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Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have released a PSA urging Congress to make the records public, produced by World Without Exploitation.
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have released a PSA urging Congress to make the records public, produced by World Without Exploitation.
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This is fucking amazing
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is fucking amazing
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Wikipedia is one of the last sources of accurate, unbiased information that the right wing billionaires can't control, although they'll continue to try. Please support them with whatever you can. Even $3 now and then helps.
Okay too many to turn into an article cataloging the firings/persecutions and Wikipedia is on it, of course. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprisa...
Reprisals against commentators on the Charlie Kirk assassination - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Wikipedia is one of the last sources of accurate, unbiased information that the right wing billionaires can't control, although they'll continue to try. Please support them with whatever you can. Even $3 now and then helps.
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42,500 deaths annually. That's the number projected by a Yale study on the loss of Medicaid coverage due to Trump's disgusting abomination bill.
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
42,500 deaths annually. That's the number projected by a Yale study on the loss of Medicaid coverage due to Trump's disgusting abomination bill.
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Why the fuck am I paying taxes if we won’t feed kids at school and keep them safe while there?
Fuck all you morons for allowing things to be like this.
Fuck all you morons for allowing things to be like this.
May 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Why the fuck am I paying taxes if we won’t feed kids at school and keep them safe while there?
Fuck all you morons for allowing things to be like this.
Fuck all you morons for allowing things to be like this.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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The "big, beautiful bill" is a big, ugly, disgusting mess. Here's why.
May 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The "big, beautiful bill" is a big, ugly, disgusting mess. Here's why.
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This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.