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Member of the childless cat ladies brigade, museum professional, university faculty, animal enthusiast, amateur environmentalist, proudly progressive.
@www.bsky.social To all those who know how dangerous and damaging Trump and his enablers are, stop arguing over policy. It's time to pull in the same direction. Until we have victory, not one of those debates will matter, in the meantime, they can do a lot of damage. Democrats please unite!
August 24, 2026 at 4:18 AM
@www.bsky.social To all those who know how dangerous and damaging Trump and his enablers are, stop arguing over policy. It's time to pull in the same direction. Until we have victory, not one of those debates will matter, in the meantime, they can do a lot of damage. Democrats please unite!
@www.bsky.social The CIA is behaving badly again. Really, really badly.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/drone-boat...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/drone-boat...
U.S.-Registered Drone Detected at Site of Suspected CIA Boat Strike
A drone registered to U.S. defense contractor Shield AI flew within 500 meters of Ecuadorian fishing boat hours after attack, according to flight data.
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August 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@www.bsky.social The CIA is behaving badly again. Really, really badly.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/drone-boat...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/drone-boat...
Once more, with feeling. The U.S. was not founded primarily on Judeo Christian principles. The founders were well-read in Greco-Roman materials, as well as the Iroquois Nations compact and early writings of Machiavelli. They also drew on English common law. It is an outright lie to say otherwise.
June 25, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Once more, with feeling. The U.S. was not founded primarily on Judeo Christian principles. The founders were well-read in Greco-Roman materials, as well as the Iroquois Nations compact and early writings of Machiavelli. They also drew on English common law. It is an outright lie to say otherwise.
@www.bsky.social We strengthen ourselves by strengthening our citizens, putting resources into fair housing, affordable food, expanding employment opportunities and training, child care, etc. The Soviet Union fell largely as a result of its overblown military spending. We must not do the same.
June 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
@www.bsky.social We strengthen ourselves by strengthening our citizens, putting resources into fair housing, affordable food, expanding employment opportunities and training, child care, etc. The Soviet Union fell largely as a result of its overblown military spending. We must not do the same.
I've been off for awhile as I initiated retirement and moved across the country. Hope to be active again soon.
March 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I've been off for awhile as I initiated retirement and moved across the country. Hope to be active again soon.
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March 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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People need to stop wasting time and energy calling for the use of the 25th amendment. It's not going to happen. Resistance needs to be effective and realistic (at least moderately). That isn't. Full stop.
People need to stop wasting time and energy calling for the use of the 25th amendment. It's not going to happen. Resistance needs to be effective and realistic (at least moderately). That isn't. Full stop.
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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People need to stop wasting time and energy calling for the use of the 25th amendment. It's not going to happen. Resistance needs to be effective and realistic (at least moderately). That isn't. Full stop.
People need to stop wasting time and energy calling for the use of the 25th amendment. It's not going to happen. Resistance needs to be effective and realistic (at least moderately). That isn't. Full stop.
No going back on Greenland?? How in the heck is that supposed to work?? Surely that's not a hill that even our current legislature will allow people to die on?
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 AM
No going back on Greenland?? How in the heck is that supposed to work?? Surely that's not a hill that even our current legislature will allow people to die on?
MLK Day this year should serve as a beacon of inspiration for use to recapture the original meaning and intent of civil rights. The current administration is bastardizing it and weaponizing it against those it was meant to protect. We all need to be active in a new Civil Rights Movement.
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
MLK Day this year should serve as a beacon of inspiration for use to recapture the original meaning and intent of civil rights. The current administration is bastardizing it and weaponizing it against those it was meant to protect. We all need to be active in a new Civil Rights Movement.
Dear Republican Congressional members,
What will it take for you to stand up for America against our out of control president? Do you want us to be a pariah in the free world? We're fast heading that way.
What will it take for you to stand up for America against our out of control president? Do you want us to be a pariah in the free world? We're fast heading that way.
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Dear Republican Congressional members,
What will it take for you to stand up for America against our out of control president? Do you want us to be a pariah in the free world? We're fast heading that way.
What will it take for you to stand up for America against our out of control president? Do you want us to be a pariah in the free world? We're fast heading that way.
What they are doing with immigrants is absolutely unconscionable. When are we going to stop it? This is all at Stephen Miller's feet. He's both unelected and unconfirmed. Not to mention how much money all of this is costing.
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
What they are doing with immigrants is absolutely unconscionable. When are we going to stop it? This is all at Stephen Miller's feet. He's both unelected and unconfirmed. Not to mention how much money all of this is costing.
Fox News has put together an article claiming that a secret Venezuelan cell in the U.S. has been working for years to drum up opposition to Trump, including through ostensibly progressive organizations. I worry that this will jump start attacks on all forms of organized protest.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Fox News has put together an article claiming that a secret Venezuelan cell in the U.S. has been working for years to drum up opposition to Trump, including through ostensibly progressive organizations. I worry that this will jump start attacks on all forms of organized protest.
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Regarding all the hoopla about the Confederate statues that were removed and the claim that this is "erasing history." A statue is not about recording history. It's about celebrating/honoring the person or ideal embodied by the statue. I don't know why folks don't understand this.
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Regarding all the hoopla about the Confederate statues that were removed and the claim that this is "erasing history." A statue is not about recording history. It's about celebrating/honoring the person or ideal embodied by the statue. I don't know why folks don't understand this.
What they are doing with immigrants is absolutely unconscionable. When are we going to stop it? This is all at Stephen Miller's feet. He's both unelected and unconfirmed. Not to mention how much money all of this is costing.
September 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
What they are doing with immigrants is absolutely unconscionable. When are we going to stop it? This is all at Stephen Miller's feet. He's both unelected and unconfirmed. Not to mention how much money all of this is costing.
It boggles the mind that people could support making opposition to fascism against the law, particularly when Antifa has never planted bombs, or taken credit for any violent act. Of course, an Executive Order is not law. We need to remember that all the time.
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It boggles the mind that people could support making opposition to fascism against the law, particularly when Antifa has never planted bombs, or taken credit for any violent act. Of course, an Executive Order is not law. We need to remember that all the time.
So now they've pulled Jimmy Kimmel! WTF is going on??? Are we really going to let our democracy be killed as a result of an assassination? Nothing like this happened in the 60s or as a result of any other political killing. Guess I was right about the Reichstag Fire. I didn't want to be.
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
So now they've pulled Jimmy Kimmel! WTF is going on??? Are we really going to let our democracy be killed as a result of an assassination? Nothing like this happened in the 60s or as a result of any other political killing. Guess I was right about the Reichstag Fire. I didn't want to be.
Charlie Kirk's assassination=Reichstag fire?
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Charlie Kirk's assassination=Reichstag fire?
An Executive Order is not a law, just in case anyone wasn't clear on that. We do need better training in civics and government, but not for the reasons the hard right thinks we do.
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An Executive Order is not a law, just in case anyone wasn't clear on that. We do need better training in civics and government, but not for the reasons the hard right thinks we do.
The administration's push to make our public history all flowers and rainbows (oops! not rainbows--okay flowers and puppy dogs) is silly. Without acknowledging the dark, we can't celebrate the light. Without understanding where we went wrong, we can't take pride in righting it.
August 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The administration's push to make our public history all flowers and rainbows (oops! not rainbows--okay flowers and puppy dogs) is silly. Without acknowledging the dark, we can't celebrate the light. Without understanding where we went wrong, we can't take pride in righting it.
Cracker Barrel rolls out a new logo and drops like a stone on the stock market. What is wrong with us? Are we that afraid of change if it involves doing away with "olde timey" images? It's a logo for goodness sake!
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Cracker Barrel rolls out a new logo and drops like a stone on the stock market. What is wrong with us? Are we that afraid of change if it involves doing away with "olde timey" images? It's a logo for goodness sake!
The University of Georgia has removed sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy from its non-discrimination protected classes. This sort of over-compliance makes me suspect that some never wanted to protect these people in the first place. Why are we so eagerly running backwards?
August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The University of Georgia has removed sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy from its non-discrimination protected classes. This sort of over-compliance makes me suspect that some never wanted to protect these people in the first place. Why are we so eagerly running backwards?
Apparently Trump used his trade "negotiations" with Vietnam to get a sweet deal for his family company to build a golf course. Where is the outrage that should be on every single news channel and in every single paper? Why do some decent people still support him? This is an actual "crime family."
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Apparently Trump used his trade "negotiations" with Vietnam to get a sweet deal for his family company to build a golf course. Where is the outrage that should be on every single news channel and in every single paper? Why do some decent people still support him? This is an actual "crime family."
Insisting on splashing gold all over the "people's house" is in direct opposition to the founding vision, as anyone who knows anything about the Early Republic is aware of. Wake up folks! He is not the torch bearer of liberty and his American roots are exceedingly shallow.
August 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Insisting on splashing gold all over the "people's house" is in direct opposition to the founding vision, as anyone who knows anything about the Early Republic is aware of. Wake up folks! He is not the torch bearer of liberty and his American roots are exceedingly shallow.
I feel as though I'm screaming into the void. The Trump administration has overstepped (again) in its demand to review college admissions data for evidence of continued DEI. How do you determine this? It will encourage prejudicial data reading by folks who're looking to limit minority enrollment.
August 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I feel as though I'm screaming into the void. The Trump administration has overstepped (again) in its demand to review college admissions data for evidence of continued DEI. How do you determine this? It will encourage prejudicial data reading by folks who're looking to limit minority enrollment.
I had forgotten that today is the sixth anniversary of the Walmart shooting in El Paso. Sadly, as a nation, we don't seem to be honoring the 23 dead by reducing the hatred and fear of the "other." I guess we may have become numb to it. Perhaps because we no longer have a sense of shared community.
August 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I had forgotten that today is the sixth anniversary of the Walmart shooting in El Paso. Sadly, as a nation, we don't seem to be honoring the 23 dead by reducing the hatred and fear of the "other." I guess we may have become numb to it. Perhaps because we no longer have a sense of shared community.