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Crystal

@crys3

Former singer, choir director & someone's special lover. Mom to 3 sons, off on their own, with 1 of them in heaven. Widowed. Retired. Love my mom (94!), sons, music, gardening, mountains, creeks and my dog. Independently blue. πŸ’™πŸΎπŸŒ²πŸŽΌπŸͺ· ~ 🚫Hate

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I’d rather they go back to hollowing out the federal government and stealing our data than kick off a global recession and world war 3.

Those were simpler times.

07.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 843 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 3

Representative Joyce Beatty went to federal court seeking to stop Trump’s proposal to shut down the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years beginning this summer. Beatty is asking the court to intervene before the closure can move forward.

06.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 914 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7
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Baby, if you know, you know! They had ch’uch ta’day and when the choir goes in, they’re going iiiinnnnnn!
For the culture. Yaaaasss!
Rest in peace Jesse Jackson.
#JesseJacksonFuneral
#SheShed
#Pinks

06.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 497 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 27
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It just keeps getting better every day …

06.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1343 πŸ” 461 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 27
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06.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 1504 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 19

Karoline Leavitt: It doesn't matter if Russia is helping Iran kill American troops.

What a breathtakingly twisted White House.

06.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1255 πŸ” 524 πŸ’¬ 178 πŸ“Œ 47
Former US President Barack Obama greets people as he arrives during a public memorial service to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson in Chicago, Illinois, on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)

Former US President Barack Obama greets people as he arrives during a public memorial service to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson in Chicago, Illinois, on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)

Barack Obama: "We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope β€” each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law β€” an offense to common decency β€” If we don't step up, no one else will"

06.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 788 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 8
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Friends, it’s a cult. MAGA is a cult. Pleaseβ€”for God’s sake, after a decadeβ€”accept this.

Accept it, internalize it, and then decide what you think America should do.

And as you think about that, think about all the other cults you’re aware of, what they did, and how they ended.

06.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 715 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 6
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Rob Reiner would have turned 79 today. He is missed.

This conversation with Rich Eisen β€” talking about directing Nicholson in β€œA Few Good Men” β€” is always a delight.

@richeisenshow.bsky.social

06.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1007 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 6
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ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

β€œMost of our pickleball group is here,” said Marion Atwater, a 73-year-old in a navy visor and puffer jacket. β€œWe did not bring our paddles, but we are here with our signs.”

Read more here: https://bit.ly/40jJek3

06.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 630 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10
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We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

06.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 5139 πŸ” 2180 πŸ’¬ 259 πŸ“Œ 106
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Jesse Jackson never stopped fighting for America, in times of darkness he turned to hope and embodied the light.

06.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 1215 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 24
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Former VP Kamala Harris at the memorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson:

"I do think of this afternoon as what it is doing for me to renew my faith in what is possible, fueled by the hope that Jesse Jackson so often reminded us of."

Jesse would be proud of what this is doing for all of us.

06.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

β€œEvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”

-Dwight Eisenhower 1953

06.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 2688 πŸ” 954 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 35

Well, well, Trump’s BFF Putin, really is giving intelligence to Iran about US military bases! Of course, the Orange Buffoon will deny Putin is doing that. Trump is still and will forever be Putin’s useful idiot. πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

06.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 3
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Toxic Trump has done it again.

06.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 377 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 17
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Nancy Pelosi, a trailblazing Representative that broke the β€œmarble ceiling"!

She took the Speaker’s gavel, being the 1st woman to lead the HouseπŸ‘©πŸ»β€βš–οΈ

That’s what Power looks like when Women refuse to take No for an answer!

#SheShed
#StrongWomen
#UnapologeticallyPowerful
#WomenLeadHistoryMovesForward

06.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 520 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 9
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πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

06.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0
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Per @pabloreports.bsky.social β€” Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez’s husband says they β€œdon’t know where she is” after she was grabbed by ICE.

Their Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/prayers-an...

06.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 534 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 13
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Trump dressed down to deliver a war announcement worthy of the Mar-a-Lago basement

06.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is stolen valor. Markwayne Mullin never served a single day in the military.

πŸ“Œ Clipped from a 6-minute Fox News interview he posted on his own YouTube channel earlier this week.

06.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 790 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 23
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> @benstiller.redhour.com

06.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 9068 πŸ” 1948 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 76
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The Guy Who Abandoned Ukraine Is Now Begging Ukraine to Save His War Trump spent a year calling Zelensky a grifter, cutting off weapons, and humiliating him on live TV. Now he needs Ukrainian drone experts to clean up his Middle East mess. Welcome to the Upside Down.

Trump trashed Zelensky, cut off Ukraine, and echoed Kremlin talking points.

Now he’s asking Ukraine for help cleaning up the mess from his Iran war.

Burn allies. Start wars. Then beg the people you betrayed.

Dean Blundell lays it out here: πŸ”₯

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 5
BREAKING:  Emergency motion filed to stop Trump’s closure of Kennedy Center
BREAKING: Emergency motion filed to stop Trump’s closure of Kennedy Center YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

BREAKING- Emergency court filing is made to stop Trump’s closure and β€œgutting” of
Kennedy Center

youtube.com/shorts/gkxiq...

06.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 718 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6
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The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology

I'm gonna keep saying it
It's the same Nazi shit by a different name

06.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act β€” a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

06.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1094 πŸ” 728 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 70
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Last 14 months of Biden's term:

+1.74m jobs

First 14 months of Trump's term:

150,000 jobs

(total! for the whole 14 months!)

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

06.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 3147 πŸ” 1412 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 71

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate β€” and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 10921 πŸ” 5099 πŸ’¬ 414 πŸ“Œ 266
7 - Teach your Children - Crosby, Stills and Nash 1970
7 - Teach your Children - Crosby, Stills and Nash 1970 YouTube video by stin

youtu.be/zj8FlXGPcOQ?...

06.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1400 πŸ” 332 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 25
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The day after we forced a vote to subpoena Pam Bondi, her DOJ released more Epstein files. This department has to be pressured into doing things.

The American public wants all the files and names of co-conspirators released, and we won't stop until that happens.

06.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 297 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1