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Passionate about democracy and radically improved reading outcomes for kids (see them as tightly linked). Love my dogs and goats, my unruly husband and chickens too. πŸ“šπŸ•Ί πŸ• 🐐 πŸ“

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Did HE know? 🀬

10.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump Administration is trying to strip veterans of their reproductive freedoms by banning the VA from providing abortion counseling and care.

I'm pushing the administration to respect their service and reverse course on this draconian attack on our veterans' health and freedom.

05.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 484 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2
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In digital-first era, NJ librarians demand more affordable e-books New Jersey librarians and lawmakers who joined forces to fight book-banners a few years ago have a new target: publishers whose restrictive e-book licensing agreements have shrunk digital access for…

Public libraries want states, including New Jersey, to limit the pricey restrictions publishers have placed on e-books and other digital content.

via @newjerseymonitor.com

18.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

16.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 30339 πŸ” 8791 πŸ’¬ 577 πŸ“Œ 462

#PairedTexts

1. Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet

2. The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering. (Graph showing steady rise over time with noticeable jump from 2025 to Feb 2026)

16.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Darkness is in the Land How we lift our nation from the quicksand

open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...

19.01.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Workers At Family-Run Mexican Restaurant Were Arrested After Serving A Meal To ICE Agents The incident reported by The Minnesota Star Tribune has been slammed on social media as β€œdepraved.”

If this doesn’t make your blood boil, you may be a vampire... Or have ICE in your veins. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ag...

19.01.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Smart Cities | Essential pipes, sewers, and cables lie buried beneath New York City The Department of Design and Construction offers a tour of its work sites, explaining the complex systems that exist underground. Gas, electrical, telecom pipes, and many others, sprawl out underneath...

This is 100%cool join1440.com/t/smart-citi...

18.01.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

15.01.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 20342 πŸ” 11299 πŸ’¬ 891 πŸ“Œ 734
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. β€œI felt like I was going to p

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.

Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.

Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

15.01.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 18969 πŸ” 10121 πŸ’¬ 906 πŸ“Œ 635

We’re collapsing quickly now.

15.01.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.

14.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 19825 πŸ” 7763 πŸ’¬ 495 πŸ“Œ 334
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Read the Constitution sometime.

11.01.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 8650 πŸ” 2854 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 87

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

11.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 12689 πŸ” 3272 πŸ’¬ 343 πŸ“Œ 67

OMG. 😱

15.12.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good reporting. πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ

11.12.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ya think?? 🀬😱

19.11.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

16.11.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 59618 πŸ” 36454 πŸ’¬ 1308 πŸ“Œ 2907

So cool 😎

14.11.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.

12.11.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 17934 πŸ” 6767 πŸ’¬ 671 πŸ“Œ 302
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WATCH β€” @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : β€œMy amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”

Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

12.11.2025 05:17 πŸ‘ 21516 πŸ” 7932 πŸ’¬ 508 πŸ“Œ 423
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

11.11.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 31110 πŸ” 7008 πŸ’¬ 2016 πŸ“Œ 712
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The guy who threw a sandwich at the Border Patrol agent.

06.11.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 3037 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 30

At this point, anyoneβ€”a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democratβ€”bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

05.11.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 6030 πŸ” 1574 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 55
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Oh, you simple-minded, wheezing gargoyle . . . you were very much on the ballot. You are blamed for the shutdown. You are blamed from SNAP shutting down. You are blamed for a bad economy. And numerous people interviewed last night mentioned that seeing the East Wing destroyed motivated them to vote.

05.11.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 19006 πŸ” 5016 πŸ’¬ 1012 πŸ“Œ 329
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

05.11.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 43210 πŸ” 15575 πŸ’¬ 759 πŸ“Œ 711
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04.11.2025 03:33 πŸ‘ 476 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 15
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

04.11.2025 03:31 πŸ‘ 13884 πŸ” 5231 πŸ’¬ 965 πŸ“Œ 675
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

04.11.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 24852 πŸ” 8154 πŸ’¬ 1618 πŸ“Œ 495
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The day clownish Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a ridiculous, performative lawsuit against Tylenol seems a good day to re-post this:

28.10.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 9810 πŸ” 3116 πŸ’¬ 304 πŸ“Œ 100