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Brigid Howe

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Mom to a teen & 3🐈. Advocate for education, road safety, & housing. DC-born, MoCo-grown, Maryland AF. Oxford comma fan. she/her. I ❀️ music, sewing & books.

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I kid because I love.

11.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think you may need to apply more rigor to your mathing.

11.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So I am a cat person but I’ve been friends with @mocomikee.bsky.social for a couple of years now & because of his influence, I now talk to all dogs I see & send him pictures of the dogs I meet.

I’m not ever going to adopt a dog but I’m grateful you were willing to foster! Thank you!

11.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single one of these doctors should lose their license to practice.

01.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth strikes deal with Scouts: Girls allowed for now, DEI is banned In announcing the agreement, the defense secretary assailed Scouting America for welcoming transgender children but stopped short of saying they would be denied entry.

Well, there’s a reason I never trusted β€œBoy Scouts of America,” even after they pretended to become more inclusive. So much for Scout’s Honor. They lied. For shame, @scoutingamerica.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

27.02.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Monsters.

22.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, though it is a are crime that I only heard Fretless because of the Until the End of the World soundtrack. It’s one of my favorite REM tracks.

16.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JFC.

05.02.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

04.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Washington Post Lays Off Beidleman Reporter - Montgomery Perspective By Adam Pagnucco. News of massive layoffs at the Washington Post, which may affect about 30 percent of its workforce, is ricocheting around the Internet.Β ...

This is a nice tribute from another of MoCo’s accountability champions, @adampagnucco.bsky.social .

montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/04/w...

04.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The phenomenal @nicoleasbury.bsky.social was laid off today by @washingtonpost.com. Nicole is a brilliant & impactful reporter and in my time as an education advocate, I’ve been thoroughly impressed by her professionalism & passion for her work. She deserved better, & so did MoCo parents.

04.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some of my favorites are now gone. I was only subscribing at this point for the waning local coverage. I called to cancel today. I can’t believe this timeline we’re in destroyed democracy and the newspaper that I thought of as the exemplar of great journalism & courage for decades

04.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She was phenomenal

04.02.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those were the rules I was taught when I first learned to shoot. Plus the first rule (not as relevant for law enforcement who know they are carrying a loaded weapon), which is to assume the firearm is loaded. Their gun handling alone shows how untrained they are.

03.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is sickening and the ICE/CBP staff who are torturing these detainees need to be prosecuted.

03.02.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Alexander Moritz Frey was the first to use β€œshithole” as a descriptor of a β€œwretched place,”
doing so in his seminal antiwar novel, The Cross Bearers (1930). See Shithole, Oxford English
Dictionary, https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=shithole.
Frey’s life story confirms the role democracies can play in welcoming, as George
Washington did, β€œthe oppressed and persecuted.” Frey, a prolific author and pacifist, served as a
medic in the trenches of World War I alongside Adolf Hitler. Hitler later tried to convert him to
Nazism, but Frey staunchly refused. He fled Germany in 1933, as Nazis burned his books,
raided his apartment, and issued a warrant for his arrest. He lived his remaining years in exile,
first in Austria and then in Switzerland.

Alexander Moritz Frey was the first to use β€œshithole” as a descriptor of a β€œwretched place,” doing so in his seminal antiwar novel, The Cross Bearers (1930). See Shithole, Oxford English Dictionary, https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=shithole. Frey’s life story confirms the role democracies can play in welcoming, as George Washington did, β€œthe oppressed and persecuted.” Frey, a prolific author and pacifist, served as a medic in the trenches of World War I alongside Adolf Hitler. Hitler later tried to convert him to Nazism, but Frey staunchly refused. He fled Germany in 1933, as Nazis burned his books, raided his apartment, and issued a warrant for his arrest. He lived his remaining years in exile, first in Austria and then in Switzerland.

maybe a different clerk than the one assigned to footnotes, who also served with distinction here

03.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta love how my phone lights up with texts after public testimony. I love that I have so many friends who care about our local politics & budgets. Also, I was glad to express my gratitude to our essential @seiu.org MCPS support staff for their snowstorm work & that seemed to resonate.

03.02.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m very worried.

02.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 67293 πŸ” 16088 πŸ’¬ 2572 πŸ“Œ 1826

It will be gold.

31.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so tired.

31.01.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face

31.01.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 835 πŸ” 418 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 28

Are y’all gonna have finished plowing so people can park on streets?

29.01.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's true youtu.be/gGK_1bFCLPE?...

28.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97500 πŸ” 40876 πŸ’¬ 4303 πŸ“Œ 5361
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

β€œWhen they say, β€˜Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. β€œMy nation is under attack."

27.01.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 23692 πŸ” 9513 πŸ’¬ 658 πŸ“Œ 705

Puppy killer Noem needs to shut her damn mouth. She doesn’t get to fake pray for Alex Pretti when her goons murdered him.

25.01.2026 06:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those mealy-mouthed NYT reporters can take a long walk off a short pier. β€œAppear”?

24.01.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prosecute ICE.

24.01.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0