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SF Giants, Niners, and Kings. LGBTQIA+. Cannabis lover. Independent. Deconstructed Minister. Animal lover. Day job is Trade Compliance and Supply Chain. (She/Her)

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You, in another decade

08.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I never thought I would have to make a shirt that says this but here we are and here's the shirt. I saw a similar one a few weeks ago so I wanted to make a version myself.

Available in my shop...
comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4468...

08.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 8085 πŸ” 3009 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 113

Ummm what

08.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump The Constitution gives Congress the power to check the president. Lawmakers have punted on their duty since Donald Trump retook office.

"The modern executive branch is a creature made monstrous by what George Washington called β€œunprincipled men.” The Framers had another name for them: Congress."

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

07.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There is going to be months if not years of this sort of barbarism coming out.

07.03.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say β€œSend me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 23113 πŸ” 5648 πŸ’¬ 625 πŸ“Œ 365

Got to love the world salad. You should be on the bed of trying to make sense what the government sends me over our companies refunds

05.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to everyone that ordered this shirt last night ❀️

I cleared the deck and all the orders have been handed over to the USPS.

There’s still more in my shop.

comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4466...

05.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9534 πŸ” 2753 πŸ’¬ 472 πŸ“Œ 113

"Broomfield High confirmed cases in two unvaccinated students. The state has now recorded three measles cases this year. That's after recording 36 last year, which was the most the state had seen in years."

05.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is incredible work -- and so useful. @propublica.org is providing this data to journalists (and others) who may not have the resources to gather it on their own.

05.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Police reported that Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration."

05.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If for some reason you're a liberal who is still paying for a subscription to the NYT, WaPo, or the Atlantic, I recommend you give Liberal Currents your money instead.

05.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This is exactly how an innocent person behaves...

05.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Women: We live in a constant state of vigilance because men pose a constant threat to us, here are literally millions of corroborating stories.

Men: What a scary time for men this is.

05.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 3264 πŸ” 676 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 16

Is this due to more normalcy of incel culture?

05.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very much this. He ran full out to attack that guy even though three officers were already handling it.

05.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here's what remains. The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released.

The Trump DOJ has been taking down Epstein files.

The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released, according to a CBS analysis β€” and the number continues to fluctuate.

04.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2199 πŸ” 1027 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 67
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

"I want to be clear: I am not anti-AI. I use AI tools in my work every day. This is not about rejecting technology. It is about rejecting the idea that we have no choice but to fund a company that’s bankrolling authoritarianism."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is why we have separation of church and state and why Congress must demand answers from DoD now.

zurl.co/LJ6H9

03.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

For those looking for additional data points about what's happening with immigration enforcement in Minnesota and other states, our habeas case tracker has just been updated. TLDR new cases have dropped: projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...

02.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
tweet from @RickyHale_ It's not okay to be an adult and fall for the exact same war propaganda they used in Iraq. It's just not.

tweet from @RickyHale_ It's not okay to be an adult and fall for the exact same war propaganda they used in Iraq. It's just not.

18.06.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 996 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

01.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 19435 πŸ” 6080 πŸ’¬ 1668 πŸ“Œ 479
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πŸ‘‡πŸ½ 🎯 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ˜•

01.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 3678 πŸ” 1127 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 44
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Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

Minnesota's "Bathrobe Lady" is a journalist at @mprnews.org who ran out to cover the story w/o taking the time to get dressed. "Local journalism often begins before a camera is rolling, before a live shot is framed, before a headline is written. It begins with proximity."
www.mpr.org/stories/2026...

27.02.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.

27.02.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 13790 πŸ” 3658 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 178

The vast majority of white voters in America prioritize white supremacy over their own economic status. It's not about the economy or messaging.

26.02.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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But I wouldn't look cool in front of my Spartacist friends.

25.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

You mean to tell me that putting a Black Woman on the ticket in the Blackest state in America is boosting turnout? Who knew?πŸ€”

26.02.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4