Maggie 💙 Loves Books

Maybe they should just pay their taxes... like everyone else.

I thought MAGA were so pro-life and wanted to save the children? I guess just not that one.

It's funny how it seems to only apply when it takes rights away and actively does harm but never when it actually protects and saves women and babies.

That didn't take long.

Today in history...

1990-South African antiapartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed.

1937-a 6-week strike against GM ended, with the company agreeing to recognize and negotiate with union.

2011-3-decades long authoritarian rule ended in Egypt.

2020-WHO officially named COVID-19.

The judges need to put their foot down, swiftly. Trump knows how to delay all legal proceedings and punishment.

They are openly defying judges.
They are openly going after judges on social media.
They are still trying to push the deferred resignation deadline, after the judge extended the freeze.

BREAKING: Donald trump is actually doing something GREAT, promising to crack down on overdraft fees and to BLOCK medical debt from being listed on credit reports! WOW!!!

LOL, just kidding. Actually, President Biden did all that stuff to help Americans, and trump wants to reverse it.

Fucking idiot.

And that everything isn't already destroyed.

Opinion | End the Criminal Cases Against Trump Democracy’s ultimate verdict has been delivered.

Eh, he already kissed the ring, or close enough. If he pleases Trump enough, Trump will tell the DoJ to drop it.

We all know how Trump feels about taxes, regulation, crypto, pesky laws. Those are just suggestions for the elite, but requirements for the peasants.

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Hillary Clinton did not follow federal rules on her email as Secretary of State and it was a huge media scandal

Donald Trump is violating a foundational aspect of the Constitution as part of an unprecedented assault on US democracy and the media can't be bothered to cover it with the same intensity

It was also interesting that he said HE would own it.
Not "us".
Not "we".
Not "the U.S.".

He would use U.S. power, influence, military, and taxpayer money to take over territory for his own personal interests.

He is outing fraud, waste, and abuse - his own, proudly, in the open.

The saddest part of watching the US fall is knowing Canada could follow the footsteps. Roger Stone has been involved with Canadian politics, doing the same they did in the US.

Canadians, please do not let any right-leaning candidate win ANY election.

Never invite them in. Shut them out.

I mean, it kind of sounds like more... corruption? Who would have thought?!

Elon is already threatening to start deleting SSNs.

Shortly after the judge extended the hold, an email went out in my agency to all employees reiterating the deadline for deferred resignation. Seems like OPM isn't following the judge and the agency is following OPM.

I watched someone die from H1N1 - the second in my state to die from it. The fact that this clown can come out and deny actual reality is absolutely mind-numbing. I guess there is what really happened and their alternate facts/reality.

How nice for them to live in the world they live in...

My current read!

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

Why Feds Don’t Strike During the 35-day partial government shutdown, many wondered why workers didn’t just strike. Here’s an explainer.

Federal employees are prohibited from striking due to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and subsequent interpretations by the MSPB. Any attempts to strike would be illegal and could result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Reposting to Pin for Later.

My MAGA blocklist. I vetted it carefully. Man, people, vet your followers, because I've seen quite a few of you following these asshats!

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I want nothing to do with that network. I gave up on them over a year ago. CNN before that. They are no use to me if they aren't going to actually report. All they are doing is pandering. I want actual news, not Fox News in different flavors and on every channel. One step away from state run media.

So many Feds are going to be losing their jobs within the next two years. Six months now many be enough to shut MAGA down on that idea when they realize how bad it will be without them. When the public sees how much their everyday lives are impacted, I'm not sure it will go over well.

Screw extending the CR. Shut it the hell down - right before and over Christmas. MAGA doesn't want federal civilians, so let's see how they do when it is cleared out early.

I am 100% behind the dems becoming the Party of No. Fight and delay everything. Deny and distract. Wrap everyone up in hearings and investigations. Every committee needs to spend every day just wasting republican time, just like they did the dems.

Forget Hunter's laptop; I want Gaetz' devices.

It's not an echo chamber of people's opinions, it's a persistence of disseminating facts in order to drown out lies.

Or granddaughters' rights...

Image desc: orange and yellow text on black background. Text reads "I will never respect anyone who sold off their daughter's rights to save 50 cents on a carton of eggs."

No one ever went broke buying books, right?

Looking for online bookstore recommendations, especially second-hand. Bonus points for vintage and rare books!

I was buying on ebay for a while. It was working out well for used books, but I got scammed with my last five literary purchases.

I gave you a follow. I'm trying to figure it out too.

The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression | HISTORY Up to 1.8 million people of Mexican descent—most of them American‑born—were rounded up in informal raids and deported in an effort to reserve jobs for white people.

I love how US history repeats itself over and over again. The failed USian education system at work.

1930s - Mexican Repatriation deported 1.8 million. 60% were US citizens.

1955-56 - Operation <slur> deported 1.3 million. Many of them legal citizens.

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