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Shannon Anderson

@shannonwa.bsky.social

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Emerita Professor of Management Expertise in cost accounting, performance management and management control Wife, mom, Dog Walker of Sam Board member of national nonprofit science education entity Enjoy travel, national parks, quilt-making, knitting .. more

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 17d

This information is for those of us whose local station is owned by Sinclair or Nextstar.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

How to Watch ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ if Your Station Isn’t Airing the Show

www.nytimes.com

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · 17d

Early days for Isabel Kraemer’s Yule Do sweater in Rowan tweed yarn

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19d

So many coverups.

Release the Epstein files.

Release the Homan tapes.

Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Sep 9

New numbers show ICE is devouring US law enforcement: 1 in 5 US marshals, 1 in 5 FBI agents, half of all DEA agents, and over two-thirds of all ATF agents are now assigned to ICE enforcement. These are agencies with critical jobs they're now NOT doing.

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...

ICE is Eating the Soul of America

Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Sep 7

blue = biden
red = trump

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Here’s my progress photo

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m making this now in an alpaca silk blend and loving the pattern! Yours is lovely

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Sep 3

You might try an I-cord bind off. It would roll back and hode the pickups if you frog back and have only a row or two after you pick up.

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Take her to the fabric shop and let her select a few pinks and browns that she likes to guide your selection of additional fabrics. A few years ago I saw a lot of baby quilts with pink/tan combinations, but you really need her input on the shades of pink and brown.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 30

They’re totally going to do this.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 30

JD Vance: “Trump is a really bad candidate and frankly, I think, a really bad person.”

{ ht: @patriottakes.bsky.social }

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Aug 29

I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.

This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Aug 29

Republicans aren't running for office...their polls are dropping...their own base is mocking them and yelling at them at town halls...

And yet they seem very comfortable and unbothered.

Ask yourselves why?

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 25

One step away from weekend at Bernie’s

Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sew**

Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 22

When I see all the blocks (300+) together it will be a queen sized quilt

Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 22

Completed the bordered diamonds quilt top. Of to the long armer next week. #quiltsky

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 22

Trump on the Oval Office: "You see the way this is looking. I can't tell you how much that gold costs. A lot of money. This beautiful office needed it."

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · Aug 18

The only emergency Trump’s responding to in Washington is a public relations crisis caused by his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and his stubborn refusal to release the Epstein files despite his repeated promises to do so. Even a real emergency does not give him power to take over the MPD.

Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police

www.nytimes.com

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 8

I cut pieces over winter and started sewing in evenings in mid June. So about 6 weeks of evenings but still less than half finished

Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Aug 8

My summer therapy. 14 stacks of 10 shown. 300 units needed. Pattern is Bonnie Hunter’s Blue Mountain. #quiltsky

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Aug 6

Low key one of the worst anbuses of power ever? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Aug 4

Elizabeth Warren went to CNBC today and destroyed Donald Trump on the economy. Trump is trying to bury this appearance with a tantrum on his failing media site.

Make sure this goes viral instead.

www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

Senator Elizabeth Warren: Firing of BLS commissioner is 'dangerous'

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss her reaction President Trump's firing of BSL chief, whether Congress is able to take action, and much more.

www.cnbc.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue.

Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked.

It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy.

Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is.

BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisions—not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 2

“Both of them.”

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Jul 25

Like a true academic and one who recognizes the power of lifting up others to build a network of experts she knows the importance of proper citation to references and doesn’t repost others’ work like an “influencer”. That’s real influence.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jul 24

🚨🚨🚨 Jeffrey Epstein during a 2010 deposition:

Q. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of
18?
A: Though l'd like to answer that question, at least today l'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights, sir.

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Shannon Anderson @shannonwa.bsky.social · Jul 22

That’s Koch Industries-owned Georgia-Pacific. No thanks. I support firms that don’t actively seek to destroy democracy.