Esperanza Phoenix-Mitchell
@artsyesperanza.bsky.social
Eclectic multimedia artist, dabbling in restoration. Enjoys ADHD superpowers, spending time with my husband & pups, supporting comedian friends and advocating for LGBTQ & marginalized communities. Also, I’m disabled.
We had high wind warnings in Beaverton, OR last night. I’m usually up late, 1am debris whipped against the house, the tree beside the driveway was worrying me. I moved our cars across the street & returned to find a large limb had fallen on the path I’d walked just moments earlier. 😬 Close call.
December 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We had high wind warnings in Beaverton, OR last night. I’m usually up late, 1am debris whipped against the house, the tree beside the driveway was worrying me. I moved our cars across the street & returned to find a large limb had fallen on the path I’d walked just moments earlier. 😬 Close call.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith tells a congressional committee that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by NBC News.
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Former special counsel Jack Smith tells a congressional committee that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by NBC News.
Trump’s ICE gestapo is terrorizing the sick & injured in Portland. I was recently hospitalized after emergency surgery, about 2am I was awakened by warning announcements about ICE blocking the parking lot. People are going to die; afraid to get medical treatment or denied care in ICE custody!
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump’s ICE gestapo is terrorizing the sick & injured in Portland. I was recently hospitalized after emergency surgery, about 2am I was awakened by warning announcements about ICE blocking the parking lot. People are going to die; afraid to get medical treatment or denied care in ICE custody!
My first #ExtremeRestoration pair of authentic Louis XV chairs. Historical upholstery techniques are crazy complicated & labor intensive. Took 2.5 months. Went with a more modern cotton fabric design for the final look:
A. More general consumer appeal.
B. Period accurate fabric is very expensive.
A. More general consumer appeal.
B. Period accurate fabric is very expensive.
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My first #ExtremeRestoration pair of authentic Louis XV chairs. Historical upholstery techniques are crazy complicated & labor intensive. Took 2.5 months. Went with a more modern cotton fabric design for the final look:
A. More general consumer appeal.
B. Period accurate fabric is very expensive.
A. More general consumer appeal.
B. Period accurate fabric is very expensive.
Spent several months restoring a pair of Louis the XV chairs. My first try at upholstery and I had to go with historically accurate 18th century chairs. 😄#ExtremeRestoration
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Spent several months restoring a pair of Louis the XV chairs. My first try at upholstery and I had to go with historically accurate 18th century chairs. 😄#ExtremeRestoration
At the ICE facility in Portland for No Kings last Saturday. It’s not a “war zone.” Protesters aren’t rioting. There’s no fire except a BBQ. ICE seems to gas the crowd when they see too much fun; heavily armed men in riot gear using CHEMICAL warfare, with no warning, on unarmed civilians. War crime?
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At the ICE facility in Portland for No Kings last Saturday. It’s not a “war zone.” Protesters aren’t rioting. There’s no fire except a BBQ. ICE seems to gas the crowd when they see too much fun; heavily armed men in riot gear using CHEMICAL warfare, with no warning, on unarmed civilians. War crime?
Were you at a No Kings protest Saturday? We were. #NoKingPortlandOregon
June 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Were you at a No Kings protest Saturday? We were. #NoKingPortlandOregon
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Is that hot reporter with CBS? Because Desi Lydic would like to watch that ass for 60 Minutes
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Is that hot reporter with CBS? Because Desi Lydic would like to watch that ass for 60 Minutes
As if Trump will allow cancellation because of safety concerns. Big baby wants his dictator birthday parade. Hopefully bad optics and pressure from Republicans will prevail.
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms
Army spokesman tells The Times of safety fears as president hopes to mark 250 years of the US military with event in Washington on Saturday
Army spokesman tells The Times of safety fears as president hopes to mark 250 years of the US military with event in Washington on Saturday
Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms
Army spokesman tells The Times of safety fears as president hopes to mark 250 years of the US military with event in Washington on Saturday
www.thetimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
As if Trump will allow cancellation because of safety concerns. Big baby wants his dictator birthday parade. Hopefully bad optics and pressure from Republicans will prevail.
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CIA releases 1,400 new pages of investigative file into RFK assassination, including chilling note from his killer
CIA releases more files in RFK assassination, including note from his killer
Document drop includes an incriminating note Sirhan Sirhan wrote in his notebook
www.independent.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CIA releases 1,400 new pages of investigative file into RFK assassination, including chilling note from his killer
Another biased and grossly incompetent man put in the position to manipulate health data and treatments.
It features disgraced ex-Harvard academic Martin Kulldorff, who gleefully celebrated unvaccinated children being hospitalized by COVID-19. www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-ma...
PROFILE: Martin Kulldorff, Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices Member
COVID-19's Wrongest Cheerleader Is Back
www.panaccindex.info
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Another biased and grossly incompetent man put in the position to manipulate health data and treatments.
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A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/n...
Why autism researchers aren’t convinced NIH can keep science and politics separate
A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
www.statnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/n...
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Sarah said what she said...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sarah said what she said...
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Visit votesaveamerica.com/actionforandry to learn how to support Andry and others like him.
So nobody at all shows up at his event, but we show up to protest in every other town & city across this country & others. A worldwide call to overthrow this clown.
WTF? Trump is now threatening the American people. He warned protesters to stay away from his birthday/military parade in D.C. this Saturday, claiming anyone who shows up to protest “hates our country” and will be met with “very heavy force.” This is authoritarian behavior, plain and simple.
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So nobody at all shows up at his event, but we show up to protest in every other town & city across this country & others. A worldwide call to overthrow this clown.
Who’s here is surprised? Trump said he wanted to run the country like a business. Fool filed bankruptcy 6 times; he bankrupted a CASINO!
May 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Who’s here is surprised? Trump said he wanted to run the country like a business. Fool filed bankruptcy 6 times; he bankrupted a CASINO!
I need this tattoo. 🤣
May 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I need this tattoo. 🤣
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
![[image of real-life beekeeper costume and a detail from a painting by Peter Brueghel the Elder]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreicsetfmafwdbpftwqgu3rxsahpch2sjuejin7rfabtkfxqnh47kom@jpeg)
May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
If this goes through, I will likely lose my much needed medical coverage and access to upcoming surgeries which could vastly improve my life. As a disabled person, I receive the same coverage as those over 65, even though that’s more than a decade away for me.
If Trump's "big, beautiful" reconciliation bill goes through, 13.7 million people will lose their health insurance & even more will become underinsured.
Make no mistake, thousands of low-income & working class Americans will die unnecessarily if it passes. We must not allow it.
Make no mistake, thousands of low-income & working class Americans will die unnecessarily if it passes. We must not allow it.
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If this goes through, I will likely lose my much needed medical coverage and access to upcoming surgeries which could vastly improve my life. As a disabled person, I receive the same coverage as those over 65, even though that’s more than a decade away for me.
What county are we living in? These policies don’t represent the pro-democracy/pro-freedom America we aspired to be. We are a country of immigrants, but Trump wanted to deport them & any citizen he doesn’t like too.
BREAKING: The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What county are we living in? These policies don’t represent the pro-democracy/pro-freedom America we aspired to be. We are a country of immigrants, but Trump wanted to deport them & any citizen he doesn’t like too.
Guess they don’t want us to know when toxic emissions increase due to disastrous environmental policies; protected forests opened up to logging, elimination of pollution standards, etc.
Trump administration has suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country. The program collects data on levels of harmful air pollutants, including ozone and particulate matter, at the 63 national parks in the USA.
May 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Guess they don’t want us to know when toxic emissions increase due to disastrous environmental policies; protected forests opened up to logging, elimination of pollution standards, etc.
Beautiful demonstration for democracy in Portland last Saturday. Hope even more Americans show up for the next one.
April 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Beautiful demonstration for democracy in Portland last Saturday. Hope even more Americans show up for the next one.
Let’s celebrate those who are fighting for our democracy and challenge those who aren’t.
Let's elevate the fighters:
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
April 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Let’s celebrate those who are fighting for our democracy and challenge those who aren’t.
I’m 💯 in support of Leaders We Deserve!
Why does the MS media keep dragging out this ancient, clueless establishment asskisser James Carville guy? Why do they think his opinion is at all relevant? I’ve never heard anything of value for him.
David Hog is meeting this moment.
youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?...
Why does the MS media keep dragging out this ancient, clueless establishment asskisser James Carville guy? Why do they think his opinion is at all relevant? I’ve never heard anything of value for him.
David Hog is meeting this moment.
youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?...
David Hogg, Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee, talks future of the party and criticism
YouTube video by Scripps News
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April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’m 💯 in support of Leaders We Deserve!
Why does the MS media keep dragging out this ancient, clueless establishment asskisser James Carville guy? Why do they think his opinion is at all relevant? I’ve never heard anything of value for him.
David Hog is meeting this moment.
youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?...
Why does the MS media keep dragging out this ancient, clueless establishment asskisser James Carville guy? Why do they think his opinion is at all relevant? I’ve never heard anything of value for him.
David Hog is meeting this moment.
youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?...
2nd Amendment provides state governments with the “last coup de grace” that would enable the states “to thwart & oppose the general government.” Enshrining the ancient Florentine & Roman constitutional principle of civil & military virtue by making every citizen a soldier & every soldier a citizen.
April 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2nd Amendment provides state governments with the “last coup de grace” that would enable the states “to thwart & oppose the general government.” Enshrining the ancient Florentine & Roman constitutional principle of civil & military virtue by making every citizen a soldier & every soldier a citizen.
We should always seek first to defend freedom through dialogue, legal recourse & peaceful protest.
Albert Einstein: 'You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.'
Albert Einstein: 'You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.'
April 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We should always seek first to defend freedom through dialogue, legal recourse & peaceful protest.
Albert Einstein: 'You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.'
Albert Einstein: 'You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.'