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Ilex Opaca
@brendlebot.bsky.social
560 followers 1K following 210 posts
Interests include gardening (esp. native plants), nature,coffee,travel,cooking & baking, books, & intermittent fasting. Also all forms of art, and, you know- Saving Democracy. Proud to be a bleeding heart, tree hugging liberal, a GenXer,& an ally 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 5d
He's gonna Loomer himself
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d
Context matters
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Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible ❌👑 @ruwmi.bsky.social · 8d
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 8d
What an album! What a song
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 8d
I thought the same!
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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 12d
He doesn’t Give AF!
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 11d
Love this,her voice always shines through
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 11d
Great, now do Dr. Oz!
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12d
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d
MEMPHIS’ @repcohen.bsky.social on the shutdown…
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 13d
I got to see her speak at a small college in a nearby town about 20 years ago. I was lucky enough to attend with my mom,daughter,and sister. Such an inspirational woman,scientst,and conservationist.
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 15d
Please oh please,let this be true
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15d
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · Jul 27
🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.
Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will cause sharp cuts to Social Security by late 2032, a new analysis says.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d
Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 18d
A literal chill went over my body as I read this- we must pull together, rally, & #RESIST !
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18d
😕🇺🇸
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 19d
Happy Fall, y'all! As a summer girl, I am just now able to welcome in autumn, although of course it is lovely, too
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 19d
Sehr schön!
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 19d
This is it, I believe- the root cause. This, and "corporations are people too" 🙄
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 19d
Please enjoy the Yellow Wall-the west end of our native garden. Lots of pollen and nectar for all! 🐝 🦋 (sound up for soothing bird & bug sounds) #NativePlants #PollinatorGardens 🌱
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 20d
I love catbirds,nice pic!
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Ilex Opaca @brendlebot.bsky.social · 21d
Yep, it's their preferred method of altering facts to suit their needs.
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