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Writer/editor. Opinionated. Equal Rights for all + Due Process, DEI #ReSister #Activist #CompassionNotHate #BlueMama #Idaho #La. https://danadugan.substack.com/p/first-in-time

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 6h

crooked and a waste of our money. #DumpNoem in the polluted river that worm bobby swims in

ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 6h

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts

The Trump administration’s push for more deportations is upending immigration courts. Recently terminated judges fear the changes imperil due process.

www.motherjones.com

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 8h

embarrassing and obvious. Weenie Johnson is terrible at his job,

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 9h

It's so beautiful, I wanna cry

Trump Joins the Ranks of Nobel Laureates

For contributions so bold, the truth never stood a chance.

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 9h

or get a Peace Prize

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

Head over to Substack for the latest:
danadugan.substack.com/p/first-in-t...

First in Time: Chapter 9

Cookin' for Keeps

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

also, the Dodge Ram commercial has hugely MAGA/America First vibes, and sends the climate hoax - I need a big truck to compensate - macho - fuck your feelings message to the lemming idiots who actually watch dumb commercials.

( full disclosure: I saw it by accident before I could hit mute)

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JustSayin @justsayin-fromx.bsky.social · 14h

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

This farmer bailout is not what people think. It is not for everyone. Many family farms will suffer. It is narrowly defined as for "targeted commodity farmers", aka eligible agricultural producers, primarily soybean farmers.

Stock up. Freeze, can, trade, plant, pray.
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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

the 45/47 rump in DC is the worst president ever. Simple facts.

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

www.hrw.org

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

two examples: he turned two of his personal properties into clubs. Other people pay for it all through dues and fees.

the trumps are grifters

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

🙏🏽🙏🏽

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 10h

this is absolutely repellent behavior by the Guardians of Pedophilia

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 11h

We know this is bogus. Why won't the media treat it as such, just like all the other vengeful indictments by the corrupt trump DOJ

bbc.com/news/article...

Letitia James: New York attorney general criminally indicted

James, who led a civil fraud case against US President Donald Trump, was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia.

bbc.com

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 11h

when the corrupt governing party, run by unqualified dolts, speaks....you get

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 11h

hilarious.

Fox just proves its rancid partisanship for a convicted felon and his lies daily, with no consideration of how it's hurting the people and the country.

#FauxNews is a Russian-style propaganda machine.

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 11h

and Nixonian. He was forced to resign. Know your history.

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 12h

anyone who believes this shit is a A#1 ignoramus

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 12h

I'm old enough to remember when flying was a privilege and people dressed nicely out of respect for others. People are just slobs on planes now, including badly fitting sweats, butt revealing tiny shorts, and wearing offensive, rude, and vulgar sayings on hats and tees.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 17h

Fun fun- wish I was there 🍒 #amwriting

Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 18h

Chris Wray in 2020:
"antifa isn’t an organization. it’s a belief" — that fascism is bad.

pro tip: if you’re against the idea of antifascism, you’re on the wrong fucking side.✔️✔️

via @jefftiedrich.bsky.social

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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 1d

The famous photo of the soldiers raising the flag at IWO JIMA with the words ANTIFA.

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Butter Emails @butteremails2.bsky.social · 1d

it's a short distance, and the feds seem to be able to move 100s of barely uniformed thugs from state to state without any problem.
this is all bullshit