@debbiefr.bsky.social
recovering USAF brat; Lib Dem; retired legal sec/paralegal; retired 7th grade Soc St. teacher; lover of history; amateur genealogist; research geek; recovery nerd; political news junkie; and crafter. Free speech yes; abusive, nasty speech - not acceptable
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
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Location: Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Date taken: February 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
US Army nurse carrying her gear prior to boarding a plane for transport after she was liberated from a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
www.mansell.com/Resources/th...
Date taken: February 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
US Army nurse carrying her gear prior to boarding a plane for transport after she was liberated from a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
www.mansell.com/Resources/th...
November 30, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Location: Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Date taken: February 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
US Army nurse carrying her gear prior to boarding a plane for transport after she was liberated from a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
www.mansell.com/Resources/th...
Date taken: February 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
US Army nurse carrying her gear prior to boarding a plane for transport after she was liberated from a Japanese internment camp during WWII.
www.mansell.com/Resources/th...
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MARANA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING — Say No to MTC & the ICE Detention Center 🚫
Tuesday, December 2nd — 5:30pm
Marana Municipal Complex — 11555 W. Civic Center Drive
Please Wear Orange to Show Your Support
Tuesday, December 2nd — 5:30pm
Marana Municipal Complex — 11555 W. Civic Center Drive
Please Wear Orange to Show Your Support
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
MARANA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING — Say No to MTC & the ICE Detention Center 🚫
Tuesday, December 2nd — 5:30pm
Marana Municipal Complex — 11555 W. Civic Center Drive
Please Wear Orange to Show Your Support
Tuesday, December 2nd — 5:30pm
Marana Municipal Complex — 11555 W. Civic Center Drive
Please Wear Orange to Show Your Support
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Note: IT WAS THE BRAIN!
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Note: IT WAS THE BRAIN!
I’m sorry but this *really* pisses me off. What did the Rs *think* was going to happen when all R Senators voted to confirm a Fox news active alcoholic broadcaster who is incapable of respecting the boundaries of women?? That he was going to “play by the book”? In my mind they’re all accomplices.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m sorry but this *really* pisses me off. What did the Rs *think* was going to happen when all R Senators voted to confirm a Fox news active alcoholic broadcaster who is incapable of respecting the boundaries of women?? That he was going to “play by the book”? In my mind they’re all accomplices.
I’m with Patrick!!!!!
Here I am … “retweeting" MTG. ????? WHAT???!!
Here I am … “retweeting" MTG. ????? WHAT???!!
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I’m with Patrick!!!!!
Here I am … “retweeting" MTG. ????? WHAT???!!
Here I am … “retweeting" MTG. ????? WHAT???!!
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Neither do I Sen. Cassidy, but I do know you’ve enabled this … crap.
First Republican to call out Trump’s corrupt pardon of the man who helped funnel over 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Neither do I Sen. Cassidy, but I do know you’ve enabled this … crap.
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And there’s another danger: the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, already spiraling in Florida.
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
Nobel-Winning Economist Sounds Alarm on Looming Financial Crisis
Paul Krugman says the U.S. may be headed for trouble.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
And there’s another danger: the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, already spiraling in Florida.
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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Why hasn’t Trump ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the sacrifice of Sarah Beckstrom, the national guard member who was murdered?My take on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why hasn’t Trump ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the sacrifice of Sarah Beckstrom, the national guard member who was murdered?My take on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
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Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek — a Republican — says he won't support Trump's effort to gerrymander the state after Trump used a slur to describe Gov. Tim Walz.
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek — a Republican — says he won't support Trump's effort to gerrymander the state after Trump used a slur to describe Gov. Tim Walz.
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
"…perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."
There appears to be a universal language spoken by white nationalists. “Remigration” is a word the far right are using in Germany right now too. Watch for it to be used more often here. It means getting non-white & non-christian (by their definition) out of the country.
Kristi Noem refuses to directly answer a question about what Trump means by "remigration" -- a word that, as Kristen Welker notes, is often invoked by white nationalists in Europe
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There appears to be a universal language spoken by white nationalists. “Remigration” is a word the far right are using in Germany right now too. Watch for it to be used more often here. It means getting non-white & non-christian (by their definition) out of the country.
I don’t put much stock in polls … unless they give me numbers I want to believe. 🤷♀️ These are numbers I want to believe are accurate.
Trump's approval numbers have reached a new second-term low in the latest Gallup poll.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I don’t put much stock in polls … unless they give me numbers I want to believe. 🤷♀️ These are numbers I want to believe are accurate.
"Roses strewn along the way…
The AfD leadership: was escorted to their congress in Giessen with a large police escort.
Peaceful demonstrators against right-wing extremism: became victims of brutal police violence.
Thank you to everyone who perseveres and resists fascism."
The AfD leadership: was escorted to their congress in Giessen with a large police escort.
Peaceful demonstrators against right-wing extremism: became victims of brutal police violence.
Thank you to everyone who perseveres and resists fascism."
Rosen auf den Weg gestreut…
Die Führung der AfD: wurde in Gießen mit großer Eskorte zu ihrem Kongress gebracht.
Friedliche DemonstrantInnen gegen Rechtsextremismus: wurden zum Opfer brutaler Polizeigewalt.
Danke, an alle, die trotzdem dran bleiben - und sich dem Faschismus widersetzen.
Die Führung der AfD: wurde in Gießen mit großer Eskorte zu ihrem Kongress gebracht.
Friedliche DemonstrantInnen gegen Rechtsextremismus: wurden zum Opfer brutaler Polizeigewalt.
Danke, an alle, die trotzdem dran bleiben - und sich dem Faschismus widersetzen.
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Roses strewn along the way…
The AfD leadership: was escorted to their congress in Giessen with a large police escort.
Peaceful demonstrators against right-wing extremism: became victims of brutal police violence.
Thank you to everyone who perseveres and resists fascism."
The AfD leadership: was escorted to their congress in Giessen with a large police escort.
Peaceful demonstrators against right-wing extremism: became victims of brutal police violence.
Thank you to everyone who perseveres and resists fascism."
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NATO deterrence vs. Ukrainian deterrence.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NATO deterrence vs. Ukrainian deterrence.
"30,000 people demonstrated in Giessen against the restructuring of the AfD's youth wing. The youth wing of the AfD, which is classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist party by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is even more radical than its parent party."
👏👏👏👏 und ✊Gießen!!
👏👏👏👏 und ✊Gießen!!
30.000 Menschen haben in Gießen gegen die Um-Gründung der AfD-Parteijugend demonstriert. Der Nachwuchs für die vom Verfassungsschutz als gesichert rechtsextrem eingestufte AfD ist noch radikaler, als ihre Vaterpartei.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"30,000 people demonstrated in Giessen against the restructuring of the AfD's youth wing. The youth wing of the AfD, which is classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist party by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is even more radical than its parent party."
👏👏👏👏 und ✊Gießen!!
👏👏👏👏 und ✊Gießen!!
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Underrated factor in the Trump-Witkoff-Kushner embarrassing Ukraine “peace” plan flop is the flood of praise they got for a Gaza plan that was also mostly “just tell everyone it’s over then think of how much money we’ll make.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Underrated factor in the Trump-Witkoff-Kushner embarrassing Ukraine “peace” plan flop is the flood of praise they got for a Gaza plan that was also mostly “just tell everyone it’s over then think of how much money we’ll make.”
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Republicans are compromised and serve Russia's national interests rather than those of the U.S. www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
'Appalling spectacle': Ex-GOP insider accuses Republican senators of being 'compromised'
Republican senators are "compromised," according to a GOP strategist.Stuart Stevens, Chief Strategist of Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, wrote an article on Saturday called None Dare Call It Trea...
www.rawstory.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Republicans are compromised and serve Russia's national interests rather than those of the U.S. www.rawstory.com/gop-russia-c...
This is a really important race to watch with the election on Tuesday. DT won the district by double digits. Polls show that right now the race is basically TIED and could go either way. All the very best to Aftyn Behn (D) running agst 1 R + 4 Independents. 🤞 Come on Tennessee!!!
Final stretch in the Tennessee district 7 special election
Sign up for the rally here!
Sign up for the rally here!
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is a really important race to watch with the election on Tuesday. DT won the district by double digits. Polls show that right now the race is basically TIED and could go either way. All the very best to Aftyn Behn (D) running agst 1 R + 4 Independents. 🤞 Come on Tennessee!!!
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Turns out carrying water for white collar narcissistic psychopaths isn’t any fun!
Republicans and the country were never and are never going to out run Trump’s psychopathology.
I’m tired of saying it.
Republicans and the country were never and are never going to out run Trump’s psychopathology.
I’m tired of saying it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Turns out carrying water for white collar narcissistic psychopaths isn’t any fun!
Republicans and the country were never and are never going to out run Trump’s psychopathology.
I’m tired of saying it.
Republicans and the country were never and are never going to out run Trump’s psychopathology.
I’m tired of saying it.
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"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...