Deirdre63
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Old woman who likes books, pictures of nature, #birds, and democracy. Currently reading "Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t." 🚫MAGATs, 🚫DMs--unless I knew you somewhere else, 🚫Go Fund Me, 🚫porn or bots.
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Deirdre63
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· Nov 13
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois is launching a new initiative to document abuses by federal agents — calling out ICE and CBP for targeting people of color and dodging accountability. “We’re going to have to keep a record. These people need to be held accountable.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois is launching a new initiative to document abuses by federal agents — calling out ICE and CBP for targeting people of color and dodging accountability. “We’re going to have to keep a record. These people need to be held accountable.”
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Today I wrote about how Donald Trump sued me but I fought and won. The response was so strong we decided to post it on the Democracy Docket website for free.
Enjoy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Enjoy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump Sued Me. I Fought and Won.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today I wrote about how Donald Trump sued me but I fought and won. The response was so strong we decided to post it on the Democracy Docket website for free.
Enjoy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Enjoy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Is there an amount of wealth you can acquire that helps you sleep better at night when, as a specially appointed official representing the US, you side with and embrace a murderous dictator like Putin? Does material wealth make Witkoff feel good about that? How much does it take?
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Is there an amount of wealth you can acquire that helps you sleep better at night when, as a specially appointed official representing the US, you side with and embrace a murderous dictator like Putin? Does material wealth make Witkoff feel good about that? How much does it take?
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Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender abovethelaw.com/2025/11/marc...
Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender - Above the Law
Above the Law’s 2020 Lawyer of the Year Is still fighting to protect your right to vote.
abovethelaw.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender abovethelaw.com/2025/11/marc...
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One of my favorite Old Twitter exchanges:
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of my favorite Old Twitter exchanges:
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
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A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
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National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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We knew we were gonna be right about the tunnel, but we didn’t think we would be right this fast
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We knew we were gonna be right about the tunnel, but we didn’t think we would be right this fast
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@schumer.senate.gov but they promised, right Chuck, & they always follow through with their promises…
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@schumer.senate.gov but they promised, right Chuck, & they always follow through with their promises…
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Just saying ….
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just saying ….
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
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Racism lives in the Republican Party!!
TRUMP IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER,,,
BALTIMORE,,,
NEW YORK,,,,
CHICAGO,,,
OAKLAND,,,
AND LOS ANGELES.
5 CITIES.,,
5 BLACK MAYORS.
BUT TELL ME AGAIN HOW TRUMP ISN'T RACIST!
BISHOP TALBERT SWAN
OCCUPY DEMOCRATS
TRUMP IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER,,,
BALTIMORE,,,
NEW YORK,,,,
CHICAGO,,,
OAKLAND,,,
AND LOS ANGELES.
5 CITIES.,,
5 BLACK MAYORS.
BUT TELL ME AGAIN HOW TRUMP ISN'T RACIST!
BISHOP TALBERT SWAN
OCCUPY DEMOCRATS
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Racism lives in the Republican Party!!
TRUMP IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER,,,
BALTIMORE,,,
NEW YORK,,,,
CHICAGO,,,
OAKLAND,,,
AND LOS ANGELES.
5 CITIES.,,
5 BLACK MAYORS.
BUT TELL ME AGAIN HOW TRUMP ISN'T RACIST!
BISHOP TALBERT SWAN
OCCUPY DEMOCRATS
TRUMP IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER,,,
BALTIMORE,,,
NEW YORK,,,,
CHICAGO,,,
OAKLAND,,,
AND LOS ANGELES.
5 CITIES.,,
5 BLACK MAYORS.
BUT TELL ME AGAIN HOW TRUMP ISN'T RACIST!
BISHOP TALBERT SWAN
OCCUPY DEMOCRATS
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Columbus City Council approved on Monday some of the largest utility rate increases the city has seen in more than 20 years. https://nbc4i.co/3LRSqbz?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Columbus City Council approved on Monday some of the largest utility rate increases the city has seen in more than 20 years. https://nbc4i.co/3LRSqbz?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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