DutchessMargaret
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DutchessMargaret
@dutchessmargaret.bsky.social
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We all could use a bear hug, now more than ever *1946 Baby Boomer. Founder of Yazidi@School. Always looking for Volunteer English teachers to teach on line to Yezidi in Kurdistan
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Senators abdicate their responsibility once again.
“.. Collins eventually cast her vote against the resolution, giving opponents the decisive 50th vote to defeat it ..”

@politico.com 🇻🇪
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Well, tens of millions of Americans are going hungry and tens of millions of Americans are losing their health care, but it's all been worth it to ensure transgender citizens can't get passports.
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Crockett: Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for this point blank period. Her constituents were the ones that were on the receiving end of this.
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Has there ever been a weaker Speaker of the House than Mike Johnson, who just picks up the phone each day, says ‘yes sir’ a bunch of times, then hangs up and does what he’s told? Which is do nothing and lie constantly.
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
Wat n angst voor de nieuwkomers... Oorlogen achter de rug. Genocides achter de rug. Families achtergelaten en vreselijk missende. Families bij elkaar hebben gespaard en gespaard om die een of twee te laten vluchten... En zelfs hier lijkt het weer oorlog voor jou ..
Wat n trauma
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
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Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.
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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?
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Trump’s success is not inevitable. We proved that yesterday. More ideas for how we move forward, together, in my book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable
A Manual for Keeping a Democracy a.co/d/gvP6P9i
Grammar check: she's better than I (am)
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Breaking: Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue.

(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
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Spanberger: It is the honor of my lifetime to be elected the 75th governor of the commonwealth.
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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Visitors to Utah's National Parks may not notice much of an impact from the government shutdown, but concern for furloughed and unpaid workers is rising, and some say it's holding the parks back from meeting their mission.
As Utah’s national parks stay open, so do questions about the shutdown’s impact • Utah News Dispatch
Visitors may not notice much of a change at Utah's national parks in the shutdown, but others say it has a strong impact.
utahnewsdispatch.com
Good heavens how he lies and lies and lies.
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Big shout out to Utah Republicans, who greedily passed a fully gerrymandered map that includes an R+2 and an R+6 district, as they watched Democrats easily overcome those margins all across the country tonight.
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Oh we will not forget who bent the knee.
Democrats won big. If it holds through 2028, it's going to be interesting to watch all the tech giants pretend they're not a bunch of MAGA fascists.
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I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.