Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
Eternally hopeful Love will win the day. Looking to find joyful warriors to work with to make it happen 💜🦋🪶🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸
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Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
· Feb 23
She Rides
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
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"When Democrats started calling for Abrego Garcia to be returned in late April, the president’s approval rating on immigration fell off a cliff."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
The high cost of rolling over on immigration
What Matt Yglesias, Hakeem Jeffries, and Keir Starmer got wrong about the politics of immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"When Democrats started calling for Abrego Garcia to be returned in late April, the president’s approval rating on immigration fell off a cliff."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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This is a super important, data-driven corrective to some common mistakes by pundits and politicians. Don't miss the punchline:
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a super important, data-driven corrective to some common mistakes by pundits and politicians. Don't miss the punchline:
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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I’m not even going to publish a copy of Trumps comments about Reiner and his wife. But occasionally he reminds me that he is simply one of the worst, most degenerate individuals who has ever existed in American public life. Hard to think of any more vicious, vile and sociopathic.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m not even going to publish a copy of Trumps comments about Reiner and his wife. But occasionally he reminds me that he is simply one of the worst, most degenerate individuals who has ever existed in American public life. Hard to think of any more vicious, vile and sociopathic.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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Big tech has borrowed more in the current 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 (so far) than in any full 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 in history, other than 2017 from @DuncanLamont2
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Big tech has borrowed more in the current 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 (so far) than in any full 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 in history, other than 2017 from @DuncanLamont2
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⚡️ Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
kyivindependent.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
⚡️ Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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NEW
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
NEW
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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The Horsehead Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25121...
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar molecular cloud has by chance assumed an immediately recognizable shape.
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar molecular cloud has by chance assumed an immediately recognizable shape.
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Horsehead Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25121...
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar molecular cloud has by chance assumed an immediately recognizable shape.
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar molecular cloud has by chance assumed an immediately recognizable shape.
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Thread: 🧵
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thread: 🧵
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We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.
America, are you ok with this?
America, are you ok with this?
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.
America, are you ok with this?
America, are you ok with this?
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💯. And it's actually in Americans' interest that they not rely on America right now.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💯. And it's actually in Americans' interest that they not rely on America right now.
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Trump 22 points underwater on immigration in new AP-NORC poll.
No wonder Kristi Noem fled her hearing today.
No wonder Kristi Noem fled her hearing today.
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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California: this weekend, be the good Pete.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
California: this weekend, be the good Pete.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at the ICE Baltimore field office for a scheduled check-in. Abrego was released from custody after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration lacked legal authority to continue holding him in an immigration detention center.
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at the ICE Baltimore field office for a scheduled check-in. Abrego was released from custody after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration lacked legal authority to continue holding him in an immigration detention center.
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The Trump gold card
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Trump gold card