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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 7h

He may be the de facto president, but when this is over, he’s going to find he doesn’t have presidential immunity .

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 7h

They're such good Christian Nationalists!

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 11h

Oh ffs!

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 21h

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ...Rumi

Happy Thursday-birdsday!

#dance #rumi #thursdaybirdsday #heron

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 1d

He's third in the line of succession after Vance and he's not following this?! Totally incompetent.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 1d

Every day it's a different BS excuse from Johnson.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 1d

Still trying to beat the Friday Peace Prize announcement.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 2d

He took that back real fast. Now he won't swear her in until the Democrats cave and vote for the CR. There has to be something illegal about him denying people their representation in Congress.

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 3d

They can talk about it all they want—they just can’t force it upon anyone else.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 3d

TAROT OF DRAGONS
10.6.25

THREE OF SWORDS
Let pain magnify your heart until it aches for loved ones and strangers alike. There is enough to go around. And enough care. In the end, you will find that agony and bliss are distinctions without a difference.
#tarotofdragons #tarot #dragons #pain

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 3d

"I know, dear. These are dark times. Fear and loss and chaos...the only thing that helps is a hug."

(I don't often share our simian kin - they are so much like us - but in honor of Jane Goodall, an exception must be made.)
#janegoodall #chimps #hugs #darktimes

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed. Especially since Johnson isn't even holding House sessions. It's just a well-paid vacation for them while thousands serve without pay or worse, lose their jobs entirely.

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 6d

TAROT OF DRAGONS
10.3.25

THREE OF WANDS.
Your ships are coming in.
Acknowledge help received; accept it with grace. You are playing a long game, and now is the time to be patient. Mere dinghies sent out to sea will return as floating dragons. This is destiny; wait for it to unfold.
#tarot #dragons

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 7d

How very anti-Semitic of him.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 8d

"Rabbit, Rabbit. Time to go leaf peeking."

#rabbitrabbit #autumn #october #leafpeeking

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 9d

Giving the military illegal orders and threatening to fire them if they refuse.
What can possibly go wrong?

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 10d

"Hey, Mom. It's the beginning of Fat Bear Week, and we're voting for you!"

#fatbearweek #bears #alaska #katmai

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 10d

Will someone tell me why anyone would want to become a coal miner? Danger, black lung, shit pay, and a resource that is increasingly limited even with opening federal lands. Oh, and "clean coal", now that is a hoax.

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 10d

TAROT OF DRAGONS
9.29.25
IX—THE HERMIT

Look within. Step back, out of the material world, and listen to the learned whispers of solitude. The Hermit will light your way.
For those to whom contemplation is alien, the journey may hard, but the wisdom gained will be worth it.
#tarot #dragons #wisdom

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 12d

I question his sentience.

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 12d

"Mom, does freedom of speech mean I can say anything I want?"
"Well, yes, dear. But I wouldn't sass you grandpa. He's grumpy, he's family, and it's not polite."

#freespeech #caturday #family #cheetahs

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 13d

Why on earth would anyone ask trmp about Amelia Earhart?

Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 13d

TAROT OF DRAGONS
9.26.25

0—THE FOOL

There comes a time in every young dragon’s life when the impulse—the need—to plunge into the unknown rolls like a clarion song through her soul. We're on the ledge. It is a time for change. That first step is a leap of faith—take it.
#tarot #dragons #fool #leap

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 13d

"Oh, man, you humans are chilling my Zen. Get your shit together, please."

#lemurs #zen #tgif

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Shawn MacKenzie @ezelkatz.bsky.social · 15d

This is dangerous BS - Vance knows nothing of the shooter's politics - could be someone apolitical who's ticked at ICE because they disappeared a family member.
And no outrage about the anti-vax person who shot up the CDC.