HarleyQuinn
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HarleyQuinn
@harleytheequinn.bsky.social
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Engaged citizen: call your legislators. Active member, League of Women Voters. Editor-writer. Caregiver. Classical musician. Dog mom. Oxford comma fan; generally intolerant of violence, profanity, & rudeness. I mute obscene words.
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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The US military has struck two boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing several people, as Defense Secretary Hegseth promises the strikes will continue. Congress members say the Pentagon still hasn’t presented evidence justifying the attacks.
US Strikes Two Boats in Pacific Ocean as Hegseth Pledges “Strikes Will Continue, Day After Day”
Members of Congress say the Pentagon has still not provided any evidence to back justifications for the attacks.
buff.ly
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JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
I can guess: because, according to Trump et al., these are fake numbers intended to make him look bad.
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Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
Apparently they think they’ll be in the Trump “in crowd” forever. Wise up, folks. Loyalty with Trump only works in one direction. He’ll betray you the moment it’s advantageous for him to do so.
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Small business owners, gig workers & farmers who do not get health insurance through employers are receiving notices of sharp increases in premiums for policies bought through the Affordable Care Act

The sad truth is only a handful of Senate Republicans even care

www.ksl.com/article/5138...
Senate Republicans face states' health care concerns in high-stakes shutdown standoff
A handful of Senate Republicans are wrestling with the impending expiration of health insurance subsidies that are the primary sticking point in the government shutdown standoff that entered its 13th ...
www.ksl.com
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Panicking Republicans beg Speaker Johnson to end shutdown chaos:'Hurts people!'

Republicans in battleground districts are begging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass some kind of shutdown package because they're facing backlash at home.

But Johnson cares only about Trump

www.rawstory.com/republican-s...
Panicking Republicans beg Speaker Johnson to end shutdown chaos: 'Hurts people!'
Republicans in battleground districts are begging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass some kind of shutdown package because they're facing backlash at home. Angry Americans face slower airports, unanswered p...
www.rawstory.com
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One of my most favorite quotes:
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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New poll: UNH finds that November’s ballot measure in Maine that would greatly restrict mail voting, and impose voter ID, is *very* tight.

It’s 49% no, 48% yes. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

One of the most suspenseful elections on November 4.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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The Constitution is not self-enforcing.

The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.

And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.

No one is coming to save us.

It's entirely up to us.
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Perspective: The White House has about 55,000 sq ft of floor space (132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, six levels). The new ballroom is planned to span 90,000 sq ft at an updated cost of $300M —5.5× larger than the White House itself at a cost of nearly 8× Mar-a-Lago’s $40M Grand Ballroom
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Really cool that people are going to starve because of the Trump-Johnson-Epstein shutdown.
My city had a Democratic primary for mayor this year. A city council member who supported the loser says it’s unfair because the vote was close. Seems he doesn’t understand what primaries are for.
They think they’re too big to boycott. Sadly, I fear they’re right. We depend on these companies to live our digitally enhanced lives. There are alternatives, but they’re less convenient, and the majority of Americans probably don’t even know about them.
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Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
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