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Laura Bloemker

@laurabloemker.bsky.social

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Wife, mom, Cubs fan, Hawkeye, ✍️, 🚴‍♀️, 🧑‍🍳 du maison, dog whisperer, politics nerd, Steph head, Lutheran, still in the fight for 🇺🇸democracy, still in Texas, still standing with 🇺🇦. 🚫 hate/bigotry/sexism, DMs, solicitors. She/her.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · Sep 11

Posted from X, obviously.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · Sep 11

No Democrat I know favors political violence, yet all I see on this site, including from the odious owner/propagandist, is that liberals are the problem. That’s a bald-faced lie, one that the GOP is using to gin up its own #ReichstagFire moment. Because they’re scared of voters.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 5h

This is the Texas the GOP wants. www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-...

83,000 License Plate Cameras Later, North Texas Cops Exposed for Abortion Hunt

Law enforcement officials and the surveillance company previously told reporters the camera queries were to aid a missing persons investigation.

www.dallasobserver.com

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 1d

These are the actions of an abusive person.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 2d

Those fillers and that weave aren’t going to pay the themselves.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 2d

Par for the course for Trump…only the pest people?

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 2d

Norway: We apologize for our toddler-in-chief. If he starts issuing threats, just let him have his tantrum and remember…Trump always chickens out.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 3d

“…wholesale corruption of the Justice Department

Fixed it for you

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 3d

When The Chew was on ABC, I would record it and watch it daily. The hosts (Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon) are now doing their own thing with a podcast. I highly recommend it! It’s like the original show, but with fun back stories on network TV and swearing! youtu.be/6el4EhdLy0o?...

French Onion Soup… as a Sandwich?!

YouTube video by Chewed Up

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

I look forward to her saying the same thing while testifying at The Hague.

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London Reed🫘8647 & 86ICE 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱🏳️‍⚧️🇩🇰🇬🇱🇨🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @londonreed.bsky.social · 5d

Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Night Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

So we’re supposed to “comply” with any masked man without a warrant? According to the “DOJ”?

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

Feels like it

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so old, I remember when decent people were in charge of the news we consume and were not beholden to profit.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

He’s on speed dial

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

Why, Iowa? Why?

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 4d

Get rid of the almost and you’d have it, Sen. Durbin.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 7d

You're either with ICE or with humanity and democracy.

Choose.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 9d

If the only way you could see the racism on Twitter was to have it directed at your family, you lack basic empathy and decency.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

I'm glad to see House Democrats are pressing to get Rep-Elect Grijalva seated, because the fight over this is just a prelude to what the House Republicans will try in January 2027, when charges of "voter fraud" will lead to "serious questions" that will delay the seating of several new Democrats.

The House Has a New Democrat — and a Shrinking GOP Margin

But Speaker Johnson appears to be in no rush to swear in Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15d

I just took a Tylenol and one of the side-effects was chronic curiosity about who else is in the Epstein Files. Ask your doctor if apprehending pedophiles is right for you.

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 17d

Because he can’t debate the issue of detaining people without warrants because they’re (checks notes) brown on the merits.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 17d

Must watch for fans of The Chew or people who just like funny cooking content: youtu.be/VBl4buK7oeo?...

Tailgate-Ready Pork Schnitzel Sliders + Brussels Sprout Slaw

YouTube video by Chewed Up

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Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 19d

The Trump Admin would prefer that less evidence of its incompetence exists.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 22d

Was it hard making out what he said with his lips firmly attached to Trump’s arse?

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 22d

Apparently publicly proclaiming you’re a believer is all that’s required among MAGA priests to elevate a person to sainthood. No good works, acts, or empathy for the poor. So none of the Jesus stuff.

Laura Bloemker @laurabloemker.bsky.social · 23d

I’ll co-sign if you add that he’s Putin’s puppet.