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Caroline M.

@mercmwr.bsky.social

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Visual artist, senior citizen, liberal, feminist, envioronmentalist, civil libertarian, egalitarian, agnostic, New Englander. Married, not looking. No stranger DMs, please. Followers w/empty profiles might get blocked.

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Exactly this 👇👇

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DerMann51 @dermann51.bsky.social · 2d

Yep.

This is the Koch Brother's Network ultimate dream - complete destruction of the U.S. Federal Government, so they can have ALL the money in existence.

Why have we allowed their sycophant representatives into our houses (White House, SCOTUS, Congress)?!

38% didn't vote
32% voted for Trump

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has begun dismissing federal workers, with furloughed staff at the Department of Health and Human Services now facing permanent layoffs. The cuts are hitting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention especially hard.

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 2h

Of course.

Though I coined it independently, it appears that a few others — better known than I — also use it.

I assume that they could also have created it independently, because it makes perfect sense.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 7h

The Turd Reich

The Leaning Tower of Feces is the figurehead

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 7h

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 1d

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How Many Boats Does a Guy Have to Blow Up to Get a Nobel Peace Prize Around Here? - Shower Cap Blog

Donald Trump’s quest to become the shittiest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize came up, like his fingers, a bit short.

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 1d

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Have you noticed Trump's hidden golden eagle South Park took two details to ridicule Trump again.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 2d

Not genuine conservatives.

Reactionary right wing oligarchs aren’t conserving anything.

If they ever read Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, they didn’t unsmdersrand the metaphor, or think it applied to them.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 2d

Dodgy DOGE douchebois.

Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 2d

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Caroline M. @mercmwr.bsky.social · 3d

Earned or not, it is always used for people with certain jobs.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

here's today's post: "Pamnesia Pam can’t remember shit about Dear Leader’s dead pedo bestie" — won’t you please help find a cure?
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