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Ellen Rafshoon

@paynesgray.bsky.social

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ReSister, American history expert, novice painter and print maker. Loves Broadway & opera.

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Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 12d

Hester Street, Ladybird,Winters Bone

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Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 21d

Count me in.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 21d

L’Isle de La Sorgue pastel on paper

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 26d

Just another f’ed up day in America.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 29d

Andrew Jackson is on $20 bills.

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Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 29d

I see something else too

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 29d

Their hiring the best aren’t they?

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · 29d

The US has an alliance with Israel. As an officer he is not permitted to speak freely or protest like civilians.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Sep 20

More monuments for thence generations to tear down.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Sep 19

Why are people asking if the US is still a democracy?

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Sep 18

President Eisenhower loathed McCarthy and never used his administrative power to bully publishers and networks. This era is far more threatening to those who treasure our 1Afreedoms.

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Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m sure Adams was all in. It’s only bonkers because she tried to bribe a reporter with professional ethics.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Aug 21

You would be punishing 2 of the most anti Trump and pro immigration US cities: Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Aug 21

Spending my 3rd winter holiday with you. No counter arguments here.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Jul 19

The US was the good guy in WW2; Western European towns have erected gratitude marketed. Yet the US dispossessed and imprisoned 120,000 of its citizens. People of Japanese descent.

Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Jun 20

Trumps going to bring back slavery.

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Ellen Rafshoon @paynesgray.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great ideas but Black and white civil rights protesters used those tactics and racists violently attacked them. The protesters had the moral high ground but dressing neatly and being respectful towards law enforcement does is not protective .