Diane
@peridotorchid.bsky.social
Equality for all. Twin, kidney transplant recipient, introvert, gun violence survivor. Married mom & grandma. Pro-choice. ❤️ dogs, cats & birds. And trees. I love trees. Life in the Pacific NW is beautiful.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally, BLM ✊️
#TreeHugger #Raptors #Corvids
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally, BLM ✊️
#TreeHugger #Raptors #Corvids
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Diane
@peridotorchid.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I don't begrudge wealthy people their stuff. There is, however, something fundamentally wrong with a society that allows children to go hungry and people to live in the streets while the wealth class owns elected officials, SC Justices, multiple mansions, yachts, and private aircraft.
The Trump clown show to a tee: "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
Deep Throat (not that one, the other one from All the President’s Men) gets the prize for most evergreen most multipurpose quote. I literally think it every day these days.
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Trump clown show to a tee: "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
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PLS SIGN OUR Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict fake evangelical, child rapist, Epstein accomplice, misogynistic pig, pathological liar, #MAGA demagogue con artist & mentally unfit wannabe King #Trump
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#BlueCrew
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November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
PLS SIGN OUR Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict fake evangelical, child rapist, Epstein accomplice, misogynistic pig, pathological liar, #MAGA demagogue con artist & mentally unfit wannabe King #Trump
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#BlueCrew
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#BlueCrew
Trump's pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson is "deeply grateful to see David Gentile headed home to his young children." Trump granted Johnson clemency from a life sentence for her involvement in cocaine trafficking. Go figure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Trump's pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson is "deeply grateful to see David Gentile headed home to his young children." Trump granted Johnson clemency from a life sentence for her involvement in cocaine trafficking. Go figure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
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🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
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What is this mess
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What is this mess
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LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.
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Horrific. Being done with our tax dollars and in our name.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Horrific. Being done with our tax dollars and in our name.
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.
"...Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents. ... After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen...."
"...Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents. ... After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen...."
RI judge intervenes after ICE wrongfully detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.
"...Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents. ... After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen...."
"...Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents. ... After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen...."
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I’ve faced bullying and loss, but stories of
resilience remind me pain doesn’t define me.
resilience remind me pain doesn’t define me.
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I’ve faced bullying and loss, but stories of
resilience remind me pain doesn’t define me.
resilience remind me pain doesn’t define me.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
"Trump's peace deal is the only path forward to end the war between Russia and Ukraine" claims Luna. What a stupid thing to say. Quiet, piggy.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Trump's peace deal is the only path forward to end the war between Russia and Ukraine" claims Luna. What a stupid thing to say. Quiet, piggy.
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Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
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A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
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This should be front page news: Kushner, Witkoff and Dimitriev doing real estate deals in Miami while deciding the fate of Ukraine? This needs to be forensically investigated because it's a massive scandal.
Trump officials’ meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about latest Ukraine proposal reut.rs/4ifAdRh
Trump officials’ meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about latest Ukraine proposal
Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and other administration representatives met Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev to draft the peace plan, which came as a surprise to U.S. officials at home and abroad.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This should be front page news: Kushner, Witkoff and Dimitriev doing real estate deals in Miami while deciding the fate of Ukraine? This needs to be forensically investigated because it's a massive scandal.