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Rebekka Elisabet @rebekkaelisabet.bsky.social · Aug 12

I love when I read a piece of poetry that resonatesso deeply and on such a personal level. Thank you Amanda Gunn, not only was this beautiful but so very real and raw. Diagnostic I www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...

Diagnostic I

Where you are goingyou cannot takeyour things leavein this locker the rivetsat the corners of your bluejeans

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · Mar 3

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Mar 5

I love how Black Texas Dems like Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Rep. Al Green are showing the world how to not take this oppression lying down.

As a Texan, love this for us. Let's gooooo.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 5

This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

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Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social · Mar 5

EVERY DEM SHOULDVE WALKED OUT WITH AL GREEN!

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Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social · Mar 5

I walked out of Trump’s Joint Address. I couldn’t listen to the incessant lies anymore.

Trump’s actions have demonstrated nothing but contempt for our Constitution, our country and its people. He’s corrupting our government, selling it to billionaires, and making hard-working Americans pay for it.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · Mar 5

FACT: Trump’s foreign policy abandons American values.

He’s buddying up to Putin, spreading Russian disinformation, and voting with dictators at the UN. He dismantled the agency that fights malaria and HIV abroad.

It's gotten so bad, people are boo’ing America at sports games.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · Mar 5

Universal healthcare would make America great.

Universal childcare would make America great.

Debt-free college would make America great.

Universal housing would make America great.

A $25 minimum wage would make America great.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 4

Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell

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Rebekka Elisabet @rebekkaelisabet.bsky.social · Mar 5

Dave is such a gem! Watched it the other night and my goodness what a treat

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · Mar 4

To appreciate how the US has changed, watch these classic movies.
- The Post
- All the President’s Men
- Hidden Figures
- American President
- Dave
- Apollo 13
- Good Night & Good Luck
- Imitation Game
- Spotlight
- Wag the Dog
- Die Hard With A Vengeance

The world they depict is unimaginable now.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · Mar 4

Don’t stop talking about Black history just because February is over.

Black history is 365.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Mar 4

This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Mar 4

Is this what they meant by a Red Wave?

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Librarian Fella @librarianfella.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · Mar 5

Trump: "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in 4 years or 8 years."

The economy:

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Mar 5

They try to silence us, hold us back, and strip away our rights, but women always fight back. This #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re doubling down, because when women lead, we all move forward.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · Mar 4

You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.

Dysentery cases on the rise in the Portland area: 40 new cases reported in January alone

Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.

www.usatoday.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 3

BREAKING — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the closure of major regional offices in Philly, LA and Chicago, per email shared with me.

“5 alarm fire,” SEC employee tells me.

Full email text:

To: All SEC Employees
From: Ken Johnson, Chief Operating Officer
Date: March 3, 2025
Subject: RE: Update on LARO, PLRO and CHRO Leases

As some of you might be aware, the General Services Administration (GSA) has been involved in a process across federal agencies to review office space leases and potential options for reducing space and related costs. GSA has now decided to end all federal leases goverment-wide where GSA can do so unilaterally and where the agency is not providing direct services to the public.

As part of this decision, GSA recently informed us it has decided to teminate the building leases for the Los Angeles Regional Office (LARO) and the Philadelphia Regional Office (PLRO). GSA retains the sole authority to terminate the leases because they manage those leases on our behalf. To be clear, these lease terminations are not associated with any reorganization or reduction in force plan regarding SEC personnel, but rather apply solely to SEC space.

As part of the initiative described above, GSA also notified us they intend to terminate the lease for the Chicago Regional Office (CHRO). The SEC has responded to the Administration and pointed out that CHRO's lease terms are different iand do not allow for unilateral GSA termination without significant financial penalties. We will keep you posted as we learn more about GSA's decisions.

The SEC will be working with GSA on the process for finding new space for these offices. We understand that GSA aims to have the space exited by the end of August 2025 for PLRO and CHRO, and the end of September 2025 for LARO. It is the SEC's intent that if new office locations are not ready by the time the GSA-initiated lease terminations take effect, then the affected SEC staff will be placed on full-time telework.

We will provide more information as we learn it.

Thank you.

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Zandi Sussex @zandisussex.bsky.social · Mar 3

Meghan did a beautiful, intimate interview with @people magazine. Also, gorgeous photos by Jake Rosenberg.😍

Article Link 👉 people.com/meghan-markl...

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Mar 3

“I find it frustrating and lazy that men don’t get involved,” Ryan Hamilton said. “Why are you not out here going, ‘How dare you?’ … You’re happy to let your wife or daughter go out and tell their nightmare story over and over again while you sit your lazy ass at home?”

David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · Mar 3

It’s been almost a year since Ryan Hamilton went viral with his story about carrying his pregnant wife from a puddle of blood on their bathroom floor into his truck to drive to a Texas hospital for the fourth time seeking care.

At Texas abortion event, men call on each other to speak out for reproductive rights • Ohio Capital Journal

It’s been almost a year since Ryan Hamilton went viral with his story about carrying his pregnant wife from a puddle of blood on their bathroom floor into his truck to drive to a Texas hospital for…

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Zora Neale Hurtin’ 📚🔮🎤 @alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social · Mar 2

Hey my Literary Lovelies! It’s Women’s History Month, so I feel like it’s time for a new book thread. Here’s what’s on my TBR for March. Horror & Sci Fi written by Black, Indigenous and other Women of color. Let’s get started shall we? 💙📚 #BlackBooksky #DiverseBookSky