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Hopeful Cynic. Art, Science, Music Nature, Books & Animals. I hesitate to follow w/o bio or posts. Hopefully, we survive this. Democracy First. #voteblue #Resist Refuge from Twitter. #Slava#Ukraini. Married to the boy next door. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️

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LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · Feb 7

Something has to be done. Of all people, you should know, we are not put in this world to avoid danger when innocent people are involved.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 7h

The content of the messages prompted state GOP leaders to take action. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach provided a statement in which he confirmed the firing of Hendrix.
State GOP leaders shut down Kansas Young Republicans chapter after racist chats surface share.google/ZXEvMUFO4tA0...

State GOP leaders shut down Kansas Young Republicans chapter after racist chats surface

GOP leaders in Kansas are shutting down the state’s Young Republicans chapter following a leaked chat that included racist and antisemitic messages.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 8h

And it stinks 😩

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 13h

Health authorities said that the fatalities had occurred across two separate incidents including a drone strike
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Trump-Gaza latest: Seven killed after Israel opens fire over ‘violation’ of ceasefire

Health authorities said that the fatalities had occurred across two separate incidents including a drone strike

www.independent.co.uk

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 14h

Exercising our 1st Amendment Right to Protest is not a hate rally

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 14h

Former president urges support for the ballot measure Democrats say could add up to five US House seats
Obama backs California’s Proposition 50 to counter Texas redistricting | Barack Obama | The Guardian share.google/MsPEZbdaEKRb...

Obama backs California’s Proposition 50 to counter Texas redistricting

Former president urges support for the ballot measure Democrats say could add up to five US House seats

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 15h

“Don't just acknowledge it. Tell me what you're going to do about it. It's stolen.”
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His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s. Now he’s among the leaders of Colorado’s Indigenous land back movement

Hundreds of years after most of Colorado’s Indigenous tribes were forcibly removed from the state, a movement emerges to bring them home.

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Aibo - Zonny @aibo-zonny.bsky.social · 1d

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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 1d

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

Trump greets Middle East leader with eye-raising comment "He’s got plenty of oil!” Trump said, smiling. “A lot of oil!”

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Trump greets Middle East leader with eye-raising comment

President Donald Trump met Monday with several Middle East leaders following his address to the Israeli Knesset and ahead of a peace summit in Egypt, including Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-S...

www.rawstory.com

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

Obama suggested that Republicans and right-wing media would have been outraged if he had similarly sent in troops to GOP-led states
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Obama rips Trump over sending National Guard troops in hometown Chicago

Former president says Trump’s threats to use military against civilians ‘weakens democracy’

www.independent.co.uk

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

"These miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard" Listen to this article · 7:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

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LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian has identified eight instances where military veterans have been prosecuted or sought damages after being detained by federal agents. | Trump administration | The Guardian share.google/eS2QicbLqbNh...

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.Education Dept. wipes out special ed office, union says share.google/PxlSqhTx2gPc...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

Cool!

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

I totally agree with you. As a professional you would know about the mental illness of Trump and the people around him

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

Above-average sea temperatures in Japan interacted with colder air from Siberia,
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Dozens Rescued in Remote Alaskan Villages in Storm That Swept Away Homes

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LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

"These ICE raids are reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act, when the U.S. Marshals would hunt down and kidnap Black Americans" Bynum said.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

😟I would say just desserts but 26 percent of the people there will suffer too

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 1d

Good Morning 🌞

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 2d

We're inching closer and closer
Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act share.google/z2ZYkh8zKkff...

Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

Vice President JD Vance said that President Donald Trump is "looking at all his options" in regards to invoking the Insurrection Act.

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Snugglegoth @snugglegoth.bsky.social · 3d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

The 48-year-old disgraced rockstar was serving a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 2d

Good riddance to a child molester

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 2d

‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities? | US immigration | The Guardian share.google/PWJ5E6pp2B98...

‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities?

Border agents have become a key force in Trump’s migrant crackdown – operating far from their traditional rural range

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 3d

Porch sitting behind the flower planters

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 3d

This is how you fo things. Instead of removing non-whites fro history.
Denver Naming New Park After Native American Leader share.google/oWL1ts9j60TG...

Denver to Name New Park After Native American Leader

The ten-acre park in Green Valley Ranch will be the first urban park in the city named after a Native American.

LollyB @rooksnest.bsky.social · 3d

Oh good lord what a piece of horse shite
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Trump claims Nobel Peace Prize winner called and told him he really deserved it

Trump has openly lusted for the award once given to former president Barack Obama after the 2008 presidential election

www.independent.co.uk