@staghorncalculi.bsky.social
Cranky Crone, nurse of elders, mother of two, and wife of a cranky contractor. Lover of Science and dogs.
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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This-is hope. Worth the read
The ‘soft succession’ of the blue states, is coming.
I’m in a red state but while doing my family tree there was a grandfather that left his plow in the field and went to fight for the union. He knew he was on side of right, so do I.
#Pinks #Resist
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
I’m in a red state but while doing my family tree there was a grandfather that left his plow in the field and went to fight for the union. He knew he was on side of right, so do I.
#Pinks #Resist
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This-is hope. Worth the read
In Bernie Mac voice: “America! You know what to do!”
Kaine 202-224-4024
Cortez Masto 202-224-3542
Fetterman 202-224-4254
Hassan 202-224-3324
Durbin 202-224-2152
King 202-224-5344
Shaheen 202-224-2841
Rosen 202-224-6244
Call until you get through. Some have full mailboxes. Some let you leave messages. Others only take after 9:00 am calls.
Cortez Masto 202-224-3542
Fetterman 202-224-4254
Hassan 202-224-3324
Durbin 202-224-2152
King 202-224-5344
Shaheen 202-224-2841
Rosen 202-224-6244
Call until you get through. Some have full mailboxes. Some let you leave messages. Others only take after 9:00 am calls.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In Bernie Mac voice: “America! You know what to do!”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
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Pure evil. There is no grey notes in this situation. It is black and white. Evil.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pure evil. There is no grey notes in this situation. It is black and white. Evil.
Damnit People!!! Let’s ROLL!
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Damnit People!!! Let’s ROLL!
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State & local police don’t have the bandwidth to address every DHS abuse or criminal copycat, but that doesn’t mean city and state officials should leave residents without any backup.
Special police task forces can-and-should make a difference. The fact we haven’t already seen this speaks volumes.
Special police task forces can-and-should make a difference. The fact we haven’t already seen this speaks volumes.
I’ll reiterate the fact that I have gone to my County board demanding they prepare our police to counter DHS & copycat criminality.
If you live in a blue city or state, I highly recommend you do as well as there is NO time to lose./1
If you live in a blue city or state, I highly recommend you do as well as there is NO time to lose./1
I’m just going to keep banging this drum until I see real action from Mayors and Governors.
Homan is telegraphing the regime’s battle plan for this “soft civil war.” Counties, cities, and states have “soldiers” too — they’re called the police.
DHS overreach & criminal copycats are a crime wave.
Homan is telegraphing the regime’s battle plan for this “soft civil war.” Counties, cities, and states have “soldiers” too — they’re called the police.
DHS overreach & criminal copycats are a crime wave.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
State & local police don’t have the bandwidth to address every DHS abuse or criminal copycat, but that doesn’t mean city and state officials should leave residents without any backup.
Special police task forces can-and-should make a difference. The fact we haven’t already seen this speaks volumes.
Special police task forces can-and-should make a difference. The fact we haven’t already seen this speaks volumes.
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Read the Ketanji Brown Jackson ruling on SNAP. She has our back. bsky.app/profile/muel...
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Read the Ketanji Brown Jackson ruling on SNAP. She has our back. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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CW: Father has seizure as ICE agents attempt to take his child away from his family.
ICE must be abolished
ICE must be abolished
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
CW: Father has seizure as ICE agents attempt to take his child away from his family.
ICE must be abolished
ICE must be abolished
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BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
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I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
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That's murder.
ICE deported him anyways.
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That's murder.
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Hmmmmm
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hmmmmm
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Man @gavinnewsom’s team doesn’t mess around
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Man @gavinnewsom’s team doesn’t mess around
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This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
August 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
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More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
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You found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry.
Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.
But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry.
Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry.
Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.
But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry.
Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.
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Omg😱
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Omg😱
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO — a highly unusual gambit that left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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Off topic, but:
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Off topic, but: