Byrd
@temporaryme.bsky.social
💙 Retiree. She/her. California chauvinist. Pro-democracy. I don’t always rant profanely about the current hellscape—I have other accounts for food and travel pics and stuff—but when I do, it’s here.
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Byrd
@temporaryme.bsky.social
· Oct 8
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
pbs.org
Why are so many Americans so uninformed or misinformed? Especially in poor and rural areas? Here’s a big part of the answer to that.
A must-watch.
pbs.org/show/strippe...
A must-watch.
pbs.org/show/strippe...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Drumpf hasn’t even lasted five minutes as a normal human.
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Drumpf hasn’t even lasted five minutes as a normal human.
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#ResistanceRoots
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause.”
— Emma Goldman
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause.”
— Emma Goldman
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause.”
— Emma Goldman
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause.”
— Emma Goldman
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McMorrow is the kind of young leader we need more of.
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
McMorrow is the kind of young leader we need more of.
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The corruption never ends
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The corruption never ends
Oh, where have you been all my life, @fishbender.bsky.social ? Kindred spirit.
Just a reminder. The whole world had to kill all the nazis. They did not quit, or become nice, or relinquish their positions. They had to be hunted down and murdered.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh, where have you been all my life, @fishbender.bsky.social ? Kindred spirit.
Yes - part of the while capitalism scam. Because it’s time to face it, that that’s what it has always been.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes - part of the while capitalism scam. Because it’s time to face it, that that’s what it has always been.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I think compromise is key in any successful relationship. However, if you were going to cave with no deal on what you demanded, then you hurt the American people for nothing. 👎🏻
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I think compromise is key in any successful relationship. However, if you were going to cave with no deal on what you demanded, then you hurt the American people for nothing. 👎🏻
What a shitty thing to wake up to on a Monday.
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What a shitty thing to wake up to on a Monday.
Get rid of Schumer. What a disaster he’s been. Unable to meet the moment. Begone, Chuck.
Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Get rid of Schumer. What a disaster he’s been. Unable to meet the moment. Begone, Chuck.
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Due to the cruel, corrupt Trump/GOP, Americans suffered with the longest government shutdown in USA history! All so Trump/GOP could rip away food from the most vulnerable Americans & eliminate health care! Trump/GOP making everything unaffordable, expensive, & hurting Americans! Vote out Trump/GOP!
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Due to the cruel, corrupt Trump/GOP, Americans suffered with the longest government shutdown in USA history! All so Trump/GOP could rip away food from the most vulnerable Americans & eliminate health care! Trump/GOP making everything unaffordable, expensive, & hurting Americans! Vote out Trump/GOP!
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What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
Do or do not. There is no try.
You can count on it. Place your bets on whether it will happen in their first session or the second.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Do or do not. There is no try.
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HMM…BEING WOKE ISN’T NEW; IT’S THE SAME LIGHT MY ANCESTORS CARRIED THROUGH DARKNESS. FOR THOSE WHO ALLOWED COMFORT AND PRIVILEGE TO ROCK YOU BACK TO SLEEP, IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE.
#PINKS #RISIST #NEWCIVILRIGHTS
#PINKS #RISIST #NEWCIVILRIGHTS
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
HMM…BEING WOKE ISN’T NEW; IT’S THE SAME LIGHT MY ANCESTORS CARRIED THROUGH DARKNESS. FOR THOSE WHO ALLOWED COMFORT AND PRIVILEGE TO ROCK YOU BACK TO SLEEP, IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE.
#PINKS #RISIST #NEWCIVILRIGHTS
#PINKS #RISIST #NEWCIVILRIGHTS
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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