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🚫 NO DMs unless I know you Ret Prod/Dir. Doxie Mom. Pro Democracy. Pro Science. History. #NoToFascism #LymeSux #IPFsux Diagnosed w/rare lung disease, no cure & terminal w/o lung transplant.🫁 gofundme.com/f/help-connie-on-her-journey-to-a-lung-transplant

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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 7d

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov take @tarasetmayer.bsky.social's advice. Explain in plain language: Republicans' #shutdown makes clear they don't care abt all Americans! How dare Republicans in charge hold hostage Americans' healthcare & jobs for Trump’s war of retribution.
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Tara Setmayer @tarasetmayer.bsky.social · 7d

I had a few words of advice for Democrats as they navigate this GOP shutdown.
“How dare they…”

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 7h

China bought $12.6B of US farmers' soy last year. Trump inherited an economy on the mend, inflation going down, repaired allied relations and trump and his lapdogs are destroying it all. Crushing small businesses, farmers, middle & low income folks & committing crimes against humanity here & abroad.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 7h

Glad to see this. Horrible that he & his family had to leave the country bcuz TPUSA tried to get him fired, threatened him & his family, doxxed him bcuz he taught & wrote about the history up to the present of anti-fascist resistance. Crazy that TPUSA doesn't want to learn about resisting facism.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 9h

Here's the link to the story. It's toward the end of the article.

www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

www.reuters.com

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 10h

I know, right? Just watching this upsets me to no end.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 10h

I think his dad or granddad started the co. Funny thing, when reporters investigated Lisa Cook's mortgages, they found Pulte’s dad & stepmom had 2 homes in 2 diff states listed as Primary Residence & claimed tax exemptions on both. One city stripped the exemption & sent a bill for back taxes. 😂

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 10h

Tish James brings it 🔥

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

last 2 yrs of her life w COPD & congestive heart failure. She passed in 2020 after living w it for 15 yrs. Then I was diagnosed w IPF in 2023. I also have a nurse friend who worked most of her career w CF pts at TX Children's Hosp. She saw the same kids so often that they were like her kids. 😔 2/2

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry you lost your love to cancer at what I'm guessing was a young age since you're only 65 now. 💔 I'd never heard of PF til I was diagnosed. I do know lungs tho. I took care of my Mom for 5 yrs after several pulmonary embolisms. Lost her in 2013. Then I cared for my older sister for the… 1/

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

liver transplants. The symptoms & causes for PF & CF are different so the meds for each target different proteins & enzymes. 3/3

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

caused by a genetic mutation. It affects the lungs, liver, pacreas, sinus cavities. It causes your body to produce too much mucus, esp in the lungs. It is a chronic condition rather than a progressive one & I don't think it causes scarring. There are meds to treat it & some inds can get lung & … 2/

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

Idiopathic PF (cause unknown) & PF is progessive scarring of the lung tissue closing off the air sacs & inhibiting oxygen from getting to your blood & CO² from being expelled. OFEV slows progression of the scarring in some ppl w IPF & some PF caused by certain autoimmune diseases. Cystic Fib is… 1/

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, Miller and Hegseth don't want to be told No re: military sent into US cities and boat bombing of unknown individuals in the Caribbean. Any JAG worth his or her salt would have said No to both uses of military.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

Fox "news" is a disgusting fascist propaganda organization.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

"Former antifa member" 😂 There's no antifa org to be a former member of, or current. It WAS, 7 or 8 yrs ago, a loosely-knit group of random young ppl who were against Proud Boys & other neonazi organizations espousing white supremacist rhetoric & beliefs. It was never a cohesive organization.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 1d

The video of the minister praying & then being shot in the head w a chem agent or flashbang is very upsetting as he falls to his knees. No one was close to him so the shot was clearly aimed at him - while he was praying! Disgusting abusive behavior by an ICE/CBP "agent" - even if he wasn't clergy.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I appreciate you. I'm sorry about Jesse, esp that he had to deal w this disease. I've been on an antifibrotic med since I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago that seems to be helping to slow the progression, again, knock on wood. It only works in about 40% of patients, so I feel blessed right now. 🙏🏻

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

I'm 62 so I lost a few friends and acquaintances to AIDS, too. My sister had shingles and after seeing what she went through with it I got the vax as soon as it was available. And then there's RSV, flu, pneumonia. All the viruses we have to worry about as we get older. 🫤

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

I believe this is the reason for the across the board tariffs. Also wanting to cut the interest rate to 1 or even 0 as trump has said bcuz with the economy screwed by tariffs & rising inflation, we'd see skyrocketing inflation & major job losses & more financial distress & more poverty.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

Covid is bad and it amazes me that some people don't even care to protect themselves. I mean, I know even the most careful people who stay up to date on the vax have gotten it, but I also know folks who are proud they aren't vaxed and have had it 4 or 5 times or more. That can't be good for them.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

God, he's an idiot. Thank you for the article link.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

That's overdoing it a bit. I'm good w 1 every 6 mos or so. I have a rare lung disease that can progress if I contract a respiratory illness. So far, I've not had covid to my knowledge - knock on wood. In fact, I haven't had a cold in more than 5 yrs bcuz of masking, distancing & only outdoor events.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

This was during his first term. I don't remember him talking about Greenland then. Maybe. Just not sure why he'd think Venezuela was part of the US except confusing it for PR. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, New Yorker

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

He was probably confusing Venezuela with Puerto Rico. Although, there have been times he's said things that seem to indicate he's unaware Puerto Rico is a US territory & Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth. He really knows little about the US & nothing at all about other countries.

Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 2d

In 2015 he was the VP. That's probably why they're trying to find anything they can on Biden from 2009 - 2020, even if they have to make sh*t up. Although, seems like there would be a statute of limitations of 5 yrs.