Ms. Alex
@xelamercedes.bsky.social
Writer/pianist. INTP. Old enough to have fucked up, learned my lesson, and then made the same mistake again. I long to read Tramp's obit. On Substack I write at "Everything and Nothing at All". Slava Ukraini.
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Thank you. I'm pinning this post to my profile because December is my birth month and I celebrate all 31 days of it.
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I wish someone would start a news network with no Trump news. It's very difficult to find out what is happening in the world without being bombarded with the buffoon's news.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I wish someone would start a news network with no Trump news. It's very difficult to find out what is happening in the world without being bombarded with the buffoon's news.
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We need to stop paying federal taxes.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We need to stop paying federal taxes.
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As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Without exception, no matter the story, @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social Lawrence O'Donnell's analysis highlights a crucial angle that no one else has mentioned. His background and years of experience allow him to focus on what most of the younger analysts don't even notice.
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Lawrence: After report of Hegseth's 'kill everybody' order, Trump's first instinct was to lie
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December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Without exception, no matter the story, @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social Lawrence O'Donnell's analysis highlights a crucial angle that no one else has mentioned. His background and years of experience allow him to focus on what most of the younger analysts don't even notice.
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This illness can accentuate what a person basically is. If a person has a selfish, opinionated, vicious, narcissistic personality, the likelihood is that these traits will be accentuated significantly.
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This illness can accentuate what a person basically is. If a person has a selfish, opinionated, vicious, narcissistic personality, the likelihood is that these traits will be accentuated significantly.
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Hurts so bad to discover the flag and republic I pledged allegiance to for 65 years has no guardrails. Standing with my hand to my heart and perfect posture, for a homeland that elevates a dangerous, broken conman to be its leader.
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hurts so bad to discover the flag and republic I pledged allegiance to for 65 years has no guardrails. Standing with my hand to my heart and perfect posture, for a homeland that elevates a dangerous, broken conman to be its leader.
Hurts so bad to discover the flag and republic I pledged allegiance to for 65 years has no guardrails. Standing with my hand to my heart and perfect posture, for a homeland that elevates a dangerous, broken conman to be its leader.
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hurts so bad to discover the flag and republic I pledged allegiance to for 65 years has no guardrails. Standing with my hand to my heart and perfect posture, for a homeland that elevates a dangerous, broken conman to be its leader.
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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How will we protect the Midterm vote fm this crooked asswipe and his “perfect computers”??? Felon47 has eliminated all the ppl that monitor election interference. We have no safety net.
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How will we protect the Midterm vote fm this crooked asswipe and his “perfect computers”??? Felon47 has eliminated all the ppl that monitor election interference. We have no safety net.
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Please share this everywhere.
Today December 1st
World AIDS Day
Today December 1st
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Please share this everywhere.
Today December 1st
World AIDS Day
Today December 1st
World AIDS Day
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"We have an utterly lawless administration at home and abroad. Do we just have to live with it for at least three more years?" Well, someone could do something. A few hundred folks in the Capitol."
"We have an utterly lawless administration at home and abroad. Do we just have to live with it for at least three more years?" Well, someone could do something. A few hundred folks in the Capitol."
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"We have an utterly lawless administration at home and abroad. Do we just have to live with it for at least three more years?" Well, someone could do something. A few hundred folks in the Capitol.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"We have an utterly lawless administration at home and abroad. Do we just have to live with it for at least three more years?" Well, someone could do something. A few hundred folks in the Capitol."
"We have an utterly lawless administration at home and abroad. Do we just have to live with it for at least three more years?" Well, someone could do something. A few hundred folks in the Capitol."
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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I keep thinking about his wife and children. Don't they care? They're okay with pictures of his rapid decline circulating around the globe 24/7?
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I keep thinking about his wife and children. Don't they care? They're okay with pictures of his rapid decline circulating around the globe 24/7?
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Forbes says Black Friday sales were up billions from last year. Guess people forgot about the economic blackout #resistance.
I've been posting "people can focus on more than one thing at a time"
but maybe I was wrong.
I've been posting "people can focus on more than one thing at a time"
but maybe I was wrong.
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Forbes says Black Friday sales were up billions from last year. Guess people forgot about the economic blackout #resistance.
I've been posting "people can focus on more than one thing at a time"
but maybe I was wrong.
I've been posting "people can focus on more than one thing at a time"
but maybe I was wrong.
hmmm..... I'm not homeless but I want one.
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
hmmm..... I'm not homeless but I want one.
Trying to increase subscriptions--paid or not--at my Substack. If you've never checked it out, here's a link. For a break from politics and cat pictures and some food for thought about "being human," stop by. If you're touched or inspired, share it with someone. Thanks.
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Everything and Nothing at All | Alex Mercedes | Substack
Random reflections on a life well-lived and a steady diet of food for thought by a creative, gray-haired Black woman. Click to read Everything and Nothing at All, by Alex Mercedes, a Substack publicat...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trying to increase subscriptions--paid or not--at my Substack. If you've never checked it out, here's a link. For a break from politics and cat pictures and some food for thought about "being human," stop by. If you're touched or inspired, share it with someone. Thanks.
alexmercedes.substack.com
alexmercedes.substack.com
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"...The right-wing & religious nationalists...played the long game...Don't be duped into thinking it's...chaos. ...we are witnessing a high-velocity event, the swift implementation of an agenda ...written...decades ago." -- Kamala Harris in "107 Days"
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"...The right-wing & religious nationalists...played the long game...Don't be duped into thinking it's...chaos. ...we are witnessing a high-velocity event, the swift implementation of an agenda ...written...decades ago." -- Kamala Harris in "107 Days"