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1roo.bsky.social
@1roo.bsky.social
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Progress not perfection.
To preserve democracy and the economic system on which it rests, the government must regulate business, protect workers, and provide a basic social safety net.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Hate has talked so loudly for so long. Greed has talk so loudly for so long.liars have talked so loudly for so long. Love has got to stop whispering. Marianne Williamson
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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The Labor Movement! The folks that brought yuo overtime pay, living wage laws, sick leave, parental leave, civil rights, domestic partner benefits, chaild labor laws, paid vacations, pension benefits, health benefits, workers' comp(ensation), minimum wage, workplace power, grievance procedures, social security, unemployment insurance, the weekend, equal pay for equal work... Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. - Frederick Douglass
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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"A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriett." Rule 1.2, American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct
September 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Happy Friday Eve!
August 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Trump's pick to head FEMA didn't know we had a hurricane season, his head of HOmeland Security doesn't know what habead corpus is, his head of the Department of Education (who things"AI" is a steak sauce) doesn't know what the Tulsa Race MAssacre was and his SOcial Security Commisioner didn't even know we had a Social Security Commisionar, all while his head od the Department of Defense is drunk texting war plans, his head of Health & Human Services is citing studies that don't excite, his head of Transportation won't fly in or out of at least one of our airports due to safety concerns, and the guy he tapped to leave an $18 million terror prevention team is a 22-year-old former grocery clerk with zero government experience of any kind.
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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For Reading Addicts @ForReadingAddicts Fun Fact. Not one challenged book in the USA has failed the Miller Test the legal standard for obscenity. Therefor there are no obscene books, as defined by law, in school libraries. #BannedBooks #Censorship
May 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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May 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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When you debate a person about something that affects them more than it affects you, remember that it will take a much greater emotional toll on them than on you. For you, it may feel like an academic exercise. For them, it feels like revealing their pain only to have you dismiss their experience and sometimes their humanity. The fact that you might remain more calm under these circumstances is a consequence of your privilege, not increased objectivity on your part. Stay humble.
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Ants don't need Grasshoppers.
April 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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April 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. -Lady Bird Johnson
March 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Who's running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk? Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself. the Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call your Senators an tell them it's time Donald Trum fire Elon Musk No One Elected Elon Musk Fire.Musk.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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February 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Seen last night (in Iowa) on my drive home from work.
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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February 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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February 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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"The ones who plant trees knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade has at least started to understand the meaning of life" Rabindranath Togore
February 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Happy Hannukah!
January 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM