Deirdre
@deirdea.bsky.social
Librarian, animal lover, amateur artist & musician. Independent. Pro environment, pro justice. 💙🔵💙 🚫MAGA, 🚫Porn, 🚫Ads, 🚫DMs, unless I know you.
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People are left with a horrible choice that is no choice at all. People are going to be abandoning their pets left and right in favor of feeding their family. Consider adopting or temporarily fostering some dogs and cats. This would be a great place to drop a comment with information on this.
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
People are left with a horrible choice that is no choice at all. People are going to be abandoning their pets left and right in favor of feeding their family. Consider adopting or temporarily fostering some dogs and cats. This would be a great place to drop a comment with information on this.
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
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White House officials had refused to fund SNAP from a $5B contingency fund that existed precisely in the event of something like this. trib.al/Y9NOimD
In response, 25 states sued the federal government, and two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use the funds.
In response, 25 states sued the federal government, and two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use the funds.
Judges Order Trump to Pay for SNAP, Killing His Shutdown Strategy
Two federal judges in different parts of the country ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for the nutrition program.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
White House officials had refused to fund SNAP from a $5B contingency fund that existed precisely in the event of something like this. trib.al/Y9NOimD
In response, 25 states sued the federal government, and two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use the funds.
In response, 25 states sued the federal government, and two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use the funds.
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The administration is refusing to release federal contingency funds that are intended to be used to fund programs like SNAP in the event of a shutdown, which is what has been done in the past.
Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to starve Americans.
#Pinks
Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to starve Americans.
#Pinks
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The administration is refusing to release federal contingency funds that are intended to be used to fund programs like SNAP in the event of a shutdown, which is what has been done in the past.
Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to starve Americans.
#Pinks
Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to starve Americans.
#Pinks
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
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Remember that part in a Lord of the Rings when Saruman tells the orcs to rip down all the trees and turns the gardens of Isengard into an imitation of Mordor? That’s what Trump’s doing to the White House right now.
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Remember that part in a Lord of the Rings when Saruman tells the orcs to rip down all the trees and turns the gardens of Isengard into an imitation of Mordor? That’s what Trump’s doing to the White House right now.
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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Pope Leo XIV has urged U.S. Catholic bishops to be "more united and more forceful" in defending immigrant rights, but the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not spoken out with the clarit...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Cartoon by John Darkow.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cartoon by John Darkow.
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As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy undertook a restoration of the White House, to show the evolving history of the people who had lived and worked there, calling the work “a question of scholarship.”
Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoratio...
Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoratio...
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy undertook a restoration of the White House, to show the evolving history of the people who had lived and worked there, calling the work “a question of scholarship.”
Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoratio...
Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoratio...
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A Bug’s Life (1998) a cutting edge political documentary in 2025. We the Ants
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A Bug’s Life (1998) a cutting edge political documentary in 2025. We the Ants
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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"Dumps brown liquid."
HEY New York Times,
IT WAS SHIT HE DUMPED ON PROTESTERS!
If he can post it, the least you can do is write it!
IT WAS SHIT HE DUMPED ON PROTESTERS!
If he can post it, the least you can do is write it!
October 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Dumps brown liquid."
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.
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