Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
Eternally hopeful Love will win the day. Looking to find joyful warriors to work with to make it happen 💜🦋🪶🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸
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Erie
@empoweredswan.bsky.social
· Feb 23
She Rides
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
She Rides into battle, sword drawn, pointed forward.
She rides
She rides toward an enemy attacking Her land.
She rides into the fray, pulling attackers off the vulnerable.
She rides. & she does not hide.
When it is over, she drops her sword and returns to planting seeds in Her garden
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The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
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This post is absolute gold lol
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This post is absolute gold lol
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More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.
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“.. Smith had wanted to testify in a public setting, but House Republicans refused to accommodate Smith’s request.”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“.. Smith had wanted to testify in a public setting, but House Republicans refused to accommodate Smith’s request.”
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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News so good we can bear-ly stand it:
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
News so good we can bear-ly stand it:
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside #YellowstoneNationalPark, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3XPGfi4
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“A-plus plus plus plus plus.” 🤡
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“A-plus plus plus plus plus.” 🤡
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"When Democrats started calling for Abrego Garcia to be returned in late April, the president’s approval rating on immigration fell off a cliff."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
The high cost of rolling over on immigration
What Matt Yglesias, Hakeem Jeffries, and Keir Starmer got wrong about the politics of immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"When Democrats started calling for Abrego Garcia to be returned in late April, the president’s approval rating on immigration fell off a cliff."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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This is a super important, data-driven corrective to some common mistakes by pundits and politicians. Don't miss the punchline:
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a super important, data-driven corrective to some common mistakes by pundits and politicians. Don't miss the punchline:
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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I’m not even going to publish a copy of Trumps comments about Reiner and his wife. But occasionally he reminds me that he is simply one of the worst, most degenerate individuals who has ever existed in American public life. Hard to think of any more vicious, vile and sociopathic.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m not even going to publish a copy of Trumps comments about Reiner and his wife. But occasionally he reminds me that he is simply one of the worst, most degenerate individuals who has ever existed in American public life. Hard to think of any more vicious, vile and sociopathic.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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Big tech has borrowed more in the current 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 (so far) than in any full 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 in history, other than 2017 from @DuncanLamont2
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Big tech has borrowed more in the current 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 (so far) than in any full 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 in history, other than 2017 from @DuncanLamont2
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⚡️ Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
kyivindependent.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
⚡️ Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
Less than one-tenth of Ukrainians support holding immediate elections, even in the absence of a ceasefire with Russia, according to a recent poll.
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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NEW
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
NEW
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover.
These funds are controlled by GoFundMe.
Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa