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MN-Julie
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-an appreciator of earthly gifts
Asshat
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.

They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Child Separation is in full swing. Where are these kids actually being taken and what’s going to happen to them? There is no oversight or accountability. What’s happening to the children?!?!
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Itasca Area Indivisible volunteered at the local food shelf
Unpacking, stocking shelves, greeting neighbors
It was fun and busy!
@itasca-indivisible.bsky.social
@itascacountydfl.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Wtf
Whether through malice, incompetence or both the Trump administration is doing what it can to help Putin & harm Europe. And ironically, it brings peace no closer because Putin sees the evidence of Western weakness & disunity as a reason to keep the war going & achieve his goal of destroying Ukraine.
🚨 Explosive report by Bloomberg:

The US has lobbied “several” EU countries to derail the reparations loan for Ukraine, arguing the Russian assets are needed to achieve a peace deal and shouldn’t be used to “prolong the war”.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
What an asshole
Q: The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is saying he's proud to have the largest Somali community in the country--

TRUMP: Then he's a fool. I wouldn't be proud to have the largest Somalian-- look at their nation. It's just people walking around killing each other.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The consumer is the engine of the U.S. economy — an engine many fear will start to sputter amid tariff pressure, a weak labor market and tariff-driven price increases.
Early holiday shopping reflects the economy: Fine, with potential cracks
The question now becomes whether the consumer is done shopping for the season.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Keeping our hearts warm and courage shining bright

Tuesday Rise and Resist

@itasca-indivisible.bsky.social
@itascacountydfl.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
gaetz dressed up like a journalist
get a load of the "journalist" asking questions at the Pentagon press briefing
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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NEW: Michael Dell to fund 25 million "Trump accounts" with $6.25 billion gift
Michael Dell to fund 25 million "Trump accounts" with $6.25 billion gift
The gift will extend the reach of the accounts beyond newborns eligible for government seed money.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Voter roll purges are election theft.
In a settlement with four Republican-led states, the DHS has agreed to redesign its federal immigration database to serve voter “verification” purposes — a dramatic expansion of federal data that voting rights advocates have long warned could supercharge wrongful purges and threaten voter privacy.
DHS Agrees to Overhaul Federal Immigration System for Mass Voter Screenings
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A very strong message from Sen Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on the antics coming out of the White House & Pete Hegseth.
I would encourage you to watch this man speak truth to power!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXg...
WATCH LIVE: Sen. Kelly holds a news conference on Trump and Hegseth's 'efforts to intimidate him'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Tuesday Rise and Resist Rally
December 2 from Noon to 1 PM
Riverside Park, Grand Rapids, MN

Together we rise---even during winter!
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.

#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Sir, we just destroyed a drug boat on your orders."

"On my orders?"

"Yes! Your strong, brave orders!"

"Oh!"

"Also, you wanted to sign this pardon."

"I did?"

"It's for a rich Honduran, imprisoned wrongfully."

"Rich?"

(glances at briefcase) "Very rich."

"OK."

"Good boy-I mean, President!"
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM