Stephanie (totally out of spoons but shining on)
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And we all shine on/Like the moon and the stars and the sun.
Calm exterior with simmering rage underneath
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”-George Eliot
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Calm exterior with simmering rage underneath
Sewist | Reader | Daydreamer
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”-George Eliot
🚫 DMs please - seriously.
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Late 60’s GenXer. Midwesterner at heart but recently moved from SoCal (don’t ask) to Colorado. Came here to follow independent journalists for actual news and to commiserate with like-minded people who are as stunned by current events as I am.
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So hard to tell fact from fiction these days -
June 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So hard to tell fact from fiction these days -
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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You can bomb the world into pieces, but you can’t bomb it into peace.
- Michael Franti
- Michael Franti
June 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You can bomb the world into pieces, but you can’t bomb it into peace.
- Michael Franti
- Michael Franti
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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When your white supremacy is on a collision course with your stupidity.
May 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When your white supremacy is on a collision course with your stupidity.
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People do not understand that almost everyone is teetering just on this side of making it. Not religious anymore but ‘But for the grace of God, there go I’ is very poignant.
A layoff. An accident. An illness.
BOOM, you’re in the very groups you’re denigrating
A layoff. An accident. An illness.
BOOM, you’re in the very groups you’re denigrating
May 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
People do not understand that almost everyone is teetering just on this side of making it. Not religious anymore but ‘But for the grace of God, there go I’ is very poignant.
A layoff. An accident. An illness.
BOOM, you’re in the very groups you’re denigrating
A layoff. An accident. An illness.
BOOM, you’re in the very groups you’re denigrating
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“Every act of compassion is an act of defiance. Every moment of empathy is a refusal to surrender. Every time we choose decency over cruelty, we reclaim a piece of our shared humanity. This is the fight of our time—not for power, but for the soul of our nation.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
MAGA Is Big Mad About Da New Pope.
Because compassion is “weakness.”
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Every act of compassion is an act of defiance. Every moment of empathy is a refusal to surrender. Every time we choose decency over cruelty, we reclaim a piece of our shared humanity. This is the fight of our time—not for power, but for the soul of our nation.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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They are are eating the checks; they are eating the balances.
The economy is a wreck, but they are pretending we are in a palace.
At the stroke of midnight the tarriffs will invoke more madness & the only question will be who will keep their lips tight & who will fight
For the people that is!
The economy is a wreck, but they are pretending we are in a palace.
At the stroke of midnight the tarriffs will invoke more madness & the only question will be who will keep their lips tight & who will fight
For the people that is!
April 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
They are are eating the checks; they are eating the balances.
The economy is a wreck, but they are pretending we are in a palace.
At the stroke of midnight the tarriffs will invoke more madness & the only question will be who will keep their lips tight & who will fight
For the people that is!
The economy is a wreck, but they are pretending we are in a palace.
At the stroke of midnight the tarriffs will invoke more madness & the only question will be who will keep their lips tight & who will fight
For the people that is!
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Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected.
That's not something you get over.
That's not something you get over.
March 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected.
That's not something you get over.
That's not something you get over.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen displays of unfettered cruelty.
Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.
Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.
Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.
Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Over the last few weeks, we have seen displays of unfettered cruelty.
Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.
Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.
Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.
Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.
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