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Kathy

@katvan62desertrose.bsky.social

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Reader 📚 Artist 🎨 Crocheter 🧶 Sewist 🧵 Mother, Grandmother. Difficult woman. 📎 Liberal AF 💙 Tacos 🌮 NM 🌈 Ally , Save planet 🌎 🚫 DM’s

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

Trump and congressional Republicans refused to make healthcare affordable, so instead they shut down the government.

That’s the bottom line.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 21h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Kathy @katvan62desertrose.bsky.social · 18h

I’m on the 3rd episode now. “You owe me 40 cents!” 😆

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 1d

It's all slipping away.. #fascism

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M.K.McDaniels @mkmcdaniels.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Kathy @katvan62desertrose.bsky.social · 21h

Portland, Oregon never disappoints!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Only a strong and powerful leader like Trump can bring this war ravaged city back from the brink of destruction and anarchy.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 22h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1d

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social absolutely nails it!

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 22h

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23h

Newly elected Congressmember Adelita Grijalva says she will provide the final vote needed for a petition that could force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Is that why Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in for the last two weeks?

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Kathy @katvan62desertrose.bsky.social · 22h

Where’s the lie? 📚

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
- James Baldwin

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Rebecca Boone @rebeccastmaries.bsky.social · 1d

#BannedBooksWeek 📚📚📚

A rainbow above the text “Read Banned Books.”

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Kathy @katvan62desertrose.bsky.social · 22h

But of course.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a snl logo on it

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a snl logo on it

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Phang: How are these Epstein victims supposed to feel about closure when you see Blanche meeting with Maxwell and then giving her a minimum-security camp move?

And now, conversations allegedly that Trump is going to have with the DOJ about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. It is an abomination

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Noem fleeing "war torn" Portland

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Mama Gin @mamagin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend, who went to law school at Northwestern, shared this today:

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