@kristenchicago.bsky.social
Lover of peace, love & kindness. A believer in justice for all. All views my own.
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Mark Kelly: "I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. This is not a show of strength to allow him to fly into the United States to land here to negotiate with our president."
August 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mark Kelly: "I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. This is not a show of strength to allow him to fly into the United States to land here to negotiate with our president."
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Imagine being born in slavery and living up until 5 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.
I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today
Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.
I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today
August 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Imagine being born in slavery and living up until 5 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.
I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today
Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.
I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today
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Yep. I skimmed the bill this morning. If you care about the planet at all, you voted no on this. So devastating. Sorry rest of the world. We only care about coal and gas here.
America has declared an all-out war on clean energy. With the always-great @katharinehayhoe.com on @camanpour
www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/T...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/T...
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ‘an all-out war on clean energy’, says climate author | CNN
Bianna Golodryga speaks to author Jeff Goodell and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about the recent heatwaves and the rollbacks on clean energy by the Trump administration’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’
www.cnn.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yep. I skimmed the bill this morning. If you care about the planet at all, you voted no on this. So devastating. Sorry rest of the world. We only care about coal and gas here.
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‘Morning…Mourning 🌺💔💙🇺🇸🇺🇸💔
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‘Morning…Mourning 🌺💔💙🇺🇸🇺🇸💔
Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com/privacy
weholdtruths.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com/privacy
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July 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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This is Monty and Charlie. Monty's back legs are paralyzed. But that doesn't mean he can't race his brother on walks. 14/10 for both (TT: amqzak)
July 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is Monty and Charlie. Monty's back legs are paralyzed. But that doesn't mean he can't race his brother on walks. 14/10 for both (TT: amqzak)
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Yes, please.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
June 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yes, please.
Thank you Congressman.
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thank you Congressman.
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By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.
June 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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America did not storm the beaches at Normandy alone on June 6, 1944.
We had allies who fought with us.
Allies from Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Poland.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
We had allies who fought with us.
Allies from Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Poland.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
What We Need to Remember About D-Day
We were not alone.
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
America did not storm the beaches at Normandy alone on June 6, 1944.
We had allies who fought with us.
Allies from Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Poland.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
We had allies who fought with us.
Allies from Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Poland.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
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DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
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*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
*explaining to my son my idea of having a giant dog rescue where all the dogs are trained to sniff out various diseases and you can pay $100 to walk through and have a dog diagnose you by scent*
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
my son: you could call it “plague dogters”
me: I have given birth to a genius
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think other world leaders call their citizens scum.
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think other world leaders call their citizens scum.
My tax money
Jeffries on the $5m payout to Ashli Babbitt's family: "This settlement is just an extension of what they've previously done, which is to pardon violent felons who violently attacked the Capitol on January 6, including police officers."
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My tax money
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Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?
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May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
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If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
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Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."
May 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."
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When even Rand Paul is like, “Yeah, that’s too extreme.”
April 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
When even Rand Paul is like, “Yeah, that’s too extreme.”