Linda West
@lindasinthelibrary.bsky.social
Retired, gardener, crafter, caregiver, definitely a Democrat. She/her.
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Trump is not Scrooge. Scrooge was ultimately redeemable. Trump is not.
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump is not Scrooge. Scrooge was ultimately redeemable. Trump is not.
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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His dumb gaffe aside, these two cartoon villains HATE doing shit like this. Just look at them. A soulless bag of nails on the left and a scowling demented buzzard on the right struggling to feign interest in something other than their own agenda.
Trump to kids aged 6 and 10 who asked for a Kindle: "You must be a high IQ person, we need more high IQ people in the country."
Kid: "I'd like a pinball machine."
Trump: "Elton John did Pinball Wizard, we'll send you that."
Kid: "I'd like a pinball machine."
Trump: "Elton John did Pinball Wizard, we'll send you that."
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
His dumb gaffe aside, these two cartoon villains HATE doing shit like this. Just look at them. A soulless bag of nails on the left and a scowling demented buzzard on the right struggling to feign interest in something other than their own agenda.
Happy Christmas morning!
December 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy Christmas morning!
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it’s cute that they think it requires an act of canadian mustache-twirling to make americans and our media look silly
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
it’s cute that they think it requires an act of canadian mustache-twirling to make americans and our media look silly
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Suggestion regarding Trump-Epstein:
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Suggestion regarding Trump-Epstein:
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
Don't focus on finding a smoking gun. There's already so much smoke. Most unconvinced by already-public evidence are cultists who'll deny forever (or like it).
The goals should be truth, justice for victims, and an appalled scandal drumbeat that never goes away.
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Animals are smart and humans are, despite everything, *incredibly* prosocial. More than anything, that's what's allowed us to dominate Earth. We are hard-wired to help each other. That's why the arguments against empathy are so bizarre. They're not just wrong, they're fundamentally anti-human.
"if all else fails, go bother one of the local apex predators and maybe they’ll fix the problem for no reason"
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Animals are smart and humans are, despite everything, *incredibly* prosocial. More than anything, that's what's allowed us to dominate Earth. We are hard-wired to help each other. That's why the arguments against empathy are so bizarre. They're not just wrong, they're fundamentally anti-human.
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STOP CALLING THEM BATTLESHIPS
FFS, people
FFS, people
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
STOP CALLING THEM BATTLESHIPS
FFS, people
FFS, people
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Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.
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honestly my immigration policy would be a background check and then they would have to answer a few questions correctly
Will you pay your taxes
Do you litter
If you are physically capable do you return your cart in the?
Do you MYOB?
Do you wash your hands in public bathrooms?
And done.
Will you pay your taxes
Do you litter
If you are physically capable do you return your cart in the?
Do you MYOB?
Do you wash your hands in public bathrooms?
And done.
December 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
honestly my immigration policy would be a background check and then they would have to answer a few questions correctly
Will you pay your taxes
Do you litter
If you are physically capable do you return your cart in the?
Do you MYOB?
Do you wash your hands in public bathrooms?
And done.
Will you pay your taxes
Do you litter
If you are physically capable do you return your cart in the?
Do you MYOB?
Do you wash your hands in public bathrooms?
And done.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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If Donald Trump is OK with Pam Bondi making him look *this* guilty, the Epstein Files must have lots of outrageously
damning evidence about him.
damning evidence about him.
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If Donald Trump is OK with Pam Bondi making him look *this* guilty, the Epstein Files must have lots of outrageously
damning evidence about him.
damning evidence about him.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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No. No, no, no, no. The name is set by statute. Do better
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year. n.pr/4qhD3bd
President Trump to add his own name to the Kennedy Center
The arts institution will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The president's press secretary said it comes after a unanimous vote by the center's board, which Trump took over earlier this year.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
No. No, no, no, no. The name is set by statute. Do better
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The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
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Only Congress can do this. But anyway, good bit of distraction bait when Epstein files are dropping all around...
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Only Congress can do this. But anyway, good bit of distraction bait when Epstein files are dropping all around...
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I knew I had a Trump gif in the archives appropriate for last night’s performance
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I knew I had a Trump gif in the archives appropriate for last night’s performance
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This was a horribly violent weekend and to get right we need to be clear eyed. Violence is preventable. Mental health is meaningful. Sensible gun laws is a must. And humanity and decency from leaders must be a requirement and not simply a request.
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This was a horribly violent weekend and to get right we need to be clear eyed. Violence is preventable. Mental health is meaningful. Sensible gun laws is a must. And humanity and decency from leaders must be a requirement and not simply a request.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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grandchild ( Brown student ) spent 5 hrs terrified hiding in the dark in a closet
Rational gun laws desperately needed.
Vote OUT people who are taking the bribes from gun manufactures & NRA. Vote for people who care more about kids/people than money
Rational gun laws desperately needed.
Vote OUT people who are taking the bribes from gun manufactures & NRA. Vote for people who care more about kids/people than money
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
grandchild ( Brown student ) spent 5 hrs terrified hiding in the dark in a closet
Rational gun laws desperately needed.
Vote OUT people who are taking the bribes from gun manufactures & NRA. Vote for people who care more about kids/people than money
Rational gun laws desperately needed.
Vote OUT people who are taking the bribes from gun manufactures & NRA. Vote for people who care more about kids/people than money
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A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
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This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
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If the Democrats ran on this platform...
1. Corruption is bad and we should stop it
2. Billionaires are bad and they shouldn't have so much power
3. The tech industry should stop abusing us
... they'd win in a landslide
1. Corruption is bad and we should stop it
2. Billionaires are bad and they shouldn't have so much power
3. The tech industry should stop abusing us
... they'd win in a landslide
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If the Democrats ran on this platform...
1. Corruption is bad and we should stop it
2. Billionaires are bad and they shouldn't have so much power
3. The tech industry should stop abusing us
... they'd win in a landslide
1. Corruption is bad and we should stop it
2. Billionaires are bad and they shouldn't have so much power
3. The tech industry should stop abusing us
... they'd win in a landslide