Mary Ranta
@maredog1125.bsky.social
Mother, grandmother, sister, friend. Disability rights are human rights. Abortion care is health care.
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We are announcing that a prominent Gentoo Penguin named Fentaflooper, will hereby be declared a WMS or, Weapon of Mass Seduction. We will use any and all means to stop his further seduction of our citizens.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We are announcing that a prominent Gentoo Penguin named Fentaflooper, will hereby be declared a WMS or, Weapon of Mass Seduction. We will use any and all means to stop his further seduction of our citizens.
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Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
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Whether it's an obscure adjunct professor posting that Charlie Kirk did some bad things or it's the president of the United States celebrating Rob Reiner's death, there's plenty of incivility on both sides.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whether it's an obscure adjunct professor posting that Charlie Kirk did some bad things or it's the president of the United States celebrating Rob Reiner's death, there's plenty of incivility on both sides.
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Re: Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Re: Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
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Thanks science!
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thanks science!
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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A font that works for dyslexic people *really is* DEI -- it is Inclusion. Trump personally ordered all government documents to use fonts that work less well for dyslexic people, explicitly because it is DEI. A hugely costly change for no purpose other than exclusion.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A font that works for dyslexic people *really is* DEI -- it is Inclusion. Trump personally ordered all government documents to use fonts that work less well for dyslexic people, explicitly because it is DEI. A hugely costly change for no purpose other than exclusion.
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“It’s not a secret. There’s no sugarcoating it. It’s a pending, looming disaster heading our way.”
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
Trump’s Hand-Picked RNC Chair Predicts Doom
This is not your usual party committee script.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“It’s not a secret. There’s no sugarcoating it. It’s a pending, looming disaster heading our way.”
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
“We are facing almost certain defeat.”
“The chances are Republicans will go down and will go down hard.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-han...
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Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
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The values-based Post-WWII order was not only morally better, it was to America’s practical benefit.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The values-based Post-WWII order was not only morally better, it was to America’s practical benefit.
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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
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(slipping an undergrad $20 so they can file a complaint and get me a fully paid semester’s leave)
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
(slipping an undergrad $20 so they can file a complaint and get me a fully paid semester’s leave)
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Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
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President Trump’s “pardon” of Tina Peters has no more authority than the plastic Sheriff badge from a box of Cracker Jacks. Unless SCOTUS creates a sweeping new presidential power.
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
President Trump’s “pardon” of Tina Peters has no more authority than the plastic Sheriff badge from a box of Cracker Jacks. Unless SCOTUS creates a sweeping new presidential power.
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
Some of Colorado’s top criminal justice minds called it “bonkers,” “garbage,” and “a loser.”
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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
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Putin declares victory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Putin declares victory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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JFC. What's with this MAGA daddy fixation?
So... Presidents usually bring messages of hope for the holidays. His brought… whatever this was. Festive in the same way a house fire is warm. What is wrong with that man? And on the Whitehouse web page. Geezes.
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
JFC. What's with this MAGA daddy fixation?
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Apparently Trump is very unhappy about the reporting on his age, health, and recent tendency to fall asleep on camera during meetings. He gets very angry about it.
So keep it up.
newrepublic.com/post/204021/...
So keep it up.
newrepublic.com/post/204021/...
Trump, 79, Is Freaking Out About Stories That He’s a Tired Old Man
There have been multiple stories about Donald Trump’s apparent decline—and he is not happy about it.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Apparently Trump is very unhappy about the reporting on his age, health, and recent tendency to fall asleep on camera during meetings. He gets very angry about it.
So keep it up.
newrepublic.com/post/204021/...
So keep it up.
newrepublic.com/post/204021/...
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GUTFELD: “I love that the peace price went to Trump and not Greta Thunberg.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
GUTFELD: “I love that the peace price went to Trump and not Greta Thunberg.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
TURNER: “Because it was created it for him.”
GUTFELD: “So?”
TURNER: “There were no other candidates.”
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From the Editorial Board: The impulse to help families is worthy. But a program that delivers money 18 years from now while adding to today’s debt burden isn’t a solution to the affordability crisis parents face today.
Editorial: ‘Trump Accounts’ give babies a boost — but do nothing to help parents with today’s costs
The impulse to help families is worthy. But a program that delivers money 18 years from now while adding to today’s debt burden isn’t a solution to the affordability crisis parents face today.
trib.al
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
From the Editorial Board: The impulse to help families is worthy. But a program that delivers money 18 years from now while adding to today’s debt burden isn’t a solution to the affordability crisis parents face today.
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Checks and balances have been replaced with ass-kissing and ball-gargling.
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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