MA Rasmussen
@maryannrasmussen.bsky.social
Retired professor, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, UIowa. Long time fan girl Iowa Women's Basketball. Socialist feminist since the 60s. Mom and gramma to three brilliant girls. Repelled by bullies on the left and right.
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you, a rube: “i want my kid to grow up to be a doctor or an engineer or a teacher”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
you, a rube: “i want my kid to grow up to be a doctor or an engineer or a teacher”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
lutnick, a genius: “to make america great again your child will make iphones that they will not be able to afford”
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Courage is also contagious. www.youtube.com/shorts/YWEWN...
Kamala Harris: 'I'm not here to say I told you so'
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Courage is also contagious. www.youtube.com/shorts/YWEWN...
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
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Amen
For the rest of my life, I will never understand how a country full of people busting their asses, working paycheck to paycheck, allow the fucking richest guy on Earth to call them "parasites" while calling the Social Security we contributed to our entire lives "a Ponzi scheme."
Un-fucking-real.
Un-fucking-real.
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Amen
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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I am ashamed to be an American today.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Canada.
I stand with Panama.
I stand with Greenland.
I stand with Europe.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Canada.
I stand with Panama.
I stand with Greenland.
I stand with Europe.
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am ashamed to be an American today.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Canada.
I stand with Panama.
I stand with Greenland.
I stand with Europe.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Canada.
I stand with Panama.
I stand with Greenland.
I stand with Europe.
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⚠️We must make sure that WE in the Democratic Party are not sitting right there next to the Fascist Party, cowering and begging instead of fighting back.
⛔We should NEVER again say/ask if we "have leverage"
🎯TRUTH AND CONVICTION IS ALWAYS LEVERAGE🎯
👇Send this message to Congress👇 #BeRelentless
⛔We should NEVER again say/ask if we "have leverage"
🎯TRUTH AND CONVICTION IS ALWAYS LEVERAGE🎯
👇Send this message to Congress👇 #BeRelentless
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP: GROW A SPINE AND FIGHT
Watch & Listen now | Democrats must stop waiting, stop whining, and start fighting. Fascism is here—this is the moment—either take a stand with conviction or step aside for those who will.
americanmanifesto.news
February 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
⚠️We must make sure that WE in the Democratic Party are not sitting right there next to the Fascist Party, cowering and begging instead of fighting back.
⛔We should NEVER again say/ask if we "have leverage"
🎯TRUTH AND CONVICTION IS ALWAYS LEVERAGE🎯
👇Send this message to Congress👇 #BeRelentless
⛔We should NEVER again say/ask if we "have leverage"
🎯TRUTH AND CONVICTION IS ALWAYS LEVERAGE🎯
👇Send this message to Congress👇 #BeRelentless
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
Dump Chuck Schumer. Worthless collaborator.
February 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dump Chuck Schumer. Worthless collaborator.
It' time to start calling Dems, directing our energy towards them, putting pressure on them, especially those who voted for Trump's nominees or who aren't speaking out or doing enough to counter the radical MAGA agenda. Too often too many of them are complicit, silent, or too ready to compromise.
February 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It' time to start calling Dems, directing our energy towards them, putting pressure on them, especially those who voted for Trump's nominees or who aren't speaking out or doing enough to counter the radical MAGA agenda. Too often too many of them are complicit, silent, or too ready to compromise.
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Taking away funding for crucial federal programs.
Firing independent watchdogs.
Enriching the private prison industry.
Trump's plan for his second term is to make the wealthiest people in America far wealthier and more powerful — including himself.
Firing independent watchdogs.
Enriching the private prison industry.
Trump's plan for his second term is to make the wealthiest people in America far wealthier and more powerful — including himself.
Trump's Funding Fiasco: A Win For Oligarchy
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Taking away funding for crucial federal programs.
Firing independent watchdogs.
Enriching the private prison industry.
Trump's plan for his second term is to make the wealthiest people in America far wealthier and more powerful — including himself.
Firing independent watchdogs.
Enriching the private prison industry.
Trump's plan for his second term is to make the wealthiest people in America far wealthier and more powerful — including himself.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
Sing along with me now:
Let me hear you say, this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Let me hear you say, this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
January 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sing along with me now:
Let me hear you say, this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Let me hear you say, this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
And he wanted to make Gaetz Attorney General. Sickening.
Infuriating.
Infuriating.
December 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
And he wanted to make Gaetz Attorney General. Sickening.
Infuriating.
Infuriating.
What's RFK, once a critic of environmental racism and corporate and big ag polluting, going to do about this? Nothing, I suspect. All smoke and mirrors. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/c...
Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.
A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM
What's RFK, once a critic of environmental racism and corporate and big ag polluting, going to do about this? Nothing, I suspect. All smoke and mirrors. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/c...
Dems are great at eating their own.
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Dems are great at eating their own.