Charlotte
@ohiochar.bsky.social
Member of Living Democracy. Engaging citizens.
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I’m old and cranky these days and sometimes I cuss. But mostly I’m fairly quiet and always lurking. 👀
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I’m old and cranky these days and sometimes I cuss. But mostly I’m fairly quiet and always lurking. 👀
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"The scummiest thing is that Trump is attacking the patriotism of anyone who points out that he's lying."- @saletan.bsky.social
"When Trump does the same thing now and when he says it's unpatriotic to call him on it, he knows exactly what he's doing."
Watch @saletan.bsky.social on how Trump's Iran lie is "Mission Accomplished" all over again
Watch @saletan.bsky.social on how Trump's Iran lie is "Mission Accomplished" all over again
July 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"The scummiest thing is that Trump is attacking the patriotism of anyone who points out that he's lying."- @saletan.bsky.social
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Your country needs you to fight back—now more than ever.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
June 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Your country needs you to fight back—now more than ever.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
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WE ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR A U.S. COURT HAS RULED THAT TARIFFS AGAINST OUR ISLAND WERE ILLEGAL AND A SPECTACULAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND REALITY. FLIPPERS UP UNTIL WE ARE PERMANENTLY SHOWN DUE RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -PM Tuxley II
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
WE ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR A U.S. COURT HAS RULED THAT TARIFFS AGAINST OUR ISLAND WERE ILLEGAL AND A SPECTACULAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND REALITY. FLIPPERS UP UNTIL WE ARE PERMANENTLY SHOWN DUE RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -PM Tuxley II
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This is completely false and not
From Liz or me.
From Liz or me.
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is completely false and not
From Liz or me.
From Liz or me.
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Well, well, well. The Acting FEMA Administrator said eliminating FEMA wasn’t in the best interest of the American people — and guess what?!?! They FIRED him. I guess that’s what happens when you stand up to your power-hungry “boss”.
Fired FEMA chief threatened to quit weeks ago
Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.
www.politico.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Well, well, well. The Acting FEMA Administrator said eliminating FEMA wasn’t in the best interest of the American people — and guess what?!?! They FIRED him. I guess that’s what happens when you stand up to your power-hungry “boss”.
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Let’s be honest: the policies they’re pushing? LITERALLY straight out of Project 2025. The same plan they claimed they had nothing to do with.
Now they’re writing them into law—gutting public lands, rejecting science, and handing out kickbacks to their corporate buddies.
We’re fighting back!
Now they’re writing them into law—gutting public lands, rejecting science, and handing out kickbacks to their corporate buddies.
We’re fighting back!
May 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Let’s be honest: the policies they’re pushing? LITERALLY straight out of Project 2025. The same plan they claimed they had nothing to do with.
Now they’re writing them into law—gutting public lands, rejecting science, and handing out kickbacks to their corporate buddies.
We’re fighting back!
Now they’re writing them into law—gutting public lands, rejecting science, and handing out kickbacks to their corporate buddies.
We’re fighting back!
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Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
May 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
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Elon Musk’s PAC Edits Video After $1M Giveaway Recipient Says She Was Paid to ‘Vote’ https://twp.ai/4imQfZ
Elon Musk’s PAC Edits Video After $1M Giveaway Recipient Says She Was Paid to ‘Vote’
Musk’s America PAC quietly altered a social media video after its star recipient — the winner of $1 million — appeared to admit being rewarded for voting.
twp.ai
April 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Elon Musk’s PAC Edits Video After $1M Giveaway Recipient Says She Was Paid to ‘Vote’ https://twp.ai/4imQfZ
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When Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the state’s Supreme Court, they’ll be casting a vote in what’s become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
Why Elon Musk, GOP Are Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the state’s Supreme Court, they’ll be casting a vote in what’s become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
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And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room.
Here's my full report for CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/m...
Here's my full report for CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/m...
Trump White House plans to shake up briefing room seating, flexing power over press corps | CNN Business
In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official.
www.cnn.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
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A Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was reportedly fired Friday on instruction of the White House, with sources saying that it was likely due to his part in a case involving one of Trump’s top donors.
Trump Fires Prosecutor Investigating One of His Big Donors
Federal prosecutor Adam Schleifer was reportedly fired Friday, with sources saying it likely had to do with one of his cases.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was reportedly fired Friday on instruction of the White House, with sources saying that it was likely due to his part in a case involving one of Trump’s top donors.
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Trump Goes From Losing 3 Court Cases In 90 Minutes To Losing 2 On A Friday Night: March Legal Recap.
youtu.be/hlq-8DDHMic?...
youtu.be/hlq-8DDHMic?...
Trump Goes From Losing 3 Court Cases In 90 Minutes To Losing 2 On A Friday Night: March Legal Recap
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
March 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Trump Goes From Losing 3 Court Cases In 90 Minutes To Losing 2 On A Friday Night: March Legal Recap.
youtu.be/hlq-8DDHMic?...
youtu.be/hlq-8DDHMic?...
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Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
March 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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Auchincloss to Rep. Tony Gonzalez after Gonzalez touts the popularity of DOGE: "Is it popular to cut healthcare for the 40% of kids in this country who rely on Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts?
March 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Auchincloss to Rep. Tony Gonzalez after Gonzalez touts the popularity of DOGE: "Is it popular to cut healthcare for the 40% of kids in this country who rely on Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts?
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors.
Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?
Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?
February 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors.
Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?
Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?
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February 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze: by Bahira AMIN
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.
"People will die…
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.
"People will die…
Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze
by Bahira AMIN
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.
"People will die because of these…
www.rawstory.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze: by Bahira AMIN
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.
"People will die…
For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes.
"People will die…
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The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles.
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles.
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
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"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai...
apnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Compare the two outrageously false claims Trump made about Gaza and condoms with Elon, yesterday, laughing off that he first spread that hoax.
It should be a BFD that Trump is picking up lies from Elon and Elon just laughs it off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKks...
It should be a BFD that Trump is picking up lies from Elon and Elon just laughs it off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKks...
Elon and Donald caught in massive condom lie
YouTube video by earlyworm
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Compare the two outrageously false claims Trump made about Gaza and condoms with Elon, yesterday, laughing off that he first spread that hoax.
It should be a BFD that Trump is picking up lies from Elon and Elon just laughs it off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKks...
It should be a BFD that Trump is picking up lies from Elon and Elon just laughs it off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKks...