Quiet Bonnie
@quietbonnie.bsky.social
Freelance editor, Buddhist/polytheist chaplaincy student, tarot reader, science and politics writer. Yes, the ADHD just diagnoses itself in my bio. My kids say I am usually valid.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
This is why we don't want businesspeople running the government. Humans are not packages. Our Constitution and rule of law more generally require DUE PROCESS. Remember that?
WP today: “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conf. in April (Arizona Mirror). The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is why we don't want businesspeople running the government. Humans are not packages. Our Constitution and rule of law more generally require DUE PROCESS. Remember that?
WP today: “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conf. in April (Arizona Mirror). The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
WP today: “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conf. in April (Arizona Mirror). The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
The one thing I would accept with Trump's name on it if that's what it takes: universal healthcare and universal basic income.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The one thing I would accept with Trump's name on it if that's what it takes: universal healthcare and universal basic income.
Shopping at the thrift store or used bookstore, or even the grocery store, keeping it simple as much as possible. That's what's going on over here! There's nothing wrong with giving cookies and tea for Xmas.
Last-minute holiday shopping? You’re not alone.
But while you’re waiting in the checkout line, take a moment to notice how the Trump Administration’s disastrous economic policies have made prices soar across the board.
But while you’re waiting in the checkout line, take a moment to notice how the Trump Administration’s disastrous economic policies have made prices soar across the board.
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Shopping at the thrift store or used bookstore, or even the grocery store, keeping it simple as much as possible. That's what's going on over here! There's nothing wrong with giving cookies and tea for Xmas.
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This statement from 18 Epstein survivors is spot on — the Trump administration is failing to follow the law by not releasing countless files and failing to redact the identities of survivors.
This is not justice.
This is not justice.
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This statement from 18 Epstein survivors is spot on — the Trump administration is failing to follow the law by not releasing countless files and failing to redact the identities of survivors.
This is not justice.
This is not justice.
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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I knew something was wrong when 60 Minutes started airing Swan Lake
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I knew something was wrong when 60 Minutes started airing Swan Lake
She goes on to say people bring cultures of fraud here. That would be bringing coals to Newcastle.
One thing I love about Chicago, having just moved back here, is casually overhearing so many languages being spoken on the street. Diversity is America's real wealth.
One thing I love about Chicago, having just moved back here, is casually overhearing so many languages being spoken on the street. Diversity is America's real wealth.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
She goes on to say people bring cultures of fraud here. That would be bringing coals to Newcastle.
One thing I love about Chicago, having just moved back here, is casually overhearing so many languages being spoken on the street. Diversity is America's real wealth.
One thing I love about Chicago, having just moved back here, is casually overhearing so many languages being spoken on the street. Diversity is America's real wealth.
For all the people who stopped reading the New York Times because you don't think they supported Biden enough, NYT investigations are often how we know about stuff like this: youtube.com/shorts/xXNA1...
Trump frees billion-dollar Ponzi schemer
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For all the people who stopped reading the New York Times because you don't think they supported Biden enough, NYT investigations are often how we know about stuff like this: youtube.com/shorts/xXNA1...
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It is that blatant now. Trump believes he is in total control.
His insane actions are evidence of it.
His insane actions are evidence of it.
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It is that blatant now. Trump believes he is in total control.
His insane actions are evidence of it.
His insane actions are evidence of it.
So he agrees that sometimes his orders are unlawful?
Translation: "PLEEEEASE forget about the EPSTEIN FILES!"
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So he agrees that sometimes his orders are unlawful?
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
To the child president: If you prosecute Biden for perjury, that would be a frivolous lawsuit. It would be thrown out of court. It would also be an act of corruption since you're not in charge of the DOJ, which is an independent agency. So thank YOU for your attention to THIS matter.
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
To the child president: If you prosecute Biden for perjury, that would be a frivolous lawsuit. It would be thrown out of court. It would also be an act of corruption since you're not in charge of the DOJ, which is an independent agency. So thank YOU for your attention to THIS matter.
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Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
I know we've been told Bovino left Chicago, but Border Patrol is still in our skies according to Flight Radar (they don't always identify the helicopter owner but occasionally they do). Flying so low they made my cats nervous.
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I know we've been told Bovino left Chicago, but Border Patrol is still in our skies according to Flight Radar (they don't always identify the helicopter owner but occasionally they do). Flying so low they made my cats nervous.
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In the Obama White House we were so careful to follow the rules, including about use of the seal (which is regulated by statute), that we ran a legal process just to see if we could use the seal for fun on our White House softball team tee shirts!
No joke. The team was called STOTUS.
No joke. The team was called STOTUS.
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In the Obama White House we were so careful to follow the rules, including about use of the seal (which is regulated by statute), that we ran a legal process just to see if we could use the seal for fun on our White House softball team tee shirts!
No joke. The team was called STOTUS.
No joke. The team was called STOTUS.
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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The cruelty is the point.
Instead of ensuring families are fed after he refused to fund SNAP, the Trump Admin is doubling down on the harm.
They are actively trying to make it harder for people to put food on the table. It's shameful.
Instead of ensuring families are fed after he refused to fund SNAP, the Trump Admin is doubling down on the harm.
They are actively trying to make it harder for people to put food on the table. It's shameful.
The Trump admin to require millions of low-income people to reapply for food stamps as part of an effort to crack down on “fraud," Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The cruelty is the point.
Instead of ensuring families are fed after he refused to fund SNAP, the Trump Admin is doubling down on the harm.
They are actively trying to make it harder for people to put food on the table. It's shameful.
Instead of ensuring families are fed after he refused to fund SNAP, the Trump Admin is doubling down on the harm.
They are actively trying to make it harder for people to put food on the table. It's shameful.
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The Trump administration is denying Ukrainian nationals their lawful right to a credible-fear screening before deporting them to an active war zone. Our laws require due process and a review of potential harm — this administration must stop ignoring these basic legal obligations.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Trump administration is denying Ukrainian nationals their lawful right to a credible-fear screening before deporting them to an active war zone. Our laws require due process and a review of potential harm — this administration must stop ignoring these basic legal obligations.
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DOJ asking for a 1 day sentence was insulting enough — this is a complete affront to the justice Breonna Taylor deserves.
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking that former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison be freed from federal prison. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3pwwr2d7
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
DOJ asking for a 1 day sentence was insulting enough — this is a complete affront to the justice Breonna Taylor deserves.