Erana Bumbardatore
@ranaranabobana.bsky.social
I write comics, picture books, mg fiction, and nonfiction; I read everything but the TBR pile that threatens to topple over and crush me in my sleep. she/her
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5 Calls: Contact Your Congress
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Everybody on team "didn't vote for the felon, the dude-bro takeover, the war on Denmark (and decency), ethnic cleansing, an end to women's rights, an end to LGBTQ+ rights, the end of settled vaccine science, etc." consider making this app part of your morning routine. apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
n.pr
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
Reminder for disgruntled Democrats: My enemy’s enemy threw a nazi salute and did damage to our institutions out of greed and self-interest. Never believe he is anything but an opportunistic white supremacist.
Elon Musk, who last year was the nation’s biggest known political donor, is trying to launch a new political party. Musk said the America Party would have the goal of disrupting the two major parties’ hold on the federal government, but his plans are not clear.
It’s Hard to Create a Third Party, Even for Elon Musk
Building a viable new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done.
trib.al
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reminder for disgruntled Democrats: My enemy’s enemy threw a nazi salute and did damage to our institutions out of greed and self-interest. Never believe he is anything but an opportunistic white supremacist.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
This would disenfranchise millions and amounts to a poll tax on women.
I’ve never been so happy to have kept my last name, which I am off to spell repeatedly as I call my Senators…
I’ve never been so happy to have kept my last name, which I am off to spell repeatedly as I call my Senators…
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This would disenfranchise millions and amounts to a poll tax on women.
I’ve never been so happy to have kept my last name, which I am off to spell repeatedly as I call my Senators…
I’ve never been so happy to have kept my last name, which I am off to spell repeatedly as I call my Senators…
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
If you think you know all the ways Elon is trying to game the system for his own benefit, give this a watch. And if you live in Delaware, you know the assignment: call, write, make your voice heard.
🚨HAPPENING THIS WEEK🚨
If you’re in Delaware, or know someone who is, you NEED to understand this. Honestly, EVERYONE should understand this…
act.link/gi-sb21lm
#StopElon #StopSB21
youtube.com/shorts/YU1ZF...
If you’re in Delaware, or know someone who is, you NEED to understand this. Honestly, EVERYONE should understand this…
act.link/gi-sb21lm
#StopElon #StopSB21
youtube.com/shorts/YU1ZF...
The Next Step For Stopping Elon
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If you think you know all the ways Elon is trying to game the system for his own benefit, give this a watch. And if you live in Delaware, you know the assignment: call, write, make your voice heard.
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For all those people who think “the left got more radical,” this is what the evolution of the GOP has looked like over the past few years.
March 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For all those people who think “the left got more radical,” this is what the evolution of the GOP has looked like over the past few years.
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When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
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Get in loser, we're tanking the economy
March 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Get in loser, we're tanking the economy
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Sound advice from Taco Bell.
Quit buying shit, write poems, live más
February 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sound advice from Taco Bell.
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[email protected] with a searing portrait of the DOGE bros dismembering the US government. www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
What Musk's war on federal workers owes to Gamergate, the long-ago troll tantrum
Culture war for the stupid era kicked off with video gamers mad at ladies who have sex
www.salon.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
[email protected] with a searing portrait of the DOGE bros dismembering the US government. www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
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Dear business owners that voted for Trump,
You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.
You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.
February 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dear business owners that voted for Trump,
You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.
You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.
Now that’s how you write a lede.
Less than one month into office, the Trump DOJ has rolled out sweeping new innovations in corruption.
talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...
talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...
5 Points On How Trump Is Using Eric Adams To Commandeer The DOJ And NYC
Less than one month into office, the Trump DOJ has rolled out...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Now that’s how you write a lede.
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thread with @aoc.bsky.social’s advice for this moment, and it involves calling your reps.
not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).
not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).
February 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
thread with @aoc.bsky.social’s advice for this moment, and it involves calling your reps.
not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).
not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).
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Notable that Elons crew of incels and edgelords are full fledged men for the purposes of being given the keys to car to run the govt. But for the purposes of being accountable for their actions they’re just kids from good families with youthful indiscretions.
February 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Notable that Elons crew of incels and edgelords are full fledged men for the purposes of being given the keys to car to run the govt. But for the purposes of being accountable for their actions they’re just kids from good families with youthful indiscretions.
Everybody on team "didn't vote for the felon, the dude-bro takeover, the war on Denmark (and decency), ethnic cleansing, an end to women's rights, an end to LGBTQ+ rights, the end of settled vaccine science, etc." consider making this app part of your morning routine. apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
5 Calls: Contact Your Congress
**As seen on MSNBC...**
apps.apple.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Everybody on team "didn't vote for the felon, the dude-bro takeover, the war on Denmark (and decency), ethnic cleansing, an end to women's rights, an end to LGBTQ+ rights, the end of settled vaccine science, etc." consider making this app part of your morning routine. apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
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This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests
This is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
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No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
@jimacosta.bsky.social confirms he will exit CNN after nearly two decades with the network, as we first reported last night in @status.news: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant," Acosta said.
January 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
An easy way to make sure your voice is heard—literally.
Here’s the switchboard number for the House 202-225-3121 and the Senate 202-224-3121. You don’t need to make a speech. Just tell your reps yes or no on a particular vote. It’s that simple. They DO keep tallies, but they can’t read your minds. Calling & writing is like voting. Get in the habit.
Believe it or not, emailing/faxing your representatives to say "I am deeply unhappy about this for the following reasons" gives them ammunition to use on the floor. They quote constituent letters all the time. It won't do squat if he declares martial law + shreds the constitution but here we are
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
An easy way to make sure your voice is heard—literally.