@sharicookson.bsky.social
Filmmaker Director/Producer Mackerel Sky Films; Painter/Digital Artist; Author: The Unrequited Voter. My 9th great grandmother was hanged in the Salem witch trials. She was a mom of 12 and no witch.
Pinned
I painted this the first time Trump burned us by exiting the Paris Climate Agreement.
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025
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“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration firing hundreds of FAA employees despite four deadly crashes in four weeks
President moves to cut Federal Aviation Administration workforce, including safety workers, as critics say public could be endangered
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here
February 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here
“Red Line”
I've framed a few of the illustrations from the book.
I've framed a few of the illustrations from the book.
February 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Red Line”
I've framed a few of the illustrations from the book.
I've framed a few of the illustrations from the book.
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This is so incredibly insane
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is so incredibly insane
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We could have had a competent president, lower drug prices, home buyer assistance, a Cabinet filled with qualified adults and not sociopaths, global respect, and national sovereignty...
a woman in a suit is smiling while standing in front of a microphone .
ALT: a woman in a suit is smiling while standing in front of a microphone .
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We could have had a competent president, lower drug prices, home buyer assistance, a Cabinet filled with qualified adults and not sociopaths, global respect, and national sovereignty...
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons.
In a written directive, the Democratic Illinois governor tells his hiring office that "no one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
In a written directive, the Democratic Illinois governor tells his hiring office that "no one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
January 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons.
In a written directive, the Democratic Illinois governor tells his hiring office that "no one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
In a written directive, the Democratic Illinois governor tells his hiring office that "no one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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A conservative voice making the case against suspension of foreign aid, Minnesotan Ward Brehm was once the keynote speaker at the national prayer breakfast…..
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel.
www.startribune.com/president-tr...
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel.
www.startribune.com/president-tr...
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel
Compassion, not chaos, should guide foreign aid reform.
www.startribune.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A conservative voice making the case against suspension of foreign aid, Minnesotan Ward Brehm was once the keynote speaker at the national prayer breakfast…..
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel.
www.startribune.com/president-tr...
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel.
www.startribune.com/president-tr...
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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
The owl is hooting in the rain.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles.
January 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The owl is hooting in the rain.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles.
Chicken fierceness! Our son and daughter-in-law’s unflappable (and flapping) brigade: Mildred, Boss and Cocoa Melon. Boss is the BOSS. Have you ever been charged by a rooster. Peck-a-boo-hoo! 🐔
January 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Chicken fierceness! Our son and daughter-in-law’s unflappable (and flapping) brigade: Mildred, Boss and Cocoa Melon. Boss is the BOSS. Have you ever been charged by a rooster. Peck-a-boo-hoo! 🐔
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Where is the line between perhaps over-reacting and numbness.
January 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Where is the line between perhaps over-reacting and numbness.
I painted this the first time Trump burned us by exiting the Paris Climate Agreement.
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025
January 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I painted this the first time Trump burned us by exiting the Paris Climate Agreement.
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025
Well I guess some things never change.
“Leaving Paris” (2017) & 2025