Samantha Hartke
@sjwriter.bsky.social
Writer. Eurasian. Singaporean. Mum. Manchester United forever. HelLPG. Wine/ whiskey <ahem> enthusiast. All past is prologue. Agitate, agitate, agitate.
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If you are not watching this, then best get on it!
June 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you are not watching this, then best get on it!
Evil, pure evil
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
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April 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Evil, pure evil
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Who would’ve thought we’d be living these books out? We are in perilous times.
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Who would’ve thought we’d be living these books out? We are in perilous times.
I know why. Don’t you?
Trump’s executive order targeted this museum. Many visitors question why.
At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, visitors pushed back against the claim that the museum perpetuated anti-American ideology.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I know why. Don’t you?
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Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. - By @NickKristof www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. - By @NickKristof www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Spotted in Canada…
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Spotted in Canada…
Celebrity sighting in Piccadilly. #DamienLewis . That’s a fine looking man, that. Hello Bobby Axelrod, Dick Winters, Henry VIII et al
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Celebrity sighting in Piccadilly. #DamienLewis . That’s a fine looking man, that. Hello Bobby Axelrod, Dick Winters, Henry VIII et al
When I think there’s no hope left for humanity, I watch The Dog House and it restores my faith. In dogs. Humanity is too far gone. Only dogs can save us.
February 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
When I think there’s no hope left for humanity, I watch The Dog House and it restores my faith. In dogs. Humanity is too far gone. Only dogs can save us.
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FFS
BREAKING: President Donald Trump's nominee for US Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secured enough votes from senators to be confirmed as the nation's top health official reut.rs/4hVqHRY
Trump health nominee Kennedy secures enough US Senate votes for confirmation
President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has secured enough votes from U.S. senators to be confirmed as the nation's top health official.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FFS
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No one is safe … in case you had any doubts
Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion
Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No one is safe … in case you had any doubts
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This is a public service announcement. Please get a library card. And read your news on paper. And talk to people face to face. Because anything you are reading on this or any other screen may not be real. We need to go old school. Send letters. Meet for lunch. Read newspapers. ♥️
February 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is a public service announcement. Please get a library card. And read your news on paper. And talk to people face to face. Because anything you are reading on this or any other screen may not be real. We need to go old school. Send letters. Meet for lunch. Read newspapers. ♥️
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There is a special hell for those actively seek to hurt children …
Breaking news: The Trump administration seeks to give immigration officers access to restricted information about migrant children and teens who crossed into the United States without parents, says White House border czar Tom Homan.
Trump administration seeking access to database of immigrant minors
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of ICE.
wapo.st
January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There is a special hell for those actively seek to hurt children …
ICE came to my daughter’s school yesterday. The kids were terrified … what kind of a world do we live in where terrifying children at their place of learning is OK?
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
ICE came to my daughter’s school yesterday. The kids were terrified … what kind of a world do we live in where terrifying children at their place of learning is OK?
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Cardinal McElroy: “we are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, - a wider indiscriminate massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine.”
www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis appointed Cardinal McElroy, 70, as archbishop of Washington, a high-profile see that includes about 667,000 Catholics in the District of Columbia and fiv...
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January 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Cardinal McElroy: “we are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, - a wider indiscriminate massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine.”
www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
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Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
January 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
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"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are
being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." -
Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." -
Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
January 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are
being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." -
Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." -
Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
And it’s snowing in Texas!
January 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And it’s snowing in Texas!
Si Papa, si ….
Pope Francis calls Trump’s mass deportation plan a ‘disgrace’
The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Si Papa, si ….
No!! Bored kids at home. Please help; send whisky!
January 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
No!! Bored kids at home. Please help; send whisky!
Mother fuckers …. Literally. wtf
As antiabortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills from reaching women in states with bans, they are increasingly turning to one group with uniquely intimate and specific information to help them find cases: male sex partners of women who decided to end their pregnancies.
Antiabortion advocates look for men to report their partners’ abortions
Male partners can have uniquely personal and specific information that help surface new lawsuits in states with abortion bans.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Mother fuckers …. Literally. wtf
One of my favorite directors … Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet. An artist with a singular vision. RIP #DavidLynch
Breaking news: David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche with an unsettling blend of melodrama, whimsy and nightmarish horror, has died. He was 78.
David Lynch, who brought surrealism into the cineplex, dies at 78
The renowned director mixed melodrama and horror in movies such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He helped trigger a TV revolution with “Twin Peaks.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One of my favorite directors … Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet. An artist with a singular vision. RIP #DavidLynch