Sandi
@smasherm.bsky.social
My passions are singing in choirs and rabble rousing for social justice.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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The debate over subsidies misses the real issue: the price of care keeps exploding. We don’t need more patches—we need a system that puts patients over profits. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcare #PNHP
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The debate over subsidies misses the real issue: the price of care keeps exploding. We don’t need more patches—we need a system that puts patients over profits. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcare #PNHP
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Stranded tourists helping to clean up debris from Melissa in Jamaica: 🔊 #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Stranded tourists helping to clean up debris from Melissa in Jamaica: 🔊 #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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More dispatches from war-torn Portland. My elderly father called and said “the tv news says you’re setting fire to an ice rink?” (I told him nothing is actually happening and to get off Fox)
September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
More dispatches from war-torn Portland. My elderly father called and said “the tv news says you’re setting fire to an ice rink?” (I told him nothing is actually happening and to get off Fox)
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September 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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“The Capitol Mall area gets visited by people from all around the world, and it's a good way to remind them of the land they're standing on and the people who have been here for a thousand years,” said Bruce Savage, chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Tribal nations’ flags raised in historic moment at Minnesota State Capitol
Flags of the 11 federally recognized tribes in the state were raised for the first time Friday morning at the new Tribal Flag Plaza. Some tribal leaders say the plaza will serve as a reminder that tri...
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September 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“The Capitol Mall area gets visited by people from all around the world, and it's a good way to remind them of the land they're standing on and the people who have been here for a thousand years,” said Bruce Savage, chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
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Physician pay makes up <8% of total healthcare spending and is far out paced by CEO and administrative pay. Doctor pay isn’t the cause of healthcare inflation.
#PNHP
#Medicareforall
#M4A
#universalhealthcare
#healthcareisahumanright
#PNHP
#Medicareforall
#M4A
#universalhealthcare
#healthcareisahumanright
September 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Physician pay makes up <8% of total healthcare spending and is far out paced by CEO and administrative pay. Doctor pay isn’t the cause of healthcare inflation.
#PNHP
#Medicareforall
#M4A
#universalhealthcare
#healthcareisahumanright
#PNHP
#Medicareforall
#M4A
#universalhealthcare
#healthcareisahumanright
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What the Trump regime has done in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and is threatening to do in Chicago and New York City is not a “crackdown on crime.” It’s a military occupation.
Throwing Trump in prison would be a crackdown on crime.
Throwing Trump in prison would be a crackdown on crime.
August 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What the Trump regime has done in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and is threatening to do in Chicago and New York City is not a “crackdown on crime.” It’s a military occupation.
Throwing Trump in prison would be a crackdown on crime.
Throwing Trump in prison would be a crackdown on crime.
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My favorite Bill Hicks quote...again 🤷♂️
“When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’”
Bill Hicks
“When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’”
Bill Hicks
July 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My favorite Bill Hicks quote...again 🤷♂️
“When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’”
Bill Hicks
“When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’”
Bill Hicks
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The younger generation look like they are finally getting it
July 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The younger generation look like they are finally getting it
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"'We are the federal government, and if we choose to take power away from a governor or away from a mayor, this is the new normal.' And my response is, I've seen this movie before. It used to be called a coup, and it happens in other countries."
@mayor.lacity.gov on the feds in LA:
@mayor.lacity.gov on the feds in LA:
July 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"'We are the federal government, and if we choose to take power away from a governor or away from a mayor, this is the new normal.' And my response is, I've seen this movie before. It used to be called a coup, and it happens in other countries."
@mayor.lacity.gov on the feds in LA:
@mayor.lacity.gov on the feds in LA:
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Solidarity with the people of Iran. They don't deserve any of this.
They didn't deserve to have the US overthrow their democratically elected government in 1953 and they don't deserve being bombed by us now.
They didn't deserve to have the US overthrow their democratically elected government in 1953 and they don't deserve being bombed by us now.
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Solidarity with the people of Iran. They don't deserve any of this.
They didn't deserve to have the US overthrow their democratically elected government in 1953 and they don't deserve being bombed by us now.
They didn't deserve to have the US overthrow their democratically elected government in 1953 and they don't deserve being bombed by us now.
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This is why they’re hiding their faces. They aren’t ICE agents, they’re Cheeto dictator’s private militia.
This is the EXACT reason I would shoot first and ask questions later.
Private citizens grabbing people off the street and disappearing them. It’s kidnapping and human trafficking.
🖕🖕🖕🖕
This is the EXACT reason I would shoot first and ask questions later.
Private citizens grabbing people off the street and disappearing them. It’s kidnapping and human trafficking.
🖕🖕🖕🖕
June 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is why they’re hiding their faces. They aren’t ICE agents, they’re Cheeto dictator’s private militia.
This is the EXACT reason I would shoot first and ask questions later.
Private citizens grabbing people off the street and disappearing them. It’s kidnapping and human trafficking.
🖕🖕🖕🖕
This is the EXACT reason I would shoot first and ask questions later.
Private citizens grabbing people off the street and disappearing them. It’s kidnapping and human trafficking.
🖕🖕🖕🖕
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Stephen Miller's ancestors, specifically on his mother's side, immigrated to the United States from Antopol, in present-day Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire. They were fleeing the 1903-1906 anti-Jewish pogroms.
June 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Stephen Miller's ancestors, specifically on his mother's side, immigrated to the United States from Antopol, in present-day Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire. They were fleeing the 1903-1906 anti-Jewish pogroms.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
May 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
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Sen. Chris Murphy: This budget bill is an absolute disaster. It is going to kick over 10 million people off of their health care. Medicaid covers about a quarter of all Americans in order to pass along a new trillion dollar tax cut for the richest 1%. Nobody in this country is asking for that.
May 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sen. Chris Murphy: This budget bill is an absolute disaster. It is going to kick over 10 million people off of their health care. Medicaid covers about a quarter of all Americans in order to pass along a new trillion dollar tax cut for the richest 1%. Nobody in this country is asking for that.
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Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
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“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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75 YEARS OLD TODAY 🎂
Happy 75th Birthday to
Stevie Wonder
Happy 75th Birthday to
Stevie Wonder
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
75 YEARS OLD TODAY 🎂
Happy 75th Birthday to
Stevie Wonder
Happy 75th Birthday to
Stevie Wonder
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