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amdelworth.bsky.social
@amdelworth.bsky.social
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Mom, empty nester, dual 🇺🇸🇨🇦, PROUD DEMOCRAT
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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skiles.blue
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵

An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
amdelworth.bsky.social
@kim.senate.gov Ask Neil Jacobs if he supports Trump's budget plan to gut OAR labs, including GFDL in NJ.
July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
@andykimnj.bsky.social ask Neil Jacobs if he supports Trump's budget plan to gut OAR labs , including GFDL - a crown jewel in NJ.
July 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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cnn.com
"Many Dutch children enjoy a freedom of movement that most American kids don’t, which might be the key to why Dutch kids are the happiest kids in the world, according to a 2025 UNICEF report," writes Mary Frances Ruskell. | Essay
Why are Dutch kids the world’s happiest? A teenager weighs in | CNN
Freedom for kids to move through the world on their own may be the key to the Netherlands’ top spot in childhood happiness.
www.cnn.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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blue-oleta.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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mfoley.bsky.social
Some ducks have joined one of the #NoKings rallies in Portland, OR!
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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indivisiblesf.bsky.social
For anyone who can't make it out to a protest today, KPIX will be streaming #NoKings protests from around the Bay Area starting at noon: buff.ly/2YAuMEv

#USPol #NoKings #NoKingsDay
June 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
I have made the agreement not to renew abcnews. Bye George, bye GMA, bye Nightline, bye This Week, bye 20/20.
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brianstelter.bsky.social Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · Jun 10
BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew," an ABC spokesperson says.
June 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
How do you get more air traffic controllers, or get controllers to stay longer? Hmmm... Maybe make it an attractive option for less-typical candidates. Include a Diverse population and treat them Equitably. #DEI
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 29
Duffy: "We're starting to see some problems in the infrastructure of our air traffic control system ... we need more air traffic controllers ... how do we encourage our air traffic controllers to stay on a little bit longer?"
April 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
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Box of maple cookies
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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liberalca.bsky.social
Good neighbours. Always. 🇨🇦🇺🇲
March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Every factory on earth, except those located in the United States, can get the inputs they need from China, without paying an additional 145 percent markup.
April 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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lulabeast.bsky.social
Of course they are. They've already defunded the 60 year NOAA partnership with GFDL at Princeton, where one of the first & most robust ocean-climate models resides. World renowned scientists, education infrastructure, 1000's of hours of work in progress. They learned about it from a press release.
April 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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ericm.cd
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.

This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.

The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
Google search results says: National Institute of Justice (•gov) https://nij.ojp.gov › topics › articles › undocumented-im.. immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. No information is available for this page. Learn why
April 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
This is the 60 Minutes story that upset Trump. That's why I watched it. While the US has contributed significantly to this war, Ukraine has paid far more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFT...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Here is how WaPo handled Dem's 10-day long effort to count every vote in PA vs. GOP's 5-month long effort to throw out thousands of votes in NC.

Support independent, pro-democracy media.
April 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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zacklabe.com
Yep, I still don't think people realize how dire the situation actually is internally...
voosen.me Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
amdelworth.bsky.social
I get it... we're trying to bring manufacturing back to US soil. Does that mean we also want to bring Jailing of our political prisoners back on US soil? Why are we outsourcing that work to El Salvador? Trump is giving our jobs away to foreigners! Make it make sense.
April 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
< Jaime Montana Cook is at Sackets Harbor Central School. 5h • Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly. Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process. They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years. They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe. We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release. We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not "being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims." Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is. We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting. Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center. The wait had already been too long a week ago. I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community. Jaime Cook Prek-12 Principal Sackets Harbor, NY
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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annpappert.bsky.social
@cnn.com … a Canadian here.

Would you please STOP putting Kevin O’Leary on your show to comment on #Canada , please!!!

He’s not our spokesperson - never has been, never will be.

There are hundreds of more informed, intelligent, and articulate Canadians who would be exceptional.

Cheers🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️
April 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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shannonrwatts.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM