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Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
We are the water. Creatives everywhere, let’s make some beautiful trouble with our work. #NoKings
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are the water. Creatives everywhere, let’s make some beautiful trouble with our work. #NoKings
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Calling all artists, creatives, hobbiest, anyone looking to express themselves! Preparing my zine for #FallOfFreedom
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November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Calling all artists, creatives, hobbiest, anyone looking to express themselves! Preparing my zine for #FallOfFreedom
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YES! #AbolishICE
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
YES! #AbolishICE
Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
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@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov you’re in the wrong side of history. And you’re voting to gut medical care for all. My medical insurance costs are going from $550 to $1900 monthly. I pay $70 per month for maintenance meds while my husband on Medicare pays $5. This is all a form of extortion by #GOP
And it happened right after Trump had briefly, for full seconds!, lost Sean Davis!
Sean Davis Delivers Stunning Condemnation of Trump On X
Sean Davis posted a scathing takedown of President Donald Trump and warned Republicans to they "had better wake up" before the 2026 midterms.
www.mediaite.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
@fetterman.senate.gov you’re in the wrong side of history. And you’re voting to gut medical care for all. My medical insurance costs are going from $550 to $1900 monthly. I pay $70 per month for maintenance meds while my husband on Medicare pays $5. This is all a form of extortion by #GOP
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
@fetterman.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @senangusking.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov
Anyone else to tag??
Anyone else to tag??
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@fetterman.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @senangusking.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov
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The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres.
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
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"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
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Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres.
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
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"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
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#patriarchy needs to come down.
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#patriarchy needs to come down.
#Project2025 and #republicans erasing US African American history from #WWII cemeteries abroad. Absolutely shameful.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#Project2025 and #republicans erasing US African American history from #WWII cemeteries abroad. Absolutely shameful.
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It may be past time to start doing demonstrations outside of GOP Congresspeople's local offices.
Can someone explain to me why we’re paying House Republicans to stay at home and do nothing? SMDH
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It may be past time to start doing demonstrations outside of GOP Congresspeople's local offices.
People are being disappeared. Where is the outcry from leading news outlets? @nytimes.com @latimes.com #AbolishICE
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
People are being disappeared. Where is the outcry from leading news outlets? @nytimes.com @latimes.com #AbolishICE
In rural areas commonly labeled #MAGA, residents work “to secure clean water, strengthen public schools, and improve access to health care. These efforts are an urgent reminder that national political maps often obscure how people cooperate across party lines at the most local level.” #NoKings
Think You Know Red America? Think Again | Atmos
From Alaskan outposts to the pine woods of East Texas, pockets of rural activism—and conversations across party lines—are challenging assump
atmos.earth
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Banning prayer vigils. Not what #Jesus would do #AbolishICE
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House just banned prayer vigils outside a migrant detention center.
Yes — prayer. On the sidewalk.
And it comes days after Pope Leo XIV publicly warned them not to go down this road.
Yes — prayer. On the sidewalk.
And it comes days after Pope Leo XIV publicly warned them not to go down this road.
NEW: Ignoring Pope Leo’s Warning, Trump-Vance White House Bans Prayer Vigils at ICE Facility
Trump-Vance officials told Church leaders “no more prayer” outside a Chicago-area detention center — just days after Pope Leo warned the White House was trampling religious liberty.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Banning prayer vigils. Not what #Jesus would do #AbolishICE
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.
hammerandhope.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
More attempts at stealing our quality of life to line their pockets by the #techbros bringing us #AI #DataCenter Plymouth Township, #PA #conshohocken
Conshohocken data center proposal garners pushback
The facility would replace the recently closed Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill, which sits on 66 acres of land along the Schuylkill River.
whyy.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
More attempts at stealing our quality of life to line their pockets by the #techbros bringing us #AI #DataCenter Plymouth Township, #PA #conshohocken
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95.8 million in 2024.
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95.8 million in 2024.
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
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Perfect example of how those with the means #billionaires - fly above all the bureaucracy and twisted policies that their money buys. Pay day laborers to #teach their children, #build their homes, drive them to and from, stay on the phone to argue with their platinum level access bankers #NoKings
SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Perfect example of how those with the means #billionaires - fly above all the bureaucracy and twisted policies that their money buys. Pay day laborers to #teach their children, #build their homes, drive them to and from, stay on the phone to argue with their platinum level access bankers #NoKings
State-sponsored child abuse. #AbolishICE
Heartbreaking: Under Trump's ICE terror, a 2-year-old Chicago girl was tear-gassed while walking with her mom-burning eyes, screams of
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
State-sponsored child abuse. #AbolishICE
Text and imagery bring home the message. More of this. Make a great poster, sticker for any place you frequent. #NoKings #FallOfFreedom #art
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Text and imagery bring home the message. More of this. Make a great poster, sticker for any place you frequent. #NoKings #FallOfFreedom #art