C.M.Pettitt
@cmpettitt.bsky.social
Californian. Interests: history, especially military history; journalism/politics/muckraking; typography; books; growing aggressive native plants to combat aggressive non-native plants. Also: fuck the gender police.
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Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
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Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
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Cat in residence at the Plant Foundry plant nursery. #cats #catswithjobs
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Cat in residence at the Plant Foundry plant nursery. #cats #catswithjobs
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Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
The new matilija poppy in the former english ivy patch is doing OK. But after I removed the decades-old ivy thatch, the most persistent weeds appeared. Now elmleaf blackberry looms. Hope the matilija poppy rhizomes can kick its butt. 🌱 #nativeplants #californianativeplants #blackberry #matilijapoppy
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The new matilija poppy in the former english ivy patch is doing OK. But after I removed the decades-old ivy thatch, the most persistent weeds appeared. Now elmleaf blackberry looms. Hope the matilija poppy rhizomes can kick its butt. 🌱 #nativeplants #californianativeplants #blackberry #matilijapoppy
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Army veteran Danielle Green is the first female combat veteran to be featured as a playable Call of Duty character.
Army veteran becomes the face of Call of Duty’s new bionic hero
Army veteran Danielle Green is the first female combat veteran to be featured as a playable Call of Duty character.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Army veteran Danielle Green is the first female combat veteran to be featured as a playable Call of Duty character.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Even tropical gingers like to show off their autumn colors. Seeds, cones and leaves add so much to the garden.🍂🍁
#Flowers #Gardening #Autumn #GulfOfMexico #Plants #GingerFlowers #FlowerReport #Tropical
#Flowers #Gardening #Autumn #GulfOfMexico #Plants #GingerFlowers #FlowerReport #Tropical
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Even tropical gingers like to show off their autumn colors. Seeds, cones and leaves add so much to the garden.🍂🍁
#Flowers #Gardening #Autumn #GulfOfMexico #Plants #GingerFlowers #FlowerReport #Tropical
#Flowers #Gardening #Autumn #GulfOfMexico #Plants #GingerFlowers #FlowerReport #Tropical
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Anytime the AVERAGE ELECTED DEMOCRAT DOES SOMETHING THAT CONFUSES YOU, their support for capitalism, corporate profits, militarism, & imperialism above all explains their behavior.
This is why we need socialism now. Stop supporting people who support capitalism. They will disappoint you everytime.
This is why we need socialism now. Stop supporting people who support capitalism. They will disappoint you everytime.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Anytime the AVERAGE ELECTED DEMOCRAT DOES SOMETHING THAT CONFUSES YOU, their support for capitalism, corporate profits, militarism, & imperialism above all explains their behavior.
This is why we need socialism now. Stop supporting people who support capitalism. They will disappoint you everytime.
This is why we need socialism now. Stop supporting people who support capitalism. They will disappoint you everytime.
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Woke up to a totally different season so feeling even better about getting the water barrels put to bed yesterday even though it means quality time with the heat pad for my aches and pains today.
#gardening #FirstSnow 🌱
#gardening #FirstSnow 🌱
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Woke up to a totally different season so feeling even better about getting the water barrels put to bed yesterday even though it means quality time with the heat pad for my aches and pains today.
#gardening #FirstSnow 🌱
#gardening #FirstSnow 🌱
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
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November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
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even as gangs of masked ICE freaks attack and kidnap random citizens, ignoring the courts and flaunting their lawlessness, not a single Democratic politician is promising consequences, let alone defunding and disbandment
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
even as gangs of masked ICE freaks attack and kidnap random citizens, ignoring the courts and flaunting their lawlessness, not a single Democratic politician is promising consequences, let alone defunding and disbandment
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
bottom line, ICE are cops, and Democrats love them some cops
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Good morning. Today will be our last sunny day before the first hard freeze tomorrow. This Orange Sulphur was in the garden yesterday, along with the last few Gulf Fritillaries. #Saturdayorange #butterflies #gardening 🌱🦋
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Good morning. Today will be our last sunny day before the first hard freeze tomorrow. This Orange Sulphur was in the garden yesterday, along with the last few Gulf Fritillaries. #Saturdayorange #butterflies #gardening 🌱🦋
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SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
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Glowing green Nicotiana still blooming!
#Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
#Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Glowing green Nicotiana still blooming!
#Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
#Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
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Working late on a Friday night to starve children
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Working late on a Friday night to starve children
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...Beach Wheelchairs have large, wide wheels which can roll across the sand without sinking. Learn how to borrow beach wheelchairs in California at www.coastal.ca.gov/access/beach.... The new chairs will be added to that page as soon as they're available. #ThankYouCoastalAct (3/3)
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
...Beach Wheelchairs have large, wide wheels which can roll across the sand without sinking. Learn how to borrow beach wheelchairs in California at www.coastal.ca.gov/access/beach.... The new chairs will be added to that page as soon as they're available. #ThankYouCoastalAct (3/3)
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November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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This kinda shit is how you get hung juries
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This kinda shit is how you get hung juries
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#FallColor like whoa from mostly #NativePlants plus a few friends!
#gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
#gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#FallColor like whoa from mostly #NativePlants plus a few friends!
#gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
#gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱
McClatchy is shuttering its Washington bureau, axing its entire real-time national desk, and will withdraw from the White House pool, raising questions about the future of the storied newspaper company. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Stacking books along one side of my staircase to let people know a sure-footed intellectual lives here
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Stacking books along one side of my staircase to let people know a sure-footed intellectual lives here
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Prosecutors allege that the truck was used as a deadly weapon when it accelerated backward toward federal officers at Coast Guard Island.
Feds charge suspected U-Haul driver at Oakland immigration protest with assault
Prosecutors allege that the truck was used as a deadly weapon when it accelerated backward toward federal officers at Coast Guard Island.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Prosecutors allege that the truck was used as a deadly weapon when it accelerated backward toward federal officers at Coast Guard Island.
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago