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@debciocca.bsky.social
I am a retired teacher, freelance writer, and author. Liam the Lonesome Library Book is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. 💙
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Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Google the Peter Principal (or access your memory banks).
It's playing out before our eyes.
February 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
February 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Tariffs are dangerous...
Just Google Smoot-Hawley.
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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.

I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.

But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Crazy Quote: I had a rose named after me, and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' ~Eleanor Roosevelt
February 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
February 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Cruel...

‘Devastating’: Trump Administration Stops Distribution of HIV Medications in Poor Countries

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‘Devastating’: Trump Administration Stops Distribution of HIV Medications in Poor Countries
The administration of President Donald Trump has ordered a halt to the distribution of HIV medications purchased with aid from the U.S. That includes drugs that are already in local clinics and ready ...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tomorrow is glow day!
Every day is glow day when you're 8. 😎
January 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Great idea! 🙄
Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'

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Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
The bill, which is unlikely to pass, would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”
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January 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So dystopian!

Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking Abortion

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Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking Abortion - Reform Austin
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the state’s largest anti-reproductive choice organization, Texas Right to Life, are teaming up to further restrict abortion access.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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I personally think that this is a far more appropriate name.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Angles matter.
January 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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I ask a not-so-simple favor…

Tomorrow, I’ll be spending my time honoring MLK’s legacy & posting about it. Join me.

My ask—stay aware. Take time later to learn what unfolds in DC. I saw a post on IG from Bernice King that I thought was perfect, and sharing a bit here. Take a moment…
January 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Mama, don't let your sons grow up to be catboys.
January 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
My grandmother, Helen, is top right. My great grandparents came from Lithuania. They embraced and exemplified the
American Dream.
January 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
January 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I was going to go to the socialist bookstore but I realized I could go to the library instead.
January 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Something we can all agree on? 😉
January 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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“We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all — the abuse of power.”

President Biden, eulogizing President Carter. Two incredibly decent men.
January 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.” (Benefits of a classical education. 😉)
January 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Trump's first day in office. We need to talk about what we are going to do. There is no room for cowards in this foxhole!
January 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Welcome to the plutocracy! 😓
America isn't a democracy, it's an auction.
January 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM