Debra Joy Groesser
@debrajoygroesser.bsky.social
Professional landscape & portrait painter/art instructor/gallery owner. Mom/Grandma/Hubby is mayor of our town. Breast cancer survivor. No DMs.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
I'm one of the 91%...grateful every day...
August 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm one of the 91%...grateful every day...
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94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
July 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
Important read here...this needs to stop...
“The raids in this District follow a common, systematic pattern. Individuals with brown skin are approached or pulled aside by unidentified federal agents, suddenly and with a show of force, and made to answer questions about who they are and where they are from.”
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The Shocking Details of the L.A. ICE Raids
A Clear Pattern of Absolutely Lawless Raids and Detention
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July 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Important read here...this needs to stop...
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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This all comes down to policy choices.
Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment?
Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion?
This is the choice before us.
Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment?
Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion?
This is the choice before us.
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This all comes down to policy choices.
Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment?
Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion?
This is the choice before us.
Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment?
Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion?
This is the choice before us.
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America has never been broke. It’s just violently anti-poor. Troops in LA cost $134M — the price of 44 million school lunches.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
America has never been broke. It’s just violently anti-poor. Troops in LA cost $134M — the price of 44 million school lunches.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
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When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
My latest email newsletter just released...you can check it out here. www.debrajoygroesser.com/nl/?nid=3197...
"Tiger Swallowtail and Phlox" 14x11
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May 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My latest email newsletter just released...you can check it out here. www.debrajoygroesser.com/nl/?nid=3197...
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A bit rusty with charcoal...but here's my effort from our open studio portrait night. Needs some tweaking but sure was fun! Thanks to hubby Don for being our model tonight. #charcoaldrawing #portraiture
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A bit rusty with charcoal...but here's my effort from our open studio portrait night. Needs some tweaking but sure was fun! Thanks to hubby Don for being our model tonight. #charcoaldrawing #portraiture
Finished! "Tiger Swallowtail and Phlox" 14x11 oil on linen panel. This piece will be included in Nebraska Impact's "Pollinators" exhibition. This was a special visitor in our garden last summer. #impressionism #oilpainting #butterflypainting #gardenpainting
April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Finished! "Tiger Swallowtail and Phlox" 14x11 oil on linen panel. This piece will be included in Nebraska Impact's "Pollinators" exhibition. This was a special visitor in our garden last summer. #impressionism #oilpainting #butterflypainting #gardenpainting
More progress on this one...hope to finish her up tomorrow. 14x11 oil on linen panel. Stay tuned! #oilpainting #Impressionism #butterflypainting #gardenpainting
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
More progress on this one...hope to finish her up tomorrow. 14x11 oil on linen panel. Stay tuned! #oilpainting #Impressionism #butterflypainting #gardenpainting
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Are we living in DISNEY right now?.....
April 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Are we living in DISNEY right now?.....
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It would be scientifically catastrophic to end this decades long study with 42k women continuing to be followed up, providing unique opportunities to learn new insights into women’s health and characterize risk of many health ailments including chronic disease
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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April 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
April 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
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Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.
April 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.
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Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does.
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Emergency Video; April 14, 2025
Hey everyone.
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April 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does.
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No American can afford to ignore the systematic erosion of what it means to be American.
We are way past political and ideological disagreements.
What’s at stake is our adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. What safeguards all of our rights.
Without it, we cease to be America.
We are way past political and ideological disagreements.
What’s at stake is our adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. What safeguards all of our rights.
Without it, we cease to be America.
April 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No American can afford to ignore the systematic erosion of what it means to be American.
We are way past political and ideological disagreements.
What’s at stake is our adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. What safeguards all of our rights.
Without it, we cease to be America.
We are way past political and ideological disagreements.
What’s at stake is our adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. What safeguards all of our rights.
Without it, we cease to be America.
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Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elections have consequences
Something totally different for me...working on this from photos I took at Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands last year. A long way to go yet-this is just the block-in. I love the riot of color and the overall pattern and rhythm. My goal is to keep it impressionistic...more tomorrow! 16x12 oil.
March 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Something totally different for me...working on this from photos I took at Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands last year. A long way to go yet-this is just the block-in. I love the riot of color and the overall pattern and rhythm. My goal is to keep it impressionistic...more tomorrow! 16x12 oil.
Newfeed cleanse...This girl...she's not spoiled at all...nope...not one bit...😂🤗💕🐾 #rescueismyfavoritebreed #huskymalamutemix
March 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Newfeed cleanse...This girl...she's not spoiled at all...nope...not one bit...😂🤗💕🐾 #rescueismyfavoritebreed #huskymalamutemix
New painting fresh off the easel..."Swallowtail and Coneflowers" 12x16 oil on linen panel. Finished this one up this afternoon and it just sold! Grateful! #butterflypainting #oilpainting #coneflowerpainting
March 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
New painting fresh off the easel..."Swallowtail and Coneflowers" 12x16 oil on linen panel. Finished this one up this afternoon and it just sold! Grateful! #butterflypainting #oilpainting #coneflowerpainting
Make it stop! 🤬
The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
March 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Make it stop! 🤬