Florence Ariessohn
@floaries.bsky.social
NO, NO, and NO!!!!
The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
NO, NO, and NO!!!!
Truly boggling how corrupt he is, and isn't hiding it, since the Supreme Court gave him his kingship.
Trump bought $1 million in Netflix and Warner Bros. bonds after he said he’d be “involved” in deciding whether to approve their mega-merger.
Antitrust merger reviews should be based on law and facts only—not the president’s investments.
Antitrust merger reviews should be based on law and facts only—not the president’s investments.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Truly boggling how corrupt he is, and isn't hiding it, since the Supreme Court gave him his kingship.
So true! And do you want a robot for your ultrasound????
It doesn't take a genius to realize that when you ban abortion and try to criminalize OBGYNs for practicing medicine, there will be fewer OBGYNs in your state.
January 22, 2026 at 11:09 PM
So true! And do you want a robot for your ultrasound????
If Trump gets sovereignty over land our bases are on in Greenland, we would effectively have another Guantanamo. NO!!!!
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
If Trump gets sovereignty over land our bases are on in Greenland, we would effectively have another Guantanamo. NO!!!!
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
Outstanding essay. It's ME first, not America first.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump “is now basically running our country the way he ran his companies — as a one-man show free to make terrible deals. That management style led to six bankruptcy filings by his companies,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
President Trump “is now basically running our country the way he ran his companies — as a one-man show free to make terrible deals. That management style led to six bankruptcy filings by his companies,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
Donald Trump is the most un-American president in our history. And in his second term, there is no one to constrain his un-American impulses.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Outstanding essay. It's ME first, not America first.
Is he a mad king or just a narcissistic, demented mob boss?
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Is he a mad king or just a narcissistic, demented mob boss?
Horrifying!!!
WATCH: Student Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs last May.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
January 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Horrifying!!!
Be aware that the sea salt in so many products is not iodized. Iodine deficiency is a real problem.
January 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Be aware that the sea salt in so many products is not iodized. Iodine deficiency is a real problem.
YOU MUST WATCH THIS ONE!!!!
WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?”
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
YOU MUST WATCH THIS ONE!!!!
Two concerns: We need to keep protests nonviolent, even when ICE or others try to incite violence. Trump really wants to send in troops. Second: I am concerned about the slogans about ICE. Let's say "Rein in ICE" or something; the "defund the police" mistake cost elections for dems.
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Two concerns: We need to keep protests nonviolent, even when ICE or others try to incite violence. Trump really wants to send in troops. Second: I am concerned about the slogans about ICE. Let's say "Rein in ICE" or something; the "defund the police" mistake cost elections for dems.
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
This kind of journalism is why we donate to @ProPublica. They are needed now more than ever!
Chemical companies and their trade organizations have argued that the EPA cannot reevaluate hazardous air pollution rules to account for newly discovered harms if it has revised them once already.
It doesn’t matter if decades have passed or new information has emerged.
It doesn’t matter if decades have passed or new information has emerged.
Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
This kind of journalism is why we donate to @ProPublica. They are needed now more than ever!
If you haven't seen this article, do read it!!! So shocking, and yet not....https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=copy_link
January 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
If you haven't seen this article, do read it!!! So shocking, and yet not....https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=copy_link
IMPORTANT! See what the vaccination rate is for elementary schools near you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
IMPORTANT! See what the vaccination rate is for elementary schools near you.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
So peaceful; so addictive....You tube live feed of deer being fed to survive the winter.
www.youtube.com/live/Nw4HLGx...
www.youtube.com/live/Nw4HLGx...
Brownville's Food Pantry For Deer "Pond View"
YouTube video by Brownville's Food Pantry For Deer
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January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
So peaceful; so addictive....You tube live feed of deer being fed to survive the winter.
www.youtube.com/live/Nw4HLGx...
www.youtube.com/live/Nw4HLGx...
So, in "Signalgate", the Inspector General's report says Hegseth shared secret information in an insecure chat app and thus put our troops at risk. We ONLY know this because they stupidly included a journalist in the chat, and he shared the info. Hegseth refused to cooperate at all.
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So, in "Signalgate", the Inspector General's report says Hegseth shared secret information in an insecure chat app and thus put our troops at risk. We ONLY know this because they stupidly included a journalist in the chat, and he shared the info. Hegseth refused to cooperate at all.
Well said, Senator Murray!
You set the example from the top. Is it "civil" to call a fellow passenger "piggy?"
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Well said, Senator Murray!
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning. Here's why.
Sunday thought: Progress?
This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning
robertreich.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning. Here's why.
About 42 million people get SNAP: 40% children, 1.2 million military veterans, 23,000 active military families and 8 million seniors. Trump and R's are ok with slashing food while he shows off his gold bathroom remodel in the White House and throws a lavish party in Mar a Lago. Let them eat cake!
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
About 42 million people get SNAP: 40% children, 1.2 million military veterans, 23,000 active military families and 8 million seniors. Trump and R's are ok with slashing food while he shows off his gold bathroom remodel in the White House and throws a lavish party in Mar a Lago. Let them eat cake!
¡Feliz Dia de los Muertos!
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
¡Feliz Dia de los Muertos!
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Reposted by Florence Ariessohn
Have we reached the point where we can say the US is in a constitutional crisis? Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism?
Yes. It is happening. Right now.
Not because of one incident, but a series of moments and choices . . .
Yes. It is happening. Right now.
Not because of one incident, but a series of moments and choices . . .
It is happening here — and we just witnessed the moment everything changed
History’s path is never linear. But its turns can be very sharp.It is rare to be able to identify the moment when we can say “this is the point at which everything changed”. So have we reached the poi...
www.alternet.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Have we reached the point where we can say the US is in a constitutional crisis? Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism?
Yes. It is happening. Right now.
Not because of one incident, but a series of moments and choices . . .
Yes. It is happening. Right now.
Not because of one incident, but a series of moments and choices . . .