genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social
tea drinker. witch-hunt historian. genealogist. harvard comma enthusiast. dark chocolate addict. book lover. mom of ♀️🧪scientist. 🐾roomie. shorter in person. blue. introvert. WFM. #amwriting. she/her.
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genbird8
@genbird8.bsky.social
· Jan 20
![Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
-Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
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Don't tune out completely. America needs you & your voice. Take care of your mental health. Hang out with people who support you. Love one another. But we still need to be dissenting voices when our nation is being attacked from within, and preserve what we can. Tomorrow is another day. ❤️🗽
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Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA.
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
Rest in Power 🇺🇸
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The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned
Dissenters vs. Loyalists.
Trump is broken inside & is taking more power than the presidency gives him.
Trump is broken inside & is taking more power than the presidency gives him.
“While agents of the state engage in brazen extrajudicial killings, the highest levels of government lecture us that these are law enforcement agents protecting communities. Such claims are not credible, and Americans should decline to participate in this fantasy.”
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
In Trump's 'Dual State,' Dissenters Face Extrajudicial Executions, Loyalists Enjoy Protections
America's system of justice has fundamentally broken because the regime believes it can justify attacks on citizens via lies rather than in a court of law
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Dissenters vs. Loyalists.
Trump is broken inside & is taking more power than the presidency gives him.
Trump is broken inside & is taking more power than the presidency gives him.
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1. ICE and CBP leave Minneapolis and stops terrorizing American cities;
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
1. ICE and CBP leave Minneapolis and stops terrorizing American cities;
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
2. We get a full, independent investigation into the killings;
3. No more detaining and deporting U.S. Citizens;
4. The masks come off;
5. The mass arrest quotas and warrantless arrests end.
Only a "split second" to determine: to kill or not to kill? Alex Pretti was disarmed.
So ICE shot him for having the temerity to legally carry a concealed weapon?
ICE agents are antagonists with a thirst for blood.
Their anonymity gives them courage.
Trigger-happy cowards.
ABOLISH ICE.
So ICE shot him for having the temerity to legally carry a concealed weapon?
ICE agents are antagonists with a thirst for blood.
Their anonymity gives them courage.
Trigger-happy cowards.
ABOLISH ICE.
Q: "We have seen multiple videos with different angles. At no point do we see Alex Pretti brandish a weapon…Did the officers see him brandish a weapon?"
Bovino: "Speculation after 24 hours, you got a lot of speculation…That agent had a split second to make a decision."
Bovino: "Speculation after 24 hours, you got a lot of speculation…That agent had a split second to make a decision."
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Only a "split second" to determine: to kill or not to kill? Alex Pretti was disarmed.
So ICE shot him for having the temerity to legally carry a concealed weapon?
ICE agents are antagonists with a thirst for blood.
Their anonymity gives them courage.
Trigger-happy cowards.
ABOLISH ICE.
So ICE shot him for having the temerity to legally carry a concealed weapon?
ICE agents are antagonists with a thirst for blood.
Their anonymity gives them courage.
Trigger-happy cowards.
ABOLISH ICE.
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Release the Epstein Files
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...
sign.moveon.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Typical Trump: skipping out on the bill.
"The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization, leaving behind $278 million in unpaid dues. We joined the organization in 1948."
from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
"The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization, leaving behind $278 million in unpaid dues. We joined the organization in 1948."
from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Typical Trump: skipping out on the bill.
"The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization, leaving behind $278 million in unpaid dues. We joined the organization in 1948."
from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
"The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization, leaving behind $278 million in unpaid dues. We joined the organization in 1948."
from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
If you want to deport sex offenders, check out the damn EPSTEIN FILES and leave our neighbors alone.
Vance in MN: "It's really cold outside. We in the Trump administration want to deport criminal aliens who are sex offenders. It takes a certain level of committed to sex offender criminal aliens to stand outside in -40 temperatures and attack the vice president, but they're committed to the bit."
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you want to deport sex offenders, check out the damn EPSTEIN FILES and leave our neighbors alone.
Trump's threats about taking Greenland are real. His action could end NATO (which would thrill Putin) & isolate U.S. from its allies. Sign to say you don't support Trump taking Greenland: sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...
Tell Trump: Hands Off Greenland!
The majority of people of Greenland—a population of just 57,000—have been working for years to move towards full independence from Denmark. The island is considered an “autonomous territory”—it has it...
sign.moveon.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Trump's threats about taking Greenland are real. His action could end NATO (which would thrill Putin) & isolate U.S. from its allies. Sign to say you don't support Trump taking Greenland: sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...
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Stop saying Trump is threatening tariffs on European countries. He’s threatening tariffs on European *products* – but American companies and people will pay the Trump tax.
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Stop saying Trump is threatening tariffs on European countries. He’s threatening tariffs on European *products* – but American companies and people will pay the Trump tax.
Did Stephen Miller write this in Donald's voice? He/they have delusions of grandeur but neither realize their horrible actions over last year isolates US & strengthens bonds between these countries—so we're all alone with our bad health, education, & wealth equity policies & destructive AI plants.
A terrible day.
The U.S. government vs. the free world.
The U.S. government vs. the free world.
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Did Stephen Miller write this in Donald's voice? He/they have delusions of grandeur but neither realize their horrible actions over last year isolates US & strengthens bonds between these countries—so we're all alone with our bad health, education, & wealth equity policies & destructive AI plants.
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Billionaires Are The Biggest Hoarders On Earth….
January 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Billionaires Are The Biggest Hoarders On Earth….
Just learned Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea traveled 8,000 miles w/a Newfoundland dog Seaman—& 31 other people! That's not how they're usually depicted. They mapped Louisiana Purchase, cataloged 178 new (to them) plant & 122 animal species, made treaties w/Native Americans, etc. @1440daily.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Just learned Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea traveled 8,000 miles w/a Newfoundland dog Seaman—& 31 other people! That's not how they're usually depicted. They mapped Louisiana Purchase, cataloged 178 new (to them) plant & 122 animal species, made treaties w/Native Americans, etc. @1440daily.bsky.social
Reading today's @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letters from an American and all I can hear in my head is a Sonny the Cuckoo Bird commercial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16...
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Reading today's @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letters from an American and all I can hear in my head is a Sonny the Cuckoo Bird commercial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16...
Please tell me, WHICH EIGHT WARS DID TRUMP END?
I'm still trying to figure out the answer.
I'm still trying to figure out the answer.
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Please tell me, WHICH EIGHT WARS DID TRUMP END?
I'm still trying to figure out the answer.
I'm still trying to figure out the answer.
A journalist put her name in to become an ICE agent. She was accepted, with no qualifications. What's the objective?
www.marytrump.org/p/the-worst-...
www.marytrump.org/p/the-worst-...
The Worst of the Worst
ICE agents are barely vetted, receive poor training, and have been given permission to commit violence with impunity
www.marytrump.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
A journalist put her name in to become an ICE agent. She was accepted, with no qualifications. What's the objective?
www.marytrump.org/p/the-worst-...
www.marytrump.org/p/the-worst-...
It's past time to reconsider Homeland Security Act of 2002. Trump stoked fears of caravans invading from our southern border, spent $15 billion on a border wall, claimed illegal drugs came in by fishing boats, imprisoned & deported nonwhites, & encouraged ICE to attack peaceful protesters. STOP IT.
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
It's past time to reconsider Homeland Security Act of 2002. Trump stoked fears of caravans invading from our southern border, spent $15 billion on a border wall, claimed illegal drugs came in by fishing boats, imprisoned & deported nonwhites, & encouraged ICE to attack peaceful protesters. STOP IT.
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.
Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.
Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...
sign.moveon.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.
Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Cabinet members are too acquiescent to the demands of their leader. They are more worried about self-preservation than the serious business of doing their jobs. Hold them accountable for their own & their leader's mistakes since they are supposed to be experts guiding his decisions.
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Cabinet members are too acquiescent to the demands of their leader. They are more worried about self-preservation than the serious business of doing their jobs. Hold them accountable for their own & their leader's mistakes since they are supposed to be experts guiding his decisions.
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Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
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When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
Trump regime is hellbent on destroying democracy & rule of law. So what to do when DOJ is protecting president & notable figures by interfering with Congress-mandated release of Epstein files? How about lines from a TV show: You're fired! I'm so tired of idiots in charge.
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Trump regime is hellbent on destroying democracy & rule of law. So what to do when DOJ is protecting president & notable figures by interfering with Congress-mandated release of Epstein files? How about lines from a TV show: You're fired! I'm so tired of idiots in charge.