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Sociologist and avid reader. Traveler, news and puzzle junkie, strong feminist, friend, pumpkin pie baker…
Dems are losing the war on state gerrymandering. There will be a blue wave in response to this administration, sure, but disenfranchising the voters beforehand means it won’t matter. The position numbers aren’t there.
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Dems are losing the war on state gerrymandering. There will be a blue wave in response to this administration, sure, but disenfranchising the voters beforehand means it won’t matter. The position numbers aren’t there.
This is awesome! Click the link to see a large list of organizations set up to support Minnesotans in a wide variety of ways. There are several at the neighborhood level, even. Wow, blown away at the effort being taken. Nicely done, MN!
In Minnesota, scores of ordinary people are bravely looking out for their neighbors, defending their communities, and protesting lawless violence.
They are the best of America.
Here's how to stand with them. www.standwithminnesota.com
They are the best of America.
Here's how to stand with them. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is awesome! Click the link to see a large list of organizations set up to support Minnesotans in a wide variety of ways. There are several at the neighborhood level, even. Wow, blown away at the effort being taken. Nicely done, MN!
It’s a fact of Bluesky: the wonderful accounts you follow aren’t usually the ones you are seeing in your feed. Take a few minutes to click on your ‘following’ link and *like* the valuable content they are creating.
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It’s a fact of Bluesky: the wonderful accounts you follow aren’t usually the ones you are seeing in your feed. Take a few minutes to click on your ‘following’ link and *like* the valuable content they are creating.
Can we talk about ‘cloud dancer’? It seems all segments of the US society are pandering to the pres, out of fear or jubilation. White washing is our year, and it extends literally in paint to Pantone. Time to do better.
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Can we talk about ‘cloud dancer’? It seems all segments of the US society are pandering to the pres, out of fear or jubilation. White washing is our year, and it extends literally in paint to Pantone. Time to do better.
From 1883 until 2025’s golden visas:
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
From 1883 until 2025’s golden visas:
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Just learned that Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors recipient Gloria Gaynor claims not to be a feminist, because she loves men. Arghh. Feminism isn’t about hating men at all, but about women having access to all aspects of society (sorry, feminist sociologist here). Ruins *the* song for me, honestly.
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Just learned that Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors recipient Gloria Gaynor claims not to be a feminist, because she loves men. Arghh. Feminism isn’t about hating men at all, but about women having access to all aspects of society (sorry, feminist sociologist here). Ruins *the* song for me, honestly.
Dang! Reporters doing what you hope they would do. Now I’ve started to follow Megan Cassella here…
Thank you, Megan, for speaking truth. More of this please!!! #MSM
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Dang! Reporters doing what you hope they would do. Now I’ve started to follow Megan Cassella here…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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And it’s Hate Meghan season again in the media! Lucy Mangan starts us off from The Guardian. She begs (just) Harry to come home and claims to be harmed from Meghan’s TV series. If Lucy withstood the abuse Meghan gets, she’d be a crying lump in bed, but somehow it is just fine waged against Meghan.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
And it’s Hate Meghan season again in the media! Lucy Mangan starts us off from The Guardian. She begs (just) Harry to come home and claims to be harmed from Meghan’s TV series. If Lucy withstood the abuse Meghan gets, she’d be a crying lump in bed, but somehow it is just fine waged against Meghan.
How The NY Times sane-washes the news. Headline today: “Hegseth Ordered Lethal Attack but Not Killing of Survivors, Officials Say.”
Hegseth committed war crimes. Period.
Hegseth committed war crimes. Period.
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
How The NY Times sane-washes the news. Headline today: “Hegseth Ordered Lethal Attack but Not Killing of Survivors, Officials Say.”
Hegseth committed war crimes. Period.
Hegseth committed war crimes. Period.
Direct action feels nice.
If this is a moment when you feel like helping courageous Ukrainians to stay alive, here is one way to do so.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
www.help99.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Direct action feels nice.
Trump didn’t ‘flip’ his position for no reason. Ordering Bondi to start active investigations Garland-style against a large list of individual men whose files will now be protected under law along with any that tangentially mention Trump was his chess move. Have to admit, he slithered away.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump didn’t ‘flip’ his position for no reason. Ordering Bondi to start active investigations Garland-style against a large list of individual men whose files will now be protected under law along with any that tangentially mention Trump was his chess move. Have to admit, he slithered away.
White “Freedom” T-shirt *lawn signs* are popping up everywhere where I live. Someone making a version with a second line underneath, I’m thinking red, “FOR PEDOS” could make a lot of money. Ooh, billboards! Twist the narrative.
That is what my mind thinks of at 6am. Carry on.
That is what my mind thinks of at 6am. Carry on.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
White “Freedom” T-shirt *lawn signs* are popping up everywhere where I live. Someone making a version with a second line underneath, I’m thinking red, “FOR PEDOS” could make a lot of money. Ooh, billboards! Twist the narrative.
That is what my mind thinks of at 6am. Carry on.
That is what my mind thinks of at 6am. Carry on.
The Party That Stands For Nothing
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The Party That Stands For Nothing
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Done!
We’re rolling out billboards in key GOP districts that call House Republicans out by name for backing Trump’s shutdown. Please pitch in if you can to help us make sure constituents in these districts know their GOP representatives are siding with Trump over working families.
Donate to Indivisible Project
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Done!
The Trump Shutdown
If you agree that no one should have to go hungry in America, hold your Republican elected officials accountable and otherwise help end this shutdown. indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
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November 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Trump Shutdown
What Americans hear over & over: Democrat Shutdown.
What we are NOT hearing:
Republicans Control Congress.
What we are NOT hearing:
Republicans Control Congress.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What Americans hear over & over: Democrat Shutdown.
What we are NOT hearing:
Republicans Control Congress.
What we are NOT hearing:
Republicans Control Congress.
Democrats’ food drives at polling places this November is brilliant—show empathy and kindness and emphasize the need out there.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Democrats’ food drives at polling places this November is brilliant—show empathy and kindness and emphasize the need out there.
More Reagan ads reaching out to MAGA voters, please.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More Reagan ads reaching out to MAGA voters, please.
Spread the word.
The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess.
The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)
The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Spread the word.
Credit where credit is due—this shutdown is Republican-led and Republican-Fed.
Republicans in Congress could end the Trump shutdown today by passing a budget deal that protects your health care and takes away Trump’s blank checks.
Let your legislators hear from you.
Let your legislators hear from you.
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Credit where credit is due—this shutdown is Republican-led and Republican-Fed.
Great article to read, below. Highly recommend following Greenberg here.
Trump’s “enemy within” rhetoric isn’t bluster — it’s cultural work. Words recast dissent as treason, cities as battlegrounds, and neighbors as expendable. Preparations for military dictatorship are already underway.
#EnemyWithin #Authoritarianism #DemocracyAtRisk #NoDictatorship
#EnemyWithin #Authoritarianism #DemocracyAtRisk #NoDictatorship
Prelude to Military Dictatorship
The “enemy within” and the militarization of American politics
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great article to read, below. Highly recommend following Greenberg here.
Jane Fonda relaunching her dad’s Committee for the First Amendment is **everything.** Let’s go! She gets it.
October 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Jane Fonda relaunching her dad’s Committee for the First Amendment is **everything.** Let’s go! She gets it.
Canceled my subscription after the election, but I still skim the headlines on the way down the page to the free games… saw this *today* and thought; does the NYTimes actively oppose our Disney Plus cancelations? I can believe it.
Headline: The 50 Best Movies to watch on Disney + Right Now
Headline: The 50 Best Movies to watch on Disney + Right Now
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Canceled my subscription after the election, but I still skim the headlines on the way down the page to the free games… saw this *today* and thought; does the NYTimes actively oppose our Disney Plus cancelations? I can believe it.
Headline: The 50 Best Movies to watch on Disney + Right Now
Headline: The 50 Best Movies to watch on Disney + Right Now