MidlifeMisfit
@iowacaptive.bsky.social
Was IowaCaptive on Twitter. Non profit director , wife , mom, obsessed w/ dahlias, Iowan. I post insanely gorgeous pics of flowers. Sometimes I curse . Pushing back on hate . If you want peace , work for Justice. Opinions my own . Find me in the garden ….
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Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
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Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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NEW: In addition to her sex offender waiver, Ghislaine Maxwell has an “out” designation that would allow her to leave the facility for work assignments. Some work assignments for FPC Bryan inmates are at Texas A&M University which is just 6 miles away. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: In addition to her sex offender waiver, Ghislaine Maxwell has an “out” designation that would allow her to leave the facility for work assignments. Some work assignments for FPC Bryan inmates are at Texas A&M University which is just 6 miles away. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
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Behold, the leading political philosopher on the right.
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Behold, the leading political philosopher on the right.
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This is all fantasy. There is no country giving us anything. These are all just goals and hopes just like the empty promises about private investment in the US he got from countries last term. Let us know the date the $550B & $750B checks from Japan and EU get here.
July 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is all fantasy. There is no country giving us anything. These are all just goals and hopes just like the empty promises about private investment in the US he got from countries last term. Let us know the date the $550B & $750B checks from Japan and EU get here.
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Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
www.cbsnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
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The American people need to raise holy hell and not stop until the full Epstein files are released and EVERY person implicated in them is brought to justice, despite their party or position.
We're either a nation of human decency or we're not.
This should be a nonpartisan demand.
We're either a nation of human decency or we're not.
This should be a nonpartisan demand.
July 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The American people need to raise holy hell and not stop until the full Epstein files are released and EVERY person implicated in them is brought to justice, despite their party or position.
We're either a nation of human decency or we're not.
This should be a nonpartisan demand.
We're either a nation of human decency or we're not.
This should be a nonpartisan demand.
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Absolutely surreal to watch White House reporters ask Leavitt questions about tariffs moments after she and Gabbard used this briefing to baselessly accuse Obama of crimes punishable by death. We’re a sick joke of a country.
July 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Absolutely surreal to watch White House reporters ask Leavitt questions about tariffs moments after she and Gabbard used this briefing to baselessly accuse Obama of crimes punishable by death. We’re a sick joke of a country.
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In case I wasn’t clear…
July 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
In case I wasn’t clear…
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Whoaaaaaa
July 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Whoaaaaaa
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I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
July 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
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This is not the act of a legitimate government.
I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
July 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is not the act of a legitimate government.
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This is Nazi Lebensrum coming full circle since they modeled it based on US "Westward Expansion / Manifest Destiny", paired with basing the Nuremberg laws on Jim Crow.
This is what white people voted for and celebrates genocide done in THIS country, as official policy, not foreign land. AmeriKKKa.
This is what white people voted for and celebrates genocide done in THIS country, as official policy, not foreign land. AmeriKKKa.
July 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The #StayReady crew is not shocked by this. The numbers were only holding in the beginning because folks like us were preparing for what’s coming.
And yes…what’s coming is likely to be much worse.
abcnews.go.com/US/inflation...
And yes…what’s coming is likely to be much worse.
abcnews.go.com/US/inflation...
Inflation surged in June amid tariffs as Trump declared 'inflation is dead'
A fresh report on Tuesday marked two consecutive months of rising inflation.
abcnews.go.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The #StayReady crew is not shocked by this. The numbers were only holding in the beginning because folks like us were preparing for what’s coming.
And yes…what’s coming is likely to be much worse.
abcnews.go.com/US/inflation...
And yes…what’s coming is likely to be much worse.
abcnews.go.com/US/inflation...
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Hey there guys! Good morning!
July 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hey there guys! Good morning!
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simplest explanation is that the court conservatives believe trump is sovereign and thus free of all limits on his authority
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
simplest explanation is that the court conservatives believe trump is sovereign and thus free of all limits on his authority
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lol adorable.. Charlie got his marching orders
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
lol adorable.. Charlie got his marching orders
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“We had no idea it was going to do what it did,” said Jeff Howell, the now-retired emergency manager in Yancey County, NC.
“We had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here — none whatsoever,” said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.
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“We had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here — none whatsoever,” said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.
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Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
www.propublica.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“We had no idea it was going to do what it did,” said Jeff Howell, the now-retired emergency manager in Yancey County, NC.
“We had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here — none whatsoever,” said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.
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“We had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here — none whatsoever,” said Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.
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Keep your eye on this one.
The Old Glory Club is a far-right, antisemitic men’s club spreading quietly across the country. It started in 2022 and now has at least 26 chapters in 20 states. Members include military personnel, lawyers, and even civil servants.
Men with power and access.
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The Old Glory Club is a far-right, antisemitic men’s club spreading quietly across the country. It started in 2022 and now has at least 26 chapters in 20 states. Members include military personnel, lawyers, and even civil servants.
Men with power and access.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Keep your eye on this one.
The Old Glory Club is a far-right, antisemitic men’s club spreading quietly across the country. It started in 2022 and now has at least 26 chapters in 20 states. Members include military personnel, lawyers, and even civil servants.
Men with power and access.
🧵
The Old Glory Club is a far-right, antisemitic men’s club spreading quietly across the country. It started in 2022 and now has at least 26 chapters in 20 states. Members include military personnel, lawyers, and even civil servants.
Men with power and access.
🧵
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Spot on. It’s happening right now…this is how it starts.
July 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Spot on. It’s happening right now…this is how it starts.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.