Joyce Fleming
joycefleming.bsky.social
Joyce Fleming
@joycefleming.bsky.social
Democracy lover, cat parent, reader, constant learner, and fan of anything joyful/true.
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Steve Witkoff’s “peace deal” looks like a Russian wish list, and Ukraine is not biting
A terrible American-Russian proposal to end the war in Ukraine
Steve Witkoff’s “peace deal” looks like a Russian wish list, and Ukraine is not biting
econ.st
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Yes, #StandWithUkraine and their lovely animals. We cannot forget them, even as our democracy crumbles in the USA whose president lies and defines opposition as "the enemy within". This is bad. But we are not surrendering in advance. ❤ Stay woke!
Ukraine—look into that cat’s eyes and try to tell me that animals don’t have souls. Just try.
October 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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@npr.org just posted this to their instagram:

"Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. It’s the beginning of a new chapter — but we’re not going anywhere."⁠

It's received more than 60k likes in just 30 minutes. www.instagram.com/p/DPREnmwjyBe/
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Shorter JD Vance: You are not allowed to criticize ICE.

Goes along with shorter Pete Hegseth: You are not allowed to criticize the military's action at Wounded Knee.

And shorter Donald Trump: You are not allowed to criticize me.

It's full-on authoritarianism, all the way down.
JD Vance is now using the term "blood libel" to describe criticism of ICE, saying, "The Democrats and the media — because they so hate the idea of a real border — are engaging in a kind of blood libel against ICE agents."

Somewhere, our ancestors wept.
September 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thank you, #ACLU and all who got #Kimmel back on the air. Hallelujah! And cheers to environmental activists and the people of Chicago who got their river "swimmy" again. Exhale. Isn't it good to have some happy news? Stay sturdy, the struggle continues.
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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He didn't criticize Kirk. He criticized Vance, maga and Trump. That's the real offense.
This is all he said?! This is why ABC (in response to threats from Trump's FCC) is taking Kimmel off the air?!
September 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Does it matter to anyone that this guy has completely lost it and is living in a world of delusions and lies?
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?

TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
August 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So, how many of us are expecting a pardon for G. Maxwell because she fawned over #Trump in her little testimony? Everything is upside down. Stay Sturdy! (And pray for the wolves, the black bears, the wild things everywhere.)
August 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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He was delivering strawberries in L.A.’s Little Tokyo when Border Patrol stopped him.

Two ICE agents, on the condition of anonymity, said he was targeted because of his proximity to Governor Gavin Newsom’s presser nearby.

Doing his job and detained. www.latimes.com/california/s...
He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'
Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...
www.latimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sadly, once again @djrothkopf.bsky.social says it all, true. See his threads. And meanwhile, #Trump is now suggesting he can and will eliminate vote by mail. So, how do the housebound or disabled vote? It is happening. #StaySturdy and woke!
Trump Ukraine strategy: Do what Putin wants, amplify Russian talking points, defend Russian crimes and demand concessions of Ukraine. And only Ukraine.
August 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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WATCH: “I didn’t see any Europeans who overstayed their visas — I saw all Latinos & Haitians in the cage.”

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social talks about his visit to the Trump & Desantis Crocodile Concentration Camp on @jwilliamj8.bsky.social ’s show on TikTok
July 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Opera was dying. This could kill it. (Stand by for the Jeffrey Epstein Children's Theater.)
The Kennedy Center’s Opera House could soon be called the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”

A Republican proposal would rename the second-largest theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after first lady Melania Trump.
Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
The Kennedy Center’s Opera House may soon be named after First Lady Melania Trump, if an amendment passed Tuesday by House Republicans becomes law.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Now Trump has gone full fascist, gunning for former President Obama. We are here. #resist. Keep your eyes and ears open and #StandWithObama and democracy. Sidenote: please donate to your local NPR stations. We need them, indeed, now more than ever.
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Things #AI cannot fix: the plight of starving people in #Gaza, the creation of dystopian detention facilities, the power of the people to control their destinies in Trump's world order. Yet many celebrate the Singularity: joycefleming.blogspot.com/2025/07/singularity-ohn.html
July 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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See @mjsdc.bsky.social. Bloody end to a dark #SCOTUS session. It just keeps getting worse. Citizenship varies depending upon the state we are in. And executive power is unrestrained.
Today's Supreme Court decision does not opine on the constitutionality of Trump's assault on birthright citizenship. It is limited to the question of universal injunctions. But its ruling on that front is MASSIVE—a huge blow to plaintiffs and judges trying to block Trump's most lawless policies.
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."
June 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An F-bomb toast: joycefleming.blogspot.com/2025/06/an-f-bomb-toast.html. Cheers to you all, and love to all fighting for survival this summer night. XO
An F-bomb toast!
Dear you, Raise your glasses, cheers! Here's to all the sense and nonsense we are in the midst of this day, this precious day: War rolls on ...
joycefleming.blogspot.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Source: mypanhandle.com
search.app/1vyFj. This is life in #Florida. Water quality? Zero.

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mypanhandle.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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"This case highlights the significant threat posed to U.S. citizens by frequent ICE errors, which are exacerbated when local law enforcement agencies participate in immigration enforcement...”

www.bet.com/article/6rdn...
He Was Born in Philly and They Tried to Deport Him to Jamaica
A Florida sheriff ignored proof of Peter Sean Brown’s U.S. citizenship and held him for ICE anyway. A federal court just ruled it was a blatant violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.
www.bet.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Good news! #MahmoudKahlil is free. Meanwhile, heat is rolling hard through the USA. Stay cool. ❤
June 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#Padilla. Thank you, @maxwellfrost.bsky.social. You represent the best of Florida well. #StandWithFreedom. #Resist Trump's dictatorial game.
We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal.
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM