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@lido50.bsky.social
"Cat enthusiast, democracy advocate, perpetually wondering how I got here. Too old for this nonsense, but here I am anyway."
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I was born before the Berlin Wall. I lived long enough to see it fall.
Now I watch a new wall rising in America—not of concrete, but of minds—an invisible barrier forged by the loss of our democracy.
I believe I will live long enough to see it come down too.
#Democracy #BerlinWall #HistoryRepeats
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation sent a letter to the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, and the Commission of Fine Arts regarding proposed construction of the White House ballroom.
savingplaces.org/press-center...
Statement in Response to the Proposed Construction of the White House Ballroom | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation sent a letter to the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, and the Commission of Fine Arts regarding proposed constructio...
savingplaces.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Why stop there? Let’s rename all Depts after what Trump is inflicting on America.

Dept of HHS -> Dept of Hepatitis and Human Suffering
Dept of VA -> Dept of Veteran Abandonment
Dept of Education -> Dept of Erasure of History
Dept of Commerce -> Dept of Corruption

Just a start.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Here, fixed it.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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💯.
August 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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July 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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While Trump was golfing this weekend and Ted Cruz was vacationing in Greece, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum quietly sent rescue teams to help with the Texas floods.

Despite the racist and sexist attacks from weak men, she still did the right thing. That's leadership.
July 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.

Birthright Citizenship
June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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June 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Please denounce Defense Secretary Hegseth’s blatant bigotry and honor Korean War veteran and civil rights hero Harvey Milk in the process. The men and women who serve us are already warriors. Bigotry is un-American. ✊🏾❤️🇺🇸
June 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Today I introduced the BARK Act to help America feed hungry shelter animals. We need everyone involved to get this bi-paw-tisan bill passed into law, including from our furry friends. We’re in dogged pursuit of passage this Congress.

Send good pet pictures below ⬇️
June 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.

These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.

Read my full letter to my colleagues here:

crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
crockett.house.gov
June 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.

Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.

This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The president goes after anyone who disagrees with him—judges, journalists, musicians, even you and me. This isn’t leadership. It’s intimidation, and we shouldn’t stay silent.
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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With hurricane season almost upon us, it’s critical to make sure we work to improve FEMA, not dismantle it.
Exclusive: FEMA is ��not ready” for hurricane season, internal agency review shows | CNN Politics
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of red flags about how the agency would respond to a major disaster.
www.cnn.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM