January Handl
@mamuofthewest.bsky.social
Retired teacher/parent educator, Mama and gramma, in love with Nature, and somehow relentlessly political. Everyone should be able to self-determine in mutual respect. Resist.
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
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A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
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Thistle
August 19th 2024
August 19th 2024
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Thistle
August 19th 2024
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Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
We cannot believe a SINGLE word out of this administration’s mouths. They lie shamelessly in order to inflict harm and fear on fellow humans. Disgusting cowards and bullies. Due process for ALL!!
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
We cannot believe a SINGLE word out of this administration’s mouths. They lie shamelessly in order to inflict harm and fear on fellow humans. Disgusting cowards and bullies. Due process for ALL!!
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January 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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Being called hun, having some good pie and coffee would have done him good.
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Being called hun, having some good pie and coffee would have done him good.
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fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
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Although most of the mushrooms have turned to mush with our winter weather here in Oregon, I still occasionally find a few. I found these two huddled against the cold yesterday, with ice crystals on their caps.
#MacroMonday #mushroom #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #forest #OMSystem
#MacroMonday #mushroom #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #forest #OMSystem
January 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Although most of the mushrooms have turned to mush with our winter weather here in Oregon, I still occasionally find a few. I found these two huddled against the cold yesterday, with ice crystals on their caps.
#MacroMonday #mushroom #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #forest #OMSystem
#MacroMonday #mushroom #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #forest #OMSystem
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Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
![DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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“Federal prosecutors indicted James [Womack] in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.”
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Orders Prison Release of GOP Congressman's Son, Who Got 8 Years for Distributing Meth
Donald Trump granted clemency to Rep. Steve Womack's son, James Phillip Womack, on Jan. 15. James was completing an eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine prior to the com...
people.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“Federal prosecutors indicted James [Womack] in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.”
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Ungfio.
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Ungfio.
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Today has much to learn from past protests, especially from 1960s & 1970s. Much was learned of what worked & what didn’t.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump inauguration anniversary walkouts: here’s what to know
Amid escalating ICE raids and attacks on gender-affirming care, organizers ask people to join ‘Free America Walkout’
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Today has much to learn from past protests, especially from 1960s & 1970s. Much was learned of what worked & what didn’t.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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VARNEY: Are we now actively selling the oil we're taking from Venezuelan tankers?
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Oh, absolutely
VARNEY: How much of that oil are we going to take?
WRIGHT: We'll take the majority of Venezuelan exports
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Oh, absolutely
VARNEY: How much of that oil are we going to take?
WRIGHT: We'll take the majority of Venezuelan exports
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
VARNEY: Are we now actively selling the oil we're taking from Venezuelan tankers?
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Oh, absolutely
VARNEY: How much of that oil are we going to take?
WRIGHT: We'll take the majority of Venezuelan exports
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Oh, absolutely
VARNEY: How much of that oil are we going to take?
WRIGHT: We'll take the majority of Venezuelan exports
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Un-fucking-believable. Trump is such a goddamn traitor.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Un-fucking-believable. Trump is such a goddamn traitor.
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Chapter 48: The Sacred Grove
Illustration 48/52 (nearing the end!)
#WrensAria, an illustrated animal fantasy where dreams may be realized if you are patient and true of heart. Arriving soon...
Illustration 48/52 (nearing the end!)
#WrensAria, an illustrated animal fantasy where dreams may be realized if you are patient and true of heart. Arriving soon...
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Chapter 48: The Sacred Grove
Illustration 48/52 (nearing the end!)
#WrensAria, an illustrated animal fantasy where dreams may be realized if you are patient and true of heart. Arriving soon...
Illustration 48/52 (nearing the end!)
#WrensAria, an illustrated animal fantasy where dreams may be realized if you are patient and true of heart. Arriving soon...
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very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM