Mary Mako
@marymako.bsky.social
Retired professor of English, poet and prose writer, activist, gardener, wife, mother, grandmother, member of Indivisible Hudson Valley (NY) and Sustainable Warwick. No DMs, please.
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I drove from rural Louisiana through Texas to Utah, then Utah north across the Canadian border to Alaska, then Alaska east to Massachusetts, before coming home this summer. I wonder if I have the right to view my records in this program. I'm sure they're in there.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I drove from rural Louisiana through Texas to Utah, then Utah north across the Canadian border to Alaska, then Alaska east to Massachusetts, before coming home this summer. I wonder if I have the right to view my records in this program. I'm sure they're in there.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Stock trading by members of Congress could be banned in bipartisan push sourcenm.com/2025/11/19/r...
Stock trading by members of Congress could be banned in bipartisan push • Source New Mexico
WASHINGTON — At least 25 bills have been introduced this Congress to further limit lawmakers and their family members from trading individual stocks, and representatives across the aisle renewed press...
sourcenm.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Stock trading by members of Congress could be banned in bipartisan push sourcenm.com/2025/11/19/r...
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
As ICE operations move to North Carolina, coalition of Chicago minority groups vows to carry on the fight
Local organizations offer to assist resistance to federal immigration action in North Carolina and say they'll prepare for the spring return of ICE and Border Patrol agents to the Chicago area.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Maybe it wasn’t really about Zelensky’s suit after all? 🤨
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Maybe it wasn’t really about Zelensky’s suit after all? 🤨
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Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
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Premium will rise from $1,100 to $2,700 per month in 2026.
After factoring in a $15,000 annual deductible, her family will pay $47,000 before their insurance kicks in.
After factoring in a $15,000 annual deductible, her family will pay $47,000 before their insurance kicks in.
Vermont Conversation: 'We don’t have a safety net': A family confronts a future without health insurance - VTDigger
“We can't take out a second mortgage on our house to afford one year of health insurance,” said Arica Bronz, a pilates instructor from Winooski, where she lives with her husband and their two daughter...
vtdigger.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Premium will rise from $1,100 to $2,700 per month in 2026.
After factoring in a $15,000 annual deductible, her family will pay $47,000 before their insurance kicks in.
After factoring in a $15,000 annual deductible, her family will pay $47,000 before their insurance kicks in.
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Horrific. How much longer before we get ICE under control?
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@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Horrific. How much longer before we get ICE under control?
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
I hope people are already planning the reckoning. Nixon should never have been pardoned. W. should have been impeached. Gore probably was the elected president. Trump should not have been able to pardon criminals, many of whom are reoffending. We need to punish crime and corruption.
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I hope people are already planning the reckoning. Nixon should never have been pardoned. W. should have been impeached. Gore probably was the elected president. Trump should not have been able to pardon criminals, many of whom are reoffending. We need to punish crime and corruption.
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Memo to Susan Collins: Maybe don't brag about being the author of the bill if you want to preserve the ability to deny involvement later on.
Also best not to leave your fingerprints all over a politically toxic provision -- so that credible media reports tell readers you slipped it in. #MEpolitics
Also best not to leave your fingerprints all over a politically toxic provision -- so that credible media reports tell readers you slipped it in. #MEpolitics
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Memo to Susan Collins: Maybe don't brag about being the author of the bill if you want to preserve the ability to deny involvement later on.
Also best not to leave your fingerprints all over a politically toxic provision -- so that credible media reports tell readers you slipped it in. #MEpolitics
Also best not to leave your fingerprints all over a politically toxic provision -- so that credible media reports tell readers you slipped it in. #MEpolitics
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
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Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is potentially the biggest scandal in presidential history ... I'm sure they are meeting in the White House right now trying to decide how they can get around complying with the law."
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Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Oh, yes, I remember John. Nice to see him again where he belongs. A criminal, like his boss, Nixon.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oh, yes, I remember John. Nice to see him again where he belongs. A criminal, like his boss, Nixon.
@indivisibleny18.bsky.social @indivisibleny19.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com @anandwrites.bsky.social @drharmony.net @markymark757.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
@indivisibleny18.bsky.social @indivisibleny19.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com @anandwrites.bsky.social @drharmony.net @markymark757.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
Horrific. How much longer before we get ICE under control?
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Horrific. How much longer before we get ICE under control?
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
@muellershewrote.com @drharmony.net @anandwrites.bsky.social @baldordash.bsky.social @trickynik.bsky.social
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Bahahahaha exactly
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Bahahahaha exactly
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
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Credit to Rep Ro Khanna for leading this charge. At a time of immense division, he got a unanimous vote in Both chambers (sans 1 House vote) to release the Epstein files.
And cannot ignore the similar leadership of Rep Summer Lee for her subpoena to the DOJ.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And cannot ignore the similar leadership of Rep Summer Lee for her subpoena to the DOJ.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Rep. Ro Khanna cracks the MAGA coalition over the Epstein files
The California Democrat, who is considering a White House run, told NBC News his unlikely victory includes the building blocks of a populist vision that can "unite the left and right."
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Credit to Rep Ro Khanna for leading this charge. At a time of immense division, he got a unanimous vote in Both chambers (sans 1 House vote) to release the Epstein files.
And cannot ignore the similar leadership of Rep Summer Lee for her subpoena to the DOJ.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And cannot ignore the similar leadership of Rep Summer Lee for her subpoena to the DOJ.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
