Gail
@pogranny.bsky.social
Progressive Activist Boomer, hobby photographer, love listening to Stephen King audiobooks (repeat offender there); animal lover ; Vicarious #vanlife_r
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I thought you ought to know (this one slid right past my notice until today, The Guardian, "Alligator Alcatraz" re-opened, with hundreds of detainees being abused and tortured.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I thought you ought to know (this one slid right past my notice until today, The Guardian, "Alligator Alcatraz" re-opened, with hundreds of detainees being abused and tortured.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
🗽🕊️ The TL;DR Report #39: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – When the Dust Settles and the Masks Slip
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🗽🕊️ The TL;DR Report #39: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – When the Dust Settles and the Masks Slip
Hello and welcome, Friends.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🗽🕊️ The TL;DR Report #39: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – When the Dust Settles and the Masks Slip
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Garcia: "If the president has nothing to hide, then all we want is for them to release the full files."
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Garcia: "If the president has nothing to hide, then all we want is for them to release the full files."
On today's increasingly irritated episode of FAFO (make that nuclear-level righteous rage) open.substack.com/pub/nancywoo...
On today's increasingly irritated episode of FAFO
November 12,2025
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November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On today's increasingly irritated episode of FAFO (make that nuclear-level righteous rage) open.substack.com/pub/nancywoo...
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FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
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Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/91ywk0wf
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/91ywk0wf
ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.
truthout.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. truthout.org/articles/ice...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Are you current on the SNAP back-and-forth? Do you UNDERSTAND it?
Major Mid-Day Breaking News open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Mid-Day Breaking News open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Mid-Day Breaking News
Donald Trump orders states stop paying full SNAP benefits, Reagan judge resigns to speak out against Trump, Trump feels increasingly isolated as Republicans begin to ignore him, and more
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Are you current on the SNAP back-and-forth? Do you UNDERSTAND it?
Major Mid-Day Breaking News open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Mid-Day Breaking News open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Harvard WON. Cornell CAVED. Lost their integrity. I am ASHAMED of them. Cornell Agrees to Pay Trump Admin Millions—and More Terrible Things newrepublic.com/post/202893/... via @newrepublic.com
Cornell Agrees to Pay Trump Admin Millions—and More Terrible Things
Cornell University has completely capitulated to Trump after he held its funding hostage.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Harvard WON. Cornell CAVED. Lost their integrity. I am ASHAMED of them. Cornell Agrees to Pay Trump Admin Millions—and More Terrible Things newrepublic.com/post/202893/... via @newrepublic.com
You have to know this. It's another brick in the wall I hope we're building to isolate and exclude them from civil society.
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
White House tells states to ‘undo’ any steps taken to issue SNAP benefits
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You have to know this. It's another brick in the wall I hope we're building to isolate and exclude them from civil society.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
SCOTUS says SURE, LET 'EM EAT CAKE apnews.com/article/snap...
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
SCOTUS says SURE, LET 'EM EAT CAKE apnews.com/article/snap...
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
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holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
How sick is this??? Walmart employees use SNAP to feed their families. I heard on the local classic rock station abt a "Turkey dropoff" (WKRP, anyone?). Details? Donate a turkey @ Walmart for SNAP users. Goal is 500. Something sick. This is PART of the food pantry for hungry in Ovid last night.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How sick is this??? Walmart employees use SNAP to feed their families. I heard on the local classic rock station abt a "Turkey dropoff" (WKRP, anyone?). Details? Donate a turkey @ Walmart for SNAP users. Goal is 500. Something sick. This is PART of the food pantry for hungry in Ovid last night.
NO HEATING MONEY. NO HEAP funding available apnews.com/article/gove...
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NO HEATING MONEY. NO HEAP funding available apnews.com/article/gove...
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Remembering the Iran-Contra scandal, when our regime has Venezuela in its sights.
And all I want to do is dance!
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And all I want to do is dance!
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Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DonHenleyVEVO
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November 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Remembering the Iran-Contra scandal, when our regime has Venezuela in its sights.
And all I want to do is dance!
youtu.be/eud5AurOxm0?...
And all I want to do is dance!
youtu.be/eud5AurOxm0?...
The HEAP -- heating subsidy -- is ALSO held up by the shutdown.
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The HEAP -- heating subsidy -- is ALSO held up by the shutdown.
Redirecting...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Seriously. He deserves more Nobel Peace Prizes than anybody has ever seen before, more than in the history of Nobel Prizes!
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Seriously. He deserves more Nobel Peace Prizes than anybody has ever seen before, more than in the history of Nobel Prizes!
A couple really good signs (plus mine) at Saturday 11/1 "Disappeared in America" event at the Seneca Falls NY Women's History Center. Most of us now make two-sided signs. I'm behind a paper scroll, frog hat with eyes poking above the paper.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A couple really good signs (plus mine) at Saturday 11/1 "Disappeared in America" event at the Seneca Falls NY Women's History Center. Most of us now make two-sided signs. I'm behind a paper scroll, frog hat with eyes poking above the paper.