Sally K
@sallyny.bsky.social
I'm a retired social services caseworker; I love to see good government.
Interested in ethics/values/leadership/politics for the common good.
Wife/mother/grandmother/gardener/nature lover.
DMs are turned off.
Interested in ethics/values/leadership/politics for the common good.
Wife/mother/grandmother/gardener/nature lover.
DMs are turned off.
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This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
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Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
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The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency’s weeks-long sell-off has now erased all its gains since the start of 2025.
Bitcoin Drops Below $90,000 For The First Time Since April As Crypto Slide Continues
The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency’s weeks-long sell-off has now erased all its gains since the start of 2025.
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency’s weeks-long sell-off has now erased all its gains since the start of 2025.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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Again and again - examples given here being grocery prices and the FBI during Jan. 6 - Trump tells a big old lie, his appointees scramble to reformulate what he said into some version that is at least arguably true, and then he just goes back to telling the same big old lie. [@ddale8.bsky.social]
Analysis: Trump’s team tried to walk back these false claims. He won’t let them | CNN Politics
The pattern has repeated itself for years.
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Again and again - examples given here being grocery prices and the FBI during Jan. 6 - Trump tells a big old lie, his appointees scramble to reformulate what he said into some version that is at least arguably true, and then he just goes back to telling the same big old lie. [@ddale8.bsky.social]
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ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
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“You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class. Show some real leadership. Show that you actually care about the people other than yourself. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class. Show some real leadership. Show that you actually care about the people other than yourself. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”
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Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
Our government won't stop the next pandemic, will it. Our government's neglect might just speed up the next pandemic & make it even worse?
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @propublica.org did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our government won't stop the next pandemic, will it. Our government's neglect might just speed up the next pandemic & make it even worse?
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The reporter is on blue sky, and we should all give her a Follow!!🗽⚖️🇺🇸
@jenniferjjacobs.bluesky.social
@jenniferjjacobs.bluesky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The reporter is on blue sky, and we should all give her a Follow!!🗽⚖️🇺🇸
@jenniferjjacobs.bluesky.social
@jenniferjjacobs.bluesky.social
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
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SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions
SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions
Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now set to permanently lose them.
abcnews.go.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions
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NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
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Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
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The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers whowhatwhy.org/science/envi...
The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers - WhoWhatWhy
To help people grasp what it means to lose 273 billion tons of ice a year, two researchers are treating glaciers like community members — and giving them the memorials they deserve.
whowhatwhy.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers whowhatwhy.org/science/envi...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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I would say that he is a fool and a weakling but that would imply that his trade war was ever anything else but a scam to generate insider information so friends and family could get rich shorting stocks. (2/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I would say that he is a fool and a weakling but that would imply that his trade war was ever anything else but a scam to generate insider information so friends and family could get rich shorting stocks. (2/2)
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Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
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If Trump thinks he will get people to "rally round the flag" by invading Venezuela, he should think again
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If Trump thinks he will get people to "rally round the flag" by invading Venezuela, he should think again
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
The killings of Venezuelan citizens is deeply unpopular and certainly illegal, not to mention immoral
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This ad from World Without Exploitation featuring the Epstein Survivors will absolutely stop you in your tracks.
www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/
www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This ad from World Without Exploitation featuring the Epstein Survivors will absolutely stop you in your tracks.
www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/
www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/
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THIS is what true leaders sound like.
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
Canada Capitalises BIG On America's Loss: Carney Unveils New Talent Strategy To Draw H1B Researchers
YouTube video by Mint
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
THIS is what true leaders sound like.
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
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"Jeffries concluded, 'Pulte knows what he is doing is lawless... Accountability is coming. The statute of limitations is five years. Every single corrupt sycophant, including Bill Pulte, who continues to disgrace the law will have to answer for their actions'...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Hakeem Jeffries sends a provocative shot across FHFA chief Bill Pulte’s bow
The House Democratic leader referred to Pulte as “a malignant hack” and a “corrupt sycophant” who might be held criminally liable for his recent actions.
www.ms.now
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Jeffries concluded, 'Pulte knows what he is doing is lawless... Accountability is coming. The statute of limitations is five years. Every single corrupt sycophant, including Bill Pulte, who continues to disgrace the law will have to answer for their actions'...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...