SmallWonderWoman
@smallwonderwoman.bsky.social
Blue Hen in a mostly Blue State, advocate, mom, reader, find me in Dewey Beach, let's #endgunviolence
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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
Great analysis of The Pitt's mass shooting at PittFest storyline. Subscribe to @steffeldman.bsky.social substack if you don't already -
Waiting for The Pitt's season finale? Here are three policy issues from the show worth a deeper dive.
For those of you counting down the minutes until 9pm.
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April 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great analysis of The Pitt's mass shooting at PittFest storyline. Subscribe to @steffeldman.bsky.social substack if you don't already -
Just signed up for Advocacy Day in Delaware - the latest actions by the federal govt would rather protect the gun industry from liability than protect Americans from gun violence. Guns are the LEADING cause of death for kids and teens in America. ENOUGH.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just signed up for Advocacy Day in Delaware - the latest actions by the federal govt would rather protect the gun industry from liability than protect Americans from gun violence. Guns are the LEADING cause of death for kids and teens in America. ENOUGH.
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Time flies. 30 years since the release of LoveSeedMamaJump's Drunk at the Stone Balloon - celebrated at The Queen with plenty of Blue Hens 💙💛
April 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time flies. 30 years since the release of LoveSeedMamaJump's Drunk at the Stone Balloon - celebrated at The Queen with plenty of Blue Hens 💙💛
Remember when Ted "Cancun" Cruz ran to Mexico during the ice storm and was outed b/c of his wife's group chat? You simply cannot be in group chats with people you
a) don't trust
b) don't know
c) don't know are there
Be best
a) don't trust
b) don't know
c) don't know are there
Be best
March 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Remember when Ted "Cancun" Cruz ran to Mexico during the ice storm and was outed b/c of his wife's group chat? You simply cannot be in group chats with people you
a) don't trust
b) don't know
c) don't know are there
Be best
a) don't trust
b) don't know
c) don't know are there
Be best
Devastating.
Six people shot, one fatally, in violent stretch in Wilmington
It has been a particularly violent few days in Wilmington.
www.wdel.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Devastating.
If you ever have the chance to hear @brandonwolf.bsky.social speak, TAKE IT. He is a beautiful person and his story will break your whole heart and mend it back together all at once. Thanks to my alma mater for including me and allowing me to introduce Brandon to @udelaware.bsky.social !
March 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you ever have the chance to hear @brandonwolf.bsky.social speak, TAKE IT. He is a beautiful person and his story will break your whole heart and mend it back together all at once. Thanks to my alma mater for including me and allowing me to introduce Brandon to @udelaware.bsky.social !
Let’s go
GOV. WALZ IN IOWA: “This an issue of - do you stand with veterans? If you do, you should not have voted YES like your rep did to cut the VA. It’s that simple.”
March 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Let’s go
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Happening NOW: SCOTUS is weighing the fate of the Mexican government's lawsuit to hold U.S. gun makers accountable for an epidemic of violence traced to their products. Listen to the live oral arguments on the gun companies’ request to throw out the lawsuit. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
March 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happening NOW: SCOTUS is weighing the fate of the Mexican government's lawsuit to hold U.S. gun makers accountable for an epidemic of violence traced to their products. Listen to the live oral arguments on the gun companies’ request to throw out the lawsuit. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Hero
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Hero
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Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"
February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"
This week I emailed the address listed on the BJs website and cancelled my membership; then spent 2 minutes online purchasing a new Costco membership. Feeling great about moving my family's grocery $$ to Costco. Economic resistance matters. Bye Target.
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This week I emailed the address listed on the BJs website and cancelled my membership; then spent 2 minutes online purchasing a new Costco membership. Feeling great about moving my family's grocery $$ to Costco. Economic resistance matters. Bye Target.
I had so much hope for Sen Fetterman. What a fraud. What a sellout. What a disappointment
February 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I had so much hope for Sen Fetterman. What a fraud. What a sellout. What a disappointment
Is this real? Dear god
NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.
February 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is this real? Dear god
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When you give guns to teens… and free insurrectionists… and dismantle the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention… and try to freeze federal grants for violence intervention…
Don’t tell us you’re going after immigrants for our safety. It’s BS.
It’s just racism.
Don’t tell us you’re going after immigrants for our safety. It’s BS.
It’s just racism.
January 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you give guns to teens… and free insurrectionists… and dismantle the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention… and try to freeze federal grants for violence intervention…
Don’t tell us you’re going after immigrants for our safety. It’s BS.
It’s just racism.
Don’t tell us you’re going after immigrants for our safety. It’s BS.
It’s just racism.
What could go wrong
NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...
Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday | CNN Politics
At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What could go wrong
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Thoughts and prayers are back on the menu.
January 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thoughts and prayers are back on the menu.
The cruelty is boundless
The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
Read more: nyti.ms/4hvI8s0
Read more: nyti.ms/4hvI8s0
January 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The cruelty is boundless
The # of people posting HTTR should tell us all how this "gulf of America" nonsense is going to go
January 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The # of people posting HTTR should tell us all how this "gulf of America" nonsense is going to go
I am so ashamed of my country. I know we can be - have been - so much better
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I am so ashamed of my country. I know we can be - have been - so much better
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Delaproud
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53
January 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Delaproud
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Lots of bad news right now, but here's one bright spot.
In 2024, Camden, NJ saw a 40 year low in homicides. In 2012, the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the World." Remarkable case of the police and the community working together to create lasting change.
www.tapinto.net/towns/camden...
In 2024, Camden, NJ saw a 40 year low in homicides. In 2012, the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the World." Remarkable case of the police and the community working together to create lasting change.
www.tapinto.net/towns/camden...
Camden Cut Deeply Into 2024 Homicide Count, With Fewest in Nearly 40 Years
Camden Cut Deeply Into 2024 Homicide Count, With Fewest in Nearly 40 Years
www.tapinto.net
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lots of bad news right now, but here's one bright spot.
In 2024, Camden, NJ saw a 40 year low in homicides. In 2012, the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the World." Remarkable case of the police and the community working together to create lasting change.
www.tapinto.net/towns/camden...
In 2024, Camden, NJ saw a 40 year low in homicides. In 2012, the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the World." Remarkable case of the police and the community working together to create lasting change.
www.tapinto.net/towns/camden...
The team that ran the WHOGVP46 did incredible work. This is a terrible casualty of 47.
January 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The team that ran the WHOGVP46 did incredible work. This is a terrible casualty of 47.