SpinachVibe
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Small business person, Irish trad musician, Hoo, car-less cyclist and runner, veggie and fruit gardener, American living in EU. Prefer solutions to politics but willing to discuss*, though I'd rather share a tune :-)
*once we return to democracy
*once we return to democracy
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
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“To you this is murder?”
“Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.”
She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward.
Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
“Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.”
She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward.
Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 AM
“To you this is murder?”
“Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.”
She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward.
Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
“Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.”
She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward.
Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
Lots of talk about body cameras. How will that help when we have plenty of clear evidence that is completely ignored by the DoJ and guess who will have physical control of the body cameras? I'm seeing some Republicans trotting this out like it is some kind of solution.
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Lots of talk about body cameras. How will that help when we have plenty of clear evidence that is completely ignored by the DoJ and guess who will have physical control of the body cameras? I'm seeing some Republicans trotting this out like it is some kind of solution.
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Now AG Pam Bondi is using ICE as leverage to extort MN Gov Tim Walz. This is Trump’s tried and true formula: inflict pain and then demand payment to make it stop.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Now AG Pam Bondi is using ICE as leverage to extort MN Gov Tim Walz. This is Trump’s tried and true formula: inflict pain and then demand payment to make it stop.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
UK Green Party Ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_a...
How We Make Hope Normal Again- Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
UK Green Party Ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_a...
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Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (Lyrics)
YouTube video by Hands Free Lyrics
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
He's insane. Republicans do your job. Force him out. Release the files. Take back your fiscal responsibilities. We don't have to commit national suicide. YOU can still stop him.
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM
He's insane. Republicans do your job. Force him out. Release the files. Take back your fiscal responsibilities. We don't have to commit national suicide. YOU can still stop him.
Pretty sure we can put an end to this insanity if we just release the Epstein Files.
January 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Pretty sure we can put an end to this insanity if we just release the Epstein Files.
Sometimes the cruel insanity is too much to take.
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Sometimes the cruel insanity is too much to take.
Recall that the average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was 44. As an oldie myself, I think people in their 80s have alot to contribute. Just would prefer they do it somewhere else.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
24 members of Congress are 80 or older. More than half are running for re-election.
While older members of leadership in the House and the Senate are retiring, some from the Silent Generation say their seniority is still a boon for their districts.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Recall that the average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was 44. As an oldie myself, I think people in their 80s have alot to contribute. Just would prefer they do it somewhere else.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hey NYT, don't you think this is newsworthy? Nothing on the digital version today.
www.euronews.com/2026/01/15/e...
www.euronews.com/2026/01/15/e...
European troops arrive in Greenland to 'ensure Arctic security'
The deployment was announced the same day the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.
www.euronews.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Hey NYT, don't you think this is newsworthy? Nothing on the digital version today.
www.euronews.com/2026/01/15/e...
www.euronews.com/2026/01/15/e...
Mr. President, any comments on parallels between the charges against Chairman Powell and your White House renovations?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Mr. President, any comments on parallels between the charges against Chairman Powell and your White House renovations?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Credit to Jake Tapper/CNN for acknowledging the obvious here, which a number of journalists/media outlets are unwilling or unable to state clearly.
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Credit to Jake Tapper/CNN for acknowledging the obvious here, which a number of journalists/media outlets are unwilling or unable to state clearly.
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Let's be real for a moment. He was in no more danger than someone walking behind a car that is backing out of a parking spot and isn't seen by the driver.
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Let's be real for a moment. He was in no more danger than someone walking behind a car that is backing out of a parking spot and isn't seen by the driver.
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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"The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people." Where we are, folks.
January 10, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people." Where we are, folks.
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Read this earnest, respectful call for the United States Congress to grow a damn backbone.
Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress.
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Read this earnest, respectful call for the United States Congress to grow a damn backbone.
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A Pint Of Plain
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A Pint of Plain
YouTube video by Daoirí Farrell - Topic
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January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Shower heads... keep 'em busy down there Mr. Speaker...
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Shower heads... keep 'em busy down there Mr. Speaker...