Salty Mom
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Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
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Don’t wait for 2026; there are elections in 2025 🗳️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
https://thesaltyinkslinger.etsy.com
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Salty Mom
@thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Don't spread germs (1948)
YouTube video by Wellcome Library
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HOOOOLY COW, can we please revive this in the USA!?!
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
I was looking for a different commercial, but Americans need this reminder:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F6...
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'The mandate implicates state education funds are for common schools and for nothing else,' the justice wrote."
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
Kentucky Supreme Court rules that charter schools law is unconstitutional
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional.
apnews.com
February 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
'The mandate implicates state education funds are for common schools and for nothing else,' the justice wrote."
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
KY voters rejected vouchers in 2024. The Supreme Court reaffirms that using taxpayer dollars for schools that evade public oversight are unconstitutional.
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Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe. n.pr/4kOnfLF
Scientists worry about lasting damage from Potomac sewage spill
Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe.
n.pr
February 20, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe. n.pr/4kOnfLF
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“Could result in adverse consequences,” #SecVA said.
I can’t tell you the number of #veterans who confided they were afraid to seek treatment -even for debilitating symptoms-out of fear they could lose their incomes.
#SecVa: making #vets’ lives harder & calling it progress. Classic.
I can’t tell you the number of #veterans who confided they were afraid to seek treatment -even for debilitating symptoms-out of fear they could lose their incomes.
#SecVa: making #vets’ lives harder & calling it progress. Classic.
Amid outcry, VA abruptly stops enforcing new disability rating rule
The rule, which had gone into effect without prior notice, was quickly condemned by veterans groups as effectively lowering a veteran’s disability rating.
www.stripes.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.
February 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.
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They’re not hiding what they want. Text SAVE to 63033 to call your senator and tell them to reject this attack on our voting rights.
February 20, 2026 at 12:33 AM
They’re not hiding what they want. Text SAVE to 63033 to call your senator and tell them to reject this attack on our voting rights.
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The Thiel-backed “Polymarket”
is partnering with Substack bc of course they are. 1/
is partnering with Substack bc of course they are. 1/
February 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The Thiel-backed “Polymarket”
is partnering with Substack bc of course they are. 1/
is partnering with Substack bc of course they are. 1/
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Dictators plaster their likeness on everything, not a democracy
February 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Dictators plaster their likeness on everything, not a democracy
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Join @fieldteam_6 and me for a special 2026 training!
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February 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Join @fieldteam_6 and me for a special 2026 training!
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This gives you a sense of scale of the Trump admin's new refugee detention policy; they are claiming that all 100,000 of these lawfully present refugees MUST be arrested and detained for "re-vetting" and interrogation about their status.
Approximately 100,000 refugees are awaiting determinations on their applications for adjustment of status.
February 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
This gives you a sense of scale of the Trump admin's new refugee detention policy; they are claiming that all 100,000 of these lawfully present refugees MUST be arrested and detained for "re-vetting" and interrogation about their status.
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She's running to replace Dick Durbin and, uh, to say this is a welcome change in tone and attitude would be a hell of an understatement.
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
She's running to replace Dick Durbin and, uh, to say this is a welcome change in tone and attitude would be a hell of an understatement.
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Die Freiheit, die sie meinen.
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
February 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Die Freiheit, die sie meinen.
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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
February 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
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If a member of your family in the US military gets killed in Iran soon, you can console yourself by knowing that they died to distract from their Commander-in-Chief's pedophilia.
February 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If a member of your family in the US military gets killed in Iran soon, you can console yourself by knowing that they died to distract from their Commander-in-Chief's pedophilia.
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Say it with us: ONE JOB should be enough. It should be enough to afford basic things like food, shelter, and healthcare. PERIOD.
February 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Say it with us: ONE JOB should be enough. It should be enough to afford basic things like food, shelter, and healthcare. PERIOD.
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This "outsider" shit has played out for me because now you all are doing really stupid shit for popularity and not doing the work. Showing up at protests one time for a photo op and act like you did something while shitting on the party you are running in with Nazi tattoos. You ain't fooling me.
February 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This "outsider" shit has played out for me because now you all are doing really stupid shit for popularity and not doing the work. Showing up at protests one time for a photo op and act like you did something while shitting on the party you are running in with Nazi tattoos. You ain't fooling me.
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They're bombing fishing boats on the Caribbean and labeling it "narcoterrorism" to justify it. They're sweeping up American children and targeting schools because Kavanaugh stops have been given the go ahead. They're not going to stop unless stopped.
February 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
They're bombing fishing boats on the Caribbean and labeling it "narcoterrorism" to justify it. They're sweeping up American children and targeting schools because Kavanaugh stops have been given the go ahead. They're not going to stop unless stopped.
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Giving the keys to the kingdom to a bunch of people who have been huffing white nationalist conspiracy theory on Fox News all day wasn't going to have any other outcome than brutality. It's what they promised on the campaign trail and so many failed to see the urgency.
February 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Giving the keys to the kingdom to a bunch of people who have been huffing white nationalist conspiracy theory on Fox News all day wasn't going to have any other outcome than brutality. It's what they promised on the campaign trail and so many failed to see the urgency.
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All those really quiet people who "just voted for cheap gas and eggs", are really quiet for a reason.
February 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
All those really quiet people who "just voted for cheap gas and eggs", are really quiet for a reason.
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BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.
February 19, 2026 at 7:03 AM
BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.
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Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address:
Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address
www.pilotonline.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address:
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Democrats hold a thin majority in the Pennsylvania House, but there are two special elections for seats they hold next week. Both districts lean blue, but if the GOP scores an upset, it'll likely gain a majority in the chamber later this spring.
The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts
Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More
boltsmag.org
February 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Democrats hold a thin majority in the Pennsylvania House, but there are two special elections for seats they hold next week. Both districts lean blue, but if the GOP scores an upset, it'll likely gain a majority in the chamber later this spring.
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I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned.
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
February 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned.
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287 bans create major logistical challenges for DHS. they will require many new contracts to create private transfer pipelines to move people into the antebellum south, where there are many small towns economically tied to dilapidated prisons, eager to accept work concentrating immigrants.
NEW: Major, BFD action by blue states standing up to ICE.
Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.
That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract!
And New Mexico did the same last week:
Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.
That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract!
And New Mexico did the same last week:
Maryland, New Mexico Become Latest Blue States to Ban Local Contracts with ICE - Bolts
Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining a string of ten states with similar prohibitions.
boltsmag.org
February 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
287 bans create major logistical challenges for DHS. they will require many new contracts to create private transfer pipelines to move people into the antebellum south, where there are many small towns economically tied to dilapidated prisons, eager to accept work concentrating immigrants.
