T-Shirt Diplomat
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Renegade librarian preaching information literacy. Adaptogen enthusiast. Iced tea aficionado. Funk poet. Remote work/green energy zealot. When you pray, move your feet.
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After a historic victory in the #WALeg Senate, the Millionaires Tax to rebalance our upside-down tax code has its 1st hearing in the House!
Sign your name in "PRO" today to show your support for a future where everyone, not just the wealthiest, can thrive in WA: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
Sign your name in "PRO" today to show your support for a future where everyone, not just the wealthiest, can thrive in WA: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
February 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
After a historic victory in the #WALeg Senate, the Millionaires Tax to rebalance our upside-down tax code has its 1st hearing in the House!
Sign your name in "PRO" today to show your support for a future where everyone, not just the wealthiest, can thrive in WA: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
Sign your name in "PRO" today to show your support for a future where everyone, not just the wealthiest, can thrive in WA: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
@murray.senate.gov ahem
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
@murray.senate.gov ahem
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The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.
Seattle’s ‘prosperity bomb’ may finally be fizzling. So now what?
It’s the awkward thing about the affordability debate. Nothing makes a city cheaper faster than an economic bust.
www.seattletimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The answer is for WA to become the anti-MAGA. Invest in higher ed, not cut it as Gov. Ferguson wants. Fund the research and health care that Trump and DOGE cut. Hire all the scientists and experts looking for a good job in a good place. Build a lot more housing so people can afford to move here.
Upzones are good. They don't cause displacement.
High housing prices because of exclusive, expensive neighborhoods cause displacement. The downzone in Phinney causes displacement.
OPCD needs a radical culture change.
High housing prices because of exclusive, expensive neighborhoods cause displacement. The downzone in Phinney causes displacement.
OPCD needs a radical culture change.
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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PLEASE understand that Trump using his FBI to seize election data from the 2020 election in Georgia is NOT about the past. It's about the future. They are testing out ways to rig and steal the 2026 election. This is treasonous!
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
PLEASE understand that Trump using his FBI to seize election data from the 2020 election in Georgia is NOT about the past. It's about the future. They are testing out ways to rig and steal the 2026 election. This is treasonous!
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov
Reform and restraint are not serious solutions when these thugs will just do whatever the hell they want anyway. Hold out for 0$ ICE money and Noem and Miller’s ouster. Or shut the govt down. Let them own why.
Reform and restraint are not serious solutions when these thugs will just do whatever the hell they want anyway. Hold out for 0$ ICE money and Noem and Miller’s ouster. Or shut the govt down. Let them own why.
UPDATE: After seeing this video, I informed ICE of my intent to visit the Baltimore facility today. I was told I would be denied entry.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
It’s clear Trump's ICE would rather engage in a cover up. I will not stop pressing until we get answers. We need transparency & accountability.
Like many of you, I have seen this video, and I'm demanding answers.
My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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My team has reached out to ICE repeatedly and have yet to get clear answers.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov
Reform and restraint are not serious solutions when these thugs will just do whatever the hell they want anyway. Hold out for 0$ ICE money and Noem and Miller’s ouster. Or shut the govt down. Let them own why.
Reform and restraint are not serious solutions when these thugs will just do whatever the hell they want anyway. Hold out for 0$ ICE money and Noem and Miller’s ouster. Or shut the govt down. Let them own why.
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
If democracy is to survive, the Democratic Party needs new leadership — NOW.
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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If democracy is to survive, the Democratic Party needs new leadership — NOW.
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If democracy is to survive, the Democratic Party needs new leadership — NOW.
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
Over and over again, Chuck Schumer has shown that he is too weak to meet the moment.
Sen. Schumer, for the good of our country, step down as Minority Leader. @schumer.senate.gov
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i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app
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MPD, Walz, Frey, etc here’s your chance to not fuck up how you did with Good—arrest and detain all agents on the scene, don’t let the murderers flee.
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
MPD, Walz, Frey, etc here’s your chance to not fuck up how you did with Good—arrest and detain all agents on the scene, don’t let the murderers flee.
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I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
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Ice needs to be abolished
This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ice needs to be abolished
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Notice how Mamdani, who famously ran on an affordability platform, did not have to involve grocery prices in making the moral case why ICE should be abolished
Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.
January 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Notice how Mamdani, who famously ran on an affordability platform, did not have to involve grocery prices in making the moral case why ICE should be abolished
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I’m not really sure what democrats are supposed to say to Americans after we roll over and fund ICE some more. Why would anyone trust us to fight?
January 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I’m not really sure what democrats are supposed to say to Americans after we roll over and fund ICE some more. Why would anyone trust us to fight?
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Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
Goldman: Until DHS reins in this rogue and authoritarian ICE secret police force, there should be no more funding provided to DHS.
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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This is the way and every single Democrat should be on board.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We're gonna move forward to impeach Kristi Noem"
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is the way and every single Democrat should be on board.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.