I am Jo
@wingsandsword.bsky.social
Transfeminine Nonbinary (She/They), American, Kentuckian, US Army veteran, martial artist, progressive, gamer, Episcopalian, geek, historian.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
August 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
February 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
People are angry enough about health insurance in the US that they cheered Luigi as a folk hero.
The GOP response is to gut Medicaid and take insurance away from tens of millions?
Interesting political move.
The GOP response is to gut Medicaid and take insurance away from tens of millions?
Interesting political move.
February 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
People are angry enough about health insurance in the US that they cheered Luigi as a folk hero.
The GOP response is to gut Medicaid and take insurance away from tens of millions?
Interesting political move.
The GOP response is to gut Medicaid and take insurance away from tens of millions?
Interesting political move.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
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Wow. Jamie Raskin discusses a possible impeachment of Donald Trump for illegal executive overreach.
“Find me two Republicans and I’ll go to work tomorrow.”
Would you support impeachment against Donald Trump?
“Find me two Republicans and I’ll go to work tomorrow.”
Would you support impeachment against Donald Trump?
February 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Wow. Jamie Raskin discusses a possible impeachment of Donald Trump for illegal executive overreach.
“Find me two Republicans and I’ll go to work tomorrow.”
Would you support impeachment against Donald Trump?
“Find me two Republicans and I’ll go to work tomorrow.”
Would you support impeachment against Donald Trump?
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Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
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Elon fucking Musk does NOT appropriate federal funds.
That is the job of CONGRESS.
Not some foreign born private citizen jumping bean exploding penis rocket car melting nepo-baby conspiracy theorist womanizer who exchanges horses for handjobs.
Congress needs to stand the fuck up. All of them!!!
That is the job of CONGRESS.
Not some foreign born private citizen jumping bean exploding penis rocket car melting nepo-baby conspiracy theorist womanizer who exchanges horses for handjobs.
Congress needs to stand the fuck up. All of them!!!
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Elon fucking Musk does NOT appropriate federal funds.
That is the job of CONGRESS.
Not some foreign born private citizen jumping bean exploding penis rocket car melting nepo-baby conspiracy theorist womanizer who exchanges horses for handjobs.
Congress needs to stand the fuck up. All of them!!!
That is the job of CONGRESS.
Not some foreign born private citizen jumping bean exploding penis rocket car melting nepo-baby conspiracy theorist womanizer who exchanges horses for handjobs.
Congress needs to stand the fuck up. All of them!!!
Just so we're clear.
February 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just so we're clear.
Captain's orders. . .
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Captain's orders. . .
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She reminded me of something I so often tell young queer people in England - that the goal of those who attack us, is to make us scared enough that we do their work for them, and disappear ourselves.
With the raised stakes of a Texan gun culture, I’d forgotten that, for a moment.
With the raised stakes of a Texan gun culture, I’d forgotten that, for a moment.
January 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
She reminded me of something I so often tell young queer people in England - that the goal of those who attack us, is to make us scared enough that we do their work for them, and disappear ourselves.
With the raised stakes of a Texan gun culture, I’d forgotten that, for a moment.
With the raised stakes of a Texan gun culture, I’d forgotten that, for a moment.
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Extreme MAGA Republicans are stealing money from hardworking American taxpayers in order to pay off their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations.
We are fighting them in Congress, in the Courts and in the Community.
And we will win.
We are fighting them in Congress, in the Courts and in the Community.
And we will win.
January 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Extreme MAGA Republicans are stealing money from hardworking American taxpayers in order to pay off their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations.
We are fighting them in Congress, in the Courts and in the Community.
And we will win.
We are fighting them in Congress, in the Courts and in the Community.
And we will win.
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Ladies and gentlemen: we did it
In email to X staff, Musk says "user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even"; sources: banks plan to sell their debt in X (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: we did it
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This is what courage, conviction, decency looks like: The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, uses a worship service at the Washington National Cathedral to stand before Trump and Vance and say the stuff that needs to be said.
January 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is what courage, conviction, decency looks like: The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, uses a worship service at the Washington National Cathedral to stand before Trump and Vance and say the stuff that needs to be said.
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we can remind them. time to start organizing. the local Episcopal Church might be a good place to start. Bible study is about to get livelier.
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
we can remind them. time to start organizing. the local Episcopal Church might be a good place to start. Bible study is about to get livelier.
