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Happily retired | Granny 🥰 | Immigrant/dual citizen | World traveler 🌏
Solo travel | Photography 📷 | Left-wing | Equality for all! | Atheist
#ScottishIndependence | I hate trump and his fascist regime.
They asked the pharoah
'What made you a tyrant?'
He replied 'no one stopped me'.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#news #epstein #trump #bondi
Why do I have this feeling that if the Epstein files are ordered to be released that they will be heavily redacted and many files and photos will be missing? Bondi and cohorts??
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The 'Fuehrer' has dementia, ASPD (anti-social personality disorder), delusions of grandeur, is a sociopath, narcissistic personality disorder, very low IQ.....have I missed any? Oh yea, he has NO redeeming qualities whatsoever and wants to totally destroy the country.
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#politics
So, there is no safe place at all where we can get away from this fascist regime and his gestapo??? Can't they be banned for harassment????
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So this fascist regime has invaded Bluesky with their various departments. Spreading propaganda.
Message to all of them: FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!
October 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
OMG I am so fucking outraged at ICE/fake ICE/thugs/gestapo beating up people on the streets, scaring kids, destroying families, deporting US citizens and legal residents. I will not set foot in the US until this regime is gone.
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Travel ✈️🗺️

Traveling solo to Annecy and Lyon France in a couple of months. (not my photo - yet)
July 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
reut.rs
June 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Sen. Alex Padilla blocked GOP efforts to pass the SAVE Act, calling it an attack on voter access. He’s pushing new legislation to expand registration, fight Trump’s anti-voter order and defend free elections.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Padilla: “Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport”
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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“Sesame Street” has found itself a new home.

Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.
‘Sesame Street’ is coming to Netflix with new streaming deal
“Sesame Street” will release episodes on both PBS Kids and Netflix later this year.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?
Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Pope Leo XIV stepped onto a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday — his first appearance as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
nyer.cm
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday night that he had met with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador. nyti.ms/3YzXwwg
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.
I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE
The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook employee who alleged misconduct and sexual harassment at the company in a memoir, will testify before Congress that Meta executives undermined national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies.
Ex-Facebook employee to tell Congress the company undermined national security
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director of global public policy at Facebook, is set to testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday. Meta has disputed her account.
nbcnews.to
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump White House to let Associated Press journalists return to the Oval Office and other spaces to cover news events, ruling it was unlawful to block the news service in a dispute over its choice of words.
Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events
U.S. Judge Trevor N. McFadden rules the White House cannot deny the Associated Press access to news events because the wire service continues to use "Gulf of Mexico" rather than "Gulf of America".
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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In a new executive order, Trump directed J.D. Vance to remove improper ideology from various museums, education centers, and the zoo. Vance is now going to patrol to ensure the zoos are sufficiently anti-woke.
March 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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RFK, Jr. is an idiot. The fact that such an ignorant, evil person has *any* say-so in our nation's health shows how broken America is right now and how vile and stupid Donald Trump is.
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM