Quaker Annie
@annieblanchard.bsky.social
AGINFA. Looking to build new friends. Quaker, old white person, have been active activist, looking to see what we all are going to do now. Mother of 3 grown men, grandma to 4. Owned by 2 cats and a dog. NO DM's.
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Quaker Annie
@annieblanchard.bsky.social
· Feb 10
Quaker Testimonies. Sound a little like Diversity, Equity, Inclusion to me. Are we on the list of things to be deleted? Hmmm.
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Ayo @npr.org did y’all ever apologize for this? 🤔
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ayo @npr.org did y’all ever apologize for this? 🤔
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
Springfield, Ohio - about 1500 people (up from about 400 in June No King protest). Hat says Quaker Witness, sign says Quakers for Peace and Social Justice.
October 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Springfield, Ohio - about 1500 people (up from about 400 in June No King protest). Hat says Quaker Witness, sign says Quakers for Peace and Social Justice.
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ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital.
“He has Constitutional rights.”
“No.”
ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.
“He has Constitutional rights.”
“No.”
ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital.
“He has Constitutional rights.”
“No.”
ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.
“He has Constitutional rights.”
“No.”
ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.
Besties sleeping. (Mollie, my 13 year old dog and Georgie, my 5 year old cat)
October 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Besties sleeping. (Mollie, my 13 year old dog and Georgie, my 5 year old cat)
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Yes, worth watching, for the thunderous applause (lack thereof).
I know, everybody's been bombarded by clips from this horrible speech, but this one's worth watching. 🙏
And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!
Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗
Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yes, worth watching, for the thunderous applause (lack thereof).
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The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
"They can use tried and true methods to" pauses " 'motivate' new recruits..." Makes me very uneasy for recruits of color, sounds like code for something else.
But then I'm one of the woke ones - we're able to hear things we're told aren't there, see things we're told weren't said.
Back to basics
But then I'm one of the woke ones - we're able to hear things we're told aren't there, see things we're told weren't said.
Back to basics
Hegseth: "Basic training is being restored to what it should be -- scary, tough, and disciplined. We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future warfighters are forged ... they can put hands on recruits."
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"They can use tried and true methods to" pauses " 'motivate' new recruits..." Makes me very uneasy for recruits of color, sounds like code for something else.
But then I'm one of the woke ones - we're able to hear things we're told aren't there, see things we're told weren't said.
Back to basics
But then I'm one of the woke ones - we're able to hear things we're told aren't there, see things we're told weren't said.
Back to basics
"Those officers were followed elected political leadership"
Um, yeah, you mean like you're ordering these officers to do.
Um, yeah, you mean like you're ordering these officers to do.
Hegseth: "An entire generation of generals and admirals were told that they must the parrot the insane fallacy that 'our diversity is our strength' ... they were told females and males are the same thing."
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Those officers were followed elected political leadership"
Um, yeah, you mean like you're ordering these officers to do.
Um, yeah, you mean like you're ordering these officers to do.
I just told my kids to update their medical records to include the fact that I took Tylenol while pregnant with each of them.
None of them are on the spectrum, but who knows if and when something might suddenly happen and of course, it'll be my fault.
They are 34-57.
None of them are on the spectrum, but who knows if and when something might suddenly happen and of course, it'll be my fault.
They are 34-57.
September 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I just told my kids to update their medical records to include the fact that I took Tylenol while pregnant with each of them.
None of them are on the spectrum, but who knows if and when something might suddenly happen and of course, it'll be my fault.
They are 34-57.
None of them are on the spectrum, but who knows if and when something might suddenly happen and of course, it'll be my fault.
They are 34-57.
I guess I'll have to start identifying myself as AginFa. Not as cool, but will they know against facists is the same as AntiFa? I think not.
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I guess I'll have to start identifying myself as AginFa. Not as cool, but will they know against facists is the same as AntiFa? I think not.
Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Looks like some media was following up.
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Looks like some media was following up.
Exactly - what's going on with the assassination case for Rep Melissa Hortman and the murder of her husband Mark - plus the other attempts at the same time. I know they caught the guy, but I haven't heard a word since then. Aren't these assassinations and murders of Democrats as newsworthy to MSM?
As the MSM remembers Charlie Kirk and speaks out against his horrific assassination, let’s recall the Minnesota Congresswoman who was assassinated on June 14th 2025 along with her husband and their dog.
Do you even remember her name?!
Do you even remember her name?!
September 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Exactly - what's going on with the assassination case for Rep Melissa Hortman and the murder of her husband Mark - plus the other attempts at the same time. I know they caught the guy, but I haven't heard a word since then. Aren't these assassinations and murders of Democrats as newsworthy to MSM?
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
I'm over 70 and prefer to mask in large groups, where I don't know all. My friend & her husband got Covid last week; I wasn't masked, spent time near her, didn't get Covid. Will get my Covid boost in Sept. Wore a mask to Quaker meeting this morning & a friend laughed & asked why. I felt like a fool.
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm over 70 and prefer to mask in large groups, where I don't know all. My friend & her husband got Covid last week; I wasn't masked, spent time near her, didn't get Covid. Will get my Covid boost in Sept. Wore a mask to Quaker meeting this morning & a friend laughed & asked why. I felt like a fool.
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"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
—Sinclair Lewis
—Sinclair Lewis
August 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
—Sinclair Lewis
—Sinclair Lewis
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Really rather surreal watching the optimism of Americans who think they can wait until their 2026 midterms to try and save themselves when their neighbours are already being kidnapped off the streets in broad daylight and their cities are being captured by militarized forces.
August 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really rather surreal watching the optimism of Americans who think they can wait until their 2026 midterms to try and save themselves when their neighbours are already being kidnapped off the streets in broad daylight and their cities are being captured by militarized forces.
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HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
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This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
A new chant when we protest "This is what insanity looks like."
Trump on Epstein: I don’t really follow that too much. It’s sort of a witch hunt. Just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt you should be talking about is that they caught President Obama absolutely cold.
July 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A new chant when we protest "This is what insanity looks like."
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
Quaker House's hotline is getting increased calls from soldiers asking for advice
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In Fayetteville, a soldiers’ hotline buzzes with worries about Trump’s order to enter LA | Opinion
“It’s just ringing constantly.”: An NC soldiers’ rights hotline is swamped after Trump orders LA deployment.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Quaker House's hotline is getting increased calls from soldiers asking for advice
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