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"I do work," said Frederick.
"I gather sun rays for the cold winter days."
"I gather colors. For winter is gray."

Art. Books. Swimmer. Nature. Hudson Valley aficionado. Writer.
Pinned
How do I reach this level of zen in 2025?
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CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”

Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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It’s “Billionaires & Trillionaires” Night. 🎉

#GildedAge 🇺🇸
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.

Withdrawals only.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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"Your Royal Highness, the U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist. 9/11 families are furious that you are here in the Oval Office. Why should Americans trust you, and the same to you, Mr. President?”

“No, who are you with?” Trump snapped. trib.al/WO5i98c
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."

In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.

Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.

wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Is this losing? Feels like losing
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.

“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”

#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
laist.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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More voters came out for New Jersey’s 2025 general election than any other governor’s race in the past 27 years. www.nj.com/politics/202...
N.J. just experienced its most dramatic voter surge in decades. See the surprising numbers.
With 3.15 million voters casting ballots — a 27-year high for a gubernatorial election — Sherrill's victory over Ciattarelli may signal shifting political winds.
www.nj.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Not three months ago, Bondi and Patel stated unequivocally that there was nothing more to investigate (but that is indeed the reason the will give for not releasing the files now)
Instead of just releasing the Epstein files, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate Democrats and AG Pam Bondi is complying.

Are they setting up a pretext to block the release by arguing the files are now part of an active investigation? I’m not saying that would work, but he’s desperate to block.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.

It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“You’re hearing people pretty explicitly saying, ‘I’m not waiting my turn,’” Amanda Litman, Run for Something's exec director. said. “‘I didn’t want to run for office. But I feel like I have to."
NEW: The backlash to Trump has been coming in big waves. Dems' sweep in last week’s elections. The 7 million people who turned out for “No Kings” protests.

But it's been fueling something else all year: a surge in young progressives signing up to run for office.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Trump Backlash That's Flying Under The Radar
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...
'Shame on UVA': Student producer fired for asking hard questions
A student journalist at UVA was fired for asking hard questions of UVA interim President Paul Mahoney and refusing to apologize.
augustafreepress.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Republicans are taking us into another completely avoidable war. More blood for oil, this time in Venezuela.
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Well well well
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices.

Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.

Solidarity✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Showing/ explaining your work is one way for fact based news media to regain credibility with an audience that has been blasted with right wing lies about fake news. THIS is what journalists do. It's not vibes, it's not opinion, it's FACTS.

(read this story btw)
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Everyone should read this and share it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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ICYMI: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated his ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks for voter registration ahead of the 2026 midterms. The registration process will remain the same for voters.
https://bit.ly/4qOx4LX
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM