Bonnie Demarchi
@bonniedemarchi.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Potter. Gardener. Fat Chance Belly Dance. Arts & Culture.
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Martin Luther King Jr once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
While that is reassuring, I think the United States is currently testing the tensile strength of that arc with all the injustice, hatred, and corruption it is piling on.
While that is reassuring, I think the United States is currently testing the tensile strength of that arc with all the injustice, hatred, and corruption it is piling on.
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Martin Luther King Jr once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
While that is reassuring, I think the United States is currently testing the tensile strength of that arc with all the injustice, hatred, and corruption it is piling on.
While that is reassuring, I think the United States is currently testing the tensile strength of that arc with all the injustice, hatred, and corruption it is piling on.
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“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst.” Rep. Al Green told Mother Jones during the Texas House proceedings, where they passed a redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst.” Rep. Al Green told Mother Jones during the Texas House proceedings, where they passed a redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.
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It’s Back-To-School Month! Remember, reading is fundamental for ages 5 through 79!
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It’s Back-To-School Month! Remember, reading is fundamental for ages 5 through 79!
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Quick question. There are still almost as many troops in LA right now as there were at the end of Afghanistan.
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Quick question. There are still almost as many troops in LA right now as there were at the end of Afghanistan.
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
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Man who had a student kidnapped and trafficked because she wrote something he didn't like yuks it up with man who had a journalist dismembered with a hacksaw because he wrote things the man didn't like.
May 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Man who had a student kidnapped and trafficked because she wrote something he didn't like yuks it up with man who had a journalist dismembered with a hacksaw because he wrote things the man didn't like.
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There is something so obscene about a political party rallying behind a fucking draft dodger and denying courageous trans people the right to serve their country.
What the fuck, America?
What the fuck, America?
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
There is something so obscene about a political party rallying behind a fucking draft dodger and denying courageous trans people the right to serve their country.
What the fuck, America?
What the fuck, America?
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He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the quiet part out loud: “We are all afraid… I am oftentimes very anxious about using my voice because retaliation is real.”
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the quiet part out loud: “We are all afraid… I am oftentimes very anxious about using my voice because retaliation is real.”
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I can’t help recalling how rude and confrontational the Oval Office meeting with the polite and cooperative Zelensky was in contrast with how meekly Trump sat silently while the President of El Salvador mocked the notion of helping Donald abide by a unanimous Supreme Court order.
April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I can’t help recalling how rude and confrontational the Oval Office meeting with the polite and cooperative Zelensky was in contrast with how meekly Trump sat silently while the President of El Salvador mocked the notion of helping Donald abide by a unanimous Supreme Court order.
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To everyone who told me to “calm down” in 2016 -
The sociopathic sexual predator business fraud felon you put back in the office he tried to steal just stood in the White House & said that he wants to send American citizens to concentration camps in El Salvador.
So, fuck you.
The sociopathic sexual predator business fraud felon you put back in the office he tried to steal just stood in the White House & said that he wants to send American citizens to concentration camps in El Salvador.
So, fuck you.
April 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
To everyone who told me to “calm down” in 2016 -
The sociopathic sexual predator business fraud felon you put back in the office he tried to steal just stood in the White House & said that he wants to send American citizens to concentration camps in El Salvador.
So, fuck you.
The sociopathic sexual predator business fraud felon you put back in the office he tried to steal just stood in the White House & said that he wants to send American citizens to concentration camps in El Salvador.
So, fuck you.
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Every week I write a Sunday night column about The Week Ahead. This week, it’s about taking back “woke.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
April 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Every week I write a Sunday night column about The Week Ahead. This week, it’s about taking back “woke.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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All 9 Supreme Court justices told Trump: no more deportations without due process. But Justice Sotomayor put it most directly:
April 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
All 9 Supreme Court justices told Trump: no more deportations without due process. But Justice Sotomayor put it most directly:
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Seems less scary than in the original German, but don’t be deceived michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/i...
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Seems less scary than in the original German, but don’t be deceived michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/i...
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Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
April 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
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I find it remarkable, and remarkably indecent, that the 5-justice majority couldn't bring itself to even mention, never mind condemn, the enormous human suffering caused by Trump’s BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL deportation of hundreds of people to a dangerous/deadly prison in El Salvador.
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I find it remarkable, and remarkably indecent, that the 5-justice majority couldn't bring itself to even mention, never mind condemn, the enormous human suffering caused by Trump’s BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL deportation of hundreds of people to a dangerous/deadly prison in El Salvador.
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2800 people turned out in Youngstown Ohio last night for a town hall with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Local GOP congressman Michael Rulli won't do events like this with his constituents, so Democrats are doing so in his district:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWH...
Local GOP congressman Michael Rulli won't do events like this with his constituents, so Democrats are doing so in his district:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWH...
Tim Walz hosts town hall in Youngstown
YouTube video by WKBN27
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April 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
2800 people turned out in Youngstown Ohio last night for a town hall with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Local GOP congressman Michael Rulli won't do events like this with his constituents, so Democrats are doing so in his district:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWH...
Local GOP congressman Michael Rulli won't do events like this with his constituents, so Democrats are doing so in his district:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWH...
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Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
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My only shock is that the person who discovered this hadn't been fired yet.
Thousands of pounds of liquid egg substitutes sold under two popular brand names have been recalled because of the potential risk of contamination with a cleaning solution, federal safety regulators said.
Two Liquid Egg Brands Recalled Over Bleach Contamination Risk
Cargill Kitchen Solutions recalled more than 210,000 pounds of products under its Egg Beaters and Bob Evans labels.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My only shock is that the person who discovered this hadn't been fired yet.
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Europeans don't need ugly American cars. They have governments that are forward-thinking, which provide buses, subways, and high-speed trains, unlike America, which would rather order another aircraft carrier it doesn't need than help its citizens get to work.
April 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Europeans don't need ugly American cars. They have governments that are forward-thinking, which provide buses, subways, and high-speed trains, unlike America, which would rather order another aircraft carrier it doesn't need than help its citizens get to work.
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Donald Trump skipped the dignified transfer of four of our soldiers because he had to go golfing with the Saudis in the midst of a catastrophic stock market collapse he intentionally caused and you Yankee Doodle dipshits still think he gives a single flying fuck about this country?
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Donald Trump skipped the dignified transfer of four of our soldiers because he had to go golfing with the Saudis in the midst of a catastrophic stock market collapse he intentionally caused and you Yankee Doodle dipshits still think he gives a single flying fuck about this country?
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Tax the penguins?
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tax the penguins?
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💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
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"Thus far, the review of the Naval Academy's Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of Hegseth’s order... They include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and a biography on Jackie Robinson..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Thus far, the review of the Naval Academy's Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of Hegseth’s order... They include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and a biography on Jackie Robinson..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...