Coleen DeGroff
@celticscribe.bsky.social
Retired Realtor. Gainesville guide. Writer. Alachua County Black Book: Accounts of Enslaved People Discovered in Ancient Records coming soon. 📖
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Coleen DeGroff
@celticscribe.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Good morning lovelies! There’s lots of nightmare fuel out there that can paralyze us and make us feel helpless. But we still can make a positive difference in people’s lives. What can you do TODAY to make the world just a little bit better for the people around you? Go do that. Hugs help. 💙
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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The revolving door of public service to lobbying is a major reason why everyday Americans struggle to trust our institutions.
Lobbying by members of Congress should be banned, and I am happy to co-lead @neguse.house.gov's bill to do just that.
ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...
Lobbying by members of Congress should be banned, and I am happy to co-lead @neguse.house.gov's bill to do just that.
ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...
Ocasio-Cortez, Neguse Introduce Legislation to Impose Lifetime Ban on Members of Congress from Lobbying
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) introduced the Close the Revolving Door Act of 2025, legislation that would impose a lifetim...
ocasio-cortez.house.gov
July 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The revolving door of public service to lobbying is a major reason why everyday Americans struggle to trust our institutions.
Lobbying by members of Congress should be banned, and I am happy to co-lead @neguse.house.gov's bill to do just that.
ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...
Lobbying by members of Congress should be banned, and I am happy to co-lead @neguse.house.gov's bill to do just that.
ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...
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got my titers checked* and my measles vaccination is still IN EFFECT, so i got that going for me
* apparently something recommended for folks of a certain age
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
* apparently something recommended for folks of a certain age
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
July 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
got my titers checked* and my measles vaccination is still IN EFFECT, so i got that going for me
* apparently something recommended for folks of a certain age
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
* apparently something recommended for folks of a certain age
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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Following!
July 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Following!
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Black woman does what Republicans fail to do.
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Black woman does what Republicans fail to do.
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General Eisenhower ordered Nazi death camps to remain standing for a reason.
July 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
General Eisenhower ordered Nazi death camps to remain standing for a reason.
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Hell yeah Columbus!
July 4th in Columbus, Ohio—and the people are bringing the heat.
Under a scorching sun, protestors flood the Statehouse steps to rage against Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, ICE raids, and fascist cruelty.
This is what real patriotism looks like: furious, loud, unafraid.
July 4th in Columbus, Ohio—and the people are bringing the heat.
Under a scorching sun, protestors flood the Statehouse steps to rage against Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, ICE raids, and fascist cruelty.
This is what real patriotism looks like: furious, loud, unafraid.
July 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hell yeah Columbus!
July 4th in Columbus, Ohio—and the people are bringing the heat.
Under a scorching sun, protestors flood the Statehouse steps to rage against Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, ICE raids, and fascist cruelty.
This is what real patriotism looks like: furious, loud, unafraid.
July 4th in Columbus, Ohio—and the people are bringing the heat.
Under a scorching sun, protestors flood the Statehouse steps to rage against Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, ICE raids, and fascist cruelty.
This is what real patriotism looks like: furious, loud, unafraid.
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There’s absolutely NO reason in the world not to do this. If Schumer fails to rise to the occasion, it’s a clear sign that we need new Democratic leadership in the Senate.
June 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There’s absolutely NO reason in the world not to do this. If Schumer fails to rise to the occasion, it’s a clear sign that we need new Democratic leadership in the Senate.
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I’m a U.S. Army combat veteran! I did not spend time away from my family for the bullshit going on in this country!
I took an oath to defend the constitution against enemies foreign and domestic! Right now the enemy is domestic sitting at the White House!
We stand with immigrants!
I took an oath to defend the constitution against enemies foreign and domestic! Right now the enemy is domestic sitting at the White House!
We stand with immigrants!
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m a U.S. Army combat veteran! I did not spend time away from my family for the bullshit going on in this country!
I took an oath to defend the constitution against enemies foreign and domestic! Right now the enemy is domestic sitting at the White House!
We stand with immigrants!
I took an oath to defend the constitution against enemies foreign and domestic! Right now the enemy is domestic sitting at the White House!
We stand with immigrants!
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“‘I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially manifestoes, and that’s free speech,’ Ms. Chatman said, referring to Mr. Damsky, ‘but my class can’t be called “Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.”’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“‘I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially manifestoes, and that’s free speech,’ Ms. Chatman said, referring to Mr. Damsky, ‘but my class can’t be called “Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.”’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
So UF Law School is now an incubator for white nationalists? 😡
“‘I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially manifestoes, and that’s free speech,’ Ms. Chatman said, referring to Mr. Damsky, ‘but my class can’t be called “Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.”’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So UF Law School is now an incubator for white nationalists? 😡
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They gave a bigot an award for saying that the constitution only applies to white people
Does EVERYONE see the problem with racist ass "originalists" yet?
Does EVERYONE see the problem with racist ass "originalists" yet?
June 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
They gave a bigot an award for saying that the constitution only applies to white people
Does EVERYONE see the problem with racist ass "originalists" yet?
Does EVERYONE see the problem with racist ass "originalists" yet?
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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
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My argument on John's show was directed at people who tell me democracy is dead and there will never be another election here. I said democracy is endangered, but it'll be difficult to cancel elections because they're decentralized thanks to federalism -- a system Hungary does not have.
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social and @bobcesca.bsky.social shud ask Hungarians how their elections are going since Orbahn took over. It can happen here. You think members of this admin want to face the consequences of their actions?
June 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My argument on John's show was directed at people who tell me democracy is dead and there will never be another election here. I said democracy is endangered, but it'll be difficult to cancel elections because they're decentralized thanks to federalism -- a system Hungary does not have.
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Senator Padilla makes an excellent point: if the FBI and Secret Service were willing to physically remove a Senator they had just escorted into the room, force him down on the floor and cuff him because he tried to ask a question
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
June 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Senator Padilla makes an excellent point: if the FBI and Secret Service were willing to physically remove a Senator they had just escorted into the room, force him down on the floor and cuff him because he tried to ask a question
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
What do you think they & ICE do to regular people?
Don’t be surprised if RFK Jr. supports this.
Know someone suffering from fits? Well, here's a cure from 17th C. polymath Kenelm Digby:
Trim their nails & put the trimmings in a linen bag tied to the neck of a live eel in water. The eel dies, & the person will be cured!
NB: don't let your dog eat the eel. It'll die, too.
🗃️🧪
Trim their nails & put the trimmings in a linen bag tied to the neck of a live eel in water. The eel dies, & the person will be cured!
NB: don't let your dog eat the eel. It'll die, too.
🗃️🧪
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Don’t be surprised if RFK Jr. supports this.
Love this!
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Love this!
So CNN going Fox lite was not enough to keep them from getting sold off. There’s gotta be a lesson there somewhere.
Anxiety is rippling through CNN after parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced last week that it will spin off the news network with the rest of its declining cable assets.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-spin-o...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-spin-o...
CNN Under the Gunnar
Incoming parent company boss Gunnar Wiedenfels says he’s “excited for the future” of CNN as it prepares to be spun out of Warner Bros. Discovery—inside the network, the mood is quite different.
www.status.news
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So CNN going Fox lite was not enough to keep them from getting sold off. There’s gotta be a lesson there somewhere.
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“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.”
Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, draws a historical comparison to the Fugitive Slave Act and that of the ongoing ICE raids.
The Fugitive Slave Act brought our country to the precipice of the Civil War.
The Fugitive Slave Act brought our country to the precipice of the Civil War.
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.”
Racists gonna racist.
Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
June 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Racists gonna racist.
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On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
June 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
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#ProudBlue
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
#ProudBlue
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.