Coleen Widell
@coleenwidell.bsky.social
Retired do-gooder driven by compassion, live-and-let-live, and justice. WA native. Go Hawks!
America best stop “studying” fascism and get its ass in gear. Start with your wallet, folks.
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
America best stop “studying” fascism and get its ass in gear. Start with your wallet, folks.
Go Chicago go! Protesting outside a Border Patrol recruiting event.
Keep the pressure on them! A thread of Border Patrol recruitment events in September:
careers.cbp.gov/s/connect-to...
-9/3 Laredo, TX (Job Fair)
-9/5-7 Big Bear, CA (Tough Mudder)
-9/5-7 Scottsdale, AZ (Rodeo)
-9/6-7 Glen Jean, WV (Spartan Trifecta)
-9/6 Philadelphia, PA (Spartan Stadion)
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careers.cbp.gov/s/connect-to...
-9/3 Laredo, TX (Job Fair)
-9/5-7 Big Bear, CA (Tough Mudder)
-9/5-7 Scottsdale, AZ (Rodeo)
-9/6-7 Glen Jean, WV (Spartan Trifecta)
-9/6 Philadelphia, PA (Spartan Stadion)
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Happening now: protesters in Chicago are interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel, where U.S. Customs and Border protection is recruiting today.
Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!"
It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.
Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!"
It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Go Chicago go! Protesting outside a Border Patrol recruiting event.
I mean, come on man. How damn ignorant can you be?
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I mean, come on man. How damn ignorant can you be?
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If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
June 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.
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Does Congress still exist? Is it still a thing?
Sincerely,
Concerned Americans
Sincerely,
Concerned Americans
June 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Does Congress still exist? Is it still a thing?
Sincerely,
Concerned Americans
Sincerely,
Concerned Americans
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"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying"
-- anon
-- anon
June 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying"
-- anon
-- anon
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Happy Pride month!!!
June 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy Pride month!!!
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The European Parliament approved plans to make it easier to hunt wolves in the EU, claiming the threat posed to livestock justifies the decrease in protections.
The change means that wolf hunting will occur, even though science + history show us that killing wolves doesn't stop livestock attacks.
The change means that wolf hunting will occur, even though science + history show us that killing wolves doesn't stop livestock attacks.
EU to make hunting wolves easier in Europe
The European Parliament approved plans on Thursday to make it easier to hunt wolves in the EU, citing their growing numbers and the threat they pose to livestock as reasons for downgrading the animals' protection status.
www.reuters.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The European Parliament approved plans to make it easier to hunt wolves in the EU, claiming the threat posed to livestock justifies the decrease in protections.
The change means that wolf hunting will occur, even though science + history show us that killing wolves doesn't stop livestock attacks.
The change means that wolf hunting will occur, even though science + history show us that killing wolves doesn't stop livestock attacks.
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It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.
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Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON
Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
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“Do not mock us.”
May 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Do not mock us.”
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After the 2025 NFL draft so far, this could be me. #GoSeahawks
Walking around the park talking to myself with mentos in my ears
April 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
After the 2025 NFL draft so far, this could be me. #GoSeahawks
Where y’all at? Deafening silence. Oh wait, that’s just a double standard? Gotcha.
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Where y’all at? Deafening silence. Oh wait, that’s just a double standard? Gotcha.
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With planes and helicopters falling out of the sky every week you’ve got to ask yourself…
April 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
With planes and helicopters falling out of the sky every week you’ve got to ask yourself…
Republicans are destroying this country.
Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
April 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Republicans are destroying this country.
Did your Congress person purchase stocks during this time? They were invited to do so by the MAGA leader of this country to an in-your-face market manipulation party to enrich his friends and allies. If I am not mistaken, they call this “insider trading” and it is illegal as hell.
He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY!
Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs.
He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳
Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs.
He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳
April 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did your Congress person purchase stocks during this time? They were invited to do so by the MAGA leader of this country to an in-your-face market manipulation party to enrich his friends and allies. If I am not mistaken, they call this “insider trading” and it is illegal as hell.
Now in America. Again. 
April 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Now in America. Again. 
Now in America. Simply reckless.
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Now in America. Simply reckless.
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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I feel like the connecting the dots meme, but I know I’m right.
The White House. The actual White House.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
April 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I feel like the connecting the dots meme, but I know I’m right.
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The most evil imaginable.
April 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The most evil imaginable.
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Where are the Russian tariffs?
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where are the Russian tariffs?
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Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!