@colliejoy.bsky.social
Happily married grandma.
Mostly here for politics and good journalism.
Sometimes a funny meme or two.
My dogs keep me sane.
Mostly here for politics and good journalism.
Sometimes a funny meme or two.
My dogs keep me sane.
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‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19 (NIV)
Deuteronomy 27:19 (NIV)
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
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This week’s MD-08 Local Hero is Rebecca Henson, the inspiring Founder and Executive Director of the Springsong Museum. This exciting project in Silver Spring will memorialize the life and work of proud Marylander Rachel Carson, often identified as the founder of the environmental movement.
Local Hero Video Series: Week 284 Feat. Rebecca Henson
YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin
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November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This week’s MD-08 Local Hero is Rebecca Henson, the inspiring Founder and Executive Director of the Springsong Museum. This exciting project in Silver Spring will memorialize the life and work of proud Marylander Rachel Carson, often identified as the founder of the environmental movement.
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Trump says he’ll shutter the Department of Education. The President of the American Federation of Teachers has a few things to say about that. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Five Questions with Randi Weingarten
President of the American Federation of Teachers
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Trump says he’ll shutter the Department of Education. The President of the American Federation of Teachers has a few things to say about that. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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I'm. With. Him.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm. With. Him.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
Internet trolls are running our government
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Internet trolls are running our government
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A heartwrenching story of a woman’s 14-year-old son performing CPR as she died at home after being denied an abortion.
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A heartwrenching story of a woman’s 14-year-old son performing CPR as she died at home after being denied an abortion.
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Kaitlan Collins to Leavitt as she walks off: "Karoline, you misquoted Democrats in that video. That's actually not what they said."
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kaitlan Collins to Leavitt as she walks off: "Karoline, you misquoted Democrats in that video. That's actually not what they said."
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contrarian.substack.com/p/its-as-if-... wonderful piece
‘It’s as if Jesus Is Locked Up in Broadview’
A reverend violently arrested at Chicagoland’s ICE facility speaks out
contrarian.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/its-as-if-... wonderful piece
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The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
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Just another reminder that the attorney general is our lawyer
Not his
Not his
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Just another reminder that the attorney general is our lawyer
Not his
Not his
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I am outraged by the continued and expanding deployment of U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents in North Carolina. This is not law enforcement—it is state-sanctioned intimidation of our communities, and it cannot be tolerated.
Read my full statement.
Read my full statement.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am outraged by the continued and expanding deployment of U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents in North Carolina. This is not law enforcement—it is state-sanctioned intimidation of our communities, and it cannot be tolerated.
Read my full statement.
Read my full statement.
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WATCH: Speaker Johnson says he’s “deeply disappointed” the senate passed a bill he voted for 🤔
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Johnson looks frazzled. He’s lost it, attacking a bill the survivors wanted without talking to them… that he voted for. He has lost the confidence of half his caucus.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Johnson looks frazzled. He’s lost it, attacking a bill the survivors wanted without talking to them… that he voted for. He has lost the confidence of half his caucus.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
WATCH: Speaker Johnson says he’s “deeply disappointed” the senate passed a bill he voted for 🤔
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Johnson looks frazzled. He’s lost it, attacking a bill the survivors wanted without talking to them… that he voted for. He has lost the confidence of half his caucus.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Johnson looks frazzled. He’s lost it, attacking a bill the survivors wanted without talking to them… that he voted for. He has lost the confidence of half his caucus.”
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Retired Navy captain: No law of armed conflict permits execution without combat. No one in those boats justifiably can be labeled a combatant. There is no moral universe in which vaporizing human beings in the middle of the ocean is an act of justice. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?
A recently uncovered memo promises U.S. soldiers immunity for the killing of more than 80 people in boat strikes throughout the Caribbean, effectively conceding it crossed a line.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Retired Navy captain: No law of armed conflict permits execution without combat. No one in those boats justifiably can be labeled a combatant. There is no moral universe in which vaporizing human beings in the middle of the ocean is an act of justice. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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Khanna: "There should be no buildings named after people in this Epstein class. There should be no scholarships named after them. They shouldn't be enjoying perks of being affiliated w/ corporations or universities. Many of the survivors will tell you some of these people still are celebrated"
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Khanna: "There should be no buildings named after people in this Epstein class. There should be no scholarships named after them. They shouldn't be enjoying perks of being affiliated w/ corporations or universities. Many of the survivors will tell you some of these people still are celebrated"
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Moskowitz during a hearing reads an excerpt from Kristi Noem's book where she talks about shooting her dog Cricket and says, "If we're get on high horse about animal cruelty I just want to make sure we apply that equally"
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Moskowitz during a hearing reads an excerpt from Kristi Noem's book where she talks about shooting her dog Cricket and says, "If we're get on high horse about animal cruelty I just want to make sure we apply that equally"
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NEW: We filed a FOIA request demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security about their pattern of targeting journalists, advocates, and other bystanders who film ICE and CBP activity in public.
The First Amendment protects our right to record.
The First Amendment protects our right to record.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NEW: We filed a FOIA request demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security about their pattern of targeting journalists, advocates, and other bystanders who film ICE and CBP activity in public.
The First Amendment protects our right to record.
The First Amendment protects our right to record.
And they are incarcerated with no due process so
A concentration camp.
A concentration camp.
Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
And they are incarcerated with no due process so
A concentration camp.
A concentration camp.