Expatsy
@expatsy.bsky.social
Expat, lifelong Dem from reddest of states, painter, artisan. Primarily posting and reposting articles. Very few comments without FUCK. Call your reps - write - get on the streets - just to piss them off. Do it for yourself - and your children.
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Gotta' wonder who and how many are behind the death of her husband. The people pictured here would kill anybody for profit.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Gotta' wonder who and how many are behind the death of her husband. The people pictured here would kill anybody for profit.
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And the crap rationale they spewed to justify this was classic Orwell
The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.
Trump Axes Biden-Era Plan To Compensate Passengers For Flight Disruptions
The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And the crap rationale they spewed to justify this was classic Orwell
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Faith leaders and peaceful protesters are being subjected to violence and abuse, including the violent arrest of at least one priest by Illinois State Police, Broadview Police Department, and Cook County Sheriffs at the Broadview ICE Detention Center. (November 14, 2025)
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Faith leaders and peaceful protesters are being subjected to violence and abuse, including the violent arrest of at least one priest by Illinois State Police, Broadview Police Department, and Cook County Sheriffs at the Broadview ICE Detention Center. (November 14, 2025)
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The biggest stock market indexes in the country fell Thursday as the government shutdown came to an end.
World’s 5 Richest People Lose Nearly $50 Billion Combined In Broad Market Sell-Off
The biggest stock market indexes in the country fell Thursday as the government shutdown came to an end.
www.forbes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The biggest stock market indexes in the country fell Thursday as the government shutdown came to an end.
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A medical examiner hired by Jeffrey Epstein‘s family concluded he was likely murdered.
Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?
www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?
www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Jeffrey Epstein Case: Expert Hired By His Family Suggests Doubt On Suicide Finding
A pathologist who observed the autopsy says Epstein's neck fractures are "more indicative" of homicidal strangulation than suicide. The medical examiner stands by her conclusion.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
A medical examiner hired by Jeffrey Epstein‘s family concluded he was likely murdered.
Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?
www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?
www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Keep posting this one
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Keep posting this one
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Latest Epstein Files revelations knock White House on it heels
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
Latest Epstein files knock White House on it heels
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Latest Epstein Files revelations knock White House on it heels
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
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No one brings this up enough:
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
The Secretary of Labor Wants to Cut Funding for an Agency That Combats Human Trafficking
Acosta, who is currently under scrutiny for his 2008 plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, has proposed an 80 percent cut to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs' budget.
psmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
No one brings this up enough:
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding
It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
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The email address triversr@gmail.com belongs to Robert Trivers, an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The email address triversr@gmail.com belongs to Robert Trivers, an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist.
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Mel, a tech startup CEO in Rhode Island, said she refuses to pay, calling the way the federal government has been run in the past year “taxation without representation.”
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
Some People Are Straight-Up Refusing To Pay Taxes With The Dumpster Fire Going On
“Why would I work so hard to give the government my money when they turn around and give me nothing?” one woman said.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Mel, a tech startup CEO in Rhode Island, said she refuses to pay, calling the way the federal government has been run in the past year “taxation without representation.”
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
My story on the growing "why should we pay taxes?" chatter on TikTok in the wake of the government shutdown.
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Solidarity with Starbucks workers! Starbucks makes BILLIONS every year.
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
Merkley, Wyden Call on Starbucks CEO to Stop Union-Busting and Negotiate a Fair Contract for Workers - Merkley
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol demanding that the multibillion-dollar corporation stop its illegal uni...
www.merkley.senate.gov
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Solidarity with Starbucks workers! Starbucks makes BILLIONS every year.
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting.
Everyone should be able to organize at work!
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in support of the GOP's case against California's new congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in support of the GOP's case against California's new congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
Morning fog with gingko
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Morning fog with gingko
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that the US air strikes on “alleged” drug smuggling boats will be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that the US air strikes on “alleged” drug smuggling boats will be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.
Well well well.
Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once he realized that it couldn’t be stopped.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
www.aol.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Well well well.
Make SURE we remember
If congressmen actively attempt to vote against truth and transparency- to hide the truth - and keep trying to protect Trump - that will be on their record as a politician FOREVER. Trump will soon be long gone. They will endure the fallout.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Make SURE we remember
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There is a limitless range of awareness for which we now have no words. Awareness can expand beyond range of your ego, self, familiar identity, beyond everything you've learned, beyond your notions of space and time, beyond the differences that separate people from each other.
—Walter Evans-Wentz
—Walter Evans-Wentz
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
There is a limitless range of awareness for which we now have no words. Awareness can expand beyond range of your ego, self, familiar identity, beyond everything you've learned, beyond your notions of space and time, beyond the differences that separate people from each other.
—Walter Evans-Wentz
—Walter Evans-Wentz