Esther Widgren
@feralmum.bsky.social
Retired bench scientist. Loves life, family, friends, animals, nature, and hands-on projects.
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Jeanine Pirro becoming the Washington Generals of prosecutors.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Jeanine Pirro becoming the Washington Generals of prosecutors.
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Bold claim from a guy whose party leader tries to silence anyone who disagrees with him.
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Bold claim from a guy whose party leader tries to silence anyone who disagrees with him.
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Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?
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Assignment editors at local TV stations are very responsive to viewers' suggestions. People can call the stations the night before and ask who will be covering the marches/rallies. Let them know you expect them there.
Local coverage often leads to national coverage.
Assignment editors at local TV stations are very responsive to viewers' suggestions. People can call the stations the night before and ask who will be covering the marches/rallies. Let them know you expect them there.
Local coverage often leads to national coverage.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: The overwhelming majority of protesters in Los Angeles have been peaceful. But you would not know that from watching Fox News.
June 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Assignment editors at local TV stations are very responsive to viewers' suggestions. People can call the stations the night before and ask who will be covering the marches/rallies. Let them know you expect them there.
Local coverage often leads to national coverage.
Assignment editors at local TV stations are very responsive to viewers' suggestions. People can call the stations the night before and ask who will be covering the marches/rallies. Let them know you expect them there.
Local coverage often leads to national coverage.
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BREAKING: This ain’t a protest.
This is a reckoning. Raleigh, NC is flooding the streets with one message: ICE is a violent gang.
Trump is a fascist thug.
And if you stand with either—you’re a fucking enemy.
This is a reckoning. Raleigh, NC is flooding the streets with one message: ICE is a violent gang.
Trump is a fascist thug.
And if you stand with either—you’re a fucking enemy.
June 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
BREAKING: This ain’t a protest.
This is a reckoning. Raleigh, NC is flooding the streets with one message: ICE is a violent gang.
Trump is a fascist thug.
And if you stand with either—you’re a fucking enemy.
This is a reckoning. Raleigh, NC is flooding the streets with one message: ICE is a violent gang.
Trump is a fascist thug.
And if you stand with either—you’re a fucking enemy.
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Why accountability matters: “Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania), kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina) and other forms of public intimidation (Washington state, California). Opinion”
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Why accountability matters: “Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania), kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina) and other forms of public intimidation (Washington state, California). Opinion”
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RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
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Not all resistance wears a bullhorn.
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
June 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Not all resistance wears a bullhorn.
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
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Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
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Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Really good WSJ article on ICE escalations over recent weeks including Miller's visit to ICE national HQ where he demanded Home Depot raids. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
www.wsj.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
April 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
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i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Don’t let Trump’s military parade distract from the blunt force he is more than eager to deploy in cities like Los Angeles, says @timobrien.bsky.social
Trump’s Birthday Parade Isn’t a Harmless Military Spectacle
Don’t let the president’s party distract from the blunt force he is more than eager to deploy in cities like Los Angeles.
www.bloomberg.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Don’t let Trump’s military parade distract from the blunt force he is more than eager to deploy in cities like Los Angeles, says @timobrien.bsky.social
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"Recall this observation, from the first of the Federalist Papers: 'Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.'”
June 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Recall this observation, from the first of the Federalist Papers: 'Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.'”
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"The June 14, 2025 parade and celebration will be the successor to January 6, 2021—a celebration of 'patriotism' that is deeply anti-democratic, and of a man who is the most authoritarian president in American history."
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...
No Kings: Stand Against Trump’s Un-American Birthday Bash
He claims it’s about the Army, but it’s really about him.
www.thebulwark.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"The June 14, 2025 parade and celebration will be the successor to January 6, 2021—a celebration of 'patriotism' that is deeply anti-democratic, and of a man who is the most authoritarian president in American history."
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...
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So Trump’s pet autocrat is in business with MS-13? Of course he is.
Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes.
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So Trump’s pet autocrat is in business with MS-13? Of course he is.
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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
June 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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This explains why a Fox News viewer I spoke to over the weekend thinks that Joe Biden is the most corrupt President ever, and doesn’t know a single thing about Trump’s blatantly corrupt activities around crypto, pardons, etc.
Mentions on this morning's Fox & Friends
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
June 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This explains why a Fox News viewer I spoke to over the weekend thinks that Joe Biden is the most corrupt President ever, and doesn’t know a single thing about Trump’s blatantly corrupt activities around crypto, pardons, etc.
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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I feel safer already.
June 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I feel safer already.