Flora
@flora1910.bsky.social
Music biz lifer, Chicagoan for 35 years, now a happy suburbanite. Diehard Cubs fan. Plants and gardening keep me sane. So does a vodka gimlet.
I hate Donald Trump and MAGA with the fire of 10 billion suns.
I hate Donald Trump and MAGA with the fire of 10 billion suns.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
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BREAKING: WaPo is easily duped.
Breaking news: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has released 33,295 pages of documents related to convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein in what is expected to be the first in a series of documents made public.
House committee releases first batch of Epstein documents
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Kentucky) subpoenaed the Justice Department for the documents before the recess.
wapo.st
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
BREAKING: WaPo is easily duped.
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But I thought the Trump admin was trying to fight crime in DC. Open carry isn’t legal, but they’re going to turn a blind eye?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
🚨 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro directed her office to no longer seek felony charges against individuals carrying rifles or shotguns in D.C.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
🚨 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro directed her office to no longer seek felony charges against individuals carrying rifles or shotguns in D.C.
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
But I thought the Trump admin was trying to fight crime in DC. Open carry isn’t legal, but they’re going to turn a blind eye?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
🚨 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro directed her office to no longer seek felony charges against individuals carrying rifles or shotguns in D.C.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
🚨 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro directed her office to no longer seek felony charges against individuals carrying rifles or shotguns in D.C.
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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It’s time for these victims receive justice. It’s time for Trump to stop protecting the rich & powerful & to start telling the truth. It’s also time for Republicans in Congress to find the courage to sign the discharge petition that would force a vote to release the Epstein files. (2/2)
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s time for these victims receive justice. It’s time for Trump to stop protecting the rich & powerful & to start telling the truth. It’s also time for Republicans in Congress to find the courage to sign the discharge petition that would force a vote to release the Epstein files. (2/2)
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I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
September 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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Now, the U.S. Space Command will not be fully operational for years because the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama lacks the existing infrastructure already available in Colorado.
But Alabama is a GOP-dominant state. So, Trump is catering to his base over national security. Yet again.
But Alabama is a GOP-dominant state. So, Trump is catering to his base over national security. Yet again.
September 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Now, the U.S. Space Command will not be fully operational for years because the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama lacks the existing infrastructure already available in Colorado.
But Alabama is a GOP-dominant state. So, Trump is catering to his base over national security. Yet again.
But Alabama is a GOP-dominant state. So, Trump is catering to his base over national security. Yet again.
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"Silence is complicity"
Should be the sign that sits prominently on the desk of every elected Democrat in the country.
Should be the sign that sits prominently on the desk of every elected Democrat in the country.
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Silence is complicity"
Should be the sign that sits prominently on the desk of every elected Democrat in the country.
Should be the sign that sits prominently on the desk of every elected Democrat in the country.
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US military personnel in uniform literally were on their hands and knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century
August 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
US military personnel in uniform literally were on their hands and knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century
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This is a real tweet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
July 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is a real tweet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Trump’s budget bill takes from the sick to give to the ultra-rich.
17 million people could lose health care. But the wealthy? They get new loopholes, tax breaks, and favors from Washington.
Billionaires and big corporations get special treatment. Working people get screwed.
17 million people could lose health care. But the wealthy? They get new loopholes, tax breaks, and favors from Washington.
Billionaires and big corporations get special treatment. Working people get screwed.
July 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump’s budget bill takes from the sick to give to the ultra-rich.
17 million people could lose health care. But the wealthy? They get new loopholes, tax breaks, and favors from Washington.
Billionaires and big corporations get special treatment. Working people get screwed.
17 million people could lose health care. But the wealthy? They get new loopholes, tax breaks, and favors from Washington.
Billionaires and big corporations get special treatment. Working people get screwed.
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Again to the point. Inside federal law enforcement ICE has always had a terrible rep. Place for people who can't get jobs at the more legit/disciplined federal policing agencies. High zeal to beat people up, low competence. Will get vastly worse hiring vast numbers under time pressure.
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Again to the point. Inside federal law enforcement ICE has always had a terrible rep. Place for people who can't get jobs at the more legit/disciplined federal policing agencies. High zeal to beat people up, low competence. Will get vastly worse hiring vast numbers under time pressure.
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If you have EVER wondered why I have ratcheted up my game, I can think of no better post to show you…than this one.
July 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If you have EVER wondered why I have ratcheted up my game, I can think of no better post to show you…than this one.
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Better fact: Liberia was created by formerly freed Black Americans in the 1820s. Those Black Americans & their descendants became the ruling class in Liberia.
Some President’s aides brief their principal on the history of the country with whose leader he’s meeting. He wouldn’t listen anyway.
Some President’s aides brief their principal on the history of the country with whose leader he’s meeting. He wouldn’t listen anyway.
Trump to Liberian President Boakai: “Such good English. Beautiful English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
Fun fact: English is the official language of Liberia.
Fun fact: English is the official language of Liberia.
July 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Better fact: Liberia was created by formerly freed Black Americans in the 1820s. Those Black Americans & their descendants became the ruling class in Liberia.
Some President’s aides brief their principal on the history of the country with whose leader he’s meeting. He wouldn’t listen anyway.
Some President’s aides brief their principal on the history of the country with whose leader he’s meeting. He wouldn’t listen anyway.
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I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.
These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.
Read my full letter to my colleagues here:
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.
Read my full letter to my colleagues here:
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
crockett.house.gov
June 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.
These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.
Read my full letter to my colleagues here:
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.
Read my full letter to my colleagues here:
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
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I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
May 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I may be the only lawyer targeted by Trump willing to speak on camera, but for me it wasn't a choice. All of us have an obligation to speak out against what Trump is doing. All of us have an obligation to fight for democracy. I am fortunate to be a lawyer and to have a platform -- and I will use it.
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Breaking news: A judge said she will require Trump administration officials to produce in-depth details about the U.S. governments attempts, or lack thereof, to return a Maryland resident who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Judge says Justice Department must provide details of attempts to return wrongly deported man
Waiting on judge to rule on motion to find Trump admin in contempt
www.washingtonpost.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Breaking news: A judge said she will require Trump administration officials to produce in-depth details about the U.S. governments attempts, or lack thereof, to return a Maryland resident who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Are you in #Georgia? Near Cobb County?
If so, there's an excellent opportunity for #GoodTrouble
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall meeting at 6pm ET.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
If so, there's an excellent opportunity for #GoodTrouble
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall meeting at 6pm ET.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Are you in #Georgia? Near Cobb County?
If so, there's an excellent opportunity for #GoodTrouble
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall meeting at 6pm ET.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
If so, there's an excellent opportunity for #GoodTrouble
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall meeting at 6pm ET.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
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A federal judge just ordered intensive expedited discovery into Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Garcia. The latest:
Federal Judge Set to Order Two Weeks of Intensive Expedited Discovery in Abrego Garcia Case
This is another step in a long legal process. But, it's moving fast.
meidasnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A federal judge just ordered intensive expedited discovery into Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Garcia. The latest:
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THIS IS THE ENERGY WE NEED!!!
April 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
THIS IS THE ENERGY WE NEED!!!
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Randy Fine, running in FL’s special election next week, threatened to defund the Special Olympics because they invited a school board member he didn’t like to an event. t.co/IpUownJHA9
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/23/randy-fine-threatened-special-olympics-city-funding-over-personal-spat/7416445001/
t.co
March 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Randy Fine, running in FL’s special election next week, threatened to defund the Special Olympics because they invited a school board member he didn’t like to an event. t.co/IpUownJHA9
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Steve Davis, a longtime Musk loyalist and the COO of DOGE, looks like he’s off his rocker.
Is Elon sharing his ketamine?
Those pupils are huge and bro is a sweaty mess.
Yikes.
Is Elon sharing his ketamine?
Those pupils are huge and bro is a sweaty mess.
Yikes.
March 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Steve Davis, a longtime Musk loyalist and the COO of DOGE, looks like he’s off his rocker.
Is Elon sharing his ketamine?
Those pupils are huge and bro is a sweaty mess.
Yikes.
Is Elon sharing his ketamine?
Those pupils are huge and bro is a sweaty mess.
Yikes.
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I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
March 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
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Wisconsin—ignore the polls & get your ass to the voting booth on Tuesday. Elon Musk is dumping millions to turn out a group that usually stays home—voters that the pollsters didn’t account for.
Don’t let the richest man on Earth buy your state to serve his own interests. Show up and shut him down.👀
Don’t let the richest man on Earth buy your state to serve his own interests. Show up and shut him down.👀
March 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Wisconsin—ignore the polls & get your ass to the voting booth on Tuesday. Elon Musk is dumping millions to turn out a group that usually stays home—voters that the pollsters didn’t account for.
Don’t let the richest man on Earth buy your state to serve his own interests. Show up and shut him down.👀
Don’t let the richest man on Earth buy your state to serve his own interests. Show up and shut him down.👀