Forward Boomer
@forwardboomer.bsky.social
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Vermont Nana–married
Pro-people, justice, mercy, equity
Retired from faculty development, adjunct faculty, State gov service
BS Music; MS, EdS Adult Learning
ALL memes need alt text
Vermont Nana–married
Pro-people, justice, mercy, equity
Retired from faculty development, adjunct faculty, State gov service
BS Music; MS, EdS Adult Learning
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Class warfare is when there’s a limit to what poor & disabled people can earn before losing their benefits, but no limit to what billionaires can hoard while avoiding taxes.
We must reject the twisted idea that money incentivizes the rich but poverty incentivizes the poor.
We must reject the twisted idea that money incentivizes the rich but poverty incentivizes the poor.
This is spot on 🎯
"We must reject the twisted idea that money incentivizes the rich but poverty incentivizes the poor"
"We must reject the twisted idea that money incentivizes the rich but poverty incentivizes the poor"
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Gullible
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Gullible
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
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NEW: A judge ruled today that the Trump administration had illegally blocked Congress from accessing ICE detention facilities.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW: A judge ruled today that the Trump administration had illegally blocked Congress from accessing ICE detention facilities.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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<all together now>
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
<all together now>
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✅ But they just bombed/murdered more people just prior to the speech.
I don’t believe Trump mentioned Venezuela a single time during his speech
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
✅ But they just bombed/murdered more people just prior to the speech.
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Donald Trump lives in a completely different reality than the rest of America.
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Donald Trump lives in a completely different reality than the rest of America.
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
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#RIP Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#RIP Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
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Writing/English profs! Work with my dear friend Megan at Portland Community College—serving 80K students in PDX
Looking for instructors for first-year writing program with experience/interest in "linguistic diversity, antiracist composition, rhetorical sovereignty, multilingual writers," etc. 🧵
Looking for instructors for first-year writing program with experience/interest in "linguistic diversity, antiracist composition, rhetorical sovereignty, multilingual writers," etc. 🧵
I have been asked to share this FT opening at PCC. Please pass along to anyone who would be a good fit. (More in replies).
Portland Community College seeks applicants for a full-time tenure-track position in our Reading, Writing, and English Program.
Here's the official posting:
Portland Community College seeks applicants for a full-time tenure-track position in our Reading, Writing, and English Program.
Here's the official posting:
Instructor, Reading, Writing, and English (FT)
Join our Team at Portland Community College Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and 19th largest in the nation, serving approximately 80,000 full- and part-t...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Writing/English profs! Work with my dear friend Megan at Portland Community College—serving 80K students in PDX
Looking for instructors for first-year writing program with experience/interest in "linguistic diversity, antiracist composition, rhetorical sovereignty, multilingual writers," etc. 🧵
Looking for instructors for first-year writing program with experience/interest in "linguistic diversity, antiracist composition, rhetorical sovereignty, multilingual writers," etc. 🧵
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Lame duck or...insane duck? Discuss.
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Lame duck or...insane duck? Discuss.
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Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
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But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
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He was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. And he is one of two among that group who is still serving in Congress. (Bill Lucia and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard)
Rep. Dan Newhouse won’t seek reelection after six terms in Congress
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse will not seek reelection in 2026. He announced Wednesday he will retire after serving six terms representing Central WA in Congress.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
He was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. And he is one of two among that group who is still serving in Congress. (Bill Lucia and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard)
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We need to sound the alarm 🚨. Today, the House passed a barbaric piece of legislation that would subject migrant children to invasive bodily searches, keep them in prison, and refuse to let them be released to their families.
Watch now & subscribe to support my human rights advocacy
Watch now & subscribe to support my human rights advocacy
Today: Congress Advances Abuse of Migrant Children
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We need to sound the alarm 🚨. Today, the House passed a barbaric piece of legislation that would subject migrant children to invasive bodily searches, keep them in prison, and refuse to let them be released to their families.
Watch now & subscribe to support my human rights advocacy
Watch now & subscribe to support my human rights advocacy
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Learn more in our new report on how Trump’s failed energy policy is driving America’s energy affordability crisis: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
Exported Energy Affordability: How Trump’s Failed Energy Policy Is Driving America’s Energy Affordability Crisis - Public Citizen
One in six Americans—21 million households—are behind on their energy bills, but the U.S. is sending mass qualities of LNG overseas.
www.citizen.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Learn more in our new report on how Trump’s failed energy policy is driving America’s energy affordability crisis: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
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Trump just said energy prices will fall.
He told that same lie during his campaign.
This year American households paid $12B more for natural gas.
This grifter's own policies are to blame.
He told that same lie during his campaign.
This year American households paid $12B more for natural gas.
This grifter's own policies are to blame.
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Trump just said energy prices will fall.
He told that same lie during his campaign.
This year American households paid $12B more for natural gas.
This grifter's own policies are to blame.
He told that same lie during his campaign.
This year American households paid $12B more for natural gas.
This grifter's own policies are to blame.
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Trump just brazenly lied about healthcare. This corporate tool has done everything for the benefit of insurance executives and nothing for the wellbeing of Americans who need health care.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trump just brazenly lied about healthcare. This corporate tool has done everything for the benefit of insurance executives and nothing for the wellbeing of Americans who need health care.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
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"He's created this permission structure," Michael Steinberger says of Trump. "This is beyond him at this point. Now, people feel very, you know, very free to express bigotry in a way that wasn't the case 10 years ago."
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"He's created this permission structure," Michael Steinberger says of Trump. "This is beyond him at this point. Now, people feel very, you know, very free to express bigotry in a way that wasn't the case 10 years ago."
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New Jersey’s largest cities have been pushing for stronger police oversight for years. But state law currently forbids civilian boards from having any real power over police. Read my latest on where recent elections have left this impasse between cities and the state: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-c...
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight - Bolts
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Jersey’s largest cities have been pushing for stronger police oversight for years. But state law currently forbids civilian boards from having any real power over police. Read my latest on where recent elections have left this impasse between cities and the state: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-c...
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A surge of ICE agents has led to 670 arrests and chaotic standoffs in subzero weather.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A surge of ICE agents has led to 670 arrests and chaotic standoffs in subzero weather.
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(Law & Crime) - Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over Russia probe reporting awards.”
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
(Law & Crime) - Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over Russia probe reporting awards.”
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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More than 3,500 cases of different varieties of salad dressing could be contaminated by "black plastic planting material" in granulated onion, an ingredient in the dressings, according to the FDA.
Salad dressings recalled in 27 U.S. states because they could contain "foreign objects"
Onions used to make the salad dressings could contain "black plastic planting material," according to food regulators.
www.cbsnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More than 3,500 cases of different varieties of salad dressing could be contaminated by "black plastic planting material" in granulated onion, an ingredient in the dressings, according to the FDA.
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Oregon has a rare program that helps people get jobs when they leave prison.
It's made a big difference.
But budget cuts are threatening to end the program, & lawmakers are failing to act to fix it. NEW, check it out: boltsmag.org/oregon-priso...
It's made a big difference.
But budget cuts are threatening to end the program, & lawmakers are failing to act to fix it. NEW, check it out: boltsmag.org/oregon-priso...
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Program for Helping People Get Jobs After Prison - Bolts
The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release.
boltsmag.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oregon has a rare program that helps people get jobs when they leave prison.
It's made a big difference.
But budget cuts are threatening to end the program, & lawmakers are failing to act to fix it. NEW, check it out: boltsmag.org/oregon-priso...
It's made a big difference.
But budget cuts are threatening to end the program, & lawmakers are failing to act to fix it. NEW, check it out: boltsmag.org/oregon-priso...
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To this day, Indyke and Kahn still control Epstein’s $100 million estate portfolio. And it’s not just the money. They also have possession of thousands of Epstein’s emails, bank documents, photographs, calendar items and flight logs.
December 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
To this day, Indyke and Kahn still control Epstein’s $100 million estate portfolio. And it’s not just the money. They also have possession of thousands of Epstein’s emails, bank documents, photographs, calendar items and flight logs.
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Indyke and Kahn are core Epstein henchmen, and the FBI has apparently never bothered to talk to them. It’s also important to remember that Pam Bondi was Florida Attorney General during the time of these crimes, and seemingly never pursued any investigation.
December 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Indyke and Kahn are core Epstein henchmen, and the FBI has apparently never bothered to talk to them. It’s also important to remember that Pam Bondi was Florida Attorney General during the time of these crimes, and seemingly never pursued any investigation.
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Indyke and Kahn even took millions each from Epstein’s accounts shortly before his arrest and after his death. Here’s the real head scratcher: it appears neither Indyke nor Kahn have EVER BEEN QUESTIONED in connection with any criminal investigation of Epstein’s crimes.
December 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Indyke and Kahn even took millions each from Epstein’s accounts shortly before his arrest and after his death. Here’s the real head scratcher: it appears neither Indyke nor Kahn have EVER BEEN QUESTIONED in connection with any criminal investigation of Epstein’s crimes.
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Call your reps and tell them we don’t want to go to war with Venezuela!
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Call your reps and tell them we don’t want to go to war with Venezuela!