Gretchen
@gbrahm4.bsky.social
Mom, public education fan and advocate, hiker, reluctant runner, animal lover
I was in that march and appreciate this view!
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I was in that march and appreciate this view!
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Well this aged like unpasteurized milk🤌
3 days ago:
“Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.”
–Pete Hegseth
3 days ago:
“Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.”
–Pete Hegseth
March 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well this aged like unpasteurized milk🤌
3 days ago:
“Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.”
–Pete Hegseth
3 days ago:
“Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.”
–Pete Hegseth
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
Well, holy crap. 😳
This new EO is a doozy, clearly written to test the constitutionality of independent agencies at the SCt. It purports to effectively bring all independent agencies - including the Fed Election Cmsn and the Fed (in part) under presidential control. Irreconcilable w/existing law full stop. /1
ATTN: Since the White House only posted the Fact Sheet of his ~only the president and AG can say what the law is~ EO, I moved the email of the actual EO, which was sent to the press list from the Office of Communications, into a PDF and posted it.
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Well, holy crap. 😳
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Don’t bother trying to explain the economic consequences of tariffs to morons who believe treating people fairly makes airplanes crash
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Don’t bother trying to explain the economic consequences of tariffs to morons who believe treating people fairly makes airplanes crash
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The people of Colorado are NOT happy with what's happening in Washington DC. If you didn't know, let this make it very clear.
February 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The people of Colorado are NOT happy with what's happening in Washington DC. If you didn't know, let this make it very clear.
This is absolutely alarming and horrible.
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is absolutely alarming and horrible.
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
This is a crucial point to remember. MAGA has had this dehumanizing propaganda fed to them even longer.
Such an important point…
“The country has been hardened by a nine-year deliberate campaign of dehumanization.” — @NicolleDWallace
We didn’t get here overnight. This wasn’t a quick process.
“The country has been hardened by a nine-year deliberate campaign of dehumanization.” — @NicolleDWallace
We didn’t get here overnight. This wasn’t a quick process.
January 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is a crucial point to remember. MAGA has had this dehumanizing propaganda fed to them even longer.
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Thank you @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing my Op-Ed today.
RFK Jr.’s “confirmation would undermine public health and betray hardworking health care professionals and researchers who work relentlessly to keep our patients safe and healthy”
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-nu...
RFK Jr.’s “confirmation would undermine public health and betray hardworking health care professionals and researchers who work relentlessly to keep our patients safe and healthy”
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-nu...
I saw during COVID what RFK Jr.'s brand of skepticism could do | Op-Ed
During COVID, when health professionals needed support from the public with vaccinations, I saw firsthand how misinformation led to death and trauma.
www.seattletimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thank you @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social for publishing my Op-Ed today.
RFK Jr.’s “confirmation would undermine public health and betray hardworking health care professionals and researchers who work relentlessly to keep our patients safe and healthy”
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-nu...
RFK Jr.’s “confirmation would undermine public health and betray hardworking health care professionals and researchers who work relentlessly to keep our patients safe and healthy”
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-nu...
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Do not
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Do not
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
This. Absolutely this.
Autism doesn’t make you racist, folks. That’s not how this works. That’s not how ANY of this works. Please don’t drag our autistic loved ones into that flaming mess. Just … no.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This. Absolutely this.
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things i think as we enter another 4 years in the funhouse:
1/ trump doesn't have the horses or the discipline to end democracy and stuff
2/ trump's agenda is going to be very unpopular when it's actually implemented
3/ this is still gonna be a nightmare
1/ trump doesn't have the horses or the discipline to end democracy and stuff
2/ trump's agenda is going to be very unpopular when it's actually implemented
3/ this is still gonna be a nightmare
January 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
things i think as we enter another 4 years in the funhouse:
1/ trump doesn't have the horses or the discipline to end democracy and stuff
2/ trump's agenda is going to be very unpopular when it's actually implemented
3/ this is still gonna be a nightmare
1/ trump doesn't have the horses or the discipline to end democracy and stuff
2/ trump's agenda is going to be very unpopular when it's actually implemented
3/ this is still gonna be a nightmare
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one reason i am adamant that we should not treat the constitution as purely or exclusively a form of law is that it cedes the field to clever lawyers. “oh, well if some chuds in trump’s white house says birthright citizenship doesn’t exist then i guess it doesn’t exist.” but
January 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
one reason i am adamant that we should not treat the constitution as purely or exclusively a form of law is that it cedes the field to clever lawyers. “oh, well if some chuds in trump’s white house says birthright citizenship doesn’t exist then i guess it doesn’t exist.” but
This feels appropriate for today and, at least, the next 4 years.
January 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This feels appropriate for today and, at least, the next 4 years.
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Today: On how all the normalizing is about (in part) fear of facing the grief & loss that this moment demands.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
Feel. Then Do.
our work in this new era
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today: On how all the normalizing is about (in part) fear of facing the grief & loss that this moment demands.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
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Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
I'll be going dark on Meta platforms beginning Sunday for at least a week. And no Amazon purchases during that time, either.
January 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'll be going dark on Meta platforms beginning Sunday for at least a week. And no Amazon purchases during that time, either.
Exactly this.
Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it.
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Exactly this.