Glenda de Guzman
@gdeguzman.bsky.social
Progressive lawyer loving my life on the gorgeous Central Coast of California.
#DoNotObeyInAdvance #BeAsCourageousAsYouCan #WeAreAnti-Fascist #Resist
#DoNotObeyInAdvance #BeAsCourageousAsYouCan #WeAreAnti-Fascist #Resist
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Glenda de Guzman
@gdeguzman.bsky.social
· Nov 17
My first post...because my doodle Fiona says every day is a good day to wear a Christmas sweater!
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The New Republic is doing it right. Journalists take note
January 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The New Republic is doing it right. Journalists take note
Trump is an abuser. First he'll desecrate, then he'll destroy.
Our incoming president is doing everything possible to embarrass this country.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
December 1, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Trump is an abuser. First he'll desecrate, then he'll destroy.
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Our incoming president is doing everything possible to embarrass this country.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
November 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Our incoming president is doing everything possible to embarrass this country.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
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A funny one by Steve Martin & Harry Bliss
November 17, 2024 at 12:59 AM
A funny one by Steve Martin & Harry Bliss
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Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
November 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
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I feel that same throbbing wound in my heart that I experienced a few times before. When I learned my fiancé was screwing other guys, when my mother abandoned my family, and again, now - when my nation chose fascism and hard times ahead through a racist villain who is guilty of sex abuse and fraud.
November 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM
I feel that same throbbing wound in my heart that I experienced a few times before. When I learned my fiancé was screwing other guys, when my mother abandoned my family, and again, now - when my nation chose fascism and hard times ahead through a racist villain who is guilty of sex abuse and fraud.
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These Neocons want to use the word MANDATE because we all know, they can't get one with a woman. :p
November 20, 2024 at 6:34 PM
These Neocons want to use the word MANDATE because we all know, they can't get one with a woman. :p
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
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BREAKING: The U.S. House just passed a bill that could devastate nonprofits, chill free speech, and hand Trump unchecked power.
Why H.R. 9495 is a disaster waiting to happen and why the U.S. Senate must reject it. ⬇️
Why H.R. 9495 is a disaster waiting to happen and why the U.S. Senate must reject it. ⬇️
November 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. House just passed a bill that could devastate nonprofits, chill free speech, and hand Trump unchecked power.
Why H.R. 9495 is a disaster waiting to happen and why the U.S. Senate must reject it. ⬇️
Why H.R. 9495 is a disaster waiting to happen and why the U.S. Senate must reject it. ⬇️
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Sarah McBride: "I worried that the heart of this country wasn't big enough to support someone like me. And over the last decade, I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible ... I carry that with me."
November 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Sarah McBride: "I worried that the heart of this country wasn't big enough to support someone like me. And over the last decade, I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible ... I carry that with me."
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Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign, Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration. The plan would empower corporations to unprecedented levels. #opcanary
Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign
Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign, Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration. The plan would empower corporations to unprecedented levels. #opcanary
Yet even his bottom 5 equals an apocalypse of clowns and/or horrors.
Trump avoids scrutiny about his mental decline because it’s not even in the top 5 of the scariest things about him.
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Yet even his bottom 5 equals an apocalypse of clowns and/or horrors.
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Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."
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Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
November 23, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
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Vanity Fair's weird story about Cormac McCarthy grooming an abused 16-year-old girl and then stealing her stories and voice for his books thing has really bothered me (and a lot of other women). A bit more on that subject from my memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence about muse as trap....
November 23, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Vanity Fair's weird story about Cormac McCarthy grooming an abused 16-year-old girl and then stealing her stories and voice for his books thing has really bothered me (and a lot of other women). A bit more on that subject from my memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence about muse as trap....
Sunday reading: What awaits us in a second Trump presidency?
A much more extreme rightwing regime that is vastly better prepared and will be operating under conditions that are significantly more favorable to its political cause.
I wrote about what’s different than in 2016/17.
This week’s piece:
A much more extreme rightwing regime that is vastly better prepared and will be operating under conditions that are significantly more favorable to its political cause.
I wrote about what’s different than in 2016/17.
This week’s piece:
Why the Second Trump Regime Will Be Far More Dangerous
This will be a much more radical regime – and it will operate under conditions that are vastly more favorable to its extremist cause
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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When all is said and done we’re going to realize just how fucking close this election really was.
This is no landslide.
This is no landslide.
November 17, 2024 at 5:48 AM
When all is said and done we’re going to realize just how fucking close this election really was.
This is no landslide.
This is no landslide.
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“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.”
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Timothy Snyder: ‘You have to be in the moment in order to get through the moment’
In a time when many voters feel despair following the presidential election, it’s key to remember this is not the end. Americans still have their freedom and there are ways to remain politically activ...
www.msnbc.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:05 PM
“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.”
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Half of Shakespeare’s plays are sex and the other half are literal fart jokes but nobody would shame you for reading that bullshit in public. And this what I be talking about!
November 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Half of Shakespeare’s plays are sex and the other half are literal fart jokes but nobody would shame you for reading that bullshit in public. And this what I be talking about!
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You don’t need the opposing viewpoint when the opposing viewpoint is literally fascism.
November 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM
You don’t need the opposing viewpoint when the opposing viewpoint is literally fascism.
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A real man who is secure in his masculinity isn’t threatened by anyone who has a different notion of masculinity.
November 17, 2024 at 4:36 AM
A real man who is secure in his masculinity isn’t threatened by anyone who has a different notion of masculinity.
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New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social
Kamala Harris’s hidden barrier
Her rise and fall illustrates the Glass Cliff.
www.publicnotice.co
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social
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Grateful for parks, libraries, and places where anyone can go
November 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Grateful for parks, libraries, and places where anyone can go