Julie
@jem2001.bsky.social
Almost empty nester Midwest mom who misses a time when that other app was fun.
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Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.
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man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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maybe it's a weakness in my character but I'll never be able to forgive my fellow Americans for any of this
it's just never going to happen
it's just never going to happen
Trump in front of the migrant cages at DeSantis's camp: "Biden wanted me in here, that son of a bitch."
July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
maybe it's a weakness in my character but I'll never be able to forgive my fellow Americans for any of this
it's just never going to happen
it's just never going to happen
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He heard about refugees applying for asylum and his 1990s frozen brain associated that with Silence of the Lambs having mental asylums but no one in the media has ever thought to ask him about it god I fucking hate it here.
Trump: "People from mental institutions and insane asylums. You know what that is? Insane asylum, that's a mental institution on steroids. During the campaign I'd talk about the late great Hannibal Lecter."
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He heard about refugees applying for asylum and his 1990s frozen brain associated that with Silence of the Lambs having mental asylums but no one in the media has ever thought to ask him about it god I fucking hate it here.
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Youth pastor voice: You know who else took on a globally important leadership role at the age of 33?
June 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Youth pastor voice: You know who else took on a globally important leadership role at the age of 33?
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Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
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When the President, who claims to be a Christian, deploys the National Guard to crush immigration protests by diverse people speaking many languages on the FEAST of PENTECOST, that's a special kind of sin.
June 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
When the President, who claims to be a Christian, deploys the National Guard to crush immigration protests by diverse people speaking many languages on the FEAST of PENTECOST, that's a special kind of sin.
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Wow. Just wow.
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
May 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wow. Just wow.
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This tacky piece of shit looks like they found a design team from 1979 and paid them in cocaine.
Trump: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls…They don’t need 250 pencils, they can have 5.”
Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.
Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.
May 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This tacky piece of shit looks like they found a design team from 1979 and paid them in cocaine.
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I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.
May 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.
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Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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These are extremely troubling times, and the only way we can imagine getting through it is with kindness and looking for solidarity with our neighbors and fellow community members, which includes our international students.
We support our international students - Opinion
Last week, the Republican-majority federal government’s cruel, anti-immigrant agenda became a local issue when an unspecified number of University of Illinois international students had their visas ab...
www.smilepolitely.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These are extremely troubling times, and the only way we can imagine getting through it is with kindness and looking for solidarity with our neighbors and fellow community members, which includes our international students.
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It's pretty wild to me that that Democratic leadership in Congress are struggling with rapid response and messaging generally, and somehow, there's J. B. Pritzker, a center-left Democrat from the Midwest, making it look easy and winning over folks across the ideological spectrum.
March 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's pretty wild to me that that Democratic leadership in Congress are struggling with rapid response and messaging generally, and somehow, there's J. B. Pritzker, a center-left Democrat from the Midwest, making it look easy and winning over folks across the ideological spectrum.
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Voting yes for this referendum is a small step we can take towards making a difference right here in Champaign-Urbana.
A low barrier homeless shelter is still a good thing - Opinion
The push to open a new low-barrier shelter began in 2022, when the City of Champaign Township board and Champaign City Council unanimously approved using about $4 million of funding from the American ...
www.smilepolitely.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Voting yes for this referendum is a small step we can take towards making a difference right here in Champaign-Urbana.
That’s my governor @govpritzker.illinois.gov leading the way 💪🏼
Keep it up. He should not know peace until he gets his act together or resigns leadership. archive.is/Rv504
January 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
That’s my governor @govpritzker.illinois.gov leading the way 💪🏼
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Illinois friends, being in a blue state does not mean we don’t have anti-trans legislation being introduced here. Call your reps and let them know these measures are trash. translegislation.com/bills/2025/IL
Anti-trans Legislation: Illinois
In 2025, states around the country are voting on bills that would block trans people from receiving basic healthcare, education, legal recognition, and the right to publicly exist. Learn more and spea...
translegislation.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Illinois friends, being in a blue state does not mean we don’t have anti-trans legislation being introduced here. Call your reps and let them know these measures are trash. translegislation.com/bills/2025/IL
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
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Our work at Smile Politely is a testament to how deeply we care about our community. As it turns out, that’s where all of us as community members can have the biggest impact.
Executive orders and our community: Supporting the rights of immigrants - Opinion
Well, it’s been a week, hasn’t it? We are sure we are not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the firehose of disastrous information we’ve been hit with in just these first several days of the ...
www.smilepolitely.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our work at Smile Politely is a testament to how deeply we care about our community. As it turns out, that’s where all of us as community members can have the biggest impact.
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Shop at COSTCO, folks. The only company that didn't cave and furthermore doubled down on DEI efforts and said it has helped their revenue, their products, their employees, and their customers.
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat cnb.cx/3POyGEd
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
Target joins Walmart, Meta, McDonald's and a wave of other major companies pulling back on DEI programs.
cnb.cx
January 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Shop at COSTCO, folks. The only company that didn't cave and furthermore doubled down on DEI efforts and said it has helped their revenue, their products, their employees, and their customers.
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!