Joanne
@jomwill.bsky.social
Enjoy being retired, gardening & nature. Backyard wildlife admirer & Seahawks fan.
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Official count estimates are up - before it was "nearly 7m" then it was "roughly 7m" now it is officially "more than 7m." Trend is up!
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Official count estimates are up - before it was "nearly 7m" then it was "roughly 7m" now it is officially "more than 7m." Trend is up!
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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
This government shutdown is on Republicans for refusing to negotiate. Democrats must continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
October 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This government shutdown is on Republicans for refusing to negotiate. Democrats must continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
Please sign the petition to uphold the Paris Agreement.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement!
The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational right—the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...
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April 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Please sign the petition to uphold the Paris Agreement.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship case in a couple of weeks. They have declined to lift the stay that keeps him from enforcing his executive order at least until the day of the hearing www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship (Gift Article)
The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship case in a couple of weeks. They have declined to lift the stay that keeps him from enforcing his executive order at least until the day of the hearing www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
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38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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"Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said budesonide was helping to “heal” measles patients. It’s reminiscent of the days when fringe doctors said ivermectin could cure Covid..."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Kennedy draws from misinformation playbook by touting an inhaled steroid to treat measles
Trump’s health secretary said budesonide was helping to “heal” measles patients. It’s reminiscent of the days when fringe doctors said ivermectin could cure Covid.
www.nbcnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said budesonide was helping to “heal” measles patients. It’s reminiscent of the days when fringe doctors said ivermectin could cure Covid..."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
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"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..."
www.advocate.com/politics/hug...
www.advocate.com/politics/hug...
Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters
The GOP struggles to defend the unpopular Trump administration’s policies.
www.advocate.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..."
www.advocate.com/politics/hug...
www.advocate.com/politics/hug...
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"The interview was a reminder of Musk’s hostility toward Social Security, which provides monthly benefits to retirees and some children. Musk has described it as 'the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time'. Trump's administration is shutting down some of the agency’s offices"
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The interview was a reminder of Musk’s hostility toward Social Security, which provides monthly benefits to retirees and some children. Musk has described it as 'the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time'. Trump's administration is shutting down some of the agency’s offices"
apnews.com/article/elon...
apnews.com/article/elon...
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"Economists at JPMorgan Chase said Monday that the risk of a recession had edged up to 40% from 30% owing to 'extreme U.S. policies'.”
'This is very much a man-made situation,' said the chief investment officer at Key Private Bank."
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
'This is very much a man-made situation,' said the chief investment officer at Key Private Bank."
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Wall Street Fears Trump Will Wreck the Soft Landing
The economy’s pilot has a new message: Fasten your seat belts. “He is telling us, in everything he is doing, that he is not kidding around.”
www.wsj.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Economists at JPMorgan Chase said Monday that the risk of a recession had edged up to 40% from 30% owing to 'extreme U.S. policies'.”
'This is very much a man-made situation,' said the chief investment officer at Key Private Bank."
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
'This is very much a man-made situation,' said the chief investment officer at Key Private Bank."
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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"Republican Senators have in recent days made the case to Cabinet secretaries and other Trump officials... trying to finagle exceptions to Trump’s executive orders or cuts made by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service that freeze hundreds of billions of dollars..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Republican Senators have in recent days made the case to Cabinet secretaries and other Trump officials... trying to finagle exceptions to Trump’s executive orders or cuts made by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service that freeze hundreds of billions of dollars..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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'It's morally disgusting': Trump torched for lying Ukraine 'should have never started' Putin's war
'It's morally disgusting': Trump torched for lying Ukraine 'should have never started' Putin's war
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is joined by Yale History Professor Timothy Snyder to discuss Donald Trump saying Ukraine ‘should have never started it’ about Vladimir Putin’s war on the same day that U.S....
www.msnbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
'It's morally disgusting': Trump torched for lying Ukraine 'should have never started' Putin's war
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Statement from the Kennedy Center board reminding people that Trump cannot simply declare he’s chair of the board and they haven’t received any communication about it. The board members elect the chair (T can replace board members however and some have been asked to go).
February 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Statement from the Kennedy Center board reminding people that Trump cannot simply declare he’s chair of the board and they haven’t received any communication about it. The board members elect the chair (T can replace board members however and some have been asked to go).
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They’re trying to make trans people be the first domino piece and once we fall, all rights will be at risk. We need our allies’ support now more than ever.
Trans people deserve safety.
Trans people deserve dignity.
Trans people deserve respect.
Trans people deserve love.
Trans people deserve joy.
Trans people deserve safety.
Trans people deserve dignity.
Trans people deserve respect.
Trans people deserve love.
Trans people deserve joy.
February 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
They’re trying to make trans people be the first domino piece and once we fall, all rights will be at risk. We need our allies’ support now more than ever.
Trans people deserve safety.
Trans people deserve dignity.
Trans people deserve respect.
Trans people deserve love.
Trans people deserve joy.
Trans people deserve safety.
Trans people deserve dignity.
Trans people deserve respect.
Trans people deserve love.
Trans people deserve joy.