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Jonel ❌👑
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Retired, living on a barge. USMC raised, expect swearing. Anti racist feminist

Dog/Cat fostering

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Jonel ❌👑 @jonelstr.bsky.social · Aug 4
SEATTLE! ***💕GRACIE NEEDS HER FOREVER HOME💕***

This foster girl is THE SWEETEST, goofiest, funniest, most loyal companion anyone could want. She is easy-going with humans, loves men AND women & teens. (No idea about littles)

Adoption fee is covered at SavingGreatAnimals.org.
SEATTLE! ***💕GRACIE NEEDS HER FOREVER HOME💕*** This foster girl is THE SWEETEST, goofiest, funniest, most loyal companion anyone could want. She is easy-going with humans, loves men AND women & teens. (No idea about littles) She has loads of energy and LOVES to SWIM, go for walks, SWIM, fetch, sniff, hang out with her people. Easy personality, friendly or indifferent with other dogs on walks. She can be situational with packs of dogs so no dog parks. She is perfect for one, two or a family of humans - the more human attention, the better! Food is her other passion. She is very food motivated -which can be helpful if she is in a Diva mood. She is not a morning girl - likes to sleep in given the chance. And goes to bed early if she doesn't like what you have on TV. She has a strong prey drive for cats, not so much around bunnies or squirrels although she notices them. She has some arthritis so a home with limited steps would be best. She can do some but a steep staircase would be a long term challenge. She on her second go 'round in foster care and it is not her fault. She was surrendered 2+ years ago by her family of 9 years. 😭 Adopted for 2 years then surrendered again due to death in the family and caregiver issues. Again, not her fault ! EVERYONE who meets her falls in love. Are you the right fit? She is a big girl, a very active senior and wants to be the only dog in the house - not too much to ask for a dog this adorkable and sweet. Adoption fee is covered at SavingGreatAnimals.org. Happy blond lap/pit mix smiling in the car Happy blond lap/pit mix sitting on a dock with two people standing behind her Happy blond lap/pit mix being petted by three children in a park
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jamiegangel.bsky.social
New - Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break

www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
“A shocking number of kids in the United States can't read very well. A third of all fourth-graders can't read at a basic level, and most students are still not proficient readers by the time they finish high school.”

Please learn/teach phonics, people, phonics! 🤦🏻‍♀️
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Unmask ICE: Stop the Raids, End the Fear.
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
So sayeth we all
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women's studies in New York says: "I'm 94, and I told my doctor I hope I live to see him in jail."
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women's studies in New York says: "I'm 94, and I told my doctor I hope I live to see him in jail."
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Mark L. Wolf has resigned as a federal judge in Massachusetts, a position he's held since 1985:
 
"My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. Pres. Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes."
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
"Never has the dark side of the phrase “history is the propaganda of the victors” been so starkly apparent."
Trump’s Sinister Attempt to Whitewash History
His spate of pardons is an offense against all of us.
harrylitman.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
December 13th, Volunteers are needed to place wreaths at Veterans’ cemeteries across the country. It is a small but loving gesture that is enormously satisfying. I encourage anyone to participate if you can.
Wreaths Across America
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 4...
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
Damn - was your keyboard still on fire when you finished this piece?
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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elienyc.bsky.social
Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster
Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
That’s what it is, what I was getting at about my texts this morning.

Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
newsjennifer.bsky.social @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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joshsternberg.com
Bari Weiss, not a journalist, is running one of the most storied news orgs away from the exploration of truth and into the arms of right wing grievance. It is her brand, and now CBS News's brand.

She's a right-wing content marketer who doesn't require standards bc she's creating ads for GOP.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago

For Americans: Bread lines
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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kneekocker.bsky.social
2/ AND Military leadership pushed out has been painful.
Many of us served believing that service meant taking care of each other when the uniform came off. Lately, it feels like that promise is being broken.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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kneekocker.bsky.social
5/ If you’re another Veteran feeling the same, you’re not alone. We still have a voice, and it’s time we use it — not for party politics, but for the people who served beside us and for those still paying the price for that service.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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kneekocker.bsky.social
1/ This Veterans Day feels different for me. I’m not looking for “thank you for your service” this year — I’m looking for accountability.
Watching VA programs get cut, delayed services and VA staff shortages, burn pit cancer research, which I have been monitored for since 2006 halted
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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kneekocker.bsky.social
Happy Veterans Day
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
jonelstr.bsky.social
So much for conservatives being anti-pedophile. One more lie.
maddow.msnbc.com Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
www.newsweek.com/vets-say-no-...
‘Vets Say No’: Veterans set to protest against Trump nationwide
A series of protests will take place on Veterans Day, November 11, in different cities in states across the country.
www.newsweek.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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2chaotic.bsky.social
If you live in incorporated Seattle, please make sure that your ballot has been counted and doesn't need a correction! With the mayor race at a 91 vote lead, it's more important than ever to ensure your vote has been properly heard!

info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM