Joyce Surprenant
@joycesurprenant.bsky.social
True blue, retired, ran for office during Hillary. 💙💙
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The children running our government.
Who’s Big Balls?
It’s me.
(Juvenile laughter.)
That should be obvious.
Why do they call you Big Balls?
I just set it as my LinkedIn user name.
Who’s Big Balls?
It’s me.
(Juvenile laughter.)
That should be obvious.
Why do they call you Big Balls?
I just set it as my LinkedIn user name.
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The children running our government.
Who’s Big Balls?
It’s me.
(Juvenile laughter.)
That should be obvious.
Why do they call you Big Balls?
I just set it as my LinkedIn user name.
Who’s Big Balls?
It’s me.
(Juvenile laughter.)
That should be obvious.
Why do they call you Big Balls?
I just set it as my LinkedIn user name.
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Trump Tower in Chicago needs to pay $4.8 million for violating Environmental Protections. Trump was taking in water from the river for cooling and releasing heated water back into the Chicago River without taking steps to protect wildlife.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AI5OdKNuyRgW...
Trump Tower to pay $4.8M for violating EPA protections on Chicago River — ABC7 Chicago
Trump Tower has been ordered to pay $4.8 million dollars for violating environmental protections on the Chicago River after a judge found the tower illegally released heated water back into the river.
apple.news
May 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trump Tower in Chicago needs to pay $4.8 million for violating Environmental Protections. Trump was taking in water from the river for cooling and releasing heated water back into the Chicago River without taking steps to protect wildlife.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AI5OdKNuyRgW...
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AI5OdKNuyRgW...
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OMFG
This is who is now in charge of Social Security
Frank Bisignano
He had to "Google" Social Security
"I'm one of the great Googlers on the eastcoast"
If you are new to SSI I am so sorry, it is so hard to get through to someone
If you're on SSI please don't change your direct deposit
This is who is now in charge of Social Security
Frank Bisignano
He had to "Google" Social Security
"I'm one of the great Googlers on the eastcoast"
If you are new to SSI I am so sorry, it is so hard to get through to someone
If you're on SSI please don't change your direct deposit
May 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
OMFG
This is who is now in charge of Social Security
Frank Bisignano
He had to "Google" Social Security
"I'm one of the great Googlers on the eastcoast"
If you are new to SSI I am so sorry, it is so hard to get through to someone
If you're on SSI please don't change your direct deposit
This is who is now in charge of Social Security
Frank Bisignano
He had to "Google" Social Security
"I'm one of the great Googlers on the eastcoast"
If you are new to SSI I am so sorry, it is so hard to get through to someone
If you're on SSI please don't change your direct deposit
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated racist rapist Trump did.
May 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated racist rapist Trump did.
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The Obamas and one of their daughters studied at Harvard.
The trashy trumps not only created a fake university to defraud students, they also stole from various charities.
Excellence vs evil shit.
The trashy trumps not only created a fake university to defraud students, they also stole from various charities.
Excellence vs evil shit.
May 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Obamas and one of their daughters studied at Harvard.
The trashy trumps not only created a fake university to defraud students, they also stole from various charities.
Excellence vs evil shit.
The trashy trumps not only created a fake university to defraud students, they also stole from various charities.
Excellence vs evil shit.
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They call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
What a joke.
The GOP Tax Scam shovels hundreds of billions in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – all while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
Stop them.
#HealthCareCutsKill
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
What a joke.
The GOP Tax Scam shovels hundreds of billions in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – all while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
Stop them.
#HealthCareCutsKill
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
May 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
They call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
What a joke.
The GOP Tax Scam shovels hundreds of billions in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – all while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
Stop them.
#HealthCareCutsKill
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
What a joke.
The GOP Tax Scam shovels hundreds of billions in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – all while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
Stop them.
#HealthCareCutsKill
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Today is a great day to join the #TeslaTakedown pickets in Madison.
1 PM, Tesla Madison Showroom. Come when you can.
6624 Seybold Rd, Madison, WI
actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...
1 PM, Tesla Madison Showroom. Come when you can.
6624 Seybold Rd, Madison, WI
actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...
Boycott Tesla Hands Off America
Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking nonviolent action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup.
⚡Sell your Teslas, dump your stoc...
actionnetwork.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today is a great day to join the #TeslaTakedown pickets in Madison.
1 PM, Tesla Madison Showroom. Come when you can.
6624 Seybold Rd, Madison, WI
actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...
1 PM, Tesla Madison Showroom. Come when you can.
6624 Seybold Rd, Madison, WI
actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...
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The US Press Secretary has now provided evidence that FOTUS is acting in PERSONAL capacity, NOT in an official capacity, at the crypto dinner
So that means SCOTUS' immunity ruling doesn't apply
Thanks, Karoline!!
So that means SCOTUS' immunity ruling doesn't apply
Thanks, Karoline!!
May 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The US Press Secretary has now provided evidence that FOTUS is acting in PERSONAL capacity, NOT in an official capacity, at the crypto dinner
So that means SCOTUS' immunity ruling doesn't apply
Thanks, Karoline!!
So that means SCOTUS' immunity ruling doesn't apply
Thanks, Karoline!!
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I would posit that if he's attending this on his personal time, then he'd not doing it in the official capacity of the president as that is not personal, and therefore any agreement, bribe, crime, or classified discussion he engages in is not protected under an official act as president
May 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I would posit that if he's attending this on his personal time, then he'd not doing it in the official capacity of the president as that is not personal, and therefore any agreement, bribe, crime, or classified discussion he engages in is not protected under an official act as president
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It’s ok to bribe the president when he’s on a break
REPORTER: On the president's dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making a list of the attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president?
LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time
LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time
May 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s ok to bribe the president when he’s on a break
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Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.
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If this stands, and if it spreads, it would be a crushing blow to higher education in America -- and also a major new contributor to our trade deficits.
Higher ed is one of the most reliable surplus drivers that our country can offer.
Free link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Higher ed is one of the most reliable surplus drivers that our country can offer.
Free link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If this stands, and if it spreads, it would be a crushing blow to higher education in America -- and also a major new contributor to our trade deficits.
Higher ed is one of the most reliable surplus drivers that our country can offer.
Free link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Higher ed is one of the most reliable surplus drivers that our country can offer.
Free link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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So:
1) Takes food from children
2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut
3) Makes the deficit worse
1) Takes food from children
2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut
3) Makes the deficit worse
May 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So:
1) Takes food from children
2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut
3) Makes the deficit worse
1) Takes food from children
2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut
3) Makes the deficit worse
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The party of small government just named a shadow cabinet of 74 people, nearly 3x the size of PM Carney's cabinet. Named by a guy who was voted out of parliament but still resides in taxpayer funded housing.
Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.
Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The party of small government just named a shadow cabinet of 74 people, nearly 3x the size of PM Carney's cabinet. Named by a guy who was voted out of parliament but still resides in taxpayer funded housing.
Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.
Pierre Poilievre is not good for Canada.
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“We [should] come to the sympathetic understanding that human nature is about the same everywhere, that it is rather evenly distributed over the surface of the earth, and that we are all united in a common brotherhood.”
— Woke Calvin Coolidge, 100!years ago
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— Woke Calvin Coolidge, 100!years ago
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Patriotism, True and False
Some thoughts on an important and somewhat slippery concept
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“We [should] come to the sympathetic understanding that human nature is about the same everywhere, that it is rather evenly distributed over the surface of the earth, and that we are all united in a common brotherhood.”
— Woke Calvin Coolidge, 100!years ago
open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...
— Woke Calvin Coolidge, 100!years ago
open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...
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#Quakers have a lobbying group, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, alarmed by the House budget reconciliation proposals that are "immoral, robbing poor people to give to the rich."
“As Quakers, we are called to speak truth and to care for our neighbors. The budget reconciliation proposals are immoral, robbing poor people to give to the rich,” said @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social.
Quaker Lobby Opposes Cuts to Food Aid, Medical Care, Raises in Energy Bills, and Attacks on Nonprofits | Friends Committee On National Legislation
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is alarmed by House budget reconciliation proposals advancing in committees that would significantly cut Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition…
buff.ly
May 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
#Quakers have a lobbying group, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, alarmed by the House budget reconciliation proposals that are "immoral, robbing poor people to give to the rich."
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States, not an individual. That’s why it is now a public monument and not sitting in Grover Cleveland’s presidential library (not sure if he even has one)
May 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States, not an individual. That’s why it is now a public monument and not sitting in Grover Cleveland’s presidential library (not sure if he even has one)
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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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Reading the story about the woman in Georgia who is brain dead and on a vent but not allowed to die with dignity because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead. Even in death, our bodies are not our own.
State-owned property.
State-owned property.
May 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reading the story about the woman in Georgia who is brain dead and on a vent but not allowed to die with dignity because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead. Even in death, our bodies are not our own.
State-owned property.
State-owned property.
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And the Qatari royal family has been unsuccessfully trying to sell it for five years.
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And the Qatari royal family has been unsuccessfully trying to sell it for five years.
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If you’re born in America, you’re an American.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
May 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you’re born in America, you’re an American.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth.
Not much “intelligence” going on here…
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Not much “intelligence” going on here…
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard fires intel officials who oversaw memo contradicting White House claims on Venezuelan gang
Democratic lawmakers criticized the firings, suggesting they were punishment for providing information that didn’t support the administration’s agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth.
Not much “intelligence” going on here…
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Not much “intelligence” going on here…
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" buries a threat to free speech on page 380
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" buries a threat to free speech on page 380
The Republican reconciliation legislation — which President Trump refers to as his "big, beautiful bill" — is winding its way through Congress.
open.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" buries a threat to free speech on page 380
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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