Julie D
@julieglobal.bsky.social
professor of TESOL & Cross-cultural Studies. traveller. dogMom. photographer. listener. bibliophile. anti-fascist idealist. collector of curiosities and other useless objects. etc. etc. etc.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Sounds about right.
August 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Sounds about right.
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Here's an option for the Nobel Peace Prize... Courage and truth-telling: www.commondreams.org/opinion/alba...
Francesca Albanese Names and Shames Israel's Corporate Genocide Partners | Common Dreams
As bank accounts swell, more Palestinian bodies are piled up in morgues, mass graves, or are scattered in the streets of Jabaliya and Khan Younis.
www.commondreams.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Here's an option for the Nobel Peace Prize... Courage and truth-telling: www.commondreams.org/opinion/alba...
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The system is already rigged against working people.
Now, Justice Thomas wants to destroy the Voting Rights Act - to take more power away from voters, giving special interests even more influence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Now, Justice Thomas wants to destroy the Voting Rights Act - to take more power away from voters, giving special interests even more influence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Anaylsis: Clarence Thomas has long tried to undercut the Voting Rights Act. Now, he may finally have the numbers | CNN Politics
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic Voting Rights Act that prohibits practices denying Blacks, Hispanics and other r...
www.cnn.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The system is already rigged against working people.
Now, Justice Thomas wants to destroy the Voting Rights Act - to take more power away from voters, giving special interests even more influence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Now, Justice Thomas wants to destroy the Voting Rights Act - to take more power away from voters, giving special interests even more influence.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Shameful: Rep Anna Paulina LUNA posting to INTIMIDATE people replying to her post of Breitbart "News" propaganda. Using a position of power to threaten/intimidate others should NOT be tolerated. #pinellas #civilrights #podsaveamerica #progressflorida #meidastouch #occupydemocrats #housedemocrats
July 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Shameful: Rep Anna Paulina LUNA posting to INTIMIDATE people replying to her post of Breitbart "News" propaganda. Using a position of power to threaten/intimidate others should NOT be tolerated. #pinellas #civilrights #podsaveamerica #progressflorida #meidastouch #occupydemocrats #housedemocrats
CALL CONGRESS, OPPOSE the NAZI-like DEHUMANIZING language Ashley Moody used for Democrats. SHAMEFUL: Sen. Ashley Moody cheerleads the political persecutions of Comey & Brennan; Says,"this is not retribution.This is fumigation.You have had radicals roaming in these institutions like termites."
July 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CALL CONGRESS, OPPOSE the NAZI-like DEHUMANIZING language Ashley Moody used for Democrats. SHAMEFUL: Sen. Ashley Moody cheerleads the political persecutions of Comey & Brennan; Says,"this is not retribution.This is fumigation.You have had radicals roaming in these institutions like termites."
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
July 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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The world must be set free.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The world must be set free.
Jeffries should read/playback the MESSAGES OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON who opposes to the deficit bill...DELAY FOR DAYS. Today, I can appreciate Jeffries' slow-talk speech tempo. ;)
July 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Jeffries should read/playback the MESSAGES OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON who opposes to the deficit bill...DELAY FOR DAYS. Today, I can appreciate Jeffries' slow-talk speech tempo. ;)
More prosecutions....When can we HOPE for law & order & JUSTICE???
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
More prosecutions....When can we HOPE for law & order & JUSTICE???
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WONDER WOMAN <3
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
WONDER WOMAN <3
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
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We’ve discarded a king before, we must do it again. #NoKings
(excerpted and remixed from my comic on due process - with alt-text, notes, process, printable versions on my site - appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/)
(excerpted and remixed from my comic on due process - with alt-text, notes, process, printable versions on my site - appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/)
June 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We’ve discarded a king before, we must do it again. #NoKings
(excerpted and remixed from my comic on due process - with alt-text, notes, process, printable versions on my site - appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/)
(excerpted and remixed from my comic on due process - with alt-text, notes, process, printable versions on my site - appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/)
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Is 91% to 9% a MaNdATe?
Just in from DC Bar - labor attorney Diane Seltzer defeats securities attorney Brad Bondi in a closely watched race with record turnout.
June 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Is 91% to 9% a MaNdATe?
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
June 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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Make sure everyone knows who to blame when their costs go up www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...
Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Make sure everyone knows who to blame when their costs go up www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...
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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...