@kneesee.bsky.social
Mom, Mimi, fur parent, mermaid 🧜♀️
Environment, animals, Democrat.
Pissed off and ready for the fight. PNW forever 🌲🌊🏞🌧🌈
Environment, animals, Democrat.
Pissed off and ready for the fight. PNW forever 🌲🌊🏞🌧🌈
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Broaching the subject of the advanced age of a member of Congress is still considered unseemly.
But at 87, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton has increasingly shown signs of significant diminishment—just when DC residents have never needed a more forceful advocate more than they do right now.
But at 87, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton has increasingly shown signs of significant diminishment—just when DC residents have never needed a more forceful advocate more than they do right now.
DC's sole congressional rep is too old to drive. Can she defend the city from a hostile GOP?
While DC faces a budget crisis Congress created, 87-year-old Eleanor Holmes Norton is struggling.
www.motherjones.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Broaching the subject of the advanced age of a member of Congress is still considered unseemly.
But at 87, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton has increasingly shown signs of significant diminishment—just when DC residents have never needed a more forceful advocate more than they do right now.
But at 87, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton has increasingly shown signs of significant diminishment—just when DC residents have never needed a more forceful advocate more than they do right now.
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Great use of taxpayer funds.
June 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Great use of taxpayer funds.
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Karen Bass: "The 100 National Guard soldiers that are downtown LA are guarding one federal building, so there is no need for this...it's all part of an experiment that is taking place in Los Angeles...what happens when the federal government intervenes and takes power away from a governor & mayor?"
June 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Karen Bass: "The 100 National Guard soldiers that are downtown LA are guarding one federal building, so there is no need for this...it's all part of an experiment that is taking place in Los Angeles...what happens when the federal government intervenes and takes power away from a governor & mayor?"
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Man, fuck this guy. What a disappointment.
June 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Man, fuck this guy. What a disappointment.
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS WHIDBEY ISLAND” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS WHIDBEY ISLAND · No Kings
Indivisible Whidbey and League of Women Voters are bringing you NO KINGS WHIDBEY
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corrup...
www.mobilize.us
June 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS WHIDBEY ISLAND” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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So instead of trade deals he’s just going to publicly negotiate with himself until he walks back the tariffs?
We get a couple of months of supply chain shock and nothing to show for it besides damaged relationships across the world.
We get a couple of months of supply chain shock and nothing to show for it besides damaged relationships across the world.
May 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So instead of trade deals he’s just going to publicly negotiate with himself until he walks back the tariffs?
We get a couple of months of supply chain shock and nothing to show for it besides damaged relationships across the world.
We get a couple of months of supply chain shock and nothing to show for it besides damaged relationships across the world.
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We are not under invasion.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We are not under invasion.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
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Senator Booker (who is in Nashville today) responds to Mayor Baraka’s arrest…
May 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Senator Booker (who is in Nashville today) responds to Mayor Baraka’s arrest…
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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
May 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
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Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold.
I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
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Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
A Subpoena for the White House?
On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S.
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people?
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people?
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes
M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
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For Sir David: 🎂
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For Sir David: 🎂
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This day keeps getting better.
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This day keeps getting better.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.