Laura Simon
@librarylolo.bsky.social
Free-range librarian. Ethically sourced introvert. Lover of animals, words, and puzzles. Amateur mixed media artist with a fondness for the yarn bomb. Science is real. Bangs are always a bad idea. It’s=it+is.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social Don’t negotiate; ESCALATE!
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social Don’t negotiate; ESCALATE!
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I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
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AND Dick Cheney died.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
AND Dick Cheney died.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Nothing to 👀 over on Twitter the right-wing Bots are out in full force trying to make Charlie Kirk a saint. Go figure
September 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Nothing to 👀 over on Twitter the right-wing Bots are out in full force trying to make Charlie Kirk a saint. Go figure
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Deport this MFer.
September 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Deport this MFer.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Being a fascist means never having to say you’re sorry, I guess.
September 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Being a fascist means never having to say you’re sorry, I guess.
September 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Trump-appointed D.C. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is losing case after case amid the president's federal takeover—the judge calling her latest attempt to jail a local attorney and West Point graduate “one of the weakest requests for detention” he’d ever seen.
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August 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Trump-appointed D.C. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is losing case after case amid the president's federal takeover—the judge calling her latest attempt to jail a local attorney and West Point graduate “one of the weakest requests for detention” he’d ever seen.
trib.al/2scJ7Ns
trib.al/2scJ7Ns
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Ha. Haha. Haaa. I get it.
August 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Ha. Haha. Haaa. I get it.
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
August 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
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One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
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Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social
for the plug! CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS! We need you to #BeBraveWithUs against fascism! On August 15th, The #VisibilityBrigade is launching the #BeBrave movement!To learn more, go to:
www.visibilitybrigade.com/bebraveday
for the plug! CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS! We need you to #BeBraveWithUs against fascism! On August 15th, The #VisibilityBrigade is launching the #BeBrave movement!To learn more, go to:
www.visibilitybrigade.com/bebraveday
August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social
for the plug! CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS! We need you to #BeBraveWithUs against fascism! On August 15th, The #VisibilityBrigade is launching the #BeBrave movement!To learn more, go to:
www.visibilitybrigade.com/bebraveday
for the plug! CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS! We need you to #BeBraveWithUs against fascism! On August 15th, The #VisibilityBrigade is launching the #BeBrave movement!To learn more, go to:
www.visibilitybrigade.com/bebraveday
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There have been five different heads of the IRS this year alone:
Doug O'Donnell (Jan. 20th thru Feb. 28th)
Melanie Krause (Feb. 28th thru April 16th)
Gary Shapley (April 16th thru April 18th)
Michael Faulkender (April 18th thru June 16th)
Billy Long (June 16th thru today)
About to be a sixth.
Doug O'Donnell (Jan. 20th thru Feb. 28th)
Melanie Krause (Feb. 28th thru April 16th)
Gary Shapley (April 16th thru April 18th)
Michael Faulkender (April 18th thru June 16th)
Billy Long (June 16th thru today)
About to be a sixth.
Breaking News: President Trump is removing the head of the IRS from his job, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Trump Is Replacing Billy Long as I.R.S. Commissioner
The change comes just two months into the former Republican congressman’s tenure leading the tax agency.
nyti.ms
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There have been five different heads of the IRS this year alone:
Doug O'Donnell (Jan. 20th thru Feb. 28th)
Melanie Krause (Feb. 28th thru April 16th)
Gary Shapley (April 16th thru April 18th)
Michael Faulkender (April 18th thru June 16th)
Billy Long (June 16th thru today)
About to be a sixth.
Doug O'Donnell (Jan. 20th thru Feb. 28th)
Melanie Krause (Feb. 28th thru April 16th)
Gary Shapley (April 16th thru April 18th)
Michael Faulkender (April 18th thru June 16th)
Billy Long (June 16th thru today)
About to be a sixth.