Elizabeth Maginnis
@maginnis59.bsky.social
Wife, mom, grandmom, pet mom, elderly white hippie who loves playing the piano, Nordic and Scottish fiddle music and the Finnish kantele. No DMs.
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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays. I hope you all spend the day with people you love.
There is a lot of good in the world, and there is a lot of bad in the world.
You will find whatever you look for.
Always remember to make time to look for the good.
From 4 years ago:
www.patreon.com/posts/60339063
There is a lot of good in the world, and there is a lot of bad in the world.
You will find whatever you look for.
Always remember to make time to look for the good.
From 4 years ago:
www.patreon.com/posts/60339063
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December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays. I hope you all spend the day with people you love.
There is a lot of good in the world, and there is a lot of bad in the world.
You will find whatever you look for.
Always remember to make time to look for the good.
From 4 years ago:
www.patreon.com/posts/60339063
There is a lot of good in the world, and there is a lot of bad in the world.
You will find whatever you look for.
Always remember to make time to look for the good.
From 4 years ago:
www.patreon.com/posts/60339063
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Just back from leading Xmas eve service at our tiny rural church.
You better believe we talked about baby Jesus having to be hustled across a border as a refugee to escape the secret police of the repulsive king, with the wise men helping.
A subversive from the manger on--merry Christmas y'all!
You better believe we talked about baby Jesus having to be hustled across a border as a refugee to escape the secret police of the repulsive king, with the wise men helping.
A subversive from the manger on--merry Christmas y'all!
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Just back from leading Xmas eve service at our tiny rural church.
You better believe we talked about baby Jesus having to be hustled across a border as a refugee to escape the secret police of the repulsive king, with the wise men helping.
A subversive from the manger on--merry Christmas y'all!
You better believe we talked about baby Jesus having to be hustled across a border as a refugee to escape the secret police of the repulsive king, with the wise men helping.
A subversive from the manger on--merry Christmas y'all!
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Forget book bans and efforts to limit a library shelves' books
Borrowing at the Enoch Pratt Library System in Baltimore has doubled in the last 10 years..Last year setting a record.
Libraries are a treasure.
People appreciate them.
Borrowing at the Enoch Pratt Library System in Baltimore has doubled in the last 10 years..Last year setting a record.
Libraries are a treasure.
People appreciate them.
The ‘City that Reads’ is reading — more
The ‘city that reads’ is reading — more
A record number of volumes were borrowed from Baltimore’s library system last year.
buff.ly
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Forget book bans and efforts to limit a library shelves' books
Borrowing at the Enoch Pratt Library System in Baltimore has doubled in the last 10 years..Last year setting a record.
Libraries are a treasure.
People appreciate them.
Borrowing at the Enoch Pratt Library System in Baltimore has doubled in the last 10 years..Last year setting a record.
Libraries are a treasure.
People appreciate them.
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Finally a ruling from this Supreme Court that makes clear what all patriotic Americans know:
No Kings.
No Kings.
Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment
The Supreme Court holds that the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement purposes likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Finally a ruling from this Supreme Court that makes clear what all patriotic Americans know:
No Kings.
No Kings.
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‘Business!’ cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, & benevolence, were, all, my business.’
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‘Business!’ cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, & benevolence, were, all, my business.’
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
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RIP naturalist John Muir, died this day 1914.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
RIP naturalist John Muir, died this day 1914.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
![We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under § 12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
18 U.S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibdsy2sqw2yxt3ztz7pwc6pigtulgalqxwwnzxhlmyg2ntchkswwu@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitutional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims-consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch-that performing such protective functions does not constitute
"executing] the laws" within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants
8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those functions could constitute "executing] the laws" under
§12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U.S. 566, 574 (2019) ("This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in e same or related statutes"). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findi „s made by the Pres-
ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5gspjdv7pcrmexr4orqigpujw2rnwoyphysinbcbwarn23rzim4@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
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BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Action
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty today sued President Trump and others to stop the unlawful renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the Congressw...
www.democracydefendersaction.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group
Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it
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A subtle go fuck yourself message to Trump from Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen. 😂🤣👇
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A subtle go fuck yourself message to Trump from Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen. 😂🤣👇
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"...if any energy projects should be cancelled because they threaten national security it should be fossil fuel plants, since the US defense and intelligence communities have issued literally dozens of reports...identifying fossil-fuel use and climate change as threats to national security..."
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like
On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”
thebulletin.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"...if any energy projects should be cancelled because they threaten national security it should be fossil fuel plants, since the US defense and intelligence communities have issued literally dozens of reports...identifying fossil-fuel use and climate change as threats to national security..."
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The perfect human is out there who will be a perfect match for Melia. Training costs are funded for the adopter or rescue group. A wonderful opportunity to grow and learn together. The sun will rise and set around the person who adopts Melia. Located in
Hempstead, NY. Please share.
Hempstead, NY. Please share.
Loves the outdoors, Peaceful walks, enjoys car rides, playing, can live with cats, sweet, smart, around 50 lbs and only 3.5 years old. MELIA needs a low traffic adult only home, no dogs. Please give her a life!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The perfect human is out there who will be a perfect match for Melia. Training costs are funded for the adopter or rescue group. A wonderful opportunity to grow and learn together. The sun will rise and set around the person who adopts Melia. Located in
Hempstead, NY. Please share.
Hempstead, NY. Please share.
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This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
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Ukrainian artist Andrii Kovalyk, based in Madrid, ‘Where the Winter Dreams Begin’
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Ukrainian artist Andrii Kovalyk, based in Madrid, ‘Where the Winter Dreams Begin’
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From out of the darkness the light returns. Happy Winter Solstice!❄️✨️❄️
Illustration- Esther Remmington
Illustration- Esther Remmington
December 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
From out of the darkness the light returns. Happy Winter Solstice!❄️✨️❄️
Illustration- Esther Remmington
Illustration- Esther Remmington
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Perfect analogy
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Perfect analogy
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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
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Happy Winter Solstice and Fourth Sunday of Advent. It is early here in England and the church bells just rang across the street in this small town in the Cotswolds. And the candle today is for Love. Wishing you each light and love in times of the dark.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Happy Winter Solstice and Fourth Sunday of Advent. It is early here in England and the church bells just rang across the street in this small town in the Cotswolds. And the candle today is for Love. Wishing you each light and love in times of the dark.
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I get the @billmckibben.bsky.social Substack newsletter in my email. Well, apparently, I'm also getting "Trump Store" ads. 🤮
The newsletter is worth your time, FYI. Excellent actionable reporting on the climate science fight. billmckibben.substack.com
The newsletter is worth your time, FYI. Excellent actionable reporting on the climate science fight. billmckibben.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I get the @billmckibben.bsky.social Substack newsletter in my email. Well, apparently, I'm also getting "Trump Store" ads. 🤮
The newsletter is worth your time, FYI. Excellent actionable reporting on the climate science fight. billmckibben.substack.com
The newsletter is worth your time, FYI. Excellent actionable reporting on the climate science fight. billmckibben.substack.com
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I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
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Look at those eyes! Someone needs to adopt this sweetheart!
You can also choose something (no rawhide please) from any store and bring toys/treats to the shelter to put under the tree any day from 11am-6pm. You can also have items shipped directly to the shelter (wishlist default).
The address is 42225 Adoption Drive
Leesburg VA 20175.
The address is 42225 Adoption Drive
Leesburg VA 20175.
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Look at those eyes! Someone needs to adopt this sweetheart!
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SMUG - the street artist did this mural in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It's him and his dog.
#StreetArt #mural #murals
It's him and his dog.
#StreetArt #mural #murals
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
SMUG - the street artist did this mural in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It's him and his dog.
#StreetArt #mural #murals
It's him and his dog.
#StreetArt #mural #murals
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Elise Stefanik, I would like you to meet Karma.
December 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Elise Stefanik, I would like you to meet Karma.