@marthabrooks.bsky.social
Retired public health nutritionist, gardener, dog lover, humanist, despiser of bigotry,greed, racism and so-called politicians who wear bronzer.
My parents are 90 and 92.
June 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My parents are 90 and 92.
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CBPP: “Trump’s budget sharply reduces the fruit & vegetable component of WIC’s food benefits for expecting parents and young children… takes away $1.3 BILLION in fruit & vegetable benefits from 5.2 MILLION participants…” (104,000 in Tennessee) www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-b...
June 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
CBPP: “Trump’s budget sharply reduces the fruit & vegetable component of WIC’s food benefits for expecting parents and young children… takes away $1.3 BILLION in fruit & vegetable benefits from 5.2 MILLION participants…” (104,000 in Tennessee) www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-b...
A few fingers but way more honks at the pedestrian overpass protest today in Roseville, Michigan.
April 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A few fingers but way more honks at the pedestrian overpass protest today in Roseville, Michigan.
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I voted for her. 💙
March 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I voted for her. 💙
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‘What radicalized you?’
*Empathy*
*Empathy*
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
‘What radicalized you?’
*Empathy*
*Empathy*
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We want Democrats to play hardball and use their leverage to stop the Trump-Musk coup.
March 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We want Democrats to play hardball and use their leverage to stop the Trump-Musk coup.
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In today’s installment of batshittery, Co-presidents Beavis & Butt-Head were standing on the WH lawn, grinning like two newly de-flowered incel assholes who just realized they could turn democracy into their own goddamn “CALL NOW!” segment on QV-motherfucking-C.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
The White House: Now with More Horsepower…
Less Democracy.
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In today’s installment of batshittery, Co-presidents Beavis & Butt-Head were standing on the WH lawn, grinning like two newly de-flowered incel assholes who just realized they could turn democracy into their own goddamn “CALL NOW!” segment on QV-motherfucking-C.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
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I feel so badly for our Canadian neighbors. Please know millions of us hate his putrid moronic Putin-loving ass and wish he'd choke on a burger with only every woman he's assaulted in the room to call 9-1-1 but they all just eat their lunch and maybe mimic doing the Heimlich but not actually do it.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I feel so badly for our Canadian neighbors. Please know millions of us hate his putrid moronic Putin-loving ass and wish he'd choke on a burger with only every woman he's assaulted in the room to call 9-1-1 but they all just eat their lunch and maybe mimic doing the Heimlich but not actually do it.
@shrithanedar.bsky.social Please host a townhall for your constituents. We need to hear from you directlt!
February 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@shrithanedar.bsky.social Please host a townhall for your constituents. We need to hear from you directlt!
Big, little, and medium. All variations on a theme. Awaiting their peanut butter treat.
February 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Big, little, and medium. All variations on a theme. Awaiting their peanut butter treat.
Truth!
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Truth!
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Hey Friends Who Read,
In an effort to begin extracting myself from Amazon's clutches, I have deleted my Goodreads account and switched to StoryGraph thestorygraph.com/This is an app/website that is better than Goodreads; Just one small step to resist our new oligarchic, kleptocratic, kakistocracy.
In an effort to begin extracting myself from Amazon's clutches, I have deleted my Goodreads account and switched to StoryGraph thestorygraph.com/This is an app/website that is better than Goodreads; Just one small step to resist our new oligarchic, kleptocratic, kakistocracy.
The StoryGraph
We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.
thestorygraph.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hey Friends Who Read,
In an effort to begin extracting myself from Amazon's clutches, I have deleted my Goodreads account and switched to StoryGraph thestorygraph.com/This is an app/website that is better than Goodreads; Just one small step to resist our new oligarchic, kleptocratic, kakistocracy.
In an effort to begin extracting myself from Amazon's clutches, I have deleted my Goodreads account and switched to StoryGraph thestorygraph.com/This is an app/website that is better than Goodreads; Just one small step to resist our new oligarchic, kleptocratic, kakistocracy.
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Oh look one of the guys who wants to take away the WIC benefits I use to feed my babies would like to force us to have more babies
JD Vance in his FIRST public address as VP says he “wants more babies in America”.
I cannot express how much I dislike this man.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
I cannot express how much I dislike this man.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
“I want more babies in America,” JD Vance says in his first public address as vice-president
Speaking at the yearly anti-abortion event, Vance commended President Donald Trump for appointing conservative judges and increasing the Child Tax Credit.
www.cleveland.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Oh look one of the guys who wants to take away the WIC benefits I use to feed my babies would like to force us to have more babies
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#Money has never made man #happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce #happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin
We need to get to a stage in #evolution where money doesn't matter but being good & kind does. #aspirations #kindness #goodness
We need to get to a stage in #evolution where money doesn't matter but being good & kind does. #aspirations #kindness #goodness
January 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#Money has never made man #happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce #happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin
We need to get to a stage in #evolution where money doesn't matter but being good & kind does. #aspirations #kindness #goodness
We need to get to a stage in #evolution where money doesn't matter but being good & kind does. #aspirations #kindness #goodness
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I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
January 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
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Important to stay even-keeled, and I'm trying.He already has made some significant blunders, esp birthright citizenship. But it's the Tarrio commutation, if true,that makes you want to puke. I cannot think of a remotely similar betrayal of country by a sitting President. @hcrichardson.bsky.social ?
January 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Important to stay even-keeled, and I'm trying.He already has made some significant blunders, esp birthright citizenship. But it's the Tarrio commutation, if true,that makes you want to puke. I cannot think of a remotely similar betrayal of country by a sitting President. @hcrichardson.bsky.social ?
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I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.