Maria Elena
@mary-helen.bsky.social
Life-long activist & fundraiser for vital causes (including our incredible planet & those with severe disabilities- both which have no voice). All opinions are my own.
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I saw this colorful American kestrel perched high on a wire in a rural area of Osceola County, Florida. They’re the smallest falcons in North America. #Birding
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I saw this colorful American kestrel perched high on a wire in a rural area of Osceola County, Florida. They’re the smallest falcons in North America. #Birding
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
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Honest courtrooms are vital for every American.
Column: Be thankful for the judges upholding the law
On immigration alone, more than 100 federal judges — including many Trump appointees — have ruled that the administration’s actions violated civil rights or were otherwise illegal.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Honest courtrooms are vital for every American.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
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It's actually "tragic & maddening" how easily brainwashed you all are by the big animal ag lobby www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmc... we don't need to eat animals
Animal Agriculture Costs More In Health Damage Than It Contributes To The Economy
As with the climate, the chief culprit is meat and dairy. But when it comes to particulate pollution, the worst offender is poultry.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's actually "tragic & maddening" how easily brainwashed you all are by the big animal ag lobby www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmc... we don't need to eat animals
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Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Oracle has taken on so much debt in order to build out its infrastructure to support the anticipated $300B in usage from OpenAI, that Morgan Stanley has now flagged it as a credit risk and a target for short selling.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
Morgan Stanley thinks you should short Oracle
Single-name CDS are so hot right now
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oracle has taken on so much debt in order to build out its infrastructure to support the anticipated $300B in usage from OpenAI, that Morgan Stanley has now flagged it as a credit risk and a target for short selling.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
I guess this is the closest you can get to shorting OpenAI.
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BOYCOTT AMAZON, TARGET & HOME DEPOT
This Black Friday weekend, I’m skipping Amazon, Target, and Home Depot and shifting my spending to the people building real community.
What local businesses are you supporting instead? Tag them—I want to help boost as many as possible.
youtube.com/shorts/tux7s...
What local businesses are you supporting instead? Tag them—I want to help boost as many as possible.
youtube.com/shorts/tux7s...
Boycott Target, Amazon, and Home Depot from Black Friday to Cyber Monday! Leave small business below
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BOYCOTT AMAZON, TARGET & HOME DEPOT
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... Trump insulted a female reporter’s appearance on Wednesday when he called The New York Times’ Katie Rogers “ugly,” marking the third time in recent weeks that the president has criticized a female reporter in personal terms.
Trump insults another female reporter, this time for her looks
On Wednesday, the president called a New York Times reporter “ugly,” the third insult toward a female reporter in recent weeks.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... Trump insulted a female reporter’s appearance on Wednesday when he called The New York Times’ Katie Rogers “ugly,” marking the third time in recent weeks that the president has criticized a female reporter in personal terms.
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Donald is so stupid he thinks a "permanent pause" is a logical, real thing. To pause is, by definition, not permanent. To cause something to cease, on the other hand, is permanent. No wonder he had to pay someone else to take the SAT for him.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Donald is so stupid he thinks a "permanent pause" is a logical, real thing. To pause is, by definition, not permanent. To cause something to cease, on the other hand, is permanent. No wonder he had to pay someone else to take the SAT for him.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r... Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with crippling cuts to the (EPA)
Republicans Raise Utility Bills and Energy Prices in 2026 Interior, Environment Funding Bill
Today, House Republicans released the draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. Instead of lowering the cost o...
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r... Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with crippling cuts to the (EPA)
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Today is a great day to spend time with your friends and family, do something good for your community, or shop at local, Black and immigrant-owned small businesses.
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is a great day to spend time with your friends and family, do something good for your community, or shop at local, Black and immigrant-owned small businesses.
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
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Number one domestic terror threat remains white supremacist violent and radical right wing groups. Not a peep about it from the Trump Administration. In fact they scrubbed the data from the DOJ.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Number one domestic terror threat remains white supremacist violent and radical right wing groups. Not a peep about it from the Trump Administration. In fact they scrubbed the data from the DOJ.
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Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
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I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
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6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
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Kristi Noem and Hegseth both thrown under the bus this week.
She was blamed for disobeying judges orders and not turning the plane with 230+ immigrants around back to the US.
Hegseth blamed for ordering the murder of Venezuelan fisherman.
She was blamed for disobeying judges orders and not turning the plane with 230+ immigrants around back to the US.
Hegseth blamed for ordering the murder of Venezuelan fisherman.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Kristi Noem and Hegseth both thrown under the bus this week.
She was blamed for disobeying judges orders and not turning the plane with 230+ immigrants around back to the US.
Hegseth blamed for ordering the murder of Venezuelan fisherman.
She was blamed for disobeying judges orders and not turning the plane with 230+ immigrants around back to the US.
Hegseth blamed for ordering the murder of Venezuelan fisherman.
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The alcoholic white nationalist rapist in charge of the Pentagon ordered a blatantly illegal murder of foreign civilians.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The alcoholic white nationalist rapist in charge of the Pentagon ordered a blatantly illegal murder of foreign civilians.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
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There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
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If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”