memphisperson (Rosemary Clark)
@memphisperson.bsky.social
Retired Dem in blue dot city in red state. Need to develop some hobbies besides reading & the occasional card game. Love our corgi & my daughter. Episcopalian.
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Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
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Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear
July 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
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Senator @ossoff.bsky.social & @warnock.senate.gov : “This bill is a disaster in every way imaginable — a budget is a moral document, and this speaks volumes about who Republicans think matters and who doesn’t.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
June 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Senator @ossoff.bsky.social & @warnock.senate.gov : “This bill is a disaster in every way imaginable — a budget is a moral document, and this speaks volumes about who Republicans think matters and who doesn’t.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Intel committee Dems not briefed before strikes. Intel committee GOP were.
This is a problem and this shit needs to stop. Informing Congress of direct force that could launch WWIII isn’t a partisan process.
This is a problem and this shit needs to stop. Informing Congress of direct force that could launch WWIII isn’t a partisan process.
June 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Intel committee Dems not briefed before strikes. Intel committee GOP were.
This is a problem and this shit needs to stop. Informing Congress of direct force that could launch WWIII isn’t a partisan process.
This is a problem and this shit needs to stop. Informing Congress of direct force that could launch WWIII isn’t a partisan process.
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Hard to argue with that.
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hard to argue with that.
Easily over a thousand of us at the No Kings protest in Memphis, Tennessee.
June 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Easily over a thousand of us at the No Kings protest in Memphis, Tennessee.
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“Ultimately it’s not possible to have both a monarchy and the First Amendment.”
We've got no kings here. Join the Contrarian, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and millions of others tomorrow, June 14, and make your voice heard.
We've got no kings here. Join the Contrarian, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and millions of others tomorrow, June 14, and make your voice heard.
"We've got no kings here": Jamie Raskin on Trump's brazen disregard for the American Constitution
"Donald Trump has a lot more to do with King George than he has to do with the American revolutionaries."
contrarian.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Ultimately it’s not possible to have both a monarchy and the First Amendment.”
We've got no kings here. Join the Contrarian, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and millions of others tomorrow, June 14, and make your voice heard.
We've got no kings here. Join the Contrarian, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and millions of others tomorrow, June 14, and make your voice heard.
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🇺🇸 NO KINGS DAY LIVE
Join Jen Rubin, April Ryan, and fellow Contrarians for real-time resistance reports
⭐️ Guests:
Heather Cox Richardson
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Gov. Wes Moore
Jim Acosta
Amy McGrath
Dan Pfeiffer
David Litt
LIVE 📍 Saturday, 6pm et/ 3pm pt
Subscribe now: contrarian.substack.com
Join Jen Rubin, April Ryan, and fellow Contrarians for real-time resistance reports
⭐️ Guests:
Heather Cox Richardson
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Gov. Wes Moore
Jim Acosta
Amy McGrath
Dan Pfeiffer
David Litt
LIVE 📍 Saturday, 6pm et/ 3pm pt
Subscribe now: contrarian.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🇺🇸 NO KINGS DAY LIVE
Join Jen Rubin, April Ryan, and fellow Contrarians for real-time resistance reports
⭐️ Guests:
Heather Cox Richardson
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Gov. Wes Moore
Jim Acosta
Amy McGrath
Dan Pfeiffer
David Litt
LIVE 📍 Saturday, 6pm et/ 3pm pt
Subscribe now: contrarian.substack.com
Join Jen Rubin, April Ryan, and fellow Contrarians for real-time resistance reports
⭐️ Guests:
Heather Cox Richardson
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Gov. Wes Moore
Jim Acosta
Amy McGrath
Dan Pfeiffer
David Litt
LIVE 📍 Saturday, 6pm et/ 3pm pt
Subscribe now: contrarian.substack.com
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On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
June 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
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ACLU Statement:
"[T]he Trump administration is putting Angelenos in danger, creating legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians."
"unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power"
"[T]he Trump administration is putting Angelenos in danger, creating legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians."
"unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power"
ACLU Reacts to President Trump’s Federalizing National Guard Troops in Response to Protests | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON — Tonight, the Trump administration announced it will federalize 2,000 National Guard troops to counter protests in Los Angeles. The...
www.aclu.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
ACLU Statement:
"[T]he Trump administration is putting Angelenos in danger, creating legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians."
"unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power"
"[T]he Trump administration is putting Angelenos in danger, creating legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians."
"unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power"
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @DennisGoris) 🇺🇸
(From @DennisGoris) 🇺🇸
May 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @DennisGoris) 🇺🇸
(From @DennisGoris) 🇺🇸
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Fact-check: True
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fact-check: True
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"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down." – Eleanor Roosevelt
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
May 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down." – Eleanor Roosevelt
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
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Please join if you're able in person, or please join by watching this livestream.
Our leaders are acting and we need to support them and join them, however we can.
Absolutely love seeing this @booker.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social !!
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Our leaders are acting and we need to support them and join them, however we can.
Absolutely love seeing this @booker.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social !!
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Please join if you're able in person, or please join by watching this livestream.
Our leaders are acting and we need to support them and join them, however we can.
Absolutely love seeing this @booker.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social !!
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Our leaders are acting and we need to support them and join them, however we can.
Absolutely love seeing this @booker.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social !!
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
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Here's the Bluesky post. This is incredible. Now the goal will be to get him home. And I want to hear what Senator Van Hollen learned from him.
What this shows is that Bukele is very much susceptible to pressure.
Now we can't forget about the other 237 people sent there on March 15.
What this shows is that Bukele is very much susceptible to pressure.
Now we can't forget about the other 237 people sent there on March 15.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here's the Bluesky post. This is incredible. Now the goal will be to get him home. And I want to hear what Senator Van Hollen learned from him.
What this shows is that Bukele is very much susceptible to pressure.
Now we can't forget about the other 237 people sent there on March 15.
What this shows is that Bukele is very much susceptible to pressure.
Now we can't forget about the other 237 people sent there on March 15.
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump floats legally questionable proposal to deport U.S. citizens
Trump has suggested that "homegrown" criminals who have been convicted of certain crimes should be deported — a policy that legal experts say is "pretty obviously illegal."
www.nbcnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
This makes me feel sick to my stomach.
President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This makes me feel sick to my stomach.
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This is absolutely horrifying. People can't afford to file Habeas petitions. And how is anyone going to enforce that this actually happens? And what about the people there that did NOT get due process?
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is absolutely horrifying. People can't afford to file Habeas petitions. And how is anyone going to enforce that this actually happens? And what about the people there that did NOT get due process?
This is true. At least under the US Constitution and laws.
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is true. At least under the US Constitution and laws.