Mary Helene
@mhmele.bsky.social
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Sunset behind partly cloudy skies.
#blueskyartshow #sky ##clouds #sunset #apalachicolabay #photography
#blueskyartshow #sky ##clouds #sunset #apalachicolabay #photography
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sunset behind partly cloudy skies.
#blueskyartshow #sky ##clouds #sunset #apalachicolabay #photography
#blueskyartshow #sky ##clouds #sunset #apalachicolabay #photography
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other98
He called her "garbage" by name. The President of the United States called a sitting US Representative, and a child immigrant from Somalia, "garbage." This can never become normal. WE MUST REMOVE THIS MAN FROM POWER.
He called her "garbage" by name. The President of the United States called a sitting US Representative, and a child immigrant from Somalia, "garbage." This can never become normal. WE MUST REMOVE THIS MAN FROM POWER.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
other98
He called her "garbage" by name. The President of the United States called a sitting US Representative, and a child immigrant from Somalia, "garbage." This can never become normal. WE MUST REMOVE THIS MAN FROM POWER.
He called her "garbage" by name. The President of the United States called a sitting US Representative, and a child immigrant from Somalia, "garbage." This can never become normal. WE MUST REMOVE THIS MAN FROM POWER.
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Imagine the driver's seat in your car needs to be fixed, and you're waiting for the dealer to get a new one.
It's going to be months.
Now imagine you have to stay in bed 24/7 until the new seat arrives.
This is life for many #wheelchair users in BC.
✅ READ: b.link/wheelchair
It's going to be months.
Now imagine you have to stay in bed 24/7 until the new seat arrives.
This is life for many #wheelchair users in BC.
✅ READ: b.link/wheelchair
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Imagine the driver's seat in your car needs to be fixed, and you're waiting for the dealer to get a new one.
It's going to be months.
Now imagine you have to stay in bed 24/7 until the new seat arrives.
This is life for many #wheelchair users in BC.
✅ READ: b.link/wheelchair
It's going to be months.
Now imagine you have to stay in bed 24/7 until the new seat arrives.
This is life for many #wheelchair users in BC.
✅ READ: b.link/wheelchair
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It’s kinda wild the President is openly corrupt, Nazi sympathizing, and very likely a pedophile—and most Republicans in Congress are still willing to ignore the Constitution whenever he asks.
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s kinda wild the President is openly corrupt, Nazi sympathizing, and very likely a pedophile—and most Republicans in Congress are still willing to ignore the Constitution whenever he asks.
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This morning.
Take a moment.
Take a moment.
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This morning.
Take a moment.
Take a moment.
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Bulldozed in 2025-as if this was his own property and not the peoples’ property. No one is holding him accountable. Get back to work @HouseRepublicans. You took an oath to protect our Constitution NOT this man. NO Kings in the USA!
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bulldozed in 2025-as if this was his own property and not the peoples’ property. No one is holding him accountable. Get back to work @HouseRepublicans. You took an oath to protect our Constitution NOT this man. NO Kings in the USA!
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Rainy morning heron ☕️
October 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Rainy morning heron ☕️
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Trump is defunding nursing homes — and deporting their workers.
Seniors, people with disabilities, and their families will pay the price.
Seniors, people with disabilities, and their families will pay the price.
Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers - KFF Health News
Understaffed nursing homes face a workforce crisis if President Donald Trump and Republicans further curtail immigration and cut Medicaid.
kffhealthnews.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump is defunding nursing homes — and deporting their workers.
Seniors, people with disabilities, and their families will pay the price.
Seniors, people with disabilities, and their families will pay the price.
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Annually, 51,000 Americans will needlessly die due to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, which includes the biggest health care cuts in history.
Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Representative to protect Medicaid and VOTE NO.
Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Representative to protect Medicaid and VOTE NO.
July 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Annually, 51,000 Americans will needlessly die due to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, which includes the biggest health care cuts in history.
Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Representative to protect Medicaid and VOTE NO.
Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Representative to protect Medicaid and VOTE NO.
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I won’t be able to afford my health insurance premiums because of ACA cuts—but hey, no sales tax on gun silencers. Fair trade off.
Are you fucking kidding me⁉️
#VoteHellNo
Are you fucking kidding me⁉️
#VoteHellNo
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I won’t be able to afford my health insurance premiums because of ACA cuts—but hey, no sales tax on gun silencers. Fair trade off.
Are you fucking kidding me⁉️
#VoteHellNo
Are you fucking kidding me⁉️
#VoteHellNo
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Let me tell you what happens when profit runs hospitals & you show up pregnant—in pain.
Bryanna Baker was 24. She went to 2 different hospitals in New Mexico w/crushing chest pain. One said it was pregnancy discomfort. The other called it morning sickness.
She was having a massive heart attack.
🧵
Bryanna Baker was 24. She went to 2 different hospitals in New Mexico w/crushing chest pain. One said it was pregnancy discomfort. The other called it morning sickness.
She was having a massive heart attack.
🧵
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let me tell you what happens when profit runs hospitals & you show up pregnant—in pain.
Bryanna Baker was 24. She went to 2 different hospitals in New Mexico w/crushing chest pain. One said it was pregnancy discomfort. The other called it morning sickness.
She was having a massive heart attack.
🧵
Bryanna Baker was 24. She went to 2 different hospitals in New Mexico w/crushing chest pain. One said it was pregnancy discomfort. The other called it morning sickness.
She was having a massive heart attack.
🧵
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This can't be understated. THIS WILL AFFECT YOU! Even if you're not on Social Security right now or are a US citizen or have private insurance. What will be harmed?
Your medical services at facilities that see AHCCCS patients
Someone you know on SNAP
Your future self on Social Security
☎️202-224-3121
Your medical services at facilities that see AHCCCS patients
Someone you know on SNAP
Your future self on Social Security
☎️202-224-3121
🚨 The Senate is *about to VOTE* on the largest cut to the social safety net in history, explode our deficit, set us up for an energy crisis, & ramp up masked kidnappings, all to transfer an unprecedented amount of wealth from the poor to the rich.
CALL YOUR SENATORS
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
CALL YOUR SENATORS
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This can't be understated. THIS WILL AFFECT YOU! Even if you're not on Social Security right now or are a US citizen or have private insurance. What will be harmed?
Your medical services at facilities that see AHCCCS patients
Someone you know on SNAP
Your future self on Social Security
☎️202-224-3121
Your medical services at facilities that see AHCCCS patients
Someone you know on SNAP
Your future self on Social Security
☎️202-224-3121
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Yikes! This bill is a disaster for Alaska. But most states have similar stories of a bleak future if this passes—especially red states.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Call your Senators and urge them to #VoteNo 👀
It doesn’t have to be this way. Call your Senators and urge them to #VoteNo 👀
June 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yikes! This bill is a disaster for Alaska. But most states have similar stories of a bleak future if this passes—especially red states.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Call your Senators and urge them to #VoteNo 👀
It doesn’t have to be this way. Call your Senators and urge them to #VoteNo 👀
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1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
Call 202-224-3121 and urge your Congressman and Senator to "Vote NO"!
Call 202-224-3121 and urge your Congressman and Senator to "Vote NO"!
June 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
Call 202-224-3121 and urge your Congressman and Senator to "Vote NO"!
Call 202-224-3121 and urge your Congressman and Senator to "Vote NO"!
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Icymi last month: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into a national criminal database originally built for people convicted of sex offenses and violent crimes
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
www.wired.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Icymi last month: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into a national criminal database originally built for people convicted of sex offenses and violent crimes
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All the UN members walked out during #Netanyahu’s speech! 👏
June 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
All the UN members walked out during #Netanyahu’s speech! 👏
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This sort of callousness has become the standard for Republicans.
Health care is a human right!
Health care is a human right!
June 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This sort of callousness has become the standard for Republicans.
Health care is a human right!
Health care is a human right!
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If Republicans get their way, hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down.
People will die and they think that we will "get over it" #MedicaidSavesOurLives
People will die and they think that we will "get over it" #MedicaidSavesOurLives
June 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If Republicans get their way, hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down.
People will die and they think that we will "get over it" #MedicaidSavesOurLives
People will die and they think that we will "get over it" #MedicaidSavesOurLives
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Madness:
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Madness:
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So, we can afford to give Meta 15 BILLION in tax breaks, but we can't afford Medicaid?
Make it make sense. #MedicaidSavesOurLives
Make it make sense. #MedicaidSavesOurLives
June 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
So, we can afford to give Meta 15 BILLION in tax breaks, but we can't afford Medicaid?
Make it make sense. #MedicaidSavesOurLives
Make it make sense. #MedicaidSavesOurLives
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Sierra Matthews lives in a small Missouri town, works in the public school system, raises two young sons, and has no health insurance.
She falls below the poverty line. Medicaid isn’t a handout. It’s her lifeline.
Take it away, there is no fallback!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives
She falls below the poverty line. Medicaid isn’t a handout. It’s her lifeline.
Take it away, there is no fallback!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives
June 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sierra Matthews lives in a small Missouri town, works in the public school system, raises two young sons, and has no health insurance.
She falls below the poverty line. Medicaid isn’t a handout. It’s her lifeline.
Take it away, there is no fallback!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives
She falls below the poverty line. Medicaid isn’t a handout. It’s her lifeline.
Take it away, there is no fallback!
#MedicaidSavesOurLives
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People with disabilities came to DC to save Medicaid from Republican cuts.
Instead of listening, Republicans had them arrested.
Instead of listening, Republicans had them arrested.
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
People with disabilities came to DC to save Medicaid from Republican cuts.
Instead of listening, Republicans had them arrested.
Instead of listening, Republicans had them arrested.
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VICTORY: Today, after years of fierce advocacy by @momsdemand.bsky.social and @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteers, @govdanmckee.bsky.social signed a bill into law that prohibits the manufacture, transfer, and sale of assault rifles.
June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
VICTORY: Today, after years of fierce advocacy by @momsdemand.bsky.social and @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteers, @govdanmckee.bsky.social signed a bill into law that prohibits the manufacture, transfer, and sale of assault rifles.
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“Hoo Ha!” by Steve Brodner on Bluesky and on The Greater Quiet.
“Today in Utter Bullshit”
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on The Greater Quiet.
“Today in Utter Bullshit”
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on The Greater Quiet.
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Hoo Ha!” by Steve Brodner on Bluesky and on The Greater Quiet.
“Today in Utter Bullshit”
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on The Greater Quiet.
“Today in Utter Bullshit”
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on The Greater Quiet.
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With the dismantling of USAID, VOA, and tomorrow's anticipated RIFs at the State Dept. Ambassador William Burns' warning that "the future of our diplomatic service is uncertain" could not be any more urgent or timely.
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
With the dismantling of USAID, VOA, and tomorrow's anticipated RIFs at the State Dept. Ambassador William Burns' warning that "the future of our diplomatic service is uncertain" could not be any more urgent or timely.
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org