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Laurie
@michigan-candide.bsky.social
From Michigan. Radical left lunatic 💙
Here to talk books, politics/policy ideas, nature, science, etc.
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SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So good! #BookSky if you haven’t read this one, you need to treat yo self
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’m going on a road trip tomorrow.

What podcast or audio book do you recommend?
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
May I add my cat, who is sound asleep here😴
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What a night! 🎉
Dems in ARRAY
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Tonight’s walk with a pretty moon
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Wow! 💛
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OMG 😂😂😂
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org

24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
People Over Papers
iceout.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Excellent point
Can someone please ask him how the GOP changed the 60 vote threshold twice in the last two months to approve 150+ trump appointees in one go? Cuz they are in charge and can change the rules to open the government. And they know it. They WANT the shutdown.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Spooky #BookSky
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 - 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻
4/5⭐

🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆
A classic - deserving of its place in the psychological horror pantheon. This is a subtle haunting; subdued and quiet except for those rare moments when it’s not...

visit www.goodreads.com/review/show/... for full review

#booksky #gothic
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Press who got years out of Hillary’s emails deciding amongst themselves that people aren’t all that interested in the White House destruction (and every other example of Trump breaking laws and norms.)
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Fall sunshine ☀️ 🍂
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
😂😂😂
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Insanity. This administration is chaos.
😔
Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."
October 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Afternoon walk 🍂
October 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Saturday morning down by the river.
Good weekend all!
#hiking #photography #landscape
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM