Marianne Williams
@mobabymarianne.bsky.social
Aging bird watching, dog accumulating, liberal lesbian feminist environmentalist. A little bit punk, a little bit hippie, mostly neither. Love to read, write, but arithmetic scares me. Regular conversations with rocks, ravens, insects and myself.
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#Signalgate Oh boy. @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social goes a little bit farther down the road about his relationship with Mike Waltz in his interview w/ Walter Isaacson. 1/3
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
#Signalgate Oh boy. @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social goes a little bit farther down the road about his relationship with Mike Waltz in his interview w/ Walter Isaacson. 1/3
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$400M still in the budget, no one to spend it.
The cruelty is the point.
The cruelty is the point.
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
$400M still in the budget, no one to spend it.
The cruelty is the point.
The cruelty is the point.
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Facebook is deleting Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletters…
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Facebook is deleting Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletters…
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Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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April 1, 2025
April 1, 2025
Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
April 1, 2025
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
April 1, 2025
Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
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Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
Week Three: The Pushback
I think of this as primarily a site for more thoughtful essayistic stuff but I was doing one of those news roundup in-the-moment things I do on FB and thought I should maybe try doing it here.
Right ...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
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It's not moving quickly bc it's a distraction- it's moving quickly bc there's a LIST and all docs are already drafted - just awaiting signature. We tried to tell em 🤷🏾♀️
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's not moving quickly bc it's a distraction- it's moving quickly bc there's a LIST and all docs are already drafted - just awaiting signature. We tried to tell em 🤷🏾♀️
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025
“I JUST GOT THE NEWS FROM MY LAWYER… I GOT A PARDON BABY!
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January 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
January 21, 2025
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Trump hits the ground running trying to keep the costs of drugs high for consumers. Literally.
Trump has rescinded a Biden executive order calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
January 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Trump hits the ground running trying to keep the costs of drugs high for consumers. Literally.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social on the First Day of the Dictatorship:
But for all their claims to be hitting the ground running, lawyers noted that some of the executive orders were poorly crafted to accomplish what they claimed...
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But for all their claims to be hitting the ground running, lawyers noted that some of the executive orders were poorly crafted to accomplish what they claimed...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 20, 2025
The tone for the inauguration of Donald J.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social on the First Day of the Dictatorship:
But for all their claims to be hitting the ground running, lawyers noted that some of the executive orders were poorly crafted to accomplish what they claimed...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
But for all their claims to be hitting the ground running, lawyers noted that some of the executive orders were poorly crafted to accomplish what they claimed...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Dear people on social media who told me for 9 years that I was overreacting to Trump,
I wasn't. You were wrong. You can make up for your foolishness by joining the resistance and trying to rescue our country from the fascists.
Sincerely,
Mark
I wasn't. You were wrong. You can make up for your foolishness by joining the resistance and trying to rescue our country from the fascists.
Sincerely,
Mark
January 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dear people on social media who told me for 9 years that I was overreacting to Trump,
I wasn't. You were wrong. You can make up for your foolishness by joining the resistance and trying to rescue our country from the fascists.
Sincerely,
Mark
I wasn't. You were wrong. You can make up for your foolishness by joining the resistance and trying to rescue our country from the fascists.
Sincerely,
Mark
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Trump has suspended refugee admissions programs.
As a result: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. — including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel — are having their flights canceled.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
As a result: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. — including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel — are having their flights canceled.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump has suspended refugee admissions programs.
As a result: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. — including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel — are having their flights canceled.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
As a result: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. — including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel — are having their flights canceled.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.
Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!
Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!
January 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.
Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!
Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!
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if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
January 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
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And my favorite truth teller comes through, again. Thanks @aoc.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/slot...
January 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
And my favorite truth teller comes through, again. Thanks @aoc.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/slot...
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Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle.
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle.
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
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Right-wing anti-constitutional violence in service of Donald Trump's ambitions to gain and hold power is now fully legal in the United States.
January 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Right-wing anti-constitutional violence in service of Donald Trump's ambitions to gain and hold power is now fully legal in the United States.
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Congrats to all the dummies of every political stripe. Y’all really got your man.
It took Trump 3 hours to delete the Spanish version of the White House website and the White House’s Spanish Twitter account.
Trump won 42% of the Hispanic vote.
Trump won 42% of the Hispanic vote.
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Congrats to all the dummies of every political stripe. Y’all really got your man.
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All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight
January 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight