Molly Bardine
@mollyb25.bsky.social
Reader, writer and teacher focusing on creating a better world. Interests include AP Lit, Literacy Coaching and social justice teaching. 🌻
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
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November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025
At the end of her interview with President Donald J.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
November 3, 2025
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October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
October 31, 2025
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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This is the most batshit insane interview by someone for whom batshit insane is the standard
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is the most batshit insane interview by someone for whom batshit insane is the standard
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September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025
Today the social media account of President Donald J.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
September 6, 2025
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Cutting millions from mental health programs and closing the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, while blaming gun violence on mental health only distracts from the real problem: Easy access to guns.
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cutting millions from mental health programs and closing the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, while blaming gun violence on mental health only distracts from the real problem: Easy access to guns.
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Republicans have time to pettily paint over a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting because they can’t hate gay people enough, but they can’t be bothered to stop school shootings because they don’t love children enough.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Florida painting over this LGBTQ memorial is a grievous offense
The memorial outside the nightclub was put in place as a vital testament to the strength, resilience and love of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Republicans have time to pettily paint over a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting because they can’t hate gay people enough, but they can’t be bothered to stop school shootings because they don’t love children enough.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
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Others of us are releasing our own stories of American history for the 250th. My team's videos are on my YouTube channel and Instagram, and honor "unity and progress" and "American values" just like Trump wants. Here, for example, is Mary McLeod Bethune defending the Constitution....
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Others of us are releasing our own stories of American history for the 250th. My team's videos are on my YouTube channel and Instagram, and honor "unity and progress" and "American values" just like Trump wants. Here, for example, is Mary McLeod Bethune defending the Constitution....
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Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days.
But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.
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August 10, 2025
August 10, 2025
On Friday, Democracy Forward Foundation sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make it respond to its request for the release of the Epstein files, as we...
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August 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
August 10, 2025
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LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
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When people talk about having two systems of justice, this is what they mean.
August 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When people talk about having two systems of justice, this is what they mean.
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August 2, 2025
August 2, 2025
Republicans in the Texas legislature are working to redistrict the state before the 2026 midterm elections.
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August 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
August 2, 2025
The Most-Taught Books in American Classrooms Have Barely Changed in 30 Years - The Wall Street Journal
Proud to teach in a school where the books have changed and reflect our diverse student population!
Proud to teach in a school where the books have changed and reflect our diverse student population!
July 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Most-Taught Books in American Classrooms Have Barely Changed in 30 Years - The Wall Street Journal
Proud to teach in a school where the books have changed and reflect our diverse student population!
Proud to teach in a school where the books have changed and reflect our diverse student population!
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Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
July 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
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“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”
July 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”
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The Trump admin is illegally impounding billions of dollars in congressionally allocated funding for K-12 school programs. This is blatantly unconstitutional and cruel.
Call your reps to demand the immediate release of these funds!
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Call your reps to demand the immediate release of these funds!
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/educat...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Take some time to call today. The 5 call app is also very easy to make your voice heard on many issues. Make a habit to call once a week!
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The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
July 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
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We are now in the “human sacrifices for the greed of billionaires” phase of our trip to a Republican dystopia.
TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood, incl girls still missing from a camp. In the time of climate change we need better weather prediction from fed’l resources, not the dramatic cuts Trump/Musk have imposed. joycevance.substack.com/p/when-the-c...
When the Cuts Hit Home
I am not an alarmist.
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July 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We are now in the “human sacrifices for the greed of billionaires” phase of our trip to a Republican dystopia.
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In April, Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad warned that the Trump administration’s plan to slash the agency would “cut the ability to improve the forecast and the predictions” for severe weather events.
July 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In April, Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad warned that the Trump administration’s plan to slash the agency would “cut the ability to improve the forecast and the predictions” for severe weather events.
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There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
July 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
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The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.