Rosie
@ms-hollyrose.bsky.social
Cat lady, reformed lit major, runner, writer, diver into things, pro freedom means pro choice. My opinions are my own.
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It makes me so fucking mad that there was a right wing conspiracy theory that Biden’s FEMA was denying funds to North Carolina and then Trump gets into office and actually does it and…mostly silence.
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It makes me so fucking mad that there was a right wing conspiracy theory that Biden’s FEMA was denying funds to North Carolina and then Trump gets into office and actually does it and…mostly silence.
Trump and his loyalists are garbage. These kinds of agents are exactly the thugs they wanted to recruit. I will scream that for as long as I can.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor
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September 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump and his loyalists are garbage. These kinds of agents are exactly the thugs they wanted to recruit. I will scream that for as long as I can.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...
Asheville always shows up ❤️
June 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Asheville always shows up ❤️
This report needs to be read by everyone: a piece by piece outline of all the ways Musk has gained financially from his unelected perch.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.warren.senate.gov
June 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This report needs to be read by everyone: a piece by piece outline of all the ways Musk has gained financially from his unelected perch.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?
They called it from day one.
They called it from day one.
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?
They called it from day one.
They called it from day one.
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Systemic racism was, and is American society's cancer...
March 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Systemic racism was, and is American society's cancer...
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The CHIPS Act he's slagging passed 64-33 and has led to over $50 billion in investment.
March 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The CHIPS Act he's slagging passed 64-33 and has led to over $50 billion in investment.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
Just a reminder that the greatest country in the world doesn't freeze funding for cancer research
February 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Just a reminder that the greatest country in the world doesn't freeze funding for cancer research
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties, according to a study which argues that amplifying misinformation is now part and parcel of radical right strategy"
Verifiably: right wingers are liars
Verifiably: right wingers are liars
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties, according to a study which argues that amplifying misinformation is now part and parcel of radical right strategy"
Verifiably: right wingers are liars
Verifiably: right wingers are liars
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What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
In 1981, Lee Atwater, the most influential Republican party strategist of the late 20th century, sat down for an off-the-record interview with the…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Emily Dickinson would like a word
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
February 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Emily Dickinson would like a word
Use your imagination okay
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Use your imagination okay
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
February 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did you know?
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
"This February 1, neither the Pentagon nor the State Department will recognize Black History Month."
I hate him.
I hate him.
February 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"This February 1, neither the Pentagon nor the State Department will recognize Black History Month."
I hate him.
I hate him.
I wonder if my Trump-worshipping family secretly thinks I was a DEI hire at my job.
The answer is yes.
The answer is yes.
January 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I wonder if my Trump-worshipping family secretly thinks I was a DEI hire at my job.
The answer is yes.
The answer is yes.
You know who knows that you can't just halt payment of federal grants and loans because you feel like it? People who are qualified to be president.
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You know who knows that you can't just halt payment of federal grants and loans because you feel like it? People who are qualified to be president.
Our foster kitten has become our adopted kitten's new best friend, as well as my newest source of reading cuddles 🧡
January 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Our foster kitten has become our adopted kitten's new best friend, as well as my newest source of reading cuddles 🧡
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NEW: Stranded in DC after your orange overlord uninvited you to the Inaugural? Don't worry! There's plenty to do! Here are some suggestions: www.muellershewrote.com/p/suggestion...
Suggestions for MAGA Inauguration Goers Stranded in DC
If you've spent money to travel to the National Capitol to attend Trump's Inaugural only to find out you're not invited anymore, I have some recommendations for things to do while you're in DC
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January 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
NEW: Stranded in DC after your orange overlord uninvited you to the Inaugural? Don't worry! There's plenty to do! Here are some suggestions: www.muellershewrote.com/p/suggestion...