nancyraabe.bsky.social
@nancyraabe.bsky.social
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Choosing not to feed Americans in need is unacceptable.

The Administration knows it can use emergency funds for SNAP payments—it even deleted the memo posted on its website saying it could.

They are choosing to inflict pain on families.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
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October 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Sen. Andy Kim in a powerful interview by Heather Cox Richardson, decrying the "lack of a functioning democracy... we do not have three branches of government right now, we have only one" as "the Republican Party has collapsed, it has been captured." Our hope? "This is a time for movement building."
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Enough time has passed that I can definitively say that the “everyone is 12 now” post is THE load bearing post of Bluesky. The hall of famer Bluesky post. It commands respect even from Bluesky skeptics and haters
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.

Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The President's absurd hyperbole promoting this "compact" shows he has no idea what goes on in universities or what academic freedom is all about. Bravo to
Brown and Vanderbilt!
www.nytimes.com/2025p/10/15/...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
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October 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Before it was illegally destroyed by Musk and co., USAID had a budget of $35 billion (in 2024)
October 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wherever this document came from, and whether or not it is "legitimate," it accurately represents the course of events we have endured and points toward the utterly chilling outcome.

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Resist the MAGA Agenda (@resistmaga)
This essay is from an Australian think tank. I am unsure the author, but felt sharing it was important. This is how we are seen right now and they are indeed anticipating a coup.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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27 million pounds of chicken

2 million gallons of milk

67 million eggs

That’s how much food grown by American farmers never made it to hungry families because of the administration’s decision to cancel deliveries to food banks.

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thank you, Will Bunch! Heroic words! We are joining you!

Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word | Will Bunch
The column the Trump regime wants to ban: America has to call out surging fascism in order to defeat it.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Jesus tells it like it is, in yet another passage omitted from the Revised Common Lectionary. Perhaps it can help us cope.
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The Father of All Lies
Hope for Troubled Times
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September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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No Kings Harleysville PA · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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NO KINGS Montgomery County PA · Capital Indivisible
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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An 18-year-old high school student was fatally shot during a joint operation by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Pennsylvania on Thursday, officials said on Friday.
18-Year-Old Is Fatally Shot During F.B.I. and A.T.F. Operation in Pennsylvania
A medical examiner’s report said Kendric Curtis, 18, was “shot by law enforcement” on Thursday and died on Friday.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Honestly if Disney feels like the material of late night comics are not “on brand” for the company (as some defenders of Iger have claimed), then maybe it should stick to amusement parks and get out of broadcast TV. I say this as a Disney shareholder. (And good for Eisner for speaking up!)
September 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM