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Nikki
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A little whimsical, a little odd, unapologetically me, a beautiful soul who appreciates what this earth has provided us. I love my cozy life, my spouse, kids, pets, home, and garden. 🌈 ally, 🔵 in Oklahoma.
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Letter from the office of Representative Stephanie Bice that reads: As your Congresswoman, I am committed to working toward comprehensive immigration reform that would strengthen border security and provide commonsense safeguards. In the 118th Congress I was a cosponsor of H.R. 163, the Security First Act. This legislation would bolster federal resources through the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Stonegarden program to improve overall border security by investing in sensors, communications equipment, and drone technology. Further, the bill would strengthen collaboration with state and local law enforcement. Now that President Trump has entered into office, it is time to secure our border once and for all. Please know that I will continue to support efforts to strengthen border security and to address deficiencies in our nation's immigration policies. Once again, thank you for contacting me to share your views. Your input helps me to more effectively represent the people of Oklahoma, and I look forward to staying in touch. I encourage you to visit my website at www.bice.house.gov and follow me on X, Instagram and Facebook. Sincerely, Stephanie Bice Member of Congress
April 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Letter from the office of Representative Stephanie Bice that reads: Dear Mrs. Eneff, Thank you for contacting me to share your views regarding our nation's immigration policies. America has always been a nation of immigrants, but the country's current immigration system doesn't serve Americans or immigrants well. Despite efforts to strengthen border security, the U.S. still does not have operational control of the porous U.S.-Mexico border. As the daughter of an immigrant who worked hard and followed the legal processes to come to America and eventually gain citizenship, it pains me to see this nation's immigration laws being disregarded As your Congresswoman, I am committed to working toward comprehensive immigration reform that would strengthen border security and provide commonsense safeguards. In the 118th Congress I was a cosponsor of H.R. 163, the Security First Act. This legislation would bolster federal resources through the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Stonegarden program to improve overall border security by investing in sensors, communications equipment, and drone technology. Further, the bill would strengthen collaboration with state and local law enforcement.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Representative Stephanie Bice is showing the fact that she can’t be bothered to read emails sent to her AND that she’s just a lil ol racist white lady. I plan to send this email to every single subject option she has. Daily. Until I get a satisfactory response.
White background, black text that reads: Ms. Bice Abrego Garcia was arrested by ICE on March 12 and sent to El Salvador on March 15, where his wife recognized him in a video showing the shackled and shaven prisoners being arrayed by Salvadoran authorities. A federal judge already barred further removals under the Alien Enemies Act while proceedings play out in court. That decision triggered Trump to call for the impeachment of judges who have ruled against his administration. The judge, James Boasberg, is also weighing whether the Trump administration defied his order by deporting some Venezuelans to El Salvador after he demanded the March 15 flights be halted or turned around. The administration contends that despite the "good faith" error, Abrego Garcia is unlikely to face torture in El Salvador in part because the U.S. government made a broader assessment of El Salvador's intentions when it deported the larger groups of migrants. White background, black text that reads: The Trump administration now says there's nothing it can do to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to U.S. custody. The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to reject a petition by Abrego Garcia's attorneys to seek his return to United States custody, saying the Trump administration has no power to force El Salvador to facilitate that demand — and that the courts have no authority to issue such an order. "This court should defer to the government's determination that Abrego Garcia will not likely be tortured or killed in El Salvador," Justice Department attorneys wrote. "Although the government erred in removing Abrego Garcia specifically to El Salvador, the government would not have removed any alien to El Salvador ... if it believed that doing so would violate the United States' obligations" under an international anti-torture treaty. This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a direct violation of a court order. Chalking a man's life up to an administrative error and shrugging your shoulders that there is nothing to be done is the least American thing I have ever heard. Are you guys serious?! White background, black text that reads: Why are we sending people with NO DUE PROCESS to El Salvador prisons where we have no recourse to bring them back if we find we have made mistakes because of the lack of due process-which is written into the constitution for everyone on American soil. Some of your colleagues seem to need that reminder, fyi. This makes us look WEAK. This administration is admitting despite being the most powerful nation in the world, El Salvadoran prisons and the El Salvador president hold more power than we do. I demand something be done. This is unacceptable. The judicial system is a part of the check and balances we have in this nation. Deal with it. And not by defunding the judiciary as Mike Johnson proposed.
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Today marks one year without my soul cat, LucyFur. She took a piece of me with her a year ago. Losing her was harder than losing my parents (one to death and the other to going NC). She was there through all of it. Every now and again I catch a glimpse of her in the corner of my eye, though.
Close up picture of the face of a black cat with green eyes wrapped up in a white fluffy/faux furry blanket.
March 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Healing is messy. You will uncover things you thought long healed that need attention. It just means you are building trust with yourself to honor and walk through those things. Grieving is messy. Trauma is messy. There is no “right way”. There is just your way. You are worthy of this work.
White box with black text that reads: Tears are a physical manifestation of energy. They are meant to flow. To be witnessed. To be acknowledged. They are a chance to hold space for your pain, for injustice, for loss. They are a portal for your grief. Witness them. Thank them. Release them. Don’t force them to back in your body when they are screaming to come out. Honor them. There is magick in honoring yourself—allowing full expression of your mind, body, and spirit.
February 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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If you’re in a red state, call your reps. They are trying to pass through some shady 💩. Especially if you’re in OK. They are trying to end no-fault divorce & bring in covenant marriage 😵‍💫. Call today!!!

And also call and annoy your federal reps. Let them know you are informed and disapprove.
White background with black text that reads: Called Ms. Stephanie Bice to voice a litany of concerns about our democracy. Don’t worry y’all. Her staffer ensured checks and balances are totes working and that 🍊 has honored all of the judicial orders. When I asked how it was appropriate or democratic for the American President to truth social: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”(bold emphasis mine)—I got interrupted, told to have a nice day, and was promptly hung up on. Anyway, call your reps and annoy them.
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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After a two year hiatus, gardening is back 💜. My mom passed in 2023 when garden prep would normally start & it just didn’t happen.

The year beyond that my dad went wack-a-doodle & after 8 months of that trauma, I didn’t have a 2024 garden season in me.

The garden is making a 2025 comeback 💜💜
A black shelf of red solo cups (stacked two high with a marble between them so the first cup that has drainage holes can drain into the second cup), filled with soil and lit up with some garden lights and a shop light. It’s not fancy but it works.
February 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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When you value and honor yourself—there isn’t an argument in the world that could convince you that you aren’t worth the effort of being treated with dignity and respect.

It astounds me how quickly people revert to suggesting you just abandon yourself as a means to “fix a relationship”.
White box with text that reads: There isn’t one event that results in going no contact with a parent. It’s death by a thousand cuts. And not just from the pain of going no contact and everything that led to that decision. When you go no contact, the world clutches its pearls. You endure the never ending advice and judgment of people who believe they get to have input as to whether or not your boundary is valid. It’s a wild ride. Today my mother-in-law tried to shame me for still not talking to my dad. I declined to receive that shame. Instead I said with conviction and passion for my own wellbeing, “I am worthy of being treated with dignity and respect.” That made her very uncomfortable 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 (Ends with a hands up/whatever emoji and a sideways crying laughing face emoji)
February 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Lil update: Y’all, this Yule inspired cleaner smells AMAZING!!! Slight vinegar on the tail end but mostly tree and orange. This lil potion brewed around 4 weeks. Diluted with moon water from the first full moon of the year. Looking forward to infusing my home with her magick. #WitchSky
Honey/amber colored liquid in two very large mason jars (gallon and 3/4 gallon size) Liquid inside made of Fraser fir needles, orange peels, and cinnamon sticks soaked in vinegar for about a month and then strained out and diluted with moon water.
February 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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We cannot stand in our own strength and power if we are disconnected from ourselves.

Breathe. Rest. Go outside. Feel the sun, bask in the moonlight. Let your toes touch the yellow, crunchy, cold grass.

Today, I was met this cardinal couple. You are seen and loved and important.

#WitchSky
Picture of my largely dead and crunchy backyard garden. Male cardinal in the bottom left corner, female cardinal in the top right corner perched on a wire arch.
February 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I was conditioned to believe self-respect was rude—because self-respect threatened my dad’s fragility.

I know better now. I know boundaries are not rude. Not giving someone access to my attention or energy might be construed as rude by those who want access—but it’s just a boundary 🫶🏻
Text that reads: I'm not listening to your words at this point. I'm watching your behaviors and actions. Your energy will clearly let me know if expending the energy to listen or even engage with you is worth the privilege of my energy. I would rather be seen as rude than to abandon myself to the fragility of someone who thinks they are owed my respect. We have been indoctrinated to be "nice" and to respect our elders and authority figures. No. They can earn our respect. You don't owe anyone with the audacity to disrespect you or marginalized people your politeness.
February 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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We need to hold our communities accountable and call out hatred. We need to be the whole problem.

AND we need safe spaces of people we can trust and cry with and fight with and celebrate with.

You have space here. I know the cost of standing up. I’ve paid it my whole life. Do it anyway. 🫶🏻
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Today was a hard news day. 🍊 & Musk are so triggering when you grew up with middle class versions of them.

Seeing people still eat it up is like being that kid who wasn’t believed all over again.

This time, though, I have found my people and that narrative is different. Thank you for that 🫶🏻.
February 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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February 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Y’all. My son was supposed to create a timeline of formative events for his “All About Me” assignment. I’m 💀🤣.
He was born.
His dog died.
He got new dogs.
His cat died.
He got a new baby cat.

They were all formative moments 🤷🏼‍♀️. Some highs and lows. He kept it real, real.
A timeline graph reflecting my son’s formative moments as follows: He was born in July. His dog died. He got new dogs. His cat died. He got a new baby cat.
February 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Mr. Lankford. Your project 2025 is showing.

Mr. Lankford is against palliative care for dying babies born from doomed pregnancies his state is mandating. Got it.

Literally no doctors are killing viable babies. We already have laws against that. Full stop. That is murder.

(Continued in comments)
January 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I was raised by a malignant narcissist father. Speaking up/out was never safe. But living in a world where my voice was silenced took away my only real power.

I decided very quickly that I would rather be punished for calling him out than complicit in his hatred. Choose you discomfort wisely 💜
You are going to be uncomfortable speaking out and drawing attention to yourself. But you're also going to be uncomfortable not speaking out. You're going to think about how you had power in the moment even if that power was just to let someone else know they weren't alone. You'll think about it all of the time. Choose your discomfort wisely. It's okay to be scared and do it anyway.
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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My middle schooler asked me to round up all of our banned books. Looking at my 4th grader, I can tell you I don’t know 3rd grade me had any business trying to digest this without adult help which I can also 100% tell you I didn’t have. But I’ve had this since 1989 because I never wanted to forget.
Picture of then book: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Inside cover on the book inscribed: Mrs. Ryan, 3rd grade, Nicole (Me), Room 141
January 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Yule 🎄 Cleansing Potion in the making:
✨Fraser fir needles (strength, consistency, renewal)
✨rosemary (protection, purification)
✨🍊 peels (joy, love)
✨cinnamon sticks (abundance)
✨cloves (protection, healing, manifestation)
✨bay leaves (holding my intentions)
✨ white vinegar (cleansing)
#Witchsky
A large mason jar filled with tree needles, orange peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, rosemary, bay leaves soaking in vinegar Two large mason jars filled with tree needles, orange peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, rosemary, bay leaves soaking in vinegar tucked in my pantry.
January 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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I guess Calcifer has decided it’s time for me to reset that crystal grid 🤣🤣
#Witchsky
Orange cat sitting on top a crystal grid—of which he’s knocked over and re-arranged most of the crystals. He does not appear apologetic about it, either.
January 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I found this lil beauty thrifting this weekend. She’s a simple lil tray/baking sheet(?) but she’s pretty and she just called to me.

I noticed this etched on the backside: “From Freda & Bill, Xmas 1950”

This baby is 75 years old. Glad she’s in a home again and getting some use #witchysky
Silver tray etched with flowers Silver tray with an etched inscription that reads: “From Freda and Bill, Xmas 1950”
January 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Don’t argue with them. Don’t give space to explain it away. Believe them and thank them for finally owning up to who they are and what they believe. It allows you to set and maintain better boundaries to protect yourself.
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I was not feeling myself this morning. Watching this all unfold is triggering.

So I danced to some angry/reclaim my power music. I moved that energy out of my body. I let the sun shine on my face for a few minutes. I tended to my indoor plants (because it COLD here).

Take care of yourselves. 🥰
Picture of a mini spruce tree, orchids, succulents, cacti, money tree, bonsai tree, struggling rosemary, and few other miscellaneous plants.
January 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Rebuilding my connections brick by brick. Looking to connect with:

✨Tarot
✨Herbs
✨Crystals
✨Magick
✨Spells
✨Spirit Guides
✨Nature
✨Gardening
✨Natural Healing
✨Peri-Menopause
✨Suspected Neighborhood Witches
✨Social Justice
✨Global Healing
✨Neurodivergent
✨Crochet
✨🌈 Ally
✨💜 Dogs
✨💜 Cats
Large white dog sleeping with his front legs sticking straight out. Brown/brindle Plotthound mix curled up in front of him
January 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I grew up with narcissistic abuse. Gaslighting was the law of the land. You could have all the evidence that ever existed, and it still didn’t happen.

It happened. Trust yourself. Don’t be gaslit out of the things you saw with your own eyes. Don’t ever forget.
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM