Norma Marti
@normaabuelita.bsky.social
Love of family, friends, nature & all spiritual vibes.
Such a facial/racist country I live in…. Who’s next?
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Such a facial/racist country I live in…. Who’s next?
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Gracias Esmeralda Santiago! I was born in PR but raised in USA, but never knew this history…. Seems USA was using my homeland as practice range for what we are living today in Chicago, LA, Portland and … I’m crying. When will we become humans again?
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The Siege in Salón Boricua
On the mid-afternoon of Tuesday, October 31, 1950, my father was laying tiles in a new house in the San Juan metropolitan area. He’d rigged a radio connected to a lamppost by snaking extension cords f...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Gracias Esmeralda Santiago! I was born in PR but raised in USA, but never knew this history…. Seems USA was using my homeland as practice range for what we are living today in Chicago, LA, Portland and … I’m crying. When will we become humans again?
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Please join me in signing this petition for REMOVAL!
RFK Jr. is dangerous, not Tylenol. Add your name: Tell Congress that it is time for RFK Jr. to go. action.momsrising.org/type/firerfktylenol via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/firerfk...
RFK Jr. is dangerous, not Tylenol. Add your name: Tell Congress that it is time for RFK Jr. to go. action.momsrising.org/type/firerfktylenol via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/firerfk...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Please join me in signing this petition for REMOVAL!
RFK Jr. is dangerous, not Tylenol. Add your name: Tell Congress that it is time for RFK Jr. to go. action.momsrising.org/type/firerfktylenol via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/firerfk...
RFK Jr. is dangerous, not Tylenol. Add your name: Tell Congress that it is time for RFK Jr. to go. action.momsrising.org/type/firerfktylenol via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/firerfk...
PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING ON…
The Department of Labor is proposing to strip 2.9 million home care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay protections! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/type/MinWage... via @momsrising.org #MinimumWage
The Department of Labor is proposing to strip 2.9 million home care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay protections! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/type/MinWage... via @momsrising.org #MinimumWage
action.momsrising.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING ON…
The Department of Labor is proposing to strip 2.9 million home care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay protections! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/type/MinWage... via @momsrising.org #MinimumWage
The Department of Labor is proposing to strip 2.9 million home care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay protections! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/type/MinWage... via @momsrising.org #MinimumWage
Tell NC lawmakers they must invest in child care! I did!!!#poweredbychildcare @momsrising.org Quick action: action.momsrising.org/letter/Aug12...
Today's the day! Tell lawmakers NC is #poweredbychildcare
Today’s the day – the day we come together with partners all over the state to remind lawmakers that we’re counting on them to do what’s right for our littlest learners, for NC’s families, and our sta...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tell NC lawmakers they must invest in child care! I did!!!#poweredbychildcare @momsrising.org Quick action: action.momsrising.org/letter/Aug12...
12 de agosto: ¡Anota la fecha y salva al cuidado infantil en NC! Inscríbete ahora para participar. action.momsrising.org/survey/aug12...
12 de agosto: ¡Anota la fecha y salva al cuidado infantil en NC! Inscríbete ahora para participar.
¡Cuenten conmigo para apoyar el cuidado infantil! Los legisladores de Carolina del Norte se fueron a casa a principios de julio para su propio receso de verano, pero se fueron sin aprobar un presupues...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
12 de agosto: ¡Anota la fecha y salva al cuidado infantil en NC! Inscríbete ahora para participar. action.momsrising.org/survey/aug12...
Exactly! My sentiments about you who see no evil!
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I Don't Grieve His Hatred, Trump Supporter, I Grieve Yours.
Trump Supporter, this isn’t about him.
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June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Exactly! My sentiments about you who see no evil!
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Thinking… finding joy in daily activities. My haiku on way to my “Heaven in earth”…the Crystal Coast:
“Skies sparkle fluffy.
So blue here; there, too?
Hunger, war no joy.”—NMartí
“Skies sparkle fluffy.
So blue here; there, too?
Hunger, war no joy.”—NMartí
June 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thinking… finding joy in daily activities. My haiku on way to my “Heaven in earth”…the Crystal Coast:
“Skies sparkle fluffy.
So blue here; there, too?
Hunger, war no joy.”—NMartí
“Skies sparkle fluffy.
So blue here; there, too?
Hunger, war no joy.”—NMartí
Monday at 11am…
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Now Is the Time to Intensify Our Agitation
Neither Congress nor SCOTUS will save us. We must check MAGA’s madness.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Monday at 11am…
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NAACP is the only national organization to speak truth to power by not inviting he-who-has-done-more-to-create-civil-unrest-than-Hitler to their convention in the state where I live!! My thanks!
June 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NAACP is the only national organization to speak truth to power by not inviting he-who-has-done-more-to-create-civil-unrest-than-Hitler to their convention in the state where I live!! My thanks!
Why am I crying since bombing of Iran? It’s not like USofA hasn’t ever had unjust wars before….
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Why am I crying since bombing of Iran? It’s not like USofA hasn’t ever had unjust wars before….
Just finished a reading of the Book of Joy! If the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Tutu can talk about joy in their lives… we surely can do that everyday here in the USofA.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just finished a reading of the Book of Joy! If the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Tutu can talk about joy in their lives… we surely can do that everyday here in the USofA.
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Join me at NO KINGS / NO OLIGARCHS - KICK OUT THE CLOWNS So many tears of protesring in person, but today, I’ll sit on my icepack and nurse my sciatica and be “present” here! Join me!!
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NO KINGS / NO OLIGARCHS - KICK OUT THE CLOWNS
On Friday every registered participant will receive a link to the Zoom meeting, and to the live stream on YouTube. Zoom has limited capacity so if you are unable to access Zoom, please use the YouTube...
action.womensmarch.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Join me at NO KINGS / NO OLIGARCHS - KICK OUT THE CLOWNS So many tears of protesring in person, but today, I’ll sit on my icepack and nurse my sciatica and be “present” here! Join me!!
action.womensmarch.com/events/no-ki...
action.womensmarch.com/events/no-ki...
Needed to share today’s Daily Word… www.unity.org/en/daily-wor....
In my first language …desde mi corazón…
La Palabra Diaria: Amistad
“Mis amigos son la familia que elijo…” ¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!
In my first language …desde mi corazón…
La Palabra Diaria: Amistad
“Mis amigos son la familia que elijo…” ¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!
Friendly
Friends feel like family—my chosen family—and I am grateful for each one. They bless my life in countless ways, always there to support me in sad times and to rejoice with me in good times. I count my...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Needed to share today’s Daily Word… www.unity.org/en/daily-wor....
In my first language …desde mi corazón…
La Palabra Diaria: Amistad
“Mis amigos son la familia que elijo…” ¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!
In my first language …desde mi corazón…
La Palabra Diaria: Amistad
“Mis amigos son la familia que elijo…” ¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!
One of my NC (s)heroes… her history with NC politics spans decades…
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The Supreme Court - or the Trump Court?
“Senator, you keep referring to what I supported and what I wanted to do. I was a 26-year-old staff lawyer.” —John Roberts to Sen. Ted Kennedy, 2005
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April 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One of my NC (s)heroes… her history with NC politics spans decades…
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A terrifued “woke” Abueita… i hope my grandchildren will be able to live and breathe freedom.. even if from another continent… open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Congratulations, MAGAs, You Defeated Our Woke Liberal Agenda
Yesterday, I commented on social media about the unparalleled Stock Market free-fall we’re experiencing due to Donald Trump’s stupefyingly asinine tariff war.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A terrifued “woke” Abueita… i hope my grandchildren will be able to live and breathe freedom.. even if from another continent… open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
[Video] Thousands rally in 'Hands off!’ anti-Trump protests across Triangle and NC
Source: McClatchy - Raleigh News
Proud of my NC neighbors!
Source: McClatchy - Raleigh News
Proud of my NC neighbors!
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
[Video] Thousands rally in 'Hands off!’ anti-Trump protests across Triangle and NC
Source: McClatchy - Raleigh News
Proud of my NC neighbors!
Source: McClatchy - Raleigh News
Proud of my NC neighbors!
So, this Sunday after “HandsOff” protests, we still have a non-elected idiot for president and his old man lucky charms? How do we MOVE ON…. Please?
April 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So, this Sunday after “HandsOff” protests, we still have a non-elected idiot for president and his old man lucky charms? How do we MOVE ON…. Please?
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Thank you for seeing ALL of us!
Thank you for seeing ALL of us!
My Privilege Made Me Grieve Losing an America That Never Was
I’ve shed many misplaced tears recently.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Thank you for seeing ALL of us!
Thank you for seeing ALL of us!
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... amazing letter today from HCR…in tears as I see this country I call home, burn up in smoke and all of us watching wondering “how can I help”…. Don’t stop DOING SOMETHING!
March 25, 2025
On March 25, 1911, Frances Perkins was visiting with a friend who lived near Washington Square in New York City when they heard fire engines and screams.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... amazing letter today from HCR…in tears as I see this country I call home, burn up in smoke and all of us watching wondering “how can I help”…. Don’t stop DOING SOMETHING!
New report on how the policies since January 20th are affecting our immigrant families in our communities community. Read and share .
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Immigrant Families Express Worry as They Prepare for Policy Changes
To understand the experiences of immigrant families in the wake of the 2024 election, we report December 2024 results from the Urban Institute’s Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey, a nationally represe...
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March 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New report on how the policies since January 20th are affecting our immigrant families in our communities community. Read and share .
www.urban.org/research/pub...
www.urban.org/research/pub...
An absolutely must see documentary! We see the criminals in the White House…
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Myriad | Not Much Has Changed, a Myriad Original Doc
In the Myriad Original Documentary Not Much Has Changed, former child farmworker Yesenia takes us on an intimate journey through the overlooked world of immigrant and child labor in America's agricult...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
An absolutely must see documentary! We see the criminals in the White House…
myriad.video/blog/not-muc...
myriad.video/blog/not-muc...
myriad.video/blog/not-muc...
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