Kay
@odhran25.bsky.social
Writer, reader, crafter, swimmer, taker of aimless walks. Bunny mom. Lifelong Democrat. She/her. #PostcardsToVoters #Poem
"We all do better when we all do better." - Senator Paul Wellstone
My poetry blog: odhranwrites.wordpress.com
"We all do better when we all do better." - Senator Paul Wellstone
My poetry blog: odhranwrites.wordpress.com
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Kay
@odhran25.bsky.social
· Jan 15
Just off a call with an important reminder: We like to look at the history of Germany to explain our current situation. We need to thoroughly look at our OWN history. That's how we got here!
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Your good trouble assignment for December 1st❤️🔥
Post this image in the comment section of every USG account you follow 📲
Silence is death. Speak up. 🎗️
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Post this image in the comment section of every USG account you follow 📲
Silence is death. Speak up. 🎗️
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/inside-the...
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Your good trouble assignment for December 1st❤️🔥
Post this image in the comment section of every USG account you follow 📲
Silence is death. Speak up. 🎗️
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Post this image in the comment section of every USG account you follow 📲
Silence is death. Speak up. 🎗️
thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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My kids have whooping cough, there are no toys on the shelves, and my brother-in-law was deported despite being a US citizen. But at least I know there won't be black Santa Clauses this year.
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My kids have whooping cough, there are no toys on the shelves, and my brother-in-law was deported despite being a US citizen. But at least I know there won't be black Santa Clauses this year.
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'Couldn't do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands.
The blaze, still smoldering early Thursday, has claimed at least 44 lives, with authorities reporting hundreds more remain unaccounted for
u.afp.com/ShdQ
The blaze, still smoldering early Thursday, has claimed at least 44 lives, with authorities reporting hundreds more remain unaccounted for
u.afp.com/ShdQ
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
'Couldn't do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands.
The blaze, still smoldering early Thursday, has claimed at least 44 lives, with authorities reporting hundreds more remain unaccounted for
u.afp.com/ShdQ
The blaze, still smoldering early Thursday, has claimed at least 44 lives, with authorities reporting hundreds more remain unaccounted for
u.afp.com/ShdQ
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The thing that people are missing though is that he ended the citizenship of those people. He did that many months ago. It's one of the worst things he did and the one that kills me the most. He ended citizenship of everybody but in that instance it's particularly grotesque. And you're right also.
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The thing that people are missing though is that he ended the citizenship of those people. He did that many months ago. It's one of the worst things he did and the one that kills me the most. He ended citizenship of everybody but in that instance it's particularly grotesque. And you're right also.
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
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Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
Saw someone dragging their child by rope and plastic sled behind their pickup this morning on a city street so I guess this is officially Kill Your Kids by Christmas season. It overlaps with Pie for Breakfast season.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Saw someone dragging their child by rope and plastic sled behind their pickup this morning on a city street so I guess this is officially Kill Your Kids by Christmas season. It overlaps with Pie for Breakfast season.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Worth a gander: Senator Mark Kelly in Jimmy Kimmel. A lesson in ethics and integrity.
youtu.be/oZMqvm_owGU?...
youtu.be/oZMqvm_owGU?...
Senator Mark Kelly on Trump Suggesting He Be Executed & Hegseth Opening an Investigation into Him
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Worth a gander: Senator Mark Kelly in Jimmy Kimmel. A lesson in ethics and integrity.
youtu.be/oZMqvm_owGU?...
youtu.be/oZMqvm_owGU?...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Cosplayer tells man there is going to be violence. Because cosplayers came dressed to cause violence.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Cosplayer tells man there is going to be violence. Because cosplayers came dressed to cause violence.
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US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how Vladimir Putin should present peace proposals to Donald Trump during a recorded October phone call, Bloomberg reports.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/b...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/b...
Bloomberg: Witkoff advised Putin’s aide on how to talk to Trump about Ukraine
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how Vladimir Putin should present peace proposals to Donald Trump during a recorded October phone call, Bloomberg reports.
euromaidanpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how Vladimir Putin should present peace proposals to Donald Trump during a recorded October phone call, Bloomberg reports.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/b...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/b...
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
I'm not here to coddle the cruelty. Nope. Speak truth to power.
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for connection, not conflict
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'm not here to coddle the cruelty. Nope. Speak truth to power.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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This kind of interaction drives me nuts:
OP: [Calls out bad thing]
Reply: [Sneers that OP didn't call out other bad thing, which in fact OP has done, just not in this particular post]
Really, why do people do that?
OP: [Calls out bad thing]
Reply: [Sneers that OP didn't call out other bad thing, which in fact OP has done, just not in this particular post]
Really, why do people do that?
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This kind of interaction drives me nuts:
OP: [Calls out bad thing]
Reply: [Sneers that OP didn't call out other bad thing, which in fact OP has done, just not in this particular post]
Really, why do people do that?
OP: [Calls out bad thing]
Reply: [Sneers that OP didn't call out other bad thing, which in fact OP has done, just not in this particular post]
Really, why do people do that?
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
Minnesota is not going to let Trump divide us against our Somali neighbors. First thing we do: We have a pot luck. Second: Stand up for our neighbors wherever we can.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minnesota's Somali community says Trump's comments "cannot divide us"
On Sunday, members of Minnesota's Somali community spoke out against President Trump's social media post calling for an end to temporary protected status.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Minnesota is not going to let Trump divide us against our Somali neighbors. First thing we do: We have a pot luck. Second: Stand up for our neighbors wherever we can.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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I asked 2 questions last year when donnie started talking about mass deportations.
1. Can your children over even you prove you are US citizens at any random stop?
E.g. walking down street, jogging, etc.
2. What do you do if they don't believe that your documents are valid?
1. Can your children over even you prove you are US citizens at any random stop?
E.g. walking down street, jogging, etc.
2. What do you do if they don't believe that your documents are valid?
ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I asked 2 questions last year when donnie started talking about mass deportations.
1. Can your children over even you prove you are US citizens at any random stop?
E.g. walking down street, jogging, etc.
2. What do you do if they don't believe that your documents are valid?
1. Can your children over even you prove you are US citizens at any random stop?
E.g. walking down street, jogging, etc.
2. What do you do if they don't believe that your documents are valid?
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Veterans marched to the Capitol this weekend to remind Congress, service members, and veterans of their oath to the Constitution, which they swore to protect against both foreign and domestic enemies. Let’s stand firm and uphold our values!
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Veterans marched to the Capitol this weekend to remind Congress, service members, and veterans of their oath to the Constitution, which they swore to protect against both foreign and domestic enemies. Let’s stand firm and uphold our values!
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025