SaraB
@oldsw.bsky.social
Retired geriatric/clinical social worker and an Arkansas horse farmer. VISTA Volunteer 1967.
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SaraB
@oldsw.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Every day is a Mental Health Day. This was Day 1, we invited good friends on a trail ride. Day 2 I volunteered at our Senior Citizens Center. Day 3 I cooked all day. Today is Day 4. I am visiting our Unitarian Universalist Church. Find ways best for you to care for yourself.
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President Farquaad needs to get ahold of himself and read that pesky document he swore an oath to defend.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
President Farquaad needs to get ahold of himself and read that pesky document he swore an oath to defend.
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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@cbsnews.com Any comments?
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@cbsnews.com Any comments?
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The Trump administration’s deployment of ICE and others in the mass deportation effort has led to more violence and turmoil, and less safety and security for all, including US citizens. But that’s a feature not a bug. The chaos justifies further authoritarian crackdowns. The chaos is the point.
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Trump administration’s deployment of ICE and others in the mass deportation effort has led to more violence and turmoil, and less safety and security for all, including US citizens. But that’s a feature not a bug. The chaos justifies further authoritarian crackdowns. The chaos is the point.
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The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
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The Republican majority that just confirmed Vought was elected with fewer votes than Dems won & represents just 46.5% of Americans.
GOP minority rule threatens democracy when the Senate lets Trump usurp its own powers by unconstitutionally blocking federal spending that Congress has mandated by law
GOP minority rule threatens democracy when the Senate lets Trump usurp its own powers by unconstitutionally blocking federal spending that Congress has mandated by law
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Republican majority that just confirmed Vought was elected with fewer votes than Dems won & represents just 46.5% of Americans.
GOP minority rule threatens democracy when the Senate lets Trump usurp its own powers by unconstitutionally blocking federal spending that Congress has mandated by law
GOP minority rule threatens democracy when the Senate lets Trump usurp its own powers by unconstitutionally blocking federal spending that Congress has mandated by law
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Thankfully no Democrats voted to confirm Russell Vought for Director of the OMB.
Unfortunately, no Republicans voted against him.
Welcome to Project 2025, folks.
Unfortunately, no Republicans voted against him.
Welcome to Project 2025, folks.
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Thankfully no Democrats voted to confirm Russell Vought for Director of the OMB.
Unfortunately, no Republicans voted against him.
Welcome to Project 2025, folks.
Unfortunately, no Republicans voted against him.
Welcome to Project 2025, folks.
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Shite. This is some government overreach to decrease diversity in *private* companies.
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Shite. This is some government overreach to decrease diversity in *private* companies.
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Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
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Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
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If we lose NOAA we lose much of our ability to track and predict severe weather phenomena in enough time to organize evacuations and make plans to shelter in place.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
NEW: Sources tell WIRED that NOAA* employees were ordered to give a Musk engineer (Nikhil Rajpal) editor access to all NOAA's Google sites by EOD.
*monitors oceans/atmosphere & forecasts long-term effects of climate change.
By @timmarchman.bsky.social & @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
*monitors oceans/atmosphere & forecasts long-term effects of climate change.
By @timmarchman.bsky.social & @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If we lose NOAA we lose much of our ability to track and predict severe weather phenomena in enough time to organize evacuations and make plans to shelter in place.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
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As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.
WHY!?
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WHY!?
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Good @techcrunch.com summary of Musk's government "infiltration," including an executive order that makes DOGE a federal agency and takeovers of sensitive personnel and Treasury databases. What could possibly go wrong? And who elected Elon president anyway? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies | TechCrunch
People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel
techcrunch.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good @techcrunch.com summary of Musk's government "infiltration," including an executive order that makes DOGE a federal agency and takeovers of sensitive personnel and Treasury databases. What could possibly go wrong? And who elected Elon president anyway? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/e...
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Murderers.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Murderers.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Hey Merrick Garland, fuck you forever. Through your inaction, you enabled this blitzkrieg against the rule of law and democracy.
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hey Merrick Garland, fuck you forever. Through your inaction, you enabled this blitzkrieg against the rule of law and democracy.
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As the regime purges non-compliant press outlets, X is now designated official state media. This is how they do it.
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As the regime purges non-compliant press outlets, X is now designated official state media. This is how they do it.
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The directors of the Center for Minority Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans were dismissed Thursday night by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs the programs. Both will be replaced with new leaders, the VA said.
Directors of VA’s veterans centers for minorities and women terminated
The directors of the Center for Minority Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans were dismissed Thursday night by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs the programs.
www.stripes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The directors of the Center for Minority Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans were dismissed Thursday night by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs the programs. Both will be replaced with new leaders, the VA said.
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1/ Danger afoot
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Trump cases
Leaders appointed by the Trump administration are identifying potentially hundreds of FBI agents for possible termination, said people familiar with the plan.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
1/ Danger afoot
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
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We are at the point in this process where federal officials need to stop following orders. It takes courage that most won't have, but the alternative is "just following orders."
History is happening right now and everyone will have to choose a side.
History is happening right now and everyone will have to choose a side.
Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
We are at the point in this process where federal officials need to stop following orders. It takes courage that most won't have, but the alternative is "just following orders."
History is happening right now and everyone will have to choose a side.
History is happening right now and everyone will have to choose a side.