Mary Mackenzie
@oldwoodsfarm.bsky.social
Retired nurse living on a small hobby farm, hoping we can save democracy. Twitter exile.
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🚨TONIGHT 7pm. ACLU will be hosting a “Know Your Rights Training” for the No Kings ❌👑 protest on Zoom.
Successful peaceful protesting requires mobilization, awareness and knowing your rights.
Please sign up to join 👇🏼
#Pinks
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Successful peaceful protesting requires mobilization, awareness and knowing your rights.
Please sign up to join 👇🏼
#Pinks
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Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🚨TONIGHT 7pm. ACLU will be hosting a “Know Your Rights Training” for the No Kings ❌👑 protest on Zoom.
Successful peaceful protesting requires mobilization, awareness and knowing your rights.
Please sign up to join 👇🏼
#Pinks
act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Successful peaceful protesting requires mobilization, awareness and knowing your rights.
Please sign up to join 👇🏼
#Pinks
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US Health Secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee.
The move is the most far-reaching in a series of actions by Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The move is the most far-reaching in a series of actions by Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US health secretary Kennedy to remove all CDC outside experts on vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting rid of all members sitting on a key U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and reconstituting the committee, he said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
US Health Secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee.
The move is the most far-reaching in a series of actions by Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The move is the most far-reaching in a series of actions by Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Speaker Mike Johnson declines to say whether or not he thinks California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested: "That's not my lane. I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I'll say that."
June 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson declines to say whether or not he thinks California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested: "That's not my lane. I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I'll say that."
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"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"
@maddow.msnbc.com
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
April 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"
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As a former employee in corporate for a very large national grocery chain, I can assure you from firsthand experience & genuine expertise that the eventual fallout from this will be so. much. worse. than you, the person reading this, think it will be. You cannot even begin to imagine how bad.
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
As a former employee in corporate for a very large national grocery chain, I can assure you from firsthand experience & genuine expertise that the eventual fallout from this will be so. much. worse. than you, the person reading this, think it will be. You cannot even begin to imagine how bad.
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There’s been no doubt where this was headed. Trump repeatedly said he intended to send Americans to foreign prisons. Justice Sotomayor got that. The conservatives on the Court have no excuse, but they acted like they expected Trump to fall in line & obey, when all evidence was to the contrary.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There’s been no doubt where this was headed. Trump repeatedly said he intended to send Americans to foreign prisons. Justice Sotomayor got that. The conservatives on the Court have no excuse, but they acted like they expected Trump to fall in line & obey, when all evidence was to the contrary.
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Zelensky Blasts Trump: Russia's 'Distortion Of Reality' Prevails In US https://twp.ai/4imdJs
crooksandliars.com
Zelensky Blasts Trump: Russia's 'Distortion Of Reality' Prevails In US | Crooks and Liars
twp.ai
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Zelensky Blasts Trump: Russia's 'Distortion Of Reality' Prevails In US https://twp.ai/4imdJs
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#GVerse via @artcandee.bsky.social
"Teen suspects are in custody after a mass shooting in Spotsylvania, Virginia that left 3 people dead and 3 wounded.
The suspects are two 16 year-olds, a 17 year-old, and an 18 year-old."
"Teen suspects are in custody after a mass shooting in Spotsylvania, Virginia that left 3 people dead and 3 wounded.
The suspects are two 16 year-olds, a 17 year-old, and an 18 year-old."
April 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#GVerse via @artcandee.bsky.social
"Teen suspects are in custody after a mass shooting in Spotsylvania, Virginia that left 3 people dead and 3 wounded.
The suspects are two 16 year-olds, a 17 year-old, and an 18 year-old."
"Teen suspects are in custody after a mass shooting in Spotsylvania, Virginia that left 3 people dead and 3 wounded.
The suspects are two 16 year-olds, a 17 year-old, and an 18 year-old."
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The Convicted Felon Donald Trump regime found another group to attack: disabled people.
"The Department of Justice said removing the guidance was done as part of a broader effort to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses."
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump
apnews.com/article/ada-...
"The Department of Justice said removing the guidance was done as part of a broader effort to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses."
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump
apnews.com/article/ada-...
The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?
President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn 11 pieces of guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation t...
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Convicted Felon Donald Trump regime found another group to attack: disabled people.
"The Department of Justice said removing the guidance was done as part of a broader effort to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses."
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump
apnews.com/article/ada-...
"The Department of Justice said removing the guidance was done as part of a broader effort to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses."
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump
apnews.com/article/ada-...
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This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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Even the Philippines operates under more rule of law than the United States right now ...
BREAKING
Authorities in the Philippines have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte.
This comes after the ICC issued a warrant related to Duterte’s role in crimes against humanity during his administration’s “war on drugs,” which resulted in thousands of deaths and many extrajudicial killings.
Authorities in the Philippines have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte.
This comes after the ICC issued a warrant related to Duterte’s role in crimes against humanity during his administration’s “war on drugs,” which resulted in thousands of deaths and many extrajudicial killings.
March 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Even the Philippines operates under more rule of law than the United States right now ...
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BREAKING: Trump Escalates Trade War and Announces National Energy Emergency. We are officially on the verge of a recession in America. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Trump Escalates Trade War and Announces National Energy Emergency
In a dramatic escalation of economic tensions, Donald Trump announced this morning that the United States is imposing new trade measures against Canada in response to Ontario's 25% surcharge on electr...
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: Trump Escalates Trade War and Announces National Energy Emergency. We are officially on the verge of a recession in America. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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These reckless cuts are a betrayal of veterans. Slashing VA jobs means fewer vets get care, longer wait times, a gutted suicide hotline, and lost medical research. Musk cheers on austerity while real heroes suffer. Veterans deserve better than this neglect.
5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts
Former service members already face stark challenges as they integrate back into civilian life. Cuts to veterans’ services will make that only worse.
theconversation.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
These reckless cuts are a betrayal of veterans. Slashing VA jobs means fewer vets get care, longer wait times, a gutted suicide hotline, and lost medical research. Musk cheers on austerity while real heroes suffer. Veterans deserve better than this neglect.
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In a deranged post, Trump sent markets into another death spiral after declaring a national emergency over Canada's tariffs on electricity, imposing more tariffs, and calling the U.S.-Canada border an "artificial line" in a push for annexation.
Trump Declares National Emergency Over Canada’s Electricity Surcharge, Imposes More Tariffs
Trump Calls U.S.-Canada Border an ‘Artificial Line,’ Pushes for Annexation
meidasnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In a deranged post, Trump sent markets into another death spiral after declaring a national emergency over Canada's tariffs on electricity, imposing more tariffs, and calling the U.S.-Canada border an "artificial line" in a push for annexation.
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I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?!
Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too.
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Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?!
Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too.
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Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too.
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This video has been reposted multiple times on Reddit and continues to get taken down for whatever reason. I’m a skeptic when it comes to claiming election rigging, but this is alarming.
February 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This video has been reposted multiple times on Reddit and continues to get taken down for whatever reason. I’m a skeptic when it comes to claiming election rigging, but this is alarming.
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Gosh I guess we should have talked about how Trump intervened in the Hunter Biden tax investigation, which the judge excluded from consideration of political influence.
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Ah well, there were only a zillion journalists chasing dick pics instead.
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Ah well, there were only a zillion journalists chasing dick pics instead.
Scoop: Trump DOJ removes head of Tax Division, a 40-year veteran who is latest civil servant reassigned to the sanctuary cities office. He's resigned, prompting alarm over how Trump may deploy tax enforcement against enemies. w/ Erin Slowey, David Voreacos news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Trump DOJ Forces Out Top Tax Enforcer in Civil Service Purge (1)
The Justice Department’s chief tax official is resigning rather than accept a forced transfer to a new unit, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive drive to reshape the age...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Gosh I guess we should have talked about how Trump intervened in the Hunter Biden tax investigation, which the judge excluded from consideration of political influence.
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Ah well, there were only a zillion journalists chasing dick pics instead.
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Ah well, there were only a zillion journalists chasing dick pics instead.
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Reporter: What do you need to buy Gaza?
Trump: "We're not going to buy anything. We're going to have it. We're going to keep it... and nobody's going to question it."
Trump: "We're not going to buy anything. We're going to have it. We're going to keep it... and nobody's going to question it."
February 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2.
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
February 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2.
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
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Unelected Elon now has full access to YOUR private info—including your Social Security number and tax returns. Call 202-224-3121 to demand answers from Congress on this major breach of Americans' privacy!
February 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Unelected Elon now has full access to YOUR private info—including your Social Security number and tax returns. Call 202-224-3121 to demand answers from Congress on this major breach of Americans' privacy!
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I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too
February 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too
Trump’s press secretary wears a cross as big as the ones the nuns wore when I was in Catholic school in the 60’s.
January 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump’s press secretary wears a cross as big as the ones the nuns wore when I was in Catholic school in the 60’s.
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1. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT "WOKE"
Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors
It has been in place for 60 years
It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II
And now it is gone
Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors
It has been in place for 60 years
It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II
And now it is gone
Trump undercuts enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
For decades, the political right has purported to broadly support the goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.
popular.info
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
1. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT "WOKE"
Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors
It has been in place for 60 years
It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II
And now it is gone
Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors
It has been in place for 60 years
It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II
And now it is gone
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This is why Trump loves TV guys. Hegseth repeatedly suggests he'd follow any order Trump will give over the Consitution, yet frames it in the most difficult-to-parse way he can.
He was chosen to shoot Americans, and that's what this needs to be about entirely.
He was chosen to shoot Americans, and that's what this needs to be about entirely.
Sen. Slotkin asks Hegseth about defying a Trump order if unconstitutional
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is why Trump loves TV guys. Hegseth repeatedly suggests he'd follow any order Trump will give over the Consitution, yet frames it in the most difficult-to-parse way he can.
He was chosen to shoot Americans, and that's what this needs to be about entirely.
He was chosen to shoot Americans, and that's what this needs to be about entirely.