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November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Cronyism is alive and well…. Just thought you should know.
#ScreamingIntoTheVoid
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I edited @mediumboi’s. The more the merrier🌈🏳️‍🌈🦄
August 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The birthday parade money could pay for 4 million Meals on Wheels meals, enough to cover 10,000 hungry and isolated seniors for an entire year.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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$45 million could pay for GI Bill benefits for 3,000 veterans, showing our nation’s thanks to our brave soldiers with the college or vocational training we promised after their service.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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$45 million could provide more than 10 million school lunches, enough to feed 56,000 hungry kids – whose only warm meal each day could be at school – for an entire year.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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There’s an estimated 33,000 homeless veterans in the United States. With $45 million, our government could provide housing for 6,500 of those forgotten heroes.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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President Trump’s birthday military parade is estimated to cost $45 MILLION. Here’s a list of a few ideas of what they could be doing with that money instead:

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Army estimates that Trump's military parade could cost $16 million in damage to Washington streets
The repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade.
www.nbcnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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About 1 in 5 veterans go to bed hungry each day. The money used for Trump’s birthday parade could provide SNAP food assistance for nearly 18,000 veterans for an entire year.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Please CLICK and Rate UP my new design submission for the current Threadless Challenge, which asks Artists to reimagine their logo. The more 5s I get the better my chances of winning are!! Vote early, Vote often!!!
Thank you in advance!!

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Thank you, Threadless for giving me an outlet to express my creative juices.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please take a minute and score up my newest design in my Threadless.com shop SM Speak: Solidarity With Pride submitted for their Causes Challenge: www.threadless.com/designs/soli...
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I believe in uplifting, supporting and standing tall with my Family. Wear it, do the work, make progress.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Please help Madison Opera recoup the lost funding from a rescinded NEA grant worth $25,000 which was being used to put on a brand new opera “Everlasting Faint” next Jan. Please help as you can. I’m the SM for it. Many thanks in advance for your generosity.

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May 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
HEY DMV: come see my show tonight 8pm
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April 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m interested in the Booker/Moore Ticket
April 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I find it ironic that someone, who dislikes opera and only put up with it because they had to, is the keynote speaker at an opera promoting event.
March 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I recommend that you follow the ACLU feed and take action whenever you can. Contact your state reps from the top down and tell them to protect all of your rights and States rights.
February 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Trump administration is aiming to accelerate unregulated AI across federal agencies.

Without critical guardrails, the administration's actions will translate directly into real-world harms.
Trump's Efforts to Dismantle AI Protections, Explained | ACLU
President Donald Trump has swiftly removed Artificial Intelligence protections, exposing people to real-world harms.
www.aclu.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Congress — not the president — has the power of the purse.

The courts have consistently ruled that presidents do not have the right to bully states and cities into doing what they want by withholding funds already approved by Congress.
Trump's Attempt to Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding is Dangerous, Dumb, and Undemocratic | ACLU
Donald Trump's attempts to withhold vital funding to bully and coerce states into compliance is plainly unconstitutional.
www.aclu.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I stand with and support the LGBTQ+ community. I am an ally and a safe person. I believe that everyone has the Right to be treated with respect, dignity and integrity. We should All have access to legal and safe healthcare and have agency over how our own entities are cared for and treated.
February 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
OperaOwl’s first post on Bsky, so it’s only appropriate that we show off a new perch on the first electric during Focus at the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center for Madison Opera’s production of Maria de Buenos Aires! Performs next weekend!
January 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM