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I am a rug weaver focused on rag rugs and recycling! I am creating a natural yard to encourage native pollinators and to provide habitat for insects and other creatures. You can find my rugs at Webworksfiber on Etsy #crone
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Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, slams Trump for posting an AI image of himself as the Pope:

“This is deeply offensive to Catholics, especially during this sacred time that we are still mourning the death of Pope Francis…He owes an apology”
May 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The kitties are keeping me from tying the fringe on my blue jean rugs fresh off the loom
March 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity.

Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.

This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
This February's monthly statement showed federal payments that were $36 billion higher than last February's.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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Hi Susan Collins -- Do you still think Donald Trump learned his lessons and will offer true leadership?
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.

“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Genghis and Calliope holding down my blue Jean rugs fresh off the loom
February 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health.

I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
February 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Trump may have pardoned the rioter who viciously attacked officer Michael Fanone on January, but Judge Amy Berman Jackson made a few things clear when she dismissed the case, as she had to:
February 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Senator Chris Van Hollen, who showed up to the USAID building yesterday and was denied entry, is at the Treasury Department protest in DC right now. WATCH.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7g...
Van Hollen Joins Rally At Treasury Department Amid Musk’s Takeover of Agency Data
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Please share this ACLU website for immigrants. Know your rights and share with others. www.aclu.org/issues/immig...
Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.
www.aclu.org
January 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.

I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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We honor ONE American today:

Martin Luther Ling Jr.
martin luther king jr. is giving a speech at a podium in front of a crowd of people .
ALT: martin luther king jr. is giving a speech at a podium in front of a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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In a mostly bleak election for American women and their rights, New Mexico was an unexpected bright spot.

Even as Harris lost her bid for the White House, NM voters elected 60 women to fill the legislature’s 112 seats, giving New Mexico the largest female legislative majority in US history.
New Mexico: Here’s what the largest female legislative majority in US history can accomplish
“There’s a chance for me to help protect my girls from legislators and from laws that want to control their bodies.”
www.motherjones.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in his farewell address: "You know, I was taught at West Point to pray that I would 'choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.' And I have tried every day as Secretary to live up to that teaching."

It's a prayer for America right now.
January 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I love our allies, even if our incoming president hates them!

cc: @thekiffness.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A couple of my latest rugs just off the loom.
January 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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December 17, 2024 at 1:24 AM