Ordinary Mary
@ordinarymary.bsky.social
Anonymous American Woman
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At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
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As detention numbers creep upward, some advocates are worried that detainees could be compelled to work to fill gaps in the workforce of some of the most dangerous jobs in the country, including on factory farms and in slaughterhouses.
Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?
The precedent in prisons exists.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As detention numbers creep upward, some advocates are worried that detainees could be compelled to work to fill gaps in the workforce of some of the most dangerous jobs in the country, including on factory farms and in slaughterhouses.
Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/10d6OEes
Join me on June 14
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June 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/10d6OEes
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Cleveland to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/OpWIuINC
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Cleveland to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/OpWIuINC
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Breaking News: A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Breaking News: A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.
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The Republican majority on the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that nitrogen gas didn’t qualify as toxic in 2016 when it killed a worker at TimkenSteel — a company founded by an important Republican family. buff.ly/zLYsW6f
Ohio Supreme Court says nitrogen isn't toxic after it killed a guy at TimkenSteel • Ohio Capital Journal
The Republican majority on the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that nitrogen gas didn't qualify as toxic in 2016 when it killed a worker at TimkenSteel — a company founded by an important…
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May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Republican majority on the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that nitrogen gas didn’t qualify as toxic in 2016 when it killed a worker at TimkenSteel — a company founded by an important Republican family. buff.ly/zLYsW6f
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Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F.
RFK Jr. took his grandkids for a dip in a 'contaminated' river
www.irishstar.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F.
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Senator Warren Calls $2B Trump-UAE Crypto Deal 'Shady,' Urges Against Senate Crypto Legislation decrypt.co/317819/se...
May 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Senator Warren Calls $2B Trump-UAE Crypto Deal 'Shady,' Urges Against Senate Crypto Legislation decrypt.co/317819/se...
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Robert Krankvich has died at age 43, a year and a half after reaching a $2 million settlement with the Catholic church over a lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted as a student by a priest who ran Providence Catholic High School in the 1990s. buff.ly/5At3MJa
Accuser who settled $2 million child sex abuse lawsuit against the Catholic church dies at 43
Robert Krankvich sued the church in 2018, saying the Rev. Richard McGrath raped him while he was a student at Providence Catholic High School in the 1990s. The Augustinian priest was a leader. there…
chicago.suntimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Robert Krankvich has died at age 43, a year and a half after reaching a $2 million settlement with the Catholic church over a lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted as a student by a priest who ran Providence Catholic High School in the 1990s. buff.ly/5At3MJa
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“Never before in my life have I called for mass disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
Elon Musk Joins MAGA Meltdown Over Democrat’s Call to Fight Trump
The right is freaking out after JB Pritzker demanded mass mobilization against Trump.
newrepublic.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Never before in my life have I called for mass disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
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The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.
newrepublic.com/article/1935...
newrepublic.com/article/1935...
Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador
The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.
newrepublic.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.
newrepublic.com/article/1935...
newrepublic.com/article/1935...
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Florida stationery company files first lawsuit challenging Trump tariffs
Florida stationery company files first lawsuit challenging Trump tariffs
Owner of Simplified says White House bypassed required procedures when setting 20% tariff on Chinese goods
* US politics live – latest updates
A Florida stationery entrepreneur has become the first to legally challenge Donald Trump’s new China tariffs, claiming they were imposed illegally and threaten American small businesses.
Emily Ley, a lifestyle influencer and the founder of Simplified, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday in Florida against Trump and his administration, arguing the president unlawfully bypassed required procedures when implementing the 20% tariff on Chinese imports. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Florida stationery company files first lawsuit challenging Trump tariffs
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Well if China won't pay the tariffs and Walmart doesn't want its customers to pay them, maybe Walmart's profits can cover them and the owners bear the pain? 🤔🤭😀
March 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Well if China won't pay the tariffs and Walmart doesn't want its customers to pay them, maybe Walmart's profits can cover them and the owners bear the pain? 🤔🤭😀
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Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her to the nearest hospital. Enter Tabita dos Santos Moraes, one of the hundreds of traditional midwives who deliver babies in Amazon's remote villages reut.rs/4kE9Oxc
In the remote Amazon, midwives care for women stranded by drought
As hospitals become unreachable due to droughts, traditional midwives are in demand in the remote villages in the Amazon jungle
reut.rs
March 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her to the nearest hospital. Enter Tabita dos Santos Moraes, one of the hundreds of traditional midwives who deliver babies in Amazon's remote villages reut.rs/4kE9Oxc
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Legitimate criticism of Trump's administration occurs everywhere—and it’s no secret that Musk’s DOGE cut millions in scientific research—so the idea that criticism of this equates to terrorism, and results in someone being barred from the U.S., is absurd.
French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism
So much for free speech in America?
newrepublic.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Legitimate criticism of Trump's administration occurs everywhere—and it’s no secret that Musk’s DOGE cut millions in scientific research—so the idea that criticism of this equates to terrorism, and results in someone being barred from the U.S., is absurd.
A national missing person database for ICE detainees would be terrific. I’m not sure how to do it
March 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A national missing person database for ICE detainees would be terrific. I’m not sure how to do it
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Palestinian former graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who is a green card holder and married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by ICE in Columbia University housing, leading to questions about how a legal permanent resident could face deportation.
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest raises legal questions around deporting legal permanent residents
“Immigration law does allow the federal government to deport noncitizens, even people who are green card holders,” in certain circumstances, an expert said.
nbcnews.to
March 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Palestinian former graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who is a green card holder and married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by ICE in Columbia University housing, leading to questions about how a legal permanent resident could face deportation.
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"There are so many stories we never could have told if not for the connections we made on Twitter. But that bird has flown the coop," Ashton Pittman writes.
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X:
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X:
Editor’s Note | Why the Mississippi Free Press is Leaving X
Twitter’s time as a useful news-sharing tool has passed since it transformed into the toxic wasteland known as X.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"There are so many stories we never could have told if not for the connections we made on Twitter. But that bird has flown the coop," Ashton Pittman writes.
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X:
Here’s why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X:
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Joe Biden's time as US President is now being remembered fondly, as Donald Trump's second month in charge is nearing its end, with several scandals and controversies coming with it.
'Sleepy Joe' post goes viral as public 'misses' Biden amid Trump chaos
www.irishstar.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Joe Biden's time as US President is now being remembered fondly, as Donald Trump's second month in charge is nearing its end, with several scandals and controversies coming with it.
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Stock market is already down 500 points today because Terrorist Trump is really really bad at being President. 🤷 📉
March 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Stock market is already down 500 points today because Terrorist Trump is really really bad at being President. 🤷 📉
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It would be so cool if Democrats in Congress started acting as if a coup was happening—because there is a coup happening.
March 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It would be so cool if Democrats in Congress started acting as if a coup was happening—because there is a coup happening.
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Alt-text:
Terminated Worker Tuesday!
March 11
10am, Hart Building Atrium
120 Constitution Ave. NE
We’re inviting senators to address fired feds!
Illegally fired and in limbo federal employees, contractors, other affected workers & allies will share their stories with Senate offices & media.
Terminated Worker Tuesday!
March 11
10am, Hart Building Atrium
120 Constitution Ave. NE
We’re inviting senators to address fired feds!
Illegally fired and in limbo federal employees, contractors, other affected workers & allies will share their stories with Senate offices & media.
This will be our last big action before the budget deadline. At least one senator has RSVPed as a maybe -- don't miss it!
March 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Alt-text:
Terminated Worker Tuesday!
March 11
10am, Hart Building Atrium
120 Constitution Ave. NE
We’re inviting senators to address fired feds!
Illegally fired and in limbo federal employees, contractors, other affected workers & allies will share their stories with Senate offices & media.
Terminated Worker Tuesday!
March 11
10am, Hart Building Atrium
120 Constitution Ave. NE
We’re inviting senators to address fired feds!
Illegally fired and in limbo federal employees, contractors, other affected workers & allies will share their stories with Senate offices & media.
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The White House is now encouraging the use of a rarely used rule that would force anyone who sues the federal government to pay an upfront fee.
Trump Is About to Make People Pay in Order to Sue Him
Trump just made it much, much harder to sue him or anyone in his administration.
newrepublic.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The White House is now encouraging the use of a rarely used rule that would force anyone who sues the federal government to pay an upfront fee.