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The Practical Progressive
@practprogressive.bsky.social
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Sharing progressive reflections with a tilt toward the practical, sometimes covering subjects cultural or quirky. Democrat, union bargainer, Ph.D. in literature, & sometime photographer. #strongertogether #bluecrew #resist
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#lol #funny #picturespeaksathousandwords #picturespeaks1000words
Donald Trump speaks, alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2025. Eagle wings behind the President make it look like he has horns protruding from his head. Photo by Jim Watson via Getty Images
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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September 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Photo not mine but used with photographer’s permission.

#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #protest #WeThePeople #strongertogether #NoFauxKingWay
Photo of a man holding a sign that reads, “NO FAUX KING WAY.”
June 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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#signofthetimes #signothetimes #signforourtimes #sign #signs #politicalsign #politicalsigns #funny #funnynotfunny #lol
A photo (not mine) of someone holding a sign that reads: “Two paths diverged in the woods and America chose the psychopath.” The caption under the photo reads: “u/sovalente / reddit.com”
June 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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May 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I've no issues with Biden's interviews. Democrats focusing their ire on Joe are just projecting & dodging hard truths. By passing over AOC, they're the ones failing to look forward. Biden didn't cost them the election. Let's face it, America was never electing a liberal Black woman in 2024. #truth
Screen shot of The Hill article headline: "Democrats fume over Biden’s return to spotlight." The article is by Julia Manchester
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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_The_Man_Who_Shot_Liberty_Valance_ represents two competing narratives of justice in the U.S., that of Ransom Stoddard vs. Tom Doniphon. Whether it be truth, tragedy, or both, Ransom Stoddard only gains general credibility and public acceptance if people believe he's capable of being Tom Doniphon.
Movie art for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, showing James Stewart above as Ransom Stoddard holding a gun and John Wayne below as Tom Doniphon. Both men are heavily shaded by darkness, and the background is black.
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Fun with screenshots.

#lol #humor #downwithnazis
Screen shot of a caption and image from Buzzfeed. The caption describes the image thus: "37. And finally, the swastika falling in Inglourious Basterds was accidental — the fire burned wayyy hotter than expected and caused it to fall." Screenshot of the top comment, which reads, "#37 is what we all need to see lately."
April 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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#handsoff #handsoff2025 #handsoffrally #rally #handsoffprotest #protest #streetphotography #streetportrait #streetportraits #candid #candids #candidportrait #candidportraits #candidphotography #bluecrew #strongertogether #pacificanorthwest #pnw #pnwonderland #pnwlife #oregon #scoobydoo
Hands Off Rally protesters who hold signs reading: “Tax the Rich” & “RUCK YOU RONALD RUMP!” The latter sign holder is dressed as Scooby-Doo.
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#MEPA: making the economy pandemic again.
Graph showing the expected unemployment rate will take us to increases in unemployment not seen since the pandemic.
April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#handsoff #handsoff2025 #handsoffrally #rally #handsoffprotest #protest #streetphotography #streetportrait #streetportraits #candid #candids #candidportrait #candidportraits #candidphotography #bluecrew #strongertogether #pacificanorthwest #pnw #pnwonderland #pnwlife #oregon
Protesters gathering at the Hands Off Rally to listen to public speakers. In the foreground, a protester holds a sign that reads in all caps, “WE NEED SCIENCE,” punctuated by a color drawing of the U.S. flag.
April 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#handsoff #handsoff2025 #handsoffrally #rally #handsoffprotest #protest #streetphotography #streetportrait #streetportraits #candid #candids #candidportrait #candidportraits #candidphotography ##bluecrew #strongertogether #pacificanorthwest #pnw #pnwonderland #pnwlife #oregon
Photo of the back view of a Hands Off Rally protester with a sign attached to the back of their mobility scooter. The person is holding a thumb up, and their sign reads, “!!PUSHING BACK!! RESIST!! PERSIST.”
April 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#quoteoftheday #quotefortheday #wordsofwisdom #wisewords #memeoftheday #memefortheday #suntzu #strategy #tactics
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” - Sun Tzu
March 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Congressman Al Green speaks #truth to power!

#AlGreen #speakingtruth #speakingtruthtopower #truthtopower #protest #resist #fight #fightback #resetresistreclaim
Rep. Al Green makes his protest during Donald Trump's speech by shouting, "You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!" (Win McNamee/Pool via Reuters)
March 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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All any of us can do is our best, and measurements of effect need not factor in how we see or judge ourselves.
March 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Harriet E. Wilson wrote the autobiographical _Our_Nig,_or_Sketches_from_the_Life_of_a_Free_Black_, published anonymously in 1859. It's considered the first African American novel published in the US.

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #americanhistory #blackliterature #americanliterature #literature
Portrait of Harriet E. Wilson. Title page from the 1959 publication of Harriet E. Wilson's autobiographical novel.
February 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Now that we've located the #pause button, somebody find the #eject.
Judge indefinitely pauses Trump spending freeze A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s freeze of federal funding, dealing a stark blow to President Trump’s sweeping efforts to realign government spending with his agenda. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan enjoined the government from “implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name” the White House budget office’s directive to freeze federal assistance while the court reviews the spending.
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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#poem #poetry #stephenking
We did not ask for this room or this music. We were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces to the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty. We have been given pain to be astounded by joy. We have been given life to deny death. We did not ask for this room or this music. But because we are here, let us dance. from the Stephen King novel titled, 11/22/63
February 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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There we go, #FFOTUS* has increased the value of #eggs just like he promised.

That was the promise, right?

(*First Felon of the United States)

#eggprices #inflation
Screenshot of NBC News story about an Egg robbery caught on camera.
February 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Oh look, #FFOTUS* left some #dogeshit on the #ResoluteDesk in the #OvalOffice.

(*First Felon of the United States)
Time Magazine cover image, showing Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as if he were the real president.
February 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Hope the courts are able to bag all of this #dogeshit & dispose of it in the trash where it belongs.
ABC News headline: “Judge to block Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave”
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Tim Walz: "Elon Musk is a terrible president."

#timwalz #lol #funny #humor #terriblepresident #ftw
Tim Walz tweets, "Elon Musk is a terrible president." The tweet has 19.2 million views.
February 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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#FLOUTUS #FFOTUS #SirGolfsaLot
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Way to go, Sen. Schatz! Geev’um!

#brianschatz #senbrianschatz #senschatz #senatorbrianschatz #senatorschatz #senatehold #occupydemocrats
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers. That is not how the American system of government works." - Senator Brian Schatz
February 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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“The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value.” - Benito Mussolini, 1935, The Doctrine of Fascism

#quoteoftheday #quotefortheday #reminder #fascism #resist #fightback #fight #strongertogether #unitedwestand
USA Today Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say TIM REID 10:48 am EST Feb. 1, 2025 WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.
February 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM