Christine Druid
@puckgoddess.bsky.social
Socially liberal ally. Friend. Dog mom. Cat lover. Discovering who I am finally at age 53.
I battle ehlers danlos syndrome, adhd, Alpha-gal syndrome, and POTS. Love music, genealogy, and cooking.
I battle ehlers danlos syndrome, adhd, Alpha-gal syndrome, and POTS. Love music, genealogy, and cooking.
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Christine Druid
@puckgoddess.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky #musicchallenge
#20albums20days
3/20
#musicsky #musicchallenge
#20albums20days
3/20
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On October 28, DHS's social media account claimed that on October 23, "rioters" had "shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks," thus forcing agents to deploy tear gas and riot munitions.
Judge Ellis reviewed the video. This was completely false. The explosions were DHS's flashbangs!
Judge Ellis reviewed the video. This was completely false. The explosions were DHS's flashbangs!
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
On October 28, DHS's social media account claimed that on October 23, "rioters" had "shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks," thus forcing agents to deploy tear gas and riot munitions.
Judge Ellis reviewed the video. This was completely false. The explosions were DHS's flashbangs!
Judge Ellis reviewed the video. This was completely false. The explosions were DHS's flashbangs!
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in area of Shannon Library 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT
#uva #activeattack @uvapress.bsky.social
#uva #activeattack @uvapress.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in area of Shannon Library 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT
#uva #activeattack @uvapress.bsky.social
#uva #activeattack @uvapress.bsky.social
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Please, if you have the privilege of not being an obvious and immediate target for state violence...
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
September 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Please, if you have the privilege of not being an obvious and immediate target for state violence...
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.
We all need to be Spartacus on this one.
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
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Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder...
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder...
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
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Thank you, @propublica.org for the unintended humor I read in my inbox. 🤣 please expand the image. My inner child is SCREAMING.
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thank you, @propublica.org for the unintended humor I read in my inbox. 🤣 please expand the image. My inner child is SCREAMING.
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino have made a mess of the Epstein files.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
July 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino have made a mess of the Epstein files.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
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Please stop saying if there is no “client list” Maxwell should be free. It’s not funny
Maxwell was found guilty of federal sex trafficking charges - not in theory, not by hearsay, but by testimony and evidence that she recruited and groomed underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, who then abused them.
Maxwell was found guilty of federal sex trafficking charges - not in theory, not by hearsay, but by testimony and evidence that she recruited and groomed underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, who then abused them.
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Please stop saying if there is no “client list” Maxwell should be free. It’s not funny
Maxwell was found guilty of federal sex trafficking charges - not in theory, not by hearsay, but by testimony and evidence that she recruited and groomed underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, who then abused them.
Maxwell was found guilty of federal sex trafficking charges - not in theory, not by hearsay, but by testimony and evidence that she recruited and groomed underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, who then abused them.
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AFL–CIO President: We’re taking this bus across the country to highlight what’s happening with these cuts we just saw in the worst job-killing bill in history. This bus is going to show up everywhere. We’ll be outside VA hospitals and grocery stores, showing how these SNAP cuts will impact families.
July 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AFL–CIO President: We’re taking this bus across the country to highlight what’s happening with these cuts we just saw in the worst job-killing bill in history. This bus is going to show up everywhere. We’ll be outside VA hospitals and grocery stores, showing how these SNAP cuts will impact families.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
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NO KINGS DAY THREAD
I'll be posting some of the best #NoKingsDay signs I see or friends see in this thread. Add yours below.
This is from Vermont and could be tough to beat
I'll be posting some of the best #NoKingsDay signs I see or friends see in this thread. Add yours below.
This is from Vermont and could be tough to beat
June 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NO KINGS DAY THREAD
I'll be posting some of the best #NoKingsDay signs I see or friends see in this thread. Add yours below.
This is from Vermont and could be tough to beat
I'll be posting some of the best #NoKingsDay signs I see or friends see in this thread. Add yours below.
This is from Vermont and could be tough to beat
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
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Oklahoma receives about $3 billion more in federal spending than it pays in federal taxes. That's nearly $8,000 per Oklahoman--only 9 states have a higher per capita balance of payments. Subsidies from MA, NJ, WA, CA, and a few others are how OK remains a "low tax state."
Sen. Lankford: "The Senate is not really excited about the SALT deduction piece ... we want to be able to say if you live in a high tax state, the option for you is to move out of a high tax state."
June 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Oklahoma receives about $3 billion more in federal spending than it pays in federal taxes. That's nearly $8,000 per Oklahoman--only 9 states have a higher per capita balance of payments. Subsidies from MA, NJ, WA, CA, and a few others are how OK remains a "low tax state."
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Let me remind you:
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let me remind you:
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
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Right now, the free press is under attack. This is the time to support journalism that fights for transparency and accountability.
Every contribution helps power ProPublica’s next big investigation.
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Every contribution helps power ProPublica’s next big investigation.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Right now, the free press is under attack. This is the time to support journalism that fights for transparency and accountability.
Every contribution helps power ProPublica’s next big investigation.
Become a member today: propub.li/43vp1u1
Every contribution helps power ProPublica’s next big investigation.
Become a member today: propub.li/43vp1u1
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Dearest Liz,
Trouble has ensued. A dance party has erupted They are performing better than YMCA at a MAGA rally. Marines have been called for backup. "In the Navy" dancing may be in order to counter this offensive. Be sure to feed Pug his SpaghettiOs and tell him he's a good boy.
Love,
Hank
Trouble has ensued. A dance party has erupted They are performing better than YMCA at a MAGA rally. Marines have been called for backup. "In the Navy" dancing may be in order to counter this offensive. Be sure to feed Pug his SpaghettiOs and tell him he's a good boy.
Love,
Hank
June 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dearest Liz,
Trouble has ensued. A dance party has erupted They are performing better than YMCA at a MAGA rally. Marines have been called for backup. "In the Navy" dancing may be in order to counter this offensive. Be sure to feed Pug his SpaghettiOs and tell him he's a good boy.
Love,
Hank
Trouble has ensued. A dance party has erupted They are performing better than YMCA at a MAGA rally. Marines have been called for backup. "In the Navy" dancing may be in order to counter this offensive. Be sure to feed Pug his SpaghettiOs and tell him he's a good boy.
Love,
Hank
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Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.