Ririjade
@ririjade.bsky.social
Believer in democracy, had enough totalitarianism for a lifetime.
Lifelong learner
Present is female. We need representation. Women are at least as capable; pick them when you seek business.
You'll find me in my garden.
Love cats
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Lifelong learner
Present is female. We need representation. Women are at least as capable; pick them when you seek business.
You'll find me in my garden.
Love cats
Caregiver
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
Always the case. One of my friends paid taxes around 10y, before her case was concluded. I was always revolted by it: they pay taxes but have no rights. And the likes of donald can't pay because they are not "stupid." You call an entire country stupid in a debate, then half proceeds to vote for you.
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Always the case. One of my friends paid taxes around 10y, before her case was concluded. I was always revolted by it: they pay taxes but have no rights. And the likes of donald can't pay because they are not "stupid." You call an entire country stupid in a debate, then half proceeds to vote for you.
Of course they fear women, they are smart and courageous. They can smell bs from a mile away and are such hard workers. We need to take care of this way before another November rolls around. We are strong, we got this.
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Of course they fear women, they are smart and courageous. They can smell bs from a mile away and are such hard workers. We need to take care of this way before another November rolls around. We are strong, we got this.
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The Senate’s approach to extending the 2017 Trump tax law’s provisions and creating additional tax cuts would lower after-tax income on average and raise federal debt. The latest from @bbkogan.bsky.social:
Americans on Average Will Be Poorer Under the Senate’s Plan To Extend the Trump Tax Law and Enact Additional Tax Cuts
The Senate’s approach to extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and creating additional tax cuts would lower after-tax income on average and raise federal debt.
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Senate’s approach to extending the 2017 Trump tax law’s provisions and creating additional tax cuts would lower after-tax income on average and raise federal debt. The latest from @bbkogan.bsky.social:
Voting suppression continues, and a few democrats voted for it.
April 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Voting suppression continues, and a few democrats voted for it.
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
We drove this! Our collective power is remarkable. On to more palpable corrective actions that target this bunch of billionaires who believe they own us. Peaceful protesting and mindful (not)spending works.
No trump! No kkk! No fascist usa!
No trump! No kkk! No fascist usa!
April 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We drove this! Our collective power is remarkable. On to more palpable corrective actions that target this bunch of billionaires who believe they own us. Peaceful protesting and mindful (not)spending works.
No trump! No kkk! No fascist usa!
No trump! No kkk! No fascist usa!
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Submit your art to the Congressional Art Competition by the deadline for the chance to have it shown in the U.S. Capitol all year long. Visit my website for more information.
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Submit your art to the Congressional Art Competition by the deadline for the chance to have it shown in the U.S. Capitol all year long. Visit my website for more information.
We are arresting students and throwing them in detention cells. Because they speak against injustice. We are now doing what russia has been doing for over a century, and what every totalitarian regime does. I know, I grew up in one. A judge ordered to stop this action, but they ignored him. Fascism
UPDATE: Hours after filing our amended petition, a federal judge ordered Rümeysa Öztürk can't be removed from the U.S. until further court order. The government must respond to the amended petition by Tuesday at 5pm.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
This is a critical next step. We won’t stop until Rümeysa is free.
BREAKING: We and @aclum.bsky.social are joining Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team after plain-clothes ICE agents unlawfully detained her because of an op-ed she wrote.
This is an appalling violation of the First Amendment.
This is an appalling violation of the First Amendment.
March 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are arresting students and throwing them in detention cells. Because they speak against injustice. We are now doing what russia has been doing for over a century, and what every totalitarian regime does. I know, I grew up in one. A judge ordered to stop this action, but they ignored him. Fascism
This is why our SS, Medicare, and USPS are crumbling. So they can enrich themselves. EMusk is paying his failing company from our hard earned money, he's not paying federal taxes. Neither does trump, cause he's "not stupid". We are the stupid ones paying taxes for education, roads, hospitals, envir.
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is why our SS, Medicare, and USPS are crumbling. So they can enrich themselves. EMusk is paying his failing company from our hard earned money, he's not paying federal taxes. Neither does trump, cause he's "not stupid". We are the stupid ones paying taxes for education, roads, hospitals, envir.
We do have the dumbest officials ever. Unless it is intentional, in which case they need to be prosecuted. Given none of them in the Signal conversation as much as coughed about their mode of communication, there is no doubt they have been doing this. How can they all expose US like this?!
SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
www.wired.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We do have the dumbest officials ever. Unless it is intentional, in which case they need to be prosecuted. Given none of them in the Signal conversation as much as coughed about their mode of communication, there is no doubt they have been doing this. How can they all expose US like this?!
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
ALT: hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
media.tenor.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
Make America great again. Something has to give; and soon.
Markets falling, investors fleeing the US, retaliatory tariffs hit Trump counties, allies abandon US weapons, environmental rollbacks spark outrage, and Putin stalls peace. This weekend's bulletin is free for all—don't miss it:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 92
… NYT reported that investors are pulling their money out of the US stock market in recent weeks and investing overseas.
www.meidasplus.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Make America great again. Something has to give; and soon.
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Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
March 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
Watch the magas cry how they are not receiving the best care they deserve. And it will be so pervasive. But no worries, they will be protected in a blanket of propaganda and blame Biden. Of course, it's hunter's computer. I am only angry(I can understand how they got trapped), but deplorable was it.
March 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Watch the magas cry how they are not receiving the best care they deserve. And it will be so pervasive. But no worries, they will be protected in a blanket of propaganda and blame Biden. Of course, it's hunter's computer. I am only angry(I can understand how they got trapped), but deplorable was it.
This is the worst news. Voice of America and Free Europe Radio were my daily news, growing up in communist Romania. The official radio and TV broadcadted propaganda, and this was our only connection with the outside world. Listened 4h every day, from 2nd grade, to 19y, when the iron curtain fell.
March 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is the worst news. Voice of America and Free Europe Radio were my daily news, growing up in communist Romania. The official radio and TV broadcadted propaganda, and this was our only connection with the outside world. Listened 4h every day, from 2nd grade, to 19y, when the iron curtain fell.
How many times did the GOP shut down the government? Including in the last 53 day? McConnell changed our history with his opposition to any and all legislation, from President Obama on. And now you are voting yes out of fear?! Were are your principles? Do you agree with the funding bill? Why yes?
My statement on the Continuing Resolution: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index...
Klobuchar Statement on Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below on the Continuing Resolution.
“I support the thirty-day short-term extension to keep the government open to com...
www.klobuchar.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
How many times did the GOP shut down the government? Including in the last 53 day? McConnell changed our history with his opposition to any and all legislation, from President Obama on. And now you are voting yes out of fear?! Were are your principles? Do you agree with the funding bill? Why yes?
@klobuchar.senate.gov Please vote No on the CR! Don't legitimize their dismantling of our government. They already froze appropriated funds, and disregard Congress. You need concessions to vote yes. Remember McConnell? His No votes, including on bipartisan legislation? Do not vote with the GOP!
March 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@klobuchar.senate.gov Please vote No on the CR! Don't legitimize their dismantling of our government. They already froze appropriated funds, and disregard Congress. You need concessions to vote yes. Remember McConnell? His No votes, including on bipartisan legislation? Do not vote with the GOP!
@amyklobuchar.com please vote No on the CR! Don't legitimize their dismantling of our government. They already froze appropriated funds, and disregard Congress. You need concessions to give a yes vote. Remember McConnell? His No votes, including on bipartisan legislation? Do not vote with the GOP!
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@amyklobuchar.com please vote No on the CR! Don't legitimize their dismantling of our government. They already froze appropriated funds, and disregard Congress. You need concessions to give a yes vote. Remember McConnell? His No votes, including on bipartisan legislation? Do not vote with the GOP!
Thank you, senator! One more yes to my list. I did support a principled senator. Please continue to vote with integrity, in our interest, not out of fear! We got this.
Here’s why I’ll be voting NO on the partisan funding bill.
March 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thank you, senator! One more yes to my list. I did support a principled senator. Please continue to vote with integrity, in our interest, not out of fear! We got this.
Thank you, Jon! I am checking on all the senators that I supported their campaigns in the past. So far, no disappointments. Please continue to vote out of principle, not fear!
Sen. Ossoff tonight announced he will oppose cloture and, if it comes to it, final passage on the partisan House budget proposal and issued the following statement —
March 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thank you, Jon! I am checking on all the senators that I supported their campaigns in the past. So far, no disappointments. Please continue to vote out of principle, not fear!
Thank you! Do not vote with the GOP! Remember McConnell? And those were bills that protected Americans, many bipartisan. They want your vote, they need to make concessions; not sponsor a nazi and a cognitively impared dear leader, dismantle our government, and hit hard our vulnerable populations.
I am voting no on the CR. Trump and Musk are taking a wrecking ball to vital services for veterans, seniors and kids. I will not support a bill that helps them do it. I will support a clean 30 day CR.
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thank you! Do not vote with the GOP! Remember McConnell? And those were bills that protected Americans, many bipartisan. They want your vote, they need to make concessions; not sponsor a nazi and a cognitively impared dear leader, dismantle our government, and hit hard our vulnerable populations.