Sara Trimplekt
@saratrimplekt.bsky.social
She/her
Pollinator-friendly
Painter, Yogini
Community over corporations
People over Profit
Pollinator-friendly
Painter, Yogini
Community over corporations
People over Profit
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Fabulous Indivisible Middlebury protest rally yesterday in Middlebury, VT! 273 participants counted on the Cross Street Bridge, reat drone photos courtesy of Caleb Kenna! #indivisible #goodtroubleliveson #nokings @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fabulous Indivisible Middlebury protest rally yesterday in Middlebury, VT! 273 participants counted on the Cross Street Bridge, reat drone photos courtesy of Caleb Kenna! #indivisible #goodtroubleliveson #nokings @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
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On July 17, let's unleash our collective power to create a brighter future.
We are the change-makers, the justice-seekers, and the hope-bringers.
Join us in showing that #GoodTroubleLivesOn
Cross St. Bridge, Middlebury 4pm-5pm.
We are the change-makers, the justice-seekers, and the hope-bringers.
Join us in showing that #GoodTroubleLivesOn
Cross St. Bridge, Middlebury 4pm-5pm.
July 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On July 17, let's unleash our collective power to create a brighter future.
We are the change-makers, the justice-seekers, and the hope-bringers.
Join us in showing that #GoodTroubleLivesOn
Cross St. Bridge, Middlebury 4pm-5pm.
We are the change-makers, the justice-seekers, and the hope-bringers.
Join us in showing that #GoodTroubleLivesOn
Cross St. Bridge, Middlebury 4pm-5pm.
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NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
May 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
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"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions."
apnews.com/article/ship...
apnews.com/article/ship...
Major nations agree on first-ever global tax on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping
Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships, if their planet-heating emissions are not already accou...
apnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions."
apnews.com/article/ship...
apnews.com/article/ship...
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The goal here is to use lies about fraud to gut Social Security. To give a sense of how misleading this claim (started by DOGE and Musk) is:
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The goal here is to use lies about fraud to gut Social Security. To give a sense of how misleading this claim (started by DOGE and Musk) is:
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
a very thorough post crammed with info. and lots ways to help with this very critical election which is in 2 weeks. It's not hard to help. We're screwed bigTime if we don't.
a very thorough post crammed with info. and lots ways to help with this very critical election which is in 2 weeks. It's not hard to help. We're screwed bigTime if we don't.
American Conversations: Ben Wikler, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
a very thorough post crammed with info. and lots ways to help with this very critical election which is in 2 weeks. It's not hard to help. We're screwed bigTime if we don't.
a very thorough post crammed with info. and lots ways to help with this very critical election which is in 2 weeks. It's not hard to help. We're screwed bigTime if we don't.
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DTE failed to make the mark here, and not for the first time.
My office will continue to argue before the MPSC to keep unsupported and wasteful cash outlays made to boost corporate profits or for any other improper purpose off Michigan ratepayers’ bills. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
My office will continue to argue before the MPSC to keep unsupported and wasteful cash outlays made to boost corporate profits or for any other improper purpose off Michigan ratepayers’ bills. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
Michigan AG secures $41M savings for ratepayers in MPSC rulings
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel successfully argued before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to disallow DTE Electric’s attempted cost recovery of $33,774,728, as per an order issued...
www.clickondetroit.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
DTE failed to make the mark here, and not for the first time.
My office will continue to argue before the MPSC to keep unsupported and wasteful cash outlays made to boost corporate profits or for any other improper purpose off Michigan ratepayers’ bills. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
My office will continue to argue before the MPSC to keep unsupported and wasteful cash outlays made to boost corporate profits or for any other improper purpose off Michigan ratepayers’ bills. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
March 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
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Legal counsel representing federal employees is now being targeted by the Trump administration. Law firms are receiving a clear message that retaliation is possible for those advocating on behalf of individuals or groups opposing the administration’s agenda.
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Legal counsel representing federal employees is now being targeted by the Trump administration. Law firms are receiving a clear message that retaliation is possible for those advocating on behalf of individuals or groups opposing the administration’s agenda.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been pushing to reclaim the $20 billion awarded through the fund, which Congress appropriated in 2022.
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has been pushing to reclaim the $20 billion awarded through the fund, which Congress appropriated in 2022.
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The Trump administration has directed nonprofits involved in a $20 billion Biden-era climate initiative to turn over records to the FBI and appear in federal court later this month.
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration has directed nonprofits involved in a $20 billion Biden-era climate initiative to turn over records to the FBI and appear in federal court later this month.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
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Much of the new form of post-MAGA right-wing antisemitism is going to repeat the same old tropes about Jews as rootless cosmopolitan degenerates, but will conscript Israeli Jews on the “good” side of people victimized by those dastardly Jews. Groups like the ADL are unprepared to talk about this.
Steve Bannon: "The people of Israel got to understand something. The number one enemy to the people in Israel are American Jews that do not support Israel and do not support MAGA. Okay, MAGA and the evangelical Christians and the traditional Catholics in this country have Israel's back..."
February 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Much of the new form of post-MAGA right-wing antisemitism is going to repeat the same old tropes about Jews as rootless cosmopolitan degenerates, but will conscript Israeli Jews on the “good” side of people victimized by those dastardly Jews. Groups like the ADL are unprepared to talk about this.
On this day in 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen killed 96 unarmed Indigenous people and burned their village in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. It has been called the greatest atrocity of the Revolutionary War.
Mar. 8, 1782 | Nearly 100 Indigenous People Massacred by Pennsylvania Militiamen
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
@mjamin.bsky.social see you on zoom call tonight
February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@mjamin.bsky.social see you on zoom call tonight
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We need to remember what we’re capable of. Every day let your mind be blown by something you do, read, listen to, or create. That is one way we get through this—to remain open to everything that is wondrous in the world.
www.marytrump.org/p/what-it-co...
www.marytrump.org/p/what-it-co...
What It Costs Us
Creativity and empathy, from the depths of despair
www.marytrump.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We need to remember what we’re capable of. Every day let your mind be blown by something you do, read, listen to, or create. That is one way we get through this—to remain open to everything that is wondrous in the world.
www.marytrump.org/p/what-it-co...
www.marytrump.org/p/what-it-co...
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Congratulations to @AVindman on the publication of his brilliant, prescient, and timely book, "The Folly of Realism." This, especially now, is an essential read.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
The Folly of Realism
A chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism with catastrophic consequences – “A must...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Congratulations to @AVindman on the publication of his brilliant, prescient, and timely book, "The Folly of Realism." This, especially now, is an essential read.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexa...
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Man...he literally nuked them from orbit. Thank God some people still remember their duty.
AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
February 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Man...he literally nuked them from orbit. Thank God some people still remember their duty.
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Captures it perfectly.
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Captures it perfectly.
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Reading Heather Cox Richardson's daily newsletters is painfully scary these days. Otoh, I'm pulled back into right here, right now, where I am. Who can I be in my community (I'm starting a monthly community newsletter)? What does my presence say? Is it calming? Am I kind? & fierce for what's right?
February 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reading Heather Cox Richardson's daily newsletters is painfully scary these days. Otoh, I'm pulled back into right here, right now, where I am. Who can I be in my community (I'm starting a monthly community newsletter)? What does my presence say? Is it calming? Am I kind? & fierce for what's right?