@swerpette.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Philly born and raised.
Yes every thing you heard about Philly chics is true. We kick ass but we also take care of the vulnerable.
Yes every thing you heard about Philly chics is true. We kick ass but we also take care of the vulnerable.
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The Ghosts of Broad Street - Philadelphia Magazine
The Big B was at least five stories high, ruby by day, aglow at night, so you could see it from miles away, bright and […]
www.phillymag.com
Found this about 10 years ago and every once in a while take the stroll down Broad again.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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Donald Trump falsely claimed that Hepatitis B can only be transmitted through sexual activity and, as a result, children don't need to be vaccinated against it until they're 12 years old.
Speaking of sexual activity and 12-year-olds, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
Speaking of sexual activity and 12-year-olds, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Donald Trump falsely claimed that Hepatitis B can only be transmitted through sexual activity and, as a result, children don't need to be vaccinated against it until they're 12 years old.
Speaking of sexual activity and 12-year-olds, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
Speaking of sexual activity and 12-year-olds, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
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NEW: For decades, the DOJ relied on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to foil and forestall attempts to discriminate against minority voters.
On Wednesday, the DOJ filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to devastate and vitiate much of what’s left of the landmark civil rights legislation.
On Wednesday, the DOJ filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to devastate and vitiate much of what’s left of the landmark civil rights legislation.
Once the Voting Rights Act’s Champion, DOJ Now Wants SCOTUS To Gut It
Once the Voting Rights Act’s Champion, DOJ Now Wants SCOTUS To Gut It
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: For decades, the DOJ relied on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to foil and forestall attempts to discriminate against minority voters.
On Wednesday, the DOJ filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to devastate and vitiate much of what’s left of the landmark civil rights legislation.
On Wednesday, the DOJ filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to devastate and vitiate much of what’s left of the landmark civil rights legislation.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday sued six states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — over their refusal to hand over sensitive voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six States, Escalating Campaign to Seize Private Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday sued six states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania — over their refusal to hand over sensitive voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The move appears targeted at left-leaning progressive nonprofit groups, which Trump days ago vowed to dismantle, falsely claiming they fund and support political violence and terrorism in the U.S. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Dangerous Attack on Left-Leaning Nonprofits, Trump Orders Government to Go After ‘Domestic Terrorism Networks’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The move appears targeted at left-leaning progressive nonprofit groups, which Trump days ago vowed to dismantle, falsely claiming they fund and support political violence and terrorism in the U.S. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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After months of uncertainty, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to make changes to Philadelphia’s President’s House Site, which memorializes the nine people George Washington enslaved during the founding of the United States.
Trump administration to alter Independence Park exhibit that describes slavery under George Washington, reports say
The President's House Site, which memorializes the nine people enslaved by George Washington in Philadelphia, will be altered by the Trump administration, according to reports.
inquirer.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
After months of uncertainty, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to make changes to Philadelphia’s President’s House Site, which memorializes the nine people George Washington enslaved during the founding of the United States.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Here is the deleted report in it's entirety: web.archive.org/web/20250911...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Here is the deleted report in it's entirety: web.archive.org/web/20250911...
I’m happy to report that the church where I work is flying the flag at half staff.
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m happy to report that the church where I work is flying the flag at half staff.
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I have spoken directly to teachers from Missouri and Iowa who have been placed on administrative leave for not mourning the death of CK “correctly.”
September 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have spoken directly to teachers from Missouri and Iowa who have been placed on administrative leave for not mourning the death of CK “correctly.”
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Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
Funny how when you start indiscriminately killing people without justification in one area that they stop going to that spot
September 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
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Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Airlines sell 5 billion plane ticket records to the government for warrantless searching
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
Read this important (and alarming) story by @josephcox.bsky.social for free, thanks to @404media.co’s commitment to dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and support them by subscribing if you’re able).
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Donald Trump raped children,
Prove it's not true.
Violets are blue,
Donald Trump raped children,
Prove it's not true.
September 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Donald Trump raped children,
Prove it's not true.
Violets are blue,
Donald Trump raped children,
Prove it's not true.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE: Charlie Kirk's supporters are honoring his memory by attacking anyone who quotes Charlie Kirk.
September 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Charlie Kirk's supporters are honoring his memory by attacking anyone who quotes Charlie Kirk.
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The First Amendment is dying while the Second Amendment is killing us.
September 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The First Amendment is dying while the Second Amendment is killing us.
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Donald Trump is ordering Republicans not to even bother talking with Democrats about the budget.
The American people know it would be him shutting the government down.
The American people know it would be him shutting the government down.
September 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Donald Trump is ordering Republicans not to even bother talking with Democrats about the budget.
The American people know it would be him shutting the government down.
The American people know it would be him shutting the government down.
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I'm very glad to hear someone calling this out!
'Something Dark Might Be Coming': Senator Rebukes Right's Weaponization of Kirk Murder to 'Destroy Dissent' | Common Dreams
Democratic senator warns of GOP using Charlie Kirk's murder to stifle dissent. Trump allies accused of seeking to silence opposition.
www.commondreams.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm very glad to hear someone calling this out!
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September 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.
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At 2:00 a.m., Texas Republicans passed their gerrymandered congressional map.
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Advocates File Immediate Legal Challenge to Texas Gerrymander
Advocates File Immediate Legal Challenge to Texas Gerrymander
www.democracydocket.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
At 2:00 a.m., Texas Republicans passed their gerrymandered congressional map.
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It isn't until the 26th paragraph that there is mention that what Trump is doing is being challenged as illegal. And it accepts Trump's stated rationale to act.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
August 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It isn't until the 26th paragraph that there is mention that what Trump is doing is being challenged as illegal. And it accepts Trump's stated rationale to act.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.