Mary Wellemeyer
@uumarymt.bsky.social
Testy old lady, retired Unitarian Universalist minister, encourager of troublemakers. Grandmother. Elder.
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Lumines Arise and Sektori are keeping me going right now. If you're a creative person wondering why you keep on keeping on even though the world is a shitshow?
Thank you. We need art right now. Please make games and movies and shows and paintings and poems and minis. It's powerful. We need it.
Thank you. We need art right now. Please make games and movies and shows and paintings and poems and minis. It's powerful. We need it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Lumines Arise and Sektori are keeping me going right now. If you're a creative person wondering why you keep on keeping on even though the world is a shitshow?
Thank you. We need art right now. Please make games and movies and shows and paintings and poems and minis. It's powerful. We need it.
Thank you. We need art right now. Please make games and movies and shows and paintings and poems and minis. It's powerful. We need it.
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including complaints of medical-neglect, forced-drugging, abuse, due-process violations, and other civil-rights complaints in immigration detention in limbo or effectively abandoned.
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
including complaints of medical-neglect, forced-drugging, abuse, due-process violations, and other civil-rights complaints in immigration detention in limbo or effectively abandoned.
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
Really. How hard would it be to make laws to keep companies from doing this? We could start by raising the minimum wage and move on from there.
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Really. How hard would it be to make laws to keep companies from doing this? We could start by raising the minimum wage and move on from there.
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Take away his car keys
If this were your dad, you’d be texting the siblings: “We need to talk.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Take away his car keys
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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"Do you think the United States should attempt to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power?"
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Do you think the United States should attempt to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power?"
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
Curious ..
Why does Trump's special envoy for Russia always take part in meetings with Ukraine but Trump's special envoy for Ukraine is never allowed to take part in meetings with Russia?
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Curious ..
Priorities! Money galore to clean up files, nothing for food insecure families.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Priorities! Money galore to clean up files, nothing for food insecure families.
Rest in power. Let us not forget.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Rest in power. Let us not forget.
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This is worth our attention. It may not help prevent this recession, but the next, could happen.
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is worth our attention. It may not help prevent this recession, but the next, could happen.
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Of course they did.
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Of course they did.
Read to kids in Head Start!
Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Read to kids in Head Start!
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EU where are U???
President Zelenskyy rejected “Trump’s”Peace Deal that gave in to Putin’s demands—
“Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice, either losing its dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.” 🇺🇦
“Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice, either losing its dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.” 🇺🇦
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
EU where are U???
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“No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
Prominent Democratic Veterans Urge Troops To Defy 'Illegal Orders'
“No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
I remember.
I remember filling March of Dimes cards at Halloween, to help families afford Polio braces.......
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I remember.
There's this...
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
There's this...
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I'm noticing that the women are on the front lines taking the shrapnel from Shitler, while the men cower and look down at their note pads.
So much for women not being tough enough to serve in the military.
So much for women not being tough enough to serve in the military.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm noticing that the women are on the front lines taking the shrapnel from Shitler, while the men cower and look down at their note pads.
So much for women not being tough enough to serve in the military.
So much for women not being tough enough to serve in the military.
No wonder they can buy the policies they want.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
No wonder they can buy the policies they want.
Here you go! Looks pretty clear to me!
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Here you go! Looks pretty clear to me!
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Republicans, this question is for you 👺
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Republicans, this question is for you 👺
Hypocrisy much?
Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hypocrisy much?
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Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.