Gracie Lou Freebush
@vividcactus.bsky.social
“Dreams don’t have deadlines!” -Bridget Everett.
Aspiring Author(pen name: Gracie Lou Freebush), Book fan, lefty goofy podcast aficionado, full-time cat mom, late thirties , she/her , 💗💛💙
📖current book : Surviving Autocracy
Aspiring Author(pen name: Gracie Lou Freebush), Book fan, lefty goofy podcast aficionado, full-time cat mom, late thirties , she/her , 💗💛💙
📖current book : Surviving Autocracy
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Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”
I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
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I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
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October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”
I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
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As the country’s second-longest government shutdown hits day 27, air traffic controllers are calling in sick and “wearing thin”—leading to flight delays in major U.S. hubs.
Monday Air Traffic Staffing Issues Cause Flight Delays In Atlanta, Los Angeles
As the country’s second-longest government shutdown hits day 27, air traffic controllers are calling in sick and “wearing thin”—leading to flight delays in major U.S. hubs.
www.forbes.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As the country’s second-longest government shutdown hits day 27, air traffic controllers are calling in sick and “wearing thin”—leading to flight delays in major U.S. hubs.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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“This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat.”
Master Plan: David Sirota on Trump & the Decadeslong “Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”
We speak with journalist David Sirota about his new book, Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. Co-authored with Jared Jacang Maher, the book is based on their award-winning ...
www.democracynow.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat.”
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Over the next few weeks, millions of Americans are going to receive notices that their healthcare costs are set to explode in 2026. Many more will log onto online insurance marketplaces only to find that they’ve been priced out of the coverage they rely on.
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Over the next few weeks, millions of Americans are going to receive notices that their healthcare costs are set to explode in 2026. Many more will log onto online insurance marketplaces only to find that they’ve been priced out of the coverage they rely on.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
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Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona... red America is making their own people sick. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona... red America is making their own people sick. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
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NO KINGS WEST SEATTLE · Stand Up America
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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great episode if you’re feeling hopeless but also feel like learning something #democracy #constitutionallaw
The Supreme Court Case That Stopped School Integration
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 10/13/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
great episode if you’re feeling hopeless but also feel like learning something #democracy #constitutionallaw
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Glad to see the Tabletop Games series at @uofmpress.bsky.social take off with @jreylee.bsky.social's book on Catan.
Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.
Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Glad to see the Tabletop Games series at @uofmpress.bsky.social take off with @jreylee.bsky.social's book on Catan.
Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.
Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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I hope whoever wrote the duck jokes for Netflix’s (wrongly) cancelled cartoon Inside Job is doing well.
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I hope whoever wrote the duck jokes for Netflix’s (wrongly) cancelled cartoon Inside Job is doing well.
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It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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When a president brags about gold accessories as proof of “success,” it projects not leadership but authoritarian pageantry.
September 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When a president brags about gold accessories as proof of “success,” it projects not leadership but authoritarian pageantry.