Joy Gehner
@whirlyjoy.bsky.social
Writer, life navigator, unapologetic crone.
Pot-stirrer, beanstalk-grower.
Play from where the monkey drops the ball ✨
joygehner.com
#Binders #CNF #memoir
Pot-stirrer, beanstalk-grower.
Play from where the monkey drops the ball ✨
joygehner.com
#Binders #CNF #memoir
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When I say most people are good and we are going to beat these fascists, people like this woman are why I feel so confident:
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court
Barbara Stone was handcuffed and held by federal agents for hours, according to her family; she was accused of pushing an ICE officer, which she denies.
www.nbcnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I say most people are good and we are going to beat these fascists, people like this woman are why I feel so confident:
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
“The message that it sent was very clear: For us to be afraid to come back and do the work that we’re doing,” Mendez said.
Stone, however, said she would volunteer again.”
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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OMFG!
July 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
OMFG!
As I thought about fighting tyrannical government over the holiday weekend, this new piece emerged.
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
Welcoming the asparagus
On growth and patience (and what we're fighting for)
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As I thought about fighting tyrannical government over the holiday weekend, this new piece emerged.
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
This garbage in my EMAIL tonight, the SSA adopting Trumpian Quirks of Capitalization and Politicizing its contact list.
But you can’t walk into a local office to get your needs met there anymore.
But you can’t walk into a local office to get your needs met there anymore.
July 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This garbage in my EMAIL tonight, the SSA adopting Trumpian Quirks of Capitalization and Politicizing its contact list.
But you can’t walk into a local office to get your needs met there anymore.
But you can’t walk into a local office to get your needs met there anymore.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Won’t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Big win for the close the hospitals, open the camps caucus today.
July 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Won’t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Here’s a look at how Trump stacks up against the Mad King
NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here’s a look at how Trump stacks up against the Mad King
*“Let’s do it before the crank wears off.”*
“Like the Mafia wannabes [from The Sopranos], congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“Like the Mafia wannabes [from The Sopranos], congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
www.theatlantic.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
*“Let’s do it before the crank wears off.”*
“Like the Mafia wannabes [from The Sopranos], congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“Like the Mafia wannabes [from The Sopranos], congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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My favorite Congressional reporter right now is a member of Congress.
OK, time for another update. 12:20 AM right now. They did finally pass the Foxx amendment, then called a 5 minute vote on the rule. It is still open, but at least as of now looks like it is going to fail.
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My favorite Congressional reporter right now is a member of Congress.
“[Ferguson] warned: ‘Don’t give Donald Trump an excuse to try to federalize the National Guard here in Washington state like he did in California.’”
is like telling a woman to dress modestly if she doesn’t want to get raped
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
is like telling a woman to dress modestly if she doesn’t want to get raped
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Don't give Donald Trump an excuse’: What WA leaders are saying before ‘No Kings’ protests
The "No Kings" protests expected in Seattle and across the state on Saturday are part of a nationally coordinated rally against Trump's orders.
www.seattletimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“[Ferguson] warned: ‘Don’t give Donald Trump an excuse to try to federalize the National Guard here in Washington state like he did in California.’”
is like telling a woman to dress modestly if she doesn’t want to get raped
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
is like telling a woman to dress modestly if she doesn’t want to get raped
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
AI is getting more powerful, but its hallucinations are getting worse -
Is just a cutesie way of saying we are paying these companies to generate lies for us. How do people not get this?
www.seattletimes.com/business/ai-...
Is just a cutesie way of saying we are paying these companies to generate lies for us. How do people not get this?
www.seattletimes.com/business/ai-...
www.seattletimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
AI is getting more powerful, but its hallucinations are getting worse -
Is just a cutesie way of saying we are paying these companies to generate lies for us. How do people not get this?
www.seattletimes.com/business/ai-...
Is just a cutesie way of saying we are paying these companies to generate lies for us. How do people not get this?
www.seattletimes.com/business/ai-...
Early bird until the end of this month!
Don't wait! Our early bird fee ends on May 1st, so make sure to take advantage of our discount and submit to the 2025 Literary Awards Program with judge @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Early bird until the end of this month!
Outrage is not productive. They like us scared, sick, and seething. Use your energy wisely. Make it matter.
April 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Outrage is not productive. They like us scared, sick, and seething. Use your energy wisely. Make it matter.
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
The tariffs are a smokescreen! Get dizzy watching the market numbers do a jig while they implement authoritarianism. We’re knee-deep in it now already.
April 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The tariffs are a smokescreen! Get dizzy watching the market numbers do a jig while they implement authoritarianism. We’re knee-deep in it now already.
Today as markets collapse and our most vulnerable folks see their tenuous services thin out even more, our President posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH" before heading to the golf course.
Want to read something with so much more heart, in these dark times?
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
Want to read something with so much more heart, in these dark times?
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
Whispering lizards
On greed, loss and mortality
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today as markets collapse and our most vulnerable folks see their tenuous services thin out even more, our President posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH" before heading to the golf course.
Want to read something with so much more heart, in these dark times?
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
Want to read something with so much more heart, in these dark times?
open.substack.com/pub/whirlyjo...
Wins today!
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wins today!
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I had to bring this here because it’s so good
March 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had to bring this here because it’s so good
Eyes on the actual Ponzi scheme that “won’t cost taxpayers a thing”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Trump’s Crypto Reserve Is Really Happening
Now what?
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Eyes on the actual Ponzi scheme that “won’t cost taxpayers a thing”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Donald Trump targeted AP and legacy media did nothing.
Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent.
You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.”
So, I ask you -- What are you doing?
Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent.
You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.”
So, I ask you -- What are you doing?
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Donald Trump targeted AP and legacy media did nothing.
Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent.
You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.”
So, I ask you -- What are you doing?
Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent.
You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.”
So, I ask you -- What are you doing?
To our limp Dems in Congress: Have you decided where your line is? Who do they have to come after, and how, before you respond with more than platitudes and photo ops? Or will you look back and see the line you should’ve held when it’s too late?
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
Literally everything we warned everybody about is happening
March 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
To our limp Dems in Congress: Have you decided where your line is? Who do they have to come after, and how, before you respond with more than platitudes and photo ops? Or will you look back and see the line you should’ve held when it’s too late?
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
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WE GOT THIS!
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WE GOT THIS!
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
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This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.