Xander Willoughby Margaret Longpaws
@xanderwilloughby.bsky.social
I mostly like to stan doggo accts, brag on fluffy friends/fambly, explore gaming bits and stuff, news/politics junkie, sci-fi nerd, my wife is a saint, probably other stuff I'm forgetting, also, too, and etc. (she/her/they/them) 🏳️🌈🤖🦖🐕🦀. (PNW FTW).
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Um, hi, hello 🙈🤓. I'm new here. Not sure which wave of Twitter exodus I'd be in, but I'm late to the party. Was a lurker/re-posted quite a bit *over there*. Just finally got too exhausted by the onslaught of fascist, nazi, and incel content...and that of their (Elon's/Trump's) fanboys. Anyway, hi 🥳
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"Victories remind elites Trump is not some sort of eternal expression of the American volk. The press will have to at least briefly acknowledge MAGA fascism is not inevitable. Institutions that have been acting as if Trump is a rightful king will be confronted with a sweeping rejection of him."
Virginia and New Jersey can show that Trump isn't inevitable
MAGA might be in for an ass-whuppin' on Tuesday.
www.publicnotice.co
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Victories remind elites Trump is not some sort of eternal expression of the American volk. The press will have to at least briefly acknowledge MAGA fascism is not inevitable. Institutions that have been acting as if Trump is a rightful king will be confronted with a sweeping rejection of him."
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."
September 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."
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Alright everyone. Republicans are going to force a vote on their gender affirming care provision even though it violates Senate rules. They’ll need 60 votes to keep it in. Now is the time to make your voice heard and ask your Senators to stand on the side of health care freedom.
Transgender medicaid ban and definition of sex are back in the federal bill - Dems can raise a point of order and force a vote, and as long as we don't lose 7 dems on this, Dems can keep it out.
Definitely worth some phone calls folks.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Definitely worth some phone calls folks.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
June 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Alright everyone. Republicans are going to force a vote on their gender affirming care provision even though it violates Senate rules. They’ll need 60 votes to keep it in. Now is the time to make your voice heard and ask your Senators to stand on the side of health care freedom.
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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It's the time of year when I see articles telling folks to put pet fur out for bird nesting. The Cornell ornithology lab does not recommend this! Flea/tick treatments & shampoos can be toxic, long fur can entangle chicks, etc. There are much better alternatives: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/providi...
Providing Nest Material for Birds: Dos & Don'ts
Rufous Hummingbird by Penny Hall/Birdshare.
Most birds build some kind of structure to contain their eggs and nestlings. A bird's nest may be as simple as a nighthawk's or Killdeer's depression on ...
www.allaboutbirds.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's the time of year when I see articles telling folks to put pet fur out for bird nesting. The Cornell ornithology lab does not recommend this! Flea/tick treatments & shampoos can be toxic, long fur can entangle chicks, etc. There are much better alternatives: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/providi...
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CNN: What is your reaction to Lindsey Graham would have to change his point of view or step down?
Rudik: With all due respect, we elect our own presidents. It’s not up to Russian presidents, American presidents, or Americans officials to tell the Ukrainian people who should be our president
Rudik: With all due respect, we elect our own presidents. It’s not up to Russian presidents, American presidents, or Americans officials to tell the Ukrainian people who should be our president
February 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
CNN: What is your reaction to Lindsey Graham would have to change his point of view or step down?
Rudik: With all due respect, we elect our own presidents. It’s not up to Russian presidents, American presidents, or Americans officials to tell the Ukrainian people who should be our president
Rudik: With all due respect, we elect our own presidents. It’s not up to Russian presidents, American presidents, or Americans officials to tell the Ukrainian people who should be our president
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Trump has again taken possession of the classified documents that are not his, but belong to the National Archives.
March 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Trump has again taken possession of the classified documents that are not his, but belong to the National Archives.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:
Town Hall Participation Form
If you are a constituent of a lawmaker of an upcoming People's Town Hall, submit your information here!
If you have questions or difficulties with the form, email info@peoplestownhall.org
docs.google.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:
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Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.
Vance: I think it's disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media...You should be thanking the president...
Zelenskyy: Have you ever been to Ukraine?...
Vance: I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour...
Zelenskyy: Have you ever been to Ukraine?...
Vance: I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour...
February 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.
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There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.
Trump to a reporter who asks him about Russia breaking a ceasefire: "What if a bomb drops on your head right now ... Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt."
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.
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This whole thing was a deliberate set-up, and the real audience for it was not the American people. It was the global fascist movement.
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This whole thing was a deliberate set-up, and the real audience for it was not the American people. It was the global fascist movement.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.
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I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.
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“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
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my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth
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NEW: HEALTH ALERT
Measles has been confirmed in Washington state.
An infant in King County has been identified as the first confirmed case of measles in Washington this year. This follows an alarming increase in measles cases in other regions of the United States.
The King County infant,…
Measles has been confirmed in Washington state.
An infant in King County has been identified as the first confirmed case of measles in Washington this year. This follows an alarming increase in measles cases in other regions of the United States.
The King County infant,…
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
NEW: HEALTH ALERT
Measles has been confirmed in Washington state.
An infant in King County has been identified as the first confirmed case of measles in Washington this year. This follows an alarming increase in measles cases in other regions of the United States.
The King County infant,…
Measles has been confirmed in Washington state.
An infant in King County has been identified as the first confirmed case of measles in Washington this year. This follows an alarming increase in measles cases in other regions of the United States.
The King County infant,…
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It is February 28 tomorrow.
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It is February 28 tomorrow.
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
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Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
theonion.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office