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L.R.Knost

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Poet; Author; Feminist; Human Rights; Social Justice; 🌈Love is LoveπŸ’•; Cancer Warrior; BookwormπŸ“š; Mom of 6 kids, 3 cats, and a dog named Goose πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸŒŠ πŸ“šLink to books by L.R.Knost: http://t.co/T8goym3P6Z

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So the border with Canada is an β€œartificial line” that was β€œdrawn with a ruler” and should be erased.

But the border with Mexico needs military patrolling and a wall.

Got it.

06.05.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 1451 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 15
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

03.05.2025 11:40 πŸ‘ 4137 πŸ” 1439 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 53

Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.

Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.

See how this works?

29.04.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 15093 πŸ” 6624 πŸ’¬ 503 πŸ“Œ 388
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The Weight of Silence Dispatches from a Nation at War with Its Own People

β€œI write because people are being crushed beneath the weight of a system rigged against them…waiting for justice that never comes. I write because the world is a cracked highway at dawn, slick with oil and desperation, with a storm rolling in fast and nowhere to run.”
@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social

18.04.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.

But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.

You know who CAN investigate this?

NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.

11.04.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 4358 πŸ” 1278 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 80
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🚨 From a fellow BlueSky traveler: Homeland Security stormed LA schools without a warrant, targeting kids. Principals shut them down. Schools are not battlegrounds. We will not let our communities be terrorized. Stand up and fight back. #ProtectOurKids #DefendOurSchools

11.04.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 2101 πŸ” 762 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 47

Right, because Grandma is on X.

This is corruption, plain and simple.

11.04.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 6749 πŸ” 1826 πŸ’¬ 580 πŸ“Œ 114
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Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.

β€œThey’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”

Garza added that she is β€œprepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

11.04.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 5051 πŸ” 1773 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 60
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Inside Cory Booker’s Plan To Disrupt β€˜Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m....

Cory Booker has just crossed the 19 hour line.

Five hours and 13 minutes more and he will break Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

01.04.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 3682 πŸ” 665 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 110
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Today is Election Day, Wisconsin!

Make sure to go vote for Judge Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and let Elon Musk know: Wisconsin is not for sale!

01.04.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 521 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4
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LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

Are you listening? It’s the least you can do.
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

01.04.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 10758 πŸ” 2051 πŸ’¬ 350 πŸ“Œ 144
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Opinion | Don’t think β€˜it can’t happen here’ β€” it’s already happening Demonizing rhetoric from the White House, arrests without due process, deporting immigrants to a brutal prison in a foreign country. This is America today.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

31.03.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

17.03.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 10261 πŸ” 4702 πŸ’¬ 478 πŸ“Œ 305

tw: cancer

I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:

15.03.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 1137 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 77
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SICKENINGβ€”Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brownβ€”who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.

15.03.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 4432 πŸ” 2262 πŸ’¬ 244 πŸ“Œ 212
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USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks Millions of children could lose free school meals as food costs rise, warns School Nutrition Association president

USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

11.03.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

11.03.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 14055 πŸ” 6647 πŸ’¬ 676 πŸ“Œ 731

Barbara Jordan was the 1st African American woman from the south elected to Congress in 1972. Prior to that she had been elected as President of the Texas Senate. In the US Congress she served 3 terms on the Judiciary Committee. She gave the opening remarks in Nixon’s impeachment. A hero to many!

07.03.2025 04:55 πŸ‘ 317 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Me. In Florida.πŸ––πŸΌ

08.03.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Expressing horror at the *ATTACK ON* Zelenskyy. Not an argument. Not a spat. Words matter.

03.03.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

03.03.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 18781 πŸ” 6490 πŸ’¬ 1133 πŸ“Œ 728
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03.03.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 43861 πŸ” 7802 πŸ’¬ 161 πŸ“Œ 340
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03.03.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 21891 πŸ” 4170 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 107
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Remember.

28.02.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 6885 πŸ” 2198 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 58
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Crockett: When you're at war, you’re not worried about your outfit. If he was walking around in the fanciest suits, I'm sure that they would accuse him of taking our dollars and spending it on his wardrobe

03.03.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 25615 πŸ” 4418 πŸ’¬ 580 πŸ“Œ 333

Horrifying. What an embarrassment to every one of U.S.🀯

Zelensky was berated, belittled, and gaslighted. He stood firm. That is what true strength looks like.πŸ’”

01.03.2025 05:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAppear toβ€πŸ™„

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