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Merrie McGaw

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She/her. WinForms Engineering manager passionate about modernizing enterprise LOB apps. All about .NET of course. Mom, wife, celiac, cooking fan, adoptive momma, and lots of other things

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This is what they're doing. Making living one's life legally invalid!!! It was never about girls' sports.

26.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This makes me sick. And angry.

26.02.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Before: Half of road missingΒ 

Before: Half of road missingΒ 

After: Repaired road

After: Repaired road

Highway 2 is now open, restoring cross-state access β€” a month ahead of schedule.

Our WSDOT crews and contractors have been hard at work, 24 hours a day, reopening roads damaged by the historic flooding in our state. Thank you to everyone whose work made this possible.

13.02.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

12.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 17995 πŸ” 7106 πŸ’¬ 618 πŸ“Œ 356

Don Lemon would like a word.

02.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 1269 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 2
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You don’t need to be a liberal to oppose Trump’s ICE You just need to care about your own constitutional rights.

You don’t need to be a liberal to oppose Trump’s ICE www.vox.com/politics/476...

23.01.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Unfortunately I believe he’s spot on with this assessment. Buckle up friends.

21.01.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tracy Chapman, debut album

Tracy Chapman, debut album

#NowPlaying Talkin' Bout a Revolution

18.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 9293 πŸ” 948 πŸ’¬ 257 πŸ“Œ 55
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This is the dumbest shit he’s done yet, and that’s saying something.

17.01.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 4784 πŸ” 1101 πŸ’¬ 771 πŸ“Œ 186
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DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...

DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

16.01.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 14583 πŸ” 5155 πŸ’¬ 866 πŸ“Œ 323

"The baby was released to her family. Her grandmother says she had a bruised cheek, but is otherwise OK."

A 1 yo with a bruised cheek is NOT ok. Not because she's incapable of giving herself that bruise, but because she was alone with amoral strangers and has no way of communicating her experience.

13.01.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 1279 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
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12.01.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 612 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11
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Yes, it is beyond insanity. Luckily, the American people aren’t buying it.

10.01.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 14588 πŸ” 5152 πŸ’¬ 671 πŸ“Œ 201
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

11.01.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 10837 πŸ” 3542 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 98
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.

β€œI shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”

Full remarks:

08.01.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 3532 πŸ” 906 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 68

So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

04.01.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 7330 πŸ” 1767 πŸ’¬ 201 πŸ“Œ 117
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

04.01.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 20277 πŸ” 5717 πŸ’¬ 1165 πŸ“Œ 396

Vile doesn't even begin to describe it!

04.01.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
ALERT:  House Dem Leader reveals a planned Jan 6, 2026 hearing re: Capitol siege & β€œongoing threats”
ALERT: House Dem Leader reveals a planned Jan 6, 2026 hearing re: Capitol siege & β€œongoing threats” YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

ALERT: House Democratic Leader reveals a planned Jan 6, 2026 hearing re: Capitol siege & β€œongoing threats” to free and fair elections

youtube.com/shorts/CJjIJ...

29.12.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 1272 πŸ” 442 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 19
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South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.

The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.

β€œConstruction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...

28.12.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 1423 πŸ” 602 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 52
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eveβ€”then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for foodβ€”taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

25.12.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 7428 πŸ” 4591 πŸ’¬ 743 πŸ“Œ 1255
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.

concentration camps.

24.12.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 3641 πŸ” 1484 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 83

Watched every second. He’s 100% right.

24.12.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.

17.12.2025 09:36 πŸ‘ 4295 πŸ” 1311 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 98
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It wasn’t even close.

11.12.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 11138 πŸ” 2681 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 166

I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback

10.12.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 5068 πŸ” 829 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 70

The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything

09.12.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 4915 πŸ” 975 πŸ’¬ 372 πŸ“Œ 83

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

05.12.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 22775 πŸ” 6782 πŸ’¬ 633 πŸ“Œ 415

This makes me so mad. Deadnaming an Admiral. What the actual F?

06.12.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.

06.12.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 7595 πŸ” 2304 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 83