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pronouns are she/her Everything is political Retired, living on a barge. USMC raised, expect swearing. Anti racist feminist Dog/Cat fostering I follow folks with interesting things to say.

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We are the shithole nation.
We are the citizens of a rouge, murderous empire.
Our leaders are butchers.

11.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

That no one in he Republican leadership -- and none of his GOP colleagues -- have found the voice to condemn this utter trash says everything about them.

11.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1
Republicans Can't Lose
Republicans Can't Lose YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

Don’t let them trick you. The SAVE Act is not a voter ID bill. It’s a voter SUPPRESSION bill.
youtube.com/shorts/ZvYIP...

11.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 872 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 18
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The White House’s Financial Disclosures for Top Officials Are Incomplete Border Czar Tom Homan’s financial disclosure has not been finalized by the federal ethics office.

Months after posting financial disclosures online, the Trump admin does not appear to have sent the financial information for some top White House officials to the Office of Government Ethics for a second and often more serious review β€” including Trump border czar Tom Homan.

11.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 542 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 9

being a returning student who, at 33, is old enough to remember what life was like Before All This and knows that Trumpism won't last much longer, I am obviously running around the halls with a megaphone going "DON'T TAKE THAT DOJ INTERNSHIP, IT'S A TRAP!" but a few of them are still doing it, sadly

19.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office 
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Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX  be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

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Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3)
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CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. 
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Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 Β· 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

18.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 10726 πŸ” 3795 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 242
Indy the golden brown and cream colored ultra floofy border collie grins with abandon in a sunny and pink rhododendron scene

Indy the golden brown and cream colored ultra floofy border collie grins with abandon in a sunny and pink rhododendron scene

β€œOmg dad is 5 minutes late but I came here as fast as I could with sunny Seattle walkies let’s gooooo!”

12.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

If there's one thing writers will reliably take ten minutes out of their day to accomplish: it's complain via email. Not least of all, because it works.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

11.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

🀣

11.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect!

11.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bobby Pulido is the Best Story in Politics Right Now This guy knows community.

Read this and smile.

"I don’t know who is advising Rep. De La Cruz or wrote the script for her video, but any comms person who grew up in Texas would have known immediately to take out that line. You don’t mess with quinceaΓ±eras. You just don’t."

charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/bobby-puli...

11.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 12
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

"He told a colleague, who refused to help him upload the data because of legal concerns, that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

11.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 2167 πŸ” 1117 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 55

I never had the sense that the activists were in charge on this one. It feels like a real grassroots, networked kind of thing. We shall see.

11.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 3

Underrated post! πŸ˜‚

11.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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11.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He hates the idea of someone making money when he didn’t.

11.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is spreading all over Bluesky today and is wildly misleading--it is from eight months ago and it is in reference to working with NATO allies and arming Ukraine.

11.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 1261 πŸ” 329 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 24

There’s a way to take pictures of him that are flattering? Must be a magic camera!

11.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon bars press photographers over 'unflattering' Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

The First Amendment is clear: The government can't punish journalists for unflattering coverage.

11.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 432 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7
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Tim Burchett - Wikipedia

Seldom do you see a man who more needs to be primaried. WHAT an asshole. NOT in the military himself, apparently. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bur...

02.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More rambling, incoherent nonsense from one of the most most embarrassing members of Congress β€” 4 soldiers dead, 3 planes downed, and Bumblin’ Burchett is denigrating soldiers who fought (and our military leaders) to run cover for his puppet masterπŸ‘‡πŸ½

Tim is a Tennessee disgrace

02.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 897 πŸ” 259 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 33

Get off base, Bondi.

Also: Do your job.

11.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump officials moving onto military bases is a ridiculous, absolutely inappropriate thing, and the NYT story that credulously credited claimed threats as justifying such a move is also ridiculous.

11.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 2019 πŸ” 402 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 17

Also want to note that Ken Paxton, who is up by ~5% over Cornyn, has stated he would drop out of the runoff if Cornyn gets the SAVE Act passed.

11.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Uphold the rights of transgender people in Kansas and across the U.S. This legislation in Kansas is just another example of how states, empowered by Trump’s federal rollbacks, are introducing policies that compromise our civil rights. And the people most impacted by the...
11.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like the pups in the kitchen waiting on a treato!

11.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is laughing while covering his ears with his hands and saying `` la la la ! i cant hear you ! '' ALT: a man is laughing while covering his ears with his hands and saying `` la la la ! i cant hear you ! ''

Ewww

11.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will say also that there is a ton of sexism embedded in calling me a "gossip blogger," a constant refrain from critics over my many years of doing this. As is the routine implication that the mayor and I are best gal pals because she wrote five columns for me over two years.

11.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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