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Published writer, scuba diver, sailboat slave, and mid-century modern enthusiast seeking adventure in unexpected places. Do not obey in advance. No🚫 DMs (unless I know you.) šŸ˜‚ I Laugh at Cybertrucks šŸ˜‚

created November 15, 2024

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Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

A million and one Congrats to you Anna.

1/9/2025, 5:30:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Enjoy every bite!

1/9/2025, 5:24:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe Putin favors the 12th floor.

1/9/2025, 5:21:30 PM | 57 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Hmm, I guess we won’t be hearing anymore about how Dems covered up Biden’s declining health.

1/9/2025, 5:18:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.

1/9/2025, 2:32:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

This sickens me to my core. But then again, there’s never been a tragedy that the GOP won’t exploit.

30/8/2025, 2:19:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

And goes by the name Stephen Miller.

30/8/2025, 2:17:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s shear madness.

30/8/2025, 2:06:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

…Or any current topic that really matters!

30/8/2025, 2:03:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

At least the 6 Supremes could act like they aren’t bought and paid for.

30/8/2025, 1:56:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Surprise! JD Vance opens his mouth and steps on his own dick. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

30/8/2025, 1:53:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

He would, but it’s almost Labor Day weekend and he’s planned another vacation.

29/8/2025, 4:05:52 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re not wrong. I’ve seen the videos of her ranting like a crazy loon.

29/8/2025, 4:02:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It was a tough day.

29/8/2025, 3:50:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Some people don’t recognize fascism when it’s starring them in the face.

26/8/2025, 11:18:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely true.

26/8/2025, 11:16:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

How fascism takes hold of a nation.

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26/8/2025, 12:16:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

They’re painting the wrong side.

25/8/2025, 6:56:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

That might be one reason why he’s building his own army using ICE. Those fancy new SUVs with golden accents and plans to buy commercial aircraft with taxpayer money is Stephen Miller’s wet dream. Where are the fiscal conservatives when you need them?

25/8/2025, 6:54:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s a lot to unwrap in that confession of sorts.

25/8/2025, 6:47:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Way better than a walker.

25/8/2025, 6:42:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It would be hilarious if Texas had to withdraw their racially motivated map but California’s new map passed.

25/8/2025, 6:29:54 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Damn, Ron DeSantis is always a day late and a dollar short. Florida should do better. #DavidJolly

25/8/2025, 6:26:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Those look like heirloom tomatoes. Oh yum!

22/8/2025, 3:18:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Congratulations Ashley!

22/8/2025, 3:17:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

22/8/2025, 2:00:01 AM | 40011 10379 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s domestic terrorism and has no place in a civilized society. But no one has ever claimed Stephen Miller is civilized.

19/8/2025, 2:40:14 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Did someone tell her everyone who bends a knee pays the price?

19/8/2025, 2:33:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

Trump is so far under water in every single category in the latest Pew Research poll he now claims to be Triton.

19/8/2025, 1:51:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

And take Vance with him.

17/8/2025, 10:22:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

What does Ogles really want?

17/8/2025, 10:18:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump looked like a whipped dog and Noem was nowhere to be seen.

16/8/2025, 1:00:22 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Standing next to Putin, Trump looked like a whipped dog, and Noem was no where to be seen.

16/8/2025, 12:45:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

TACO

16/8/2025, 12:42:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

I just ate some grapes that taste like cotton candy and I don’t know who sold their soul to make that happen

15/8/2025, 9:33:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

ICE has been excessively brutal. It’s time they take one for the team.

15/8/2025, 7:32:16 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Hypocrisy is the duct tape of the GOP.

15/8/2025, 7:27:09 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

We all do better when we all do better.

15/8/2025, 7:24:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s code for Trump will get played.

14/8/2025, 7:34:48 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

So ā€œArt of the Dealā€ is about giving away the farm.

14/8/2025, 7:32:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Was their last name Medici?

13/8/2025, 8:11:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Did Joni Ernst tell the mom, ā€œWell, we all die?ā€

13/8/2025, 8:10:20 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/8/2025, 8:08:58 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/8/2025, 11:05:42 PM | 11598 2168 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

We’re not going back.

11/8/2025, 9:02:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Or is Alaska the price he’s willing to ā€œpayā€ for a Nobel Peace Prize?

11/8/2025, 8:57:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t understand. It’s spot on!

11/8/2025, 8:54:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Buyer’s remorse is a powerful feeling, but not at all rewarding like casting your ballot for the best candidates in the first place.

11/8/2025, 8:31:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

A diversion? Absolutely, but this feels far more sinister than that. Mark my words, the next five to six months are absolutely going to be critical for whatever democracy we have left. I’m expecting executive power overreach on steroids.

11/8/2025, 8:29:13 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

I think she’s running for the Senate.

4/8/2025, 2:24:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Economists saw it coming in 2024 after reviewing his economic policies. No surprise here.

4/8/2025, 2:23:30 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Or they will turn a blind eye and make excuses for the orange menace.

4/8/2025, 2:16:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Heartbreaking. The U.S. loses.

1/8/2025, 10:08:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

They get a hat made in China. We get higher prices, poor healthcare and a lump of coal in our Christmas stockings.

1/8/2025, 10:03:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s far too early to respect MTG. Agree with her on Israel committing genocide in Gaza, absolutely. But the signs this was the situation on the ground have been obvious for at least four months. The fact that it took her this long to get here may be more about raising money than regard.

30/7/2025, 11:53:31 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Just more gaslighting to protect Trump.

25/7/2025, 7:24:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Everything Ron DeSantis says is worth interrupting.

25/7/2025, 7:04:39 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Hook, line and sink him.

23/7/2025, 10:24:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, we’re back to Abu Ghraib!

21/7/2025, 8:59:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway šŸ‘ŠšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ”„ (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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21/7/2025, 9:08:58 AM | 15535 4190 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/...

21/7/2025, 1:38:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course the courts would allow it. It’s part of oversight, unless Thune and Johnson have given up that power to the Executive Branch.

21/7/2025, 1:37:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

Jeffrey Epstein once said of Trump: ā€œHe’s a horrible human being. He does nasty things to his best friends, best friend’s wives, anyone who he first tries to gain their trust and uses it to do bad things to them.ā€ The Palm Beach estate Maison de L’Amitie’ ended their Ealy two-decade friendship.

21/7/2025, 1:26:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

They do seem to have more than their fair share.

21/7/2025, 1:01:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

You know what to do.

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21/7/2025, 12:57:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

You can’t fix stupid!

20/7/2025, 3:39:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Awe shucks!

19/7/2025, 4:32:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Bought and paid for.

19/7/2025, 4:25:10 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Long article but worth the read.

18/7/2025, 12:17:57 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

For the Trump supporters who believed Trump tells it straight. That he isn’t ā€œcapable ā€œ of lying. That he was ā€œsent by God.ā€ Make no mistake, he just called you ā€œgullibleā€ and ā€œstupidā€.

17/7/2025, 12:39:16 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

The clown show that is Trump 2.0 is like the worst kind of prepubescent nightmare or a portrayal in a teen horror film, except it’s reality. One doesn’t know if amusement or horror is the correct response.

17/7/2025, 12:37:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Correct. He instead got a sweetheart deal.

17/7/2025, 12:34:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why?! 😭

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16/7/2025, 3:44:53 AM | 445 207 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a pattern.Trump can’t run from his legacy.

16/7/2025, 7:41:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

This. ā¬‡ļøl

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16/7/2025, 7:40:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Occam’s razor

16/7/2025, 6:36:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social)

Lauren Bobart is so outraged about the Jeffrey Epstein case being silenced, she called for a Special Investigation today and suggested Matt Gaetz should conduct the investigation. That’s right, that Matt Gaetz.

16/7/2025, 2:02:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

The White House is obviously applying maximum pressure on its own influencers. So must we.

15/7/2025, 10:40:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

The heat is on!

15/7/2025, 10:38:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

The White House is obviously applying maximum pressure. So must we.

15/7/2025, 10:37:35 AM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

When firearm silencers are given preferential treatment in the so-called ā€œBig Beautiful Budgetā€ Law, and not hungry children or the disabled, we’ve jumped the Rubicon.

15/7/2025, 10:28:19 AM | 8 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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15/7/2025, 10:19:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Then again, with this tent city in Florida we have lost some moral high ground.

13/7/2025, 3:41:52 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

If Dan Bongino puts his money where his mouth is and actually quits the FBI, it’s game on. But des he have the integrity to do it? Hmm, integrity. That’s a loaded word.

13/7/2025, 3:38:48 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

So many conspiracy theories to choose from. How does one keep them straight?

13/7/2025, 3:23:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Just wanted to share another Lucy going six knots.

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9/7/2025, 12:13:07 AM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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ā€œEating cake is how I diet.ā€

9/7/2025, 12:05:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Investigate Miller.

7/7/2025, 3:49:23 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Texas just keeps electing him! Sick

7/7/2025, 3:48:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s avoiding talking about his budget bill at any cost and playing up immigration where he’s 27 points under water.

7/7/2025, 3:45:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Drunk Pete.

27/6/2025, 5:25:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s always been a distribution problem.

26/6/2025, 11:55:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

He a disgrace in every sense of the word.

26/6/2025, 11:52:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now Trump is calling the Iran bombing akin to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. He’s way out there.

25/6/2025, 7:48:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

His actions speak louder.

25/6/2025, 4:44:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds like a dare to me. #FAFO

25/6/2025, 4:42:11 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It feels like decades

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25/6/2025, 4:33:23 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe that’s the result of other countries not sharing intelligence with us because they can’t trust us.

23/6/2025, 12:21:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m waiting for our regime change.

23/6/2025, 12:18:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture authorlena.bsky.social (@authorlena.bsky.social) reply parent

So ex-con Steve Bannon knows about the strike before half of Congress?

23/6/2025, 12:11:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view