Former ESL, reading teacher, and retired elementary principal Love art, oil painting, word puzzles, Lake Michigan, and the Cubs Lived in Turkey, MO, MI, MN, KS, DC, and now Chicago I used to be nice Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Dear Democratic Leaders, If you won’t stand up for trans people and their rights, you’re tellling me you won’t stand up for *anyone* or *any rights* the second they come under attack. You’re telling me you don’t stand for anything at all. Also, they’re *people*. Grow a spine or get out the way.
Police report “Troopers were investigating a reported domestic violence incident on I-93 southbound in Manchester when a two-vehicle crash occurred across from them on the northbound side of the interstate. As a result of the collision, both vehicles went into the median and were heavily damaged.”
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Police report “Troopers were investigating a reported domestic violence incident on I-93 southbound in Manchester when a two-vehicle crash occurred across from them on the northbound side of the interstate. As a result of the collision, both vehicles went into the median and were heavily damaged.”
“Troopers were investigating a reported domestic violence incident on Interstate 93 southbound in Manchester when a two-vehicle crash occurred across from them on the northbound side of the interstate. As a result of the collision, both vehicles went into the median and were heavily damaged.”
IKR!?!
“Well, excu-u-use me!” as Steve Martin would say
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
My favorite Rudy Giuliani story is that my mother, who loathed the man, was moving from Queens to Long Island in 1997 but delayed her move until after the election so she could vote against Giuliani one last time. It's more a story about my mom, but I thought that was just wonderful.
If this is the “strong leader” they keep selling us, why are they hiding him like Weekend at Bernie’s? 👀
www.rawstory.com/trump-someth...
Some 60 years ago, my family would always take the train up from STL before Christmas. We would visit Santa at Marshall Fields, see all the windows, and stay at the Palmer House. It was so elegant! Wonderful memories!
“The first big step on the road To the depths of deg-ra-day-- I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon Then beer from a bottle! An' the next thing ya know Your son is playin' for money In a pinch-back suit And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'”
I love this! Wish they had ended with the “Go, Cubs, Go!” though
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“ thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
As Trump preps military occupations of Democratic-run cities, his history as a sex predator is relevant. Trump has a lot of experience forcing himself on people.
Join us for a rally and march starting at 11 a.m. on Monday (Labor Day) at Chicago's Haymarket Memorial to protest Trump's planned military occupation to crush our dissent and force our compliance with cruelty. We will resist.
Did you see the police report?
btw, you can upload a gif file from your computer (in Bluesky web app) and it will be animated. The trick is upload it via video button.
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He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Trump's dodging the cameras as much as he's been dodging the Epstein files
Ahhh, I recognize that beach! Only 5 minutes from my house
In an effort to corral support for his threats to send military forces to Chicago, President Donald Trump said that “African American ladies, beautiful ladies” are “screaming” for him to come to Chicago. So, we thought: let’s ask them. youtube.com/shorts/8I4Ys...
Need to start following @thetriibe.com ! Had never heard of them, but what a great site!
NEW — Organizers are hitting the streets for Labor Day to resist President Trump and the rise of fascism. “As Trump threatens to send federal troops into our city, we know we need the broadest possible unity and all forces who oppose Trump to take to the streets.” thetriibe.com/2025/08/chic...
I so agree!
If he hates this city to much, then he needs to take his name off of that eyesore.
Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming - @thetriibe.com
Robert Mueller has Parkinson’s disease, his family said, and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress
The police report is very different than the spokesman’s story manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.
Id heard that Cantor Fitzgerald, the Wall Street firm formerly run by Commerce Secy Lutnick and now run by his sons is one of the big buyers of these refund rights. Turns out it’s already public back in July when they were buying them at 20 to 30 cents on the dollar. www.wired.com/story/cantor...
Nation’s largest nursing union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go | National Nurses United www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...
wow
In hospital, Giuliani relayed that prior to assisting the domestic abuse victim on the roadside - unrelated to his subsequent accident - he had made a successful rescue of a sack of kittens which had been tossed into the Pennakinobscot River. Again, unrelated to his subsequent heroism and accident.
The police account is . . . different. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
Here is the police report manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
To be clear: 1. We’ve taken in roughly $150 billion in tariffs - nowhere near a single trillion, much less trillions. 2. Tariffs single-handedly saving our military — which has been the strongest in the world for decades — is the dumbest shit I’ve read today.
⚠️ US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders “The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
I wasn’t super convinced that something was seriously wrong with Trump until he tweeted this
Make your voice heard www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
Trump is trying to repeal a roadless rule that prevents loggers from denuding National Parks—something they just announced and which public only has a few weeks to speak against insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
NEW -- Exactly 10 days after taking the oath early this year, Donald Trump nearly drowned dozens, potentially hundreds, of his own citizens in California’s Central Valley. Why? Because he is one of the most ignorant people you will ever meet. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
He could use it! “Trepanning was historically used for a range of reasons, including treating traumatic head injuries by relieving pressure, as a spiritual practice to release evil spirits, and for shamanic or religious reasons to alter consciousness or allow spirits access”
It’s slowly dawned on me that Trump abruptly stopped going to his other properties in the weekend, not even Labor Day. He used to go to NJ in the summer. Now he seems tethered to the White House, where he recreated Mar-a-Lago Why?
With a picture taken today by Getty Images; once again: do I know WTF is going on with Trump? I do not. Do YOU know WTF is going on with Trump? You do not All I know is he has never voluntarily STFU for five days since he was born
Did Trump post a week-old golfing pic as if it were today? That would really thicken the plot, huh?
In the 21st century, how could you order up ethnic cleansing and genocide without a little crypto and AI and real-estate speculation sprinkled on top? { gift link } wapo.st/4g2eATo
Trump brags he doesn’t need legislation—he’ll just “call people” to get his way. That’s not leadership, it’s mob boss politics. Laws are for protecting democracy, not optional hurdles for wannabe dictators who think they can rule by phone call and threat.
Wow. I want every university counsel who is thinking about cowering before the Trump Administration’s threats, to read this and understand the caliber of attorney that has you shaking in your books. Yet another player in Trump’s army of incompetent thugs. www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Here is a gift link. I know people have feelings about the times but this is free and reading this should make you very very mad and then you should do something:
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
I thought it was just mildly entertaining rumor mongering. Now, I am convinced something is definitely wrong with him.
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Why is Trump letting RFK Jr dismantle agencies and upend public health? Shared grievances and skepticism about vaccines, a growing personal bond — and a belief that it’s good politics. Inside their alliance, with @emilydavies.bsky.social and Natalie Allison www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump plan to redevelop Gaza into a series of luxury resorts is slated to contain up to six “AI powered smart cities”, according to the “prospectus” reviewed by the Post. The plan assumes the “voluntary” departure of all now living in Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
The police report is very different than what his spokesman put out manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
Here is the police report which is very different than what his spokesman put out manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
This is very different than the police report manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
JUST IN: DOJ says all children on planes that were supposed to fly to Guatemala today have been unloaded and are being returned to custody of HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement. Drew Ensign says missed deadline earlier was bc DOJ wasn't aware. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
RFK Jr. 😂🤣 🔊🆙
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
The National Guard was built for disasters and emergencies. Now it’s being turned into a domestic police force. From Iraq War and Army National Guard veteran @itsapurdy.bsky.social Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Police report is very different from his statement manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
As a doctor, I am disturbed by what RFK Jr. is doing to America’s public health system. It is time for medical associations, Republican doctors, and all who believe in science to step up and speak out about the lack of science behind these moves.
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
I am so grateful he is our governor
JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.
Wow! What a voice!
I prefer perfervid
Just like Peggy Lee sang!
Thanks, I just looked that up. It’s a very good word!
Getting so tired of these royal degrees that have absolutely no legal effect.
Did they come back with sandwiches?
Promise tariffs ⟶ faff around ⟶ announce tariffs ⟶ pause tariffs ⟶ promise deals ⟶ court rules tariffs illegal ⟶ appeal ⟶ court order stayed ⟶ make no deals ⟶ 90 days expires ⟶ delay tariffs again ⟶ announce tariffs again ⟶ appeals court rules tariffs illegal again ⟶ you are here
Thanks for the flow chart! I was getting a bit confused 🤪
More commas than usual. A poor parody of his style. He definitely didn't write this. He would never say "Lo and behold." 🤣🤣
Egads, this is a veracious statement!
He is still beautiful! I love bassets. I’ve owned two of them
Same!
For those keeping score at home, the Navy has sent 3 destroyers, a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and an amphibious ready group with a Marine Expeditionary Unit to the southern Caribbean. New @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-sh...
I think what looks like a ponytail is actually the top of his assistant’s head
Hoping both our wishes come SOON!
I hope we'll see such orders signed by every official with the power to sign them. This isn't radical or even liberal; it's 101, it's like saying the king can't house his soldiers in people's homes.
It looks like someone is assisting him as he walks