Birder, MN Master Naturalist, Native Gardener, Environmentalist. I'm here for nature photography, and to swear profusely about the continuing atrocities of the tRump regime who are intentionally destroying our democracy and enabling genocide in Gaza.
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BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
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It’s corruption, plain and simple.
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-offi... Out these motherfuckers one by one.
Remember when it was hard to imagine exactly how we could end up in a second U.S. civil war? I miss those days.
This is the secretary of energy and also why climate advocates almost universally feel like jumping into a volcano.
Democratic AGs disclose FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/02/r...
HE VOTES BY MAIL!!!
New crypto token boosts Trump family's wealth by $5 billion! 🤬 www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-w...
It's an INVASION, against the will of the people Abuse of authority for political reasons No emergency, no request, no Justice
Indeed it is. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Please stop giving quarter to anyone in your life abiding this multi-dimensional dumpster fire. It’s not 2016. Anyone still on the Trump train is onboard w/ fascism, a police state, concentration camps, oligarchy, & choosing Russia over the US. Those people deserve only scorn & shunning. Enough.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
"That is why I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it." Yes, there is a difference.
Trump Is Dying And Lying About It
. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .
Wes Moore is NOT playing: I am the Commander in Chief of the National Guard. I will not authorize the Maryland National Guard to be activated. THIS is how you fight back.
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This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time. #CaptainAmerica
WHY ARE REPUBLICANS HIDING THE HEALTH OF THE #POTUS FROM THE PUBLIC?!?!?!?!?
SPOTTED: Mobile billboards driving around D.C. demanding federal agents take their masks off — because public servants should face the public. Go follow @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social!
Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom. If you are corrupt...a criminal...and just an overall dirt bag....your odds of getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump...skyrocket.
Why are so many Rep Senators complete f@cking morons?
This woman is the human embodiment of nonsense.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Today's my birthday and I'm hoping @realDonaldTrump will send me one of his amazing handcrafted cards with a beautiful Sharpie-drawn woman on it
With more old-growth logging set to begin near Fairy Creek, a new blockade has emerged to save the irreplaceable forests Do not let them destroy these ancient Trees, like the one below marked for logging If they were buildings they would be protected ricochet.media/climate/envi...
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
Coming around full circle. The ugliness of America
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
The destruction of vaccine research and science in the US seems absolutely shocking until you remember that the entire country, and much of the world, is engaged in undermining the science that has made us aware of climate change.
Way to rise up San Diego Labor Day ✊
Kressly: I expect in the next couple of weeks, this is going to get worse. You’re going to hear from the same administrative people who have gutted the expertise needed to promote child health — pushing false narratives like, “we need to look at the link between vaccines and autism.” That is a lie.
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, what’s the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
donald trump has been convicted of more felonies than 99.9% of Washington DC residents.
Thank you on this labor day!!
Or Venezuela
Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car accident. I hope he gets the same expert medical care that he would wish for a disabled transgender immigrant.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) struggled to explain today on TV why he voted against a bipartisan bill promoting mental health services in an effort to stop gun violence — even as he argued that the Minneapolis Catholic school shooter was mentally ill. www.mediaite.com/media/news/g...
🚨 “The people united will never be divided!” Happening in OUR nation’s capital today. 1/2
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
I like the rebrand.
The real question is... WHY ARE REPUBLICANS HIDING HIS ILLNESS FROM THE PUBLIC?!?!?!?
If we will never be a Socialist [sic] or Communist [sic] Country [sic], then why are you giving billions of dollars to farmers to make up for losses from your stupid tariffs (SOCIALISM) and having the US government own part of Intel (COMMUNISM)?
Fatality.
The old sleight of hand. This is how they conduct business.
California stepping up.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just drew a line in the sand...refusing to let Trump’s troops or ICE turn his city into a staging ground. That’s not politics...that’s spine. Fire...fight...and the kind of defiance America needs right now.🔥
GOP Rep Chuck Edwards is confronted by infuriated constituents at his town hall.
Guns kill people and thoughts and prayers dont fix a fuckin thing. Fact.
I know that Sebastian Gorka is *always* a ridiculous buffoon, but throughout history inanimate objects have killed for more people than conscious ones.
What a ridiculous person.
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Nope, the most definitely won’t.
These spineless people won’t do damn thing.
Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesn’t hear about this!
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
Remove RFK Jr for dereliction of duties. Immediately.
"RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy...it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism." Were he not a Kennedy...and wealthy...he'd likely be living his life out in a mental institution. Diagnosis: Dumb-Fuckery.
Jones: I would say to my colleagues who serve in government—keep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets. If you want to address gun violence, you don't need to tweet. What you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things.
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
Even if we never see him again this is going to take forever to unfuck.
A 15-year-old boy, a US citizen with disabilities, was detained at gunpoint and handcuffed by masked ICE agents until they realized they had the wrong person. 🤬 His mother is suing for $1 million in damages for false imprisonment and “unconstitutional racial profiling”. 👏 abc7.com/post/family-...
Every bit of THIS....
Without people, there would be no cats, windows, cars, power lines, turbines—they exist because of us. HUMANS are killing North America’s birds.
We were taught to fear communism & socialism but Christian Nationalism wasn’t even on the radar. Genius.
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
Ouch…
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
CHICAGO…
Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Every time I see masked ICE officers ripping a parent from their child, I think: “Americans chose this; they knew this would happen. A lot of people were happy at the thought.” And I feel that I do not at all understand the country I am in and the world around me.
“Do you guys feel bad about what you’re doing? Don’t you f*cking hate yourselves?”
Welch: As someone who lives in a red state, let me just tell you what MAGA supermajorities get you. We're 50th in education. The worst in the whole country for women to live. We're poorer, worst health care. And if you look at the bottom ten states, they are all MAGA supermajorities.
“On Sunday (Aug. 17), an usher for the evening Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood was detained by federal officials just three blocks away from the church while walking to worship.” www.ncronline.org/news/feds-ta...
Let that sink in.
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You know who benefits most from antivaccine conspiracy theories as national health policy? Our enemies.
Trump & Kennedy, instead of attacking diseases are attacking the scientists who keep us safe, exactly what anyone who watched Trump’s performance during Covid, is familiar with Kennedy’s anti-science views, or read Project 2025 could have anticipated. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...