dawoodward.bsky.social
@dawoodward.bsky.social
Bibliophile, photographer, painter, political junkie, lover of animals and music. Proud liberal.
Roma tomato harvesting crew in Los Banos CA. It takes longer to fill a roma bucket vs round tomatoes, so the crew spends more time bent over, working in the hot, trapped humidity of the plant rows. The heat wears them out as they carry full 50lb buckets to the trailer. #WeFeedYou
Flip the Switch, Empty Your Wallet: Granite Staters Face Another Bill Under Costly Kelly⚡NH families will now see their electricity bills jump by upwards of $18 a month. Granite Staters have already seen their electricity bills increase by nearly 15% under Ayotte #NHPolitics
REMINDER: An estimated 20,000 Granite Staters are being forced to pay upwards of $270 per month because of the new, excessive Medicaid premiums that Kelly Ayotte imposed. Granite Staters can’t afford two more years of Costly Kelly. #NHPolitics
Legislator Day at the NH Craftsman Fair. A great opportunity to celebrate the creativity and skill of our state. Plus, we get to be up close with the opening horns. #nhpolitics
✨ Five historic properties, including a Revolutionary War-era tavern and an abolitionist home, have been added to New Hampshire's State Register of Historic Places, preserving important heritage. 📍 New Hampshire Public Radio 🇺🇸
Revolutionary War-era tavern and abolitionist home added to NH historic register
The NH Division of Historical Resources named five properties to the state Register of Historic Places, including a tavern.
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Stopping to really look at wildflowers/shrubs on my morning river walk has helped my stress. And I am learning something! Others pass me by walking or running. Dug out my macro lens and took my camera along. Coastal sweet pepperbush? More to come. @beeregenerative.bsky.social #wildflowers #NH
Every time I go to the store, the price of lemons has gone up again. And this is what I think about. I'm sure these amazing farmworkers are NOT getting paid more. #WeFeedYou #lemons #protectimmigrants
United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Susana" is harvesting lemons in Gonzalez CA. She shares, "the most difficult part of my job is carrying the sack of lemons and emptying it into the crate. Sometimes, my arms go numb from carrying the very heavy sacks full of lemons." #WeFeedYou
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
Wake up folks! AIPAC is willing to support a fascist America and grotesque inequality driven by corrupt billionaires to protect BIBI. They will buy/invest in any candidate R or D if they genuflect to Israel right or wrong! readsludge.com/2026/08/03/a...
AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle
The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single...
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🧊✈️⛓️ “Oh gosh, can you see the shackles? Oh my God,” Laney gasped as a group of women detainees stepped out of the van, their hands and feet in shackles and chains running around their waists. ⤵️
‘The Bird-Watchers’ of Memphis: Tracking ICE Flights and Documenting Detainees in Shackles
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This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2d agoThis likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.
WA workers under UFW contract are clearing off leaves for better growth and production of the wine grapes. "Miguel" says: Chateau Ste Michelle cares about us. When temps reach 95° we're sent home. In hot weather they bring us in early so we can work when it's safer." #WeFeedYou
Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou
The same old Susan Collins charade. As soon as a controversial nominee or a bill has enough votes to pass, she announces she will vote no when it doesn’t matter. She never casts a deciding vote against Trump. Now she will claim this shows how she is so “independent.”
Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms
Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...
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"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
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“Owners will have amenities on site to spend time there comfortably with their vehicles, perhaps with a few friends to chat about cars and enjoy refreshments.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
North Hampton's Betty’s Kitchen site eyed for 25-unit car‑condo project
Betty’s Kitchen remains open, and the owner and developer say they’re working together as a proposal that would force it to move is considered.
seacoastonline.com
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
"If only the Constitution had established a co-equal branch of government that exists in part to rein in the president. Ah, well. I guess we'll never know."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
NEW: CBP is shopping for a contractor to track down people the US has deported to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and collect unpaid immigration fines — debts that can top $1.8 million a person.
U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines
The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
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Trump voters in 2024 voted to put ankle monitors on innocent Haitian immigrants who have done nothing wrong while voting not to put an ankle monitor on their 34 time convicted felon president, Donald Trump.
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2d ago“Many of the Haitians outfitted with ankle monitors in recent days have ongoing asylum claims and no final order of deportation, their attorneys said.” These neighbors “had been and are complying with the law,” said attorney Carolyn Marks. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Great interview last night. Can always count on @maddow.bsky.social
Laura Kay@sallyatticum.bsky.social · 2d agoJames Talarico talks with Rachel Maddow about not taking the bait on culture war issues Republicans use to try to pit Americans against each other, and the efforts he's making to reach out to his state's large Black constituency, as well as the immigrant community being terrorized by ICE.
Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM
JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?
🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.
Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoChanged my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?
Today we filed a brief on behalf of the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries in the Supreme Court. We are supporting the stay entered by the lower court against Trump's second anti-voting Executive Order. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
ICE agents raided the family dormitories at the Dilley detention center and snatched this Bluey coloring page from a child before they could finish. I sued ICE to get these drawings back. You can what they sent me here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
