Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, I-CADC
@martimac95.bsky.social
Inspirational speaker, internationally known author, expert on trauma resolution and addiction (SUD). Empowered survivor of HT, DV, IPV. Lover of democracy, nature, science, and protecting the environment. Relentless optimist. Lifelong Dem! I vote BLUE 💙🦋
Why Jared Kushner’s Albania Deal—And Ivanka's Podcast Bragging About Said Deal—Sparked a Rebellion 🇦🇱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRVe...
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 6d agoThe Cockroaches of India. The Flamingo Revolution in Albania. In this week's Next Comes What, Andrea explains how small protests can transform into big movements, creating possibilities for massive change.
It was over for Max Miller politically when he said his wife couldn’t have been abused because she offered to make him dinner 6 days later. He may not have known it when he said it, but that was the end. You have to be a sick bastard to come up with that as your defense.
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar with the data told Reuters.
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NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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Another disaster from our incompetent Builder-in-Chief.
But Trump doesn't think Miller should resign or drop out of the race.
The bipartisan House Ethics Committee said it has found “substantial evidence” that GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards repeatedly made unwanted advances toward two of his female staffers and is recommending that the full House vote to punish him on the floor. https://cnn.it/3TEyiNO
US State Department to close consulates in Canada, Japan and Indonesia, sources say reut.rs/4cljPwD
US State Department to close consulates in Canada, Japan and Indonesia, sources say
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America's global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice.
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REPUBLICANS POKED THE BEAR They used gerrymandering to weaken Black voting power. New data shows they helped drive higher Black voter turnout in parts of the South instead. 📌 Alabama saw one of the biggest increase in Black voter mobilization. That will matter in @dougjones.bsky.social gov race.
If Iran is in our water systems we should be asking where else they may be working through cyber and info ops here in the US to "sow discord." bsky.app/profile/simo...
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d agoWhere is our government? Trump? DHS Secretary Mullin? Is the American homeland under attack? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Population of CA: 2023 - 38.9 million 2024 - 39.5 million 2025 - 39.5 million 2026 - 39.5 million bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoHassett: "One of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody is leaving. Even though there are high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because everybody is leaving the state"
“No government can regulate what it does not understand.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...
Opinion | Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon.
Responding to the safety risks A.I. pose means coming to terms with an uncomfortable truth: A.I. models are weapons.
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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
I hope your day starts this serenely: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Iran says deal with Oman to manage shipping through Hormuz is close ft.trib.al/LIkLGcn
Iran says deal with Oman to manage shipping through Hormuz is close
Negotiations on agreement seen as critical to preventing the US-Iran war from escalating said to be in ‘final stages’
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So much of what passes for news these days is the opinions of the not terribly well-informed--a tiny factozoidal kernel contained within many distortionary layers of speculation, prejudices, click-baiting, and serving the brand of the opinion monger.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions
The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.
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NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, facing ethics inquiries for misconduct, has threatened to strip state scholarships from Catholic schools unless the Church rewrites its vaccine doctrine. It is an unprecedented attack by an American state on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church.
Florida’s MAGA Attorney Threatens to Defund Catholic Schools Over Vaccine Mandate
Florida’s attorney general gave the bishops until August 7 to accept vaccine exemptions their own doctrine calls dishonest. Nearly nine in ten of the state’s Catholic school students sit downstream.
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What the Iranian attack confirms is that Trump is no longer capable of operating in the real world when it dissents from the Trump as God Emperor narrative. He can't process information that dissents from the narrative. Thus he cannot lead or protect us; and we are in danger bsky.app/profile/did:...
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d agoWhere is our government? Trump? DHS Secretary Mullin? Is the American homeland under attack? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Trump has been falsely accusing people of crimes for decades.
Just think of how sick, twisted and demented you have to be to post this as president knowing it is all a lie because you don’t want to admit you hired an unqualified pool guy - the act of typing this knowing that every word is false.
He can run for whatever he wants he’s not going to win as a Democrat
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoCNN: Are you definitely going to run for reelection? FETTERMAN: I've already essentially announced that
Roy Jackson’s Campaign should hang Elon Musk like an albatross around the Collins campaigns neck
Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 5d agoVia @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was “very concerned” about some of DOGE’s moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...
So who might be responsible for the possibly illegal and certainly irresponsible no bid contract given to a subpar contractor? Let’s prosecute him.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoBreaking news: Federal prosecutors moved to drop a criminal charge filed against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool, suggesting that the damage was instead due to a rushed installation.
