Sharon Smith
@opalsandrubies.bsky.social
"We are all flawed, but some of us have similar cracks and we can usually spot each other in a crowd." Mine. Music, words, nature are all very important to me. Be kind when you can, it goes far. Smith is my real last name.
It's a fallacy to think that the Trump regime is pro-military. it's pro-violence and pro-stealing-from-foreign-countries, but it's anti-military-families. As Trump has demonstrated, he thinks soldiers are "suckers" and "losers."
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social This is James Talarico on BlueSky. If you haven't, please listen to the Rachel Maddow interview. I am cautiously optimistic, like I was with Obama, too good to be true thing. But I think he might be bona fide. I like the message, he doesn't define "God" for me. 🌟
The Trump administration is providing little info about his war with Iran apart from his fallacious assertions about on-going talks and an innement deal. Facts tell a different story, of course. But, BBC is in the region and reporting. So are CNN, Reuters and CBC. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Qatar says US-Iran mediation efforts continuing but no direct talks planned
There have been conflicting signals from the US and Iran, with Tehran denying President Trump's assertion that talks are under way.
bbc.com
Keep this in mind when you need dental care, food or housing, and when you pay your taxes.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3h ago🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
Taco Bell was NOT at fault, they just track their products well enough to know WHERE the lettuce came from. Chipotle did the same thing. Businesses DO NOT WANT their customers to die, Trump and RFK, jr., do!
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h ago* Chipotle Mexican Grill: Minn. Dept of Health Clears Company in Latest Minn. Salmonella Outbreak >CMG * Chipotle Mexican Grill: Proactively Removed Jalapenos From Its Restaurants, Replacede With Product Frmo Different Growers > $CMG (via DJ)
🚨BREAKING: Voting advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday, asking a state court to quickly put a redistricting referendum on the November ballot as Missouri Republicans inch closer to thwarting voters’ efforts to block gerrymandered new voting maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voting advocates sue after redistricting referendum rejected
Missouri voters have fought for nearly a year to put the gerrymander to a statewide referendum vote in November.
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WATCH: @sanders.senate.gov talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social about the current Democratic establishment and how voters want leaders in the Democratic Party to do more than "tinkering around the edges."
They used "eminent domain" to claim the land for the CITY meaning it can NOT BE SOLD FOR A DATA CENTER. Ends the debate and questions of impact. 💙
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h agoIn other news - Rollin Horton and the council passed eminent domain in NASHVILLE late last night, taking another step towards blocking the data center project planned for the property next to the zoo. (From @nonewdatacenters )
For months, the Trump administration’s border wall plans for Big Bend National Park existed mostly as contradictory maps, opaque contracts, and shifting (re)assurances. Now, however, the heavy equipment has actually arrived. Read: ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/the-bulldo...
"Ignoring extreme heat and raging fires isn't just complacency. It's a dereliction of duty." Experts warn the climate crisis is already costing lives and urgent action from the Government is needed.
The men in this photo support raping children and stealing from Americans. They support treason and Trump. PROUD BOY, BAD DAD!
Democratic Activists@democratswin.bsky.social · 4h agoFACISM JUST LIKE HITLER WELCOME TO AMERICA #TheAmericanHolocaust
FACISM JUST LIKE HITLER WELCOME TO AMERICA #TheAmericanHolocaust
Monty Fritts is sick man that supports child rape. He is a republican.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h agoSeems like a bad sign for AIPAC that here In Tennessee even Republican candidates for governor want to ride the anti-AIPAC wave Worth noting: Fritts is an extremist who wants to unconstitutionally ban Islam, have women/men/docs potentially face the 💀 penalty for abortions, etc
Any millionaires out there that want to support education? Bueller?
Democratic Activists@democratswin.bsky.social · 4h agoAbout 170 Mississippi foster youth received an email from the state less than two weeks before the fall semester informing them the FAITH Scholarship would not be awarded — the money had run out. “After I saw that email, it was kind of like, is school going to even be a thing now?” she said. >>
March on Washington: Defend the Vote HIGHEST PRIORITYRally Friday, August 28 9am – 12pm EDT Lincoln Memorial 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW Washington, DC 20002 💥The dream is unfinished. We rise to finish the work. Join the March on Washington>> www.mobilize.us/peoplepoweru...
March on Washington: Defend the Vote · People Power United
As America marks its 250th anniversary, we face a defining question: **Will this nation finally live up to its promises—or allow politicians serving wealth, prejudice, and power to strip them away?** ...
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Not the fact that he protects a child rapist or has abused victims or is unethical. SUSAN COLLINS SUPPORTS RAPING CHILDREN.
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 4h agoLet’s see if Susan Collins stands by her “concerns”, or if she folds like she always does.
trump/GOP's ambition goes beyond ruining the United States. They are doing the very best to destroy the world. Name a worse crime against humanity...
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterdayICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
The MITCH IS DEAD! Prove me wrong!
COURIER@couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 20h agoCongress has rules for just about everything—except what lawmakers should tell constituents when they're gone for months. Michael Jones examines the accountability gap exposed by Sen. Mitch McConnell's prolonged absence. bit.ly/4fS4Mvk
You can still party like it is 1970 by voting for those the party did not invite. :)
Rachel Barnhart@rachbarnhart.com · 16h agoA woman came up to me and asked if I’ll be the party’s choice for city council. I said, I highly doubt I will get designated. She said, good then I’m voting for you. 🤣 Party nod is a liability these days! What a time to be alive!
These Republican amendments went down in flames. WE WON!
Cindy Holscher has won the Democratic primary for Governor of Kansas.
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
