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Phil Doty

@phildoty.bsky.social

Proactive, Retired Project Manager, 💙🌊🏒⛳️, 🟦🚫DM, Resist Republicans, Pro Choice. Working on getting ready for 2026 midterms, following back Democratic resisters daily. Mtl Canadians, Stand⬆️2tRump

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💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 12h ago

Its National Underwear Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Boxers. Briefs. Panties. Tighty-whities today wear your favorite under garments I think every mother has told their kids; “Make sure to always wear clean underwear. You never know when you will be in an accident!" 😆🤣 We will be okay Love Foxy

1861 US Army abolishes flogging 1891 World's first traveler's cheques issued by American Express 1905 First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place in US President Theodore Roosevelt's home at Oyster Bay, New York 1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip by Harold Gray is 1st published in the New York Daily News 1926 Harry Houdini stays in a coffin underwater for 1½ hours before escaping 1930 The Norwegian Bratvaag expedition finds the remains, diaries and negative images of S. A. Andrée's ill-fated balloon polar expedition of 1897 on White Island in the Svalbard archipelago 1944 German forces begin the mass killing of between 40,000 and 50,000 Polish civilians in the Wola district of Warsaw during the uprising 1957 "American Bandstand" premieres on network TV (ABC) 1966 Protesters throw rocks and bottles at Martin Luther King Jr. before a fair housing protest march at Marquette Park in Chicago 1974 US President Richard Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1981 US President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers 1992 Four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department previously acquitted on charges of beating Rodney King are indicted on federal civil rights charges 2000 Moni Maker wins the $500,000 Nat Ray at the Meadowlands in a world record time of 1:52.1 to become harness racing's first $5 million stakes earner 2019 Brazilian drug dealer Clauvino da Silva tries and fails to escape a Rio de Janeiro jail by dressing up as his teenage daughter in a silicone mask and wig 2022 Volkswagen launches a prototype of its first flying car, an automated, electric passenger vehicle nicknamed "Flying Tigers
💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · yesterday

Its National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Back in 1937 Ruth Graves Wakefield ran out of baker’s chocolate for her cookie recipe so she added chocolate chips instead That is how this cookie came to be! Btw Seb makes the best CC 🍪 cookies😉 We will be okay ❤️ Love ❤️ 🦊 Foxy 🦊

1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother are murdered with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden is later arrested, tried and acquitted 1914 US President Woodrow Wilson issues his "Proclamation of Neutrality" to keep the United States out of the war in Europe 1934 Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes first player in MLB history to score 6 runs in a game as New York beats Phillies, 21-4 1942 First train with Jews departs Mechelen, Belgium for Auschwitz 1944 Anne Frank is arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for the construction of CIA headquarters 1964 Bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam 1984 Prince's "Purple Rain" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks 1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 2009 Kim Jong-il meets former president Bill Clinton. He pardons and releases captured American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were found guilty of entering the country illegally. 2015 Muppets Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end of their relationship on Twitter 2020 UN says COVID-19 pandemic has created biggest educational disruption in history affecting nearly 1.6 million students in 190 countries, 94% worldwide 2021 Global known COVID-19 caseload passes 200 million, with the death toll at 4.2 million according to Johns Hopkins 2022 Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to parents of child killed in Sandy Hook massacre after Jones claimed it was a hoax
💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s National Watermelon 🍉 Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Watermelon is a delicious summertime treat! Quick fact; The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred about 5,000 years ago in Egypt Watermelons were often placed in the burial tombs of kings to nourish them in the afterlife. We will be okay ❤️🦊

1882 US Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1900 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded in Akron, Ohio, by Harvey Firestone 1908 French brothers Amédée and Jean Bouyssonie discover the fossil remains of a nearly complete 60,000-year-old Neanderthal man, known as the "Old Man of La Chapelle," at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War l 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of US President Warren G. Harding 1943 General George S. Patton slaps a US GI in hospital, accusing him of cowardice 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days, making landfall in North Carolina and traveling to the Great Lakes 1977 Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 personal computer, and within weeks, thousands are ordered 2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks 2017 Massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 21/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide 2022 Cells of recently dead pigs brought back to life by researchers at Yale University, with huge implications for organ transplants and stroke sufferers, as well as ethical questions over definition of death
Ian Kremer@wolverinebear.bsky.social · 3d ago

We rise by lifting others: this is how the real world works. We're interdependent. That is an objectively good thing and reason for hope. For all who lift me up and allow me to help lift them up, I am grateful. Please check out my new "We Rise By Lifting Others" Starter Pack #3. go.bsky.app/JmsyerK

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Indivisible Ulster@indivisibleulster.bsky.social · 3d ago

Each state , especially blue states, should be taking action to protect every citizen’s vote before, during and after the mid-terms. Be sure to clamor for NY, MA and other trifecta Democratic states to do the same. Thanks VA for showing one way to do so. 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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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬@filosia.bsky.social · 3d ago

✨ SUPER SUNDAY BOOST ✨ "Congress has the ability to end this today, tomorrow, any time of their choosing. Why aren't they, why are we still here?" Keep calling them out! Why is Iran not a reason to #ImpeachConvictRemove? Why aren't the ICE killings? The corruption? Spots open for tonight's pack 🫂

Dr. Mar@boldnewme.bsky.social · 4d ago

No matter what political party you belong to, Air Force Major Jason Watson is making important observations about this government.

💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 3d ago

Its National Friendship Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Today we celebrate our friendships and encourage you to connect with the friends in your life Sometimes life gets in the way and we forget to call or make plans, but a true friend will always be there when you need them We will be okay ❤️ Foxy

1610 English explorer Henry Hudson enters the bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay 1864 Saratoga Racecourse, America's oldest thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing 1865 Lewis Carroll publishes the children's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 1939 Albert Einstein writes to US President FDR informing him of recent research on fission chain reactions making possible the construction of "extremely powerful bombs" 1943 Gene Roddenberry pilots B-17 'Yankee Doodle' which crashes on takeoff, killing two 1945 After 3½ days suffering exhaustion, lack of water and shark attacks in the Philippine Sea, the surviving crew of USS Indianapolis are spotted by Wilbur "Chuck" Gwinn, a PV-1 Ventura pilot on a routine sector search. 316 had survived. 1973 "American Graffiti," directed by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, premieres at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland 1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24 2018 Apple becomes the first American publicly listed company to reach $1 trillion in value 2021 70% of American have had at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot, a target President Joe Biden had hoped to meet by 4 July
Holly 🇺🇸🦅@msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 4d ago

On July 1, 2026 one brave man stood up! Major Jason Watson stood at the capitol on his oath to "defend the country against foreign and domestic enemies." He gave Americans an assignment to use your 1st amendment right to protest en masse every day! #SheShed

💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is HILARIOUS Volume up www.instagram.com/reel/Dbft80c...

Ted McConnell on Instagram: "Nobody has seen Senator Mitch McConnell in weeks. His staff says he’s sharp as ever. 🌪️ So we sent Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion to the Emerald City to...

7,261 likes, 234 comments - ted.mcconnelldc on August 1, 2026: "Nobody has seen Senator Mitch McConnell in weeks. His staff says he’s sharp as ever. 🌪️ So we sent Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, ...

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💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 6d ago

Its National Cheesecake Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 There was SO much to choose from today, and Cheesecake won! I like mine with strawberries on top! Just give me a slice of regular NY Cheesecake and I’m a happy gal What is your favorite flavor? We WILL be Okay Love Foxy ❤️🦊❤️

1863 President Abraham Lincoln issues "eye-for-an-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every Black prisoner shot 1878 German antisemitism begins during the Reichstag election 1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey 1928 George Eastman shows the first amateur color motion pictures to guests at his New York house, including Thomas Edison 1935 First Penguin Books published, starting the paperback revolution 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill creating the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as WAVES 1945 After delivering the atomic bomb across the Pacific, cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-58, killing 880 of the crew, many of whom are attacked by sharks, inspiring the movie "Jaws" 1965 US President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966 1970 30,000 people arrive to attend the Powder Ridge Rock Festival in Middlefield, Connecticut, despite its cancellation due to local residents' opposition 1984 Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days 2002 US President George W. Bush signs the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act" into law, legislation designed to prevent future accounting scandals such as Enron's bankruptcy 2003 The last "old style" Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico 2014 The EU and US extend sanctions on Russia to include banks, energy, and defense firms; Moscow denies the allegation that Russia is arming rebels in Eastern Ukraine 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions