Sandy Netherton

@sandynetherton.bsky.social

Semi-Retired Chef Caterer. More than one thing. Country Before Party Comedy, Science, Fledging Stoic, History, Democracy Sober LOTS of days--in a row. NO DMs unless I agree. Disrespect it=Block.

Back home from Montgomery. Our power is scheduled to be back on tomorrow night. 🤷‍♀️ Its a major mess here, but not as bad as expected. Service trucks are EVERYWHERE working hard. All you can hear is chain saws and generators.

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

Hurricane Isaias made landfall at Destin, which is East of us, putting us on the west (is the best) side. We'll head back down when the power is back, which may take a couple of days, depending on the damage. Up here, we're just getting some rain. Be safe! weather.com/2026/10/09/s...

Live updates: Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida

Live updates on Hurricane Isaias from weather.com. Check for current path, warnings and more news on the storm.

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Over the last five years we have secured millions for affordable housing & food programs across New Mexico. Housing for seniors, families, kids, to ABQ’s Veterans Integration Center & transitional housing campus, youth housing campus, & millions to support families to get back on their feet.

This should alarm every American. Trump is shutting out independent election observers while preparing to send his own DOJ monitors to polling places. That's a page out of Putin's playbook. Our elections belong to the people — not Donald Trump.

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

ms.now

NEW: In a major break from past norms, the Trump administration sent criminal prosecutors and an FBI agent to monitor voters in Arizona's primaries earlier this year. The push comes as Trump exerts pressure on state elections as part of an ongoing attempt to find fraud before the midterms.

DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal

The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.

democracydocket.com

Russia says there was no lab accident and the situation is stable. Maybe. But when someone working at a plague research facility suddenly dies from mysterious pneumonia, possibly plague, and hospitals start locking down, “trust us, bro” isn’t going to cut it.