Sandy Lee Spoelstra
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Resister. Retired RN Scientist NIH in aging & cancer. Daughter Mom Grandma who loves golf’s⛳️ pickleball 🏓 runs🏃♀️bikes🚲& loves wine 🍷. Advocate for disabled vulnerable disadvantaged humans 🙏😇💙🦋🙌
Kids playing road hockey on the brand-new Gordie Howe International Bridge 🏒🇨🇦 Canada celebrated the opening the only way we know how with hockey on the deck of the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America. Built by Canadians, paid for by Canadians.🤝🇨🇦 🎥 Gray_Mackenzie on 𝕏 🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦
MUST READ…and share widely across all your contacts regardless if vote RED or BLUE but especially INDEPENDENT!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Allison Marsh@mamafoo2000.bsky.social · 2w agoThe fact that Miller and Rubio can make speeches that pull direct themes from Hitler and Himler writings should tell us everything we need to know about the current threat to American Democracy. #WakeUpAmerica @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social turned decades of studying democracy into a nightly act of devotion, writing alone past midnight, no sponsors, no noise, just truth and care. She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark. TYSM HCR! #Pinks
#RiseupSingout #nokings Icon Patti Smith with “People Have the Power# to dream, to vote, to rule!!! She is right!!!!! We the people have the power! Use your voice!
Fonda: This isn’t the first time that Americans’ rights have come under attack. But this time, what is really different from the last century is that the attacks are coming from every part of the government: the executive, the legislative, and the Supreme Court.
#RiseupSingout #NoKings The Minneapolis Minnesota Singing Resistance the epicenter of the music 🎶 resistance ❤️💙💜💛💚
#riseupsingout #NoKings Every child deserves a home, to go to school, to feel safe. Harming the children must end! Family separation is wrong! Children must not be in detention!
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Rise Up, Sing Out Grand Rapids Watch Party” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Rise Up, Sing Out Grand Rapids Watch Party · No Kings
On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special...
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‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth
Wesley powers, and maybe veteran who served in combat was sprayed with chemical agents, brutalized and then detained in overcrowded & horrific conditions and denied his rights. If this can happen to him, it can happen to any of us! Call your 2 Senators & your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121. 🧵
Dr Oz: "We're announcing a 6 month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment -- prosthesis, orthotics -- supplies across the board."
Bari Weiss orders Stephen Colbert not to run interview with Texas Presbyterian minister running for US Senate seat, because he appears to be criticizing Trump. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview
Host says lawyers barred him from discussing decision to drop Texas Democrat segment amid FCC rules scrutiny
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Lovely rendition of “America, the Beautiful” by Brandi Carlile. Brought back memories of being inspired by my country without a tyrant trying to destroy it.
Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."
King Charles III has officially stripped Prince Andrew of his remaining royal title of Prince and his home over his ties with Epstein! #KingCharles #PrinceAndrew #Monarchy #USDemocracy #Pinks www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
King Charles III strips brother Andrew of titles and his home
King Charles III has moved to strip his younger brother Andrew of his titles and honours, and force him out of his home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, over his ties with the late sex offender Je...
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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
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Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed · No Kings
Trump’s new “Compact to All Higher Ed” is a direct attack on students, faculty, and academic freedom. **Join Public Citizen and national partners, for a timely discussion on Trump’s new “Compact to Al...
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Why did the Marine Corps decide to fire live artillery shells across California’s major interstate freeway on Saturday? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-other-demonstration-on-saturday
The Other Demonstration on Saturday
Friends,
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Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration. The mishap, during a Marine Corps celebration attended by the Vance and Hesgeth underscores safety concerns that Gov. Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."
Michigan farmers stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in exports to China this year thanks to Donald Trump. And at the same time, his reckless trade war is driving up the costs on everything they need to run their farms. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
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The Trump Administration made a deal with El Salvador that threatened years of U.S. law enforcement work to fight MS-13 so they could send people to CECOT—one of the most inhumane prisons in the world.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 10mo agoExclusive: In order to deport immigrants to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised President Nayib Bukele to betray arrangements protecting some U.S. informants.
Can’t say I’ve seen too many palm trees here in Illinois. Maybe in the President’s home state of Florida though.
Trump and White House Busted Using Red State Footage to Show ‘Chaos’ in Chicago
The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.
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