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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author)

@annmartin1947.bsky.social
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Retired college prof, introvert, married 53 yrs & living in north woods of WI. Democrat since 1972.

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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This amazing performance by Aretha singing ‘Natural Woman’ to honor a woman, Karen King, is likely why Trump wants to erase the cultural legacy of the Kennedy Center by either commandeering it or demolishing it. Eg., commandeering: 2025, 1st sitting POTUS hosting the honors ceremony…
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Westofmpls @westofmpls1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wow! This is cool!😎
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I wonder… But then again, Bobert did not graduate from HS. She had to take the GED exam 4x…
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
With the same election outcomes databases, like those shown on election night coverage, gerrymandering is now informed by past election outcomes. More than simple party declarations. Bad when politicians pick their voters, disallowing voters to pick their politicians fairly.
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I can relate…I have lived in the woods for over 50 yrs. However, I have yet to engage in a conversation with squirrels, except when they raid the bird feeder, but it’s only because I yell at them. They refuse to reply…
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Women do not deserve justice. They need to get back in the kitchen and behave themselves. None of this woke shit about girls having rights.
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Tony Michaels @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The 407th reminder today that I live in a willfully stupid country. And it’s barely 9AM.
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Well that didn't take long. 😒
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/03/2026
Look at the retirement The Count provides for his workers. Wonderful boss!
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Kid Rock has pedo lyrics during his TPUSA halftime show. Two songs. Deliberate. Comer must do a credible both sides investigation, yes? Bad Bunny changed the lyrics for the SuperBowl halftime show to be family friendly..for those who understand spoken Spanish…
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Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @luckyshitt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
You steal it You wear it
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Homan digging in deeper Now to open Fort Snelling military base near Minneapolis Airport ⬇️⬇️
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi’s letter to MN Governor Walz: ICE will keep assaulting and murdering Minnesotans until you give me MN’s voter rolls. So the real purpose of ICE is clear to everyone; it’s not about making us safe, it’s about using ICE to tamper with elections #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is in response to Congressman Randy Fine announcing the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act.

Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
CONSEQUENCES FOR DUMBASSES:  You are an F'ing idiot.  If we invade Greenland we go to war with 31 nations.  NATO stays together but without us.  Its HQ is in Brussels, not the Pentagon.  Our global reach across the Atlantic will end with our closest refueling base in Israel or Egypt. 100,000 American soldiers will be forced to board civil airliners and sent home or be taken as POWs/Detainee sWITHOUT WEAPONS OR EQUIPMENT.  Canada will close its airspace and sea space.  US Ballistic Missile Defense at Pettufik and Fylingdales ENDS, which means we see nothing except what space sensors can see.  US Intelligence is reduced to Fort Meade, Ft Gordon and Colorado Springs and Hawaii.  CIA spies will be rolled up by their former friends in HOURS.  NO ONE WILL SHARE ANYTHING WITH US.  ALL GLOBAL SHIPPING WILL BE CLOSED TO US.  Denmark operates the largest shipping company in the world. SIX OUT OF TEN global shipping companies are in Europe ... Worlds Biggest container ships? DENMARK!
Australia, NZ, Canada are Commonwealth so they will cut ties with us or be neutral too. 

PS Denmark & locals tun all life support and  generators at Pittufik and Canada resupplies it ... all 150 US Spece force personnel would become POWs to guys on sleds.  FYI They have troops there now and 35,000 Caribou hunting rifles.  
FYI France and UK have nukes.  Hundreds of them so you cannot intimidate them with that.
Oh and they collapse the US economy by sanctioning us and selling off 2.3 Trillion in US treasuries simultaneously.  Also no Botox, Ozempic or insulin.  Its made in Denmark.
Ya fucking dope.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This gentleman's analogy encapsulates the pedophile president's blithering idiocy in Venezuela to perfection. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Something that has been ‘broken’ since 1908, can’t be easily fixed. If the ACA made it worse, it was already pretty bad. For a detailed history of Health Care “insurance” in the US before the ACA/Obamacare, read this: journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/us-h...
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💙 LoriB 💙 @laamidon.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Remember this next time you try to pay for health care & can't afford to & certainly the next time you VOTE!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are failing our kids
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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thank you for this @lawyeroyer.com
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
In Trump's first term, he was directly responsible for 25% OF ALL US DEBT acquired – going back to the beginning of the country. In the last 9.5 months, he's added another $4 Trillion to the national debt. Scream this at every Republican who claims they're the party of fiscal responsibility.
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Carl Ott @bubba687.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Dog Sleep Core. I need this today
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Honoring the Vital Contributions and Tireless Work Ethic of the Hispanic Community in the USA. 💪🏽
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"When I was a kid” (in the ’50s and ’60s) “...we were the healthiest, most robust people in the world. And today we’re the sickest.” -RFK Jr. Lost in his nostalgia are how Americans aged faster, had high infant mortality rates, air was more polluted & children died from polio. 🧪 archive.is/lGsGm
theatlantic.com
When Child Death Was Everywhere
RFK Jr.’s health policies stem from the idea that the past holds the secret to health and happiness.
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
For those of you who do not think there is such a thing as a coincidence… Who is this person and why does he appear in both incidences.
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Jaime @jaimev2.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Hey hey!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Wow! Bloomberg is just straight up saying the Trump administration is LYING with today's jobs report.
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Cheeky Alpha Monkey @alpha-aurora.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
There is no depth these cretins will not sink to…
The liberal media is a myth
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E.T. @vets-for-democracy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
#notmyAmerica #resist #resistpeacefully #passiveresistance #dumptrump #deportICE #chooseLOVE #onlyLOVEisREAL #Ifnotnow_when? #ifnotyou_who?
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Not good enough and he’ll probably do it again. And again. And again.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/06/2025
This is bad. Republicans have fixed the contempt provision in the billionaire bailout bill so bond has to cover the costs. It can’t be $1 anymore. This will neutralize the court’s ability to hold Trump in contempt, and only rich people will be able to file injunctions against the government.
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ChaniSykes📎💔 @chanisykes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Jeni McCoy @jcmcbuff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This is all so manufactured. Here is the area at issue in Los Angeles.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.
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Mr Cairo 🐸 @mrcairo77x.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
As one of the main precepts of Lysenkoism is the rejection of established science. It’s happening in the US as well.. RFKJr doubting the “germ theory of disease.” His HHS Dept is full of modern day Lysenkos, planning on culling the herd using quack science to engineer MAHA. Ppl will die.
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auntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Felon hasn't brought his manufacturing to the US. Why would any company move here? It will take decades to build factories and train people to work on products. Pipe dreams. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlue2025
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💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This really pisses me off… Republicans are trying to repeal the $35 cap on insulin. Please spread the word.
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Dr. Matthew Pate @matthewpate.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This was deplorably predictable. Not to rehash, but here are my extended thoughts on this kind of thing:
medium.com
The Omega Men of the Necropolis
When your death is just a cost of doing business
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Ann Martin (not the Babysitter’s Club author) @annmartin1947.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Here is a link documenting the due process afforded each J6 defendant charged with a crime.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@nature.com breaks down Trump/Musk/Kennedy NIH grants cancellations. HIV, LGBTQ+, minority health related research hit the hardest. Both red and blue states hit hard, with WA, NC getting the biggest slaps.
Bar chart of proportion of grants terminated 

Hiv/aids related - 29% canceled
Trans health - 24% canceled
COVID-19 RELATED 17%
Climate related -3.5%Pie charts of grant cancelllations by key words - over half of grants with LGBTQ, LGBT,  or LGBTQ+, just u det half with Transgender, 46% with vaccine hesitancy, 3.4% with HIV or AIDS Bar chart of NIH Institutes losing most grant funding - Minority health is biggest, followed by Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Advancing Translational Sciences, Nursing Research, Fogarty International Center, and Child Health and Human Development Map of grant cancellation impact by state
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