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Brenda

@chasingribbons.bsky.social
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Middle-aged, married empty nester, mountain biker, skier, perpetual learner, music lover, "The horrors persist, yet so do I" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇱🇺🇦

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Leftbobgolfer🇨🇦 @leftbobgolfer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hard to argue with THAT! :)
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ahem
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/08/2026
BIg Beautiful Bill
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026
This is fascism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
From: I Fucking Love Australia, on Facebook. At two minutes to midnight, Mark Carney looked at the most powerful man on Earth, checked his watch, and told his negotiators to get on the plane. Fuck this wanker, we're going home.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
ROSENBERG: “.. Confidence in government policy in general fell a hard -10 points to 40.0, the lowest ever, and that covers the Vietnam War and Watergate. In one word or less — horrible. .. No wonder the proletariat is losing faith in the government — and it transcends this unpopular war.” #UMich
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 07/04/2026
In prior years, immigrants would typically need to pay a few thousand dollars to get released from detention. Under Trump II, those numbers have jumped to $25,000, $40,000, even $80,000 — insurmountable sums for many immigrant families. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/under-t...
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Your Loved One Is Stuck in Immigration Detention. It Will Cost $25,000 to Get Them Out.
After a run-in with the police that ended in his arrest, Andry’s...
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Susan Collins grimly standing up, walking across her office, and with a heavy weight bearing down on her weary shoulders, moving her doomsday clock from "concerned" to "worried."
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
for me impeachment isn't what we should be after. this president and most of his cabinet and staff should be prosecuted for corruption, fraud, war crimes, obstruction, and all the various crimes they have committed. i will only vote for a presidential candidate in 2028 who commits to this.
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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
WHAT THE FUCK AND FOR THE SAKE OF OUR NATION PEOPLE, WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I predicted someone like Trump many years ago, in THE DEAD ZONE. So now I'm saying this--in the next 12-16 months, we're going to find out if the two machines for the removal of a man unable to fulfill his duties actually work. They are impeachment and the 25th amendment. He is deeply unwell .
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 30/03/2026
The happiest women aren’t waiting for big moments to feel alive. They find magic in the small things. The quiet mornings, the little wins, the everyday moments most people overlook. And that’s the difference. That’s what changes everything. That’s what transformed my life. #SheShed
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/03/2026
REMINDER: The Senate unanimously passed funding for TSA four days ago. House Republicans refused to even vote on it. Speaker Johnson, this is on you—stop holding TSA funding HOSTAGE.
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Laurel Busch @laurelbusch.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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WuzntMe @wuzntme.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Dem leadership should be telling everyone that this is the talking point.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This seems highly illegal. And if it somehow is allowed to continue, why would anyone else enter into any sort agreement with this administration?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/03/2026
TSA workers have been going a month with no paycheck and they’re pissed that ICE agents are getting paid to chill and play airport cop. “TSA officers are sickened that we have unqualified DHS employees walking the airports, with pay, while we all suffer doing our qualified work unpaid.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
😕💰
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Broken down into what government finances would look like as a household budget: “Household earns $52,446 and spends $73,378 — running a $20,932 annual deficit. Total liabilities and unfunded promises amount to $1,361,788 against just $60,554 in assets. $1.3 million in the hole.”
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
You’d think expensive oil would make our government focus on solar and wind energy, you would of course be wrong
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This is what happens when one of the stupidest people in history is in charge of your government.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Posted by a friend on Instagram. Yea, I see the resemblance to the other nine men. Taking it in seriously. During #WomensHistoryMonth, I can personally reflect on this, and feel amazed at how women have made history despite this built in disadvantage. Backwards, in heels, and harassed.
Out of 10 men , one makes a sexual joke at a woman, two laugh, three fake a chuckle to fit in, and four stay silent.  None of them speak up. Later, none of them still believe they're the "good guys." But from the woman's perspective , the laughter, the silence , the looking away, it all creates the same environment. So when women say "most men are the same," this is what they mean: not that every man harassed women, but that most men helpmprotect the system that does.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
😡😡
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My god…
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Brenda @chasingribbons.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is not the flex he thinks it is
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Brenda @chasingribbons.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I admittedly did not read any articles about it at the time, but I had just assumed then that it was the United States that bombed the school.
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Diane Strickland 🦋 @autisticannie.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🎯💯‼️🤡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February. A record number of Americans are withdrawing from their 401ks to cover expenses. Americans owe $18.5 trillion in debt — an historic high. Meanwhile, the wealth of America's 935 billionaires soared by $1.5 trillion in 2025. “Golden Age” for whom?
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen says black, oil-contaminated rain is falling over Tehran after strikes on oil facilities by U.S./Israeli airstrikes.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Oh my god: this is *daytime* in Tehran.
Though it is day, the sun cannot be seen in Tehran today because of all the smoke following the US and Israel bombing Tehran's oil refineries. People on the ground describe it as armageddon.

History will not forgive Reza Pahlavi, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, and all other "leaders" who tricked Iranians into thinking this war would set them free.
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God @thegodshow.com · 08/03/2026
If you support the troops, you will be against sending them to die in the sand of Iran.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 08/03/2026
Republicans CHOSE to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid.   They CHOSE not to extend the ACA tax credits to keep your premiums down.   They said it was too expensive.    And yet, Republicans are completely fine with a reckless war with Iran that's costing billions.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Inflation up to 2.9%, GDP growth down to 1.4% in Q4
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“.. Mr. Beach’s deal, which he insisted was motivated by business interests and not politics, shows how Mr. Trump is starting to bring Russia back into the Western economic fold ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Read more: bbc.in/4tF8P4x
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/02/2026
Trump EPA to weaken rule limiting harmful mercury, air toxics from coal plants reut.rs/46NnnVG
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Trump EPA to weaken rule limiting harmful mercury, air toxics from coal plants
The Trump administration announced on Friday it will roll back air regulations for power plants limiting mercury and hazardous air toxics at an event in Kentucky, a move it says will boost baseload energy but that public health groups say will harm public health for America's most vulnerable groups.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
💯💯💯
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“A federal agent fired shots through the driver’s side window”. Sound familiar? That’s exactly how Renee Nicole Good was killed. This 23 year old lost his life and ICE’s involvement was covered up for a year. They’re killing people and hiding the evidence.
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Third American death linked to ice uncovered by Newsweek
While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Arresting a former prince sends a message. And if a former president can testify on Capitol Hill, there’s no reason the current one can’t too—unless this is all about protecting Donald Trump. Insist that your representatives in Congress make that happen. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Ranger Matt @tamranger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.
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Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/02/2026
You’re on social media, so this should concern you. The U.S. government has been asking platforms like Meta for user data. You don’t have to be paranoid to see the problem. You just have to be paying attention. If you’re online, this includes you. 1/2
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2026
This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have. When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.
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Steve @stevecaffeine.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.” Works for me.
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