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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Trump is making is making a big announcement (Again 🤦‍♀️) at 4 pm. ET I hate these announcements especially on a Friday. His announcements could be anything from a special new Bible that God dictated to him he’s selling for $999 to he’s decided to declare war on Canada.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

So, Chicago had a freezing cold winter, miserably hot summer & now when we finally have glorious Fall weather to go out & enjoy, Chicago is being invaded by various Federal Enforcement Goons & Texas?? That seems so unfair.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Do you ever wish we could all just ignore Trump? Like the whole world could just roll their eyes and ignore him? I’m tired of him. I don’t care if he’s ever held accountable. I don’t want to know every cabinet member’s name. I just want him & all his clowns to go away. I’m so tired of the drama.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I am just so angry about what Trump & his Doge Bags are doing. I don’t expect my gov to give me a hand out & I understand that different parts of the country have different cultural beliefs. I’m nearly 61 and do feel entitled to Social Security. I moved from Florida to Chicago

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

America is *so* stupid.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.” ― Bette Davis Happy International Women's Day

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

youtube.com/watch?v=_pm7... Why can’t he be our president? Plus, he speaks French at the end. Trudeau is handsome, smart, pleasant and is bilingual.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Bwahahaha. Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 16/02/2025

That’s more like it.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

They’re blatantly distorting reality almost every minute of every day at this point. And at least half the country don’t recognize this fact. Also, Trump or his allies say or do something so shocking that it doesn’t seem real. I’m still shocked, but getting used to being shocked all the time.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I make Apple Playlists for emotional times. My “Angry American Protest” Playlist is coming along nicely. It’s heavily weighted by 1960s protest songs, but has some Tracy Chapman, Mellencamp, Lenny Kravitz, U2, Springsteen, Ani DeFranco, Pink, The Decemberists & more. Clearly, I’m still 16 at heart.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Compare this headlines: this is POLITICO’s: Amid 'lawlessness,' GOP can't count on Democratic votes, Andy Kim says - POLITICO This is NBC’s & The Hill’s: Sen. Andy Kim: Democrats may shut down government to oppose Trump 'if we have to' See the difference? GOP is in charge. Dems can’t shut down gov

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Jon Favreau at Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com started calling Elon Musk’s Doge Dogebag & now I can’t call it anything else in my head. Everyone should call it Dogebag, both for the organizational & its employees personally, including its boss.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So I watched a sappy, tear jerker to relax & then read @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letters From an American like I do every day & now, I’ll be awake all night. This is just all so scary. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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February 5, 2025

Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

@us-flas-feed.bsky.social Thanks so much for adding me to your starter pack!

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I knew Trump 2.0 would be bad. I worried a lot about our country becoming an autocracy. I read shitloads of history, but even I am shocked by how fast we’ve gotten hear. We’re not halfway through Trump’s 3rd week!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Perfectly captured.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Dear Leaders of the Free World, Fight him at every turn. Make his life miserable. Expose his ignorance and sociopathy. Oppose and condemn and marginalize him. The decent people of this nation are not with him. We stand with you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

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Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)

Dear World,

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Chicago 'Very Well Educated' In Defying ICE, Border Czar Says As Immigration Crackdown Leads To 100 Arrests - Block Club Chicago I take this as a big compliment to my city. Imagine being educated about your rights. The Horror, the horror!

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ncmema.bsky.social @ncmema.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is what we all should remember.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Love is when your spouse goes out into the zero degree weather to get you gummies when you didn’t even ask, because he knew this was going to be a tough week for you.

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Carole Bess @chicagowoman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Might I suggest on this dark night YouTubing Jimmy Kimmel “Mom Tweets”. At 60 w/ 80 yr old mom & 5 kids these tweets are so relatable. I get some wild mom texts from my mom, but am also infamous for my own tweets.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

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